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séman

(v.)
Grammar
séman, p. de ; pp. ed.
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Ðá wé hié sémdan then bade the king to bring them (the parties in a dispute about some land) to an agreement. Then was I one of the men who were nominated for the purpose . . . When we had brought them to an agreement. Chart.

steort

(n.)
Grammar
steort, es; m.
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Ða steortas, hé sǽde, ðæt hulpan ealle ðæs heáfdes, Shrn. 162, 14-16. a promontory, tongue of land (cf. Start Point in Devon, Start Island in the Orkneys) Andlang weges ðæt hit sticaþ on norðeweardum cynges steorte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 48, 9.

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ymb-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-settan, p. te.
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Beád hé út scypfyrde and landfyrde, and ðæt land eall útan embsette, Chr. 1072; Erl. 210, 31.

faroþ

(n.)
Grammar
faroþ, faroþ, es; m.

oceanwavesshore

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Brimþisan æt sæ-acute;s faroðe sécan, 1660. the land bordering the sea, shore Hé on greóte stód, fús on faroðe, An. 255. [Perhaps some passages given under I.should be taken here.]

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon; pp. -sp[r]ecen.
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Th. i. 238, 15. to lose that which is the subject of a suit Cnut cyng lét ðæt land intó Crístes cyrcean ... tó ðám forewearde ðæt Eádsige hit hæbbe his lífes tíman ... and hé hit ne mæg náðer gifan ne syllan, ne forspecan ne forspillan ( lose it by a

ge-þyncan

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Se leóma wæs swíðe lang geþúht, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 29: Rún. 21. Þeáh ðá gecorenan Godes cempan sind feáwa geðúhte, Hml.

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, a heath, hǽþ a plant. Take these together, for ' e ; f. ' substitute es; n.
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m, and add: a heath, a tract of uncultivated, waste land, masc. Andlang ðǽre díc tó ðǽm hǽðe foreweardan . . . ; ðonne westweard ofer ðone hǽð, C. D. iii. 264, 2-4. Úp on ðene hǽð; ofer ðene hǽð, 384, 26. neut. Ofer ðæt hǽð, C. D. iii. 392, 3, 5.

ófer

(n.)
Grammar
ófer, ófor, es; m.

an edge, border, marginthe land bordering on water, a river-bank, sea-shore, over in local names,

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Smire ða ófras ðǽr hit reádige, the borders of a cancer 108, 20. the land bordering on water, a river-bank, sea-shore, over in local names, e.g. Over in Cambridgeshire, Wendover Strand litus, brerd vel ófer crepido, Wrt. Voc. i. 54. 24-25.

hlyt

(n.)
Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.

A lot, portion

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Ðú gedydest ðæt wé mǽtan úre land mid rápum and mín hlyt gefeóll ofer ðæt betste funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris, Ps. Th. 15, 6. On handum ðínum hlyt mín in manibus tuis sortes meæ, Ps. Spl. 30, 18.

fæþm

a bosomlapthe fore-arma cubitarmsbosom a fathomfist

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Seó earc wæs .ccc. fæðmena lang and .1. fæðmena wíd and xxx fǽðmena heáh, Sal. K. 184, 29. an arm which embraces; in pl.

fót

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Th. 8, 7: 46, 3. a foot as a measure of length Seó eá þæt land oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, Ors. 1. 3; S. 32, 6. Eahta fóta brádne and twelf fóta heánne, Bd. 1. 12; Sch. 34, 2.

út-ácumen

(adj.)
Grammar
út-ácumen, -cymen[e]; adj.

Strangeralienforeign

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Gé wǽron útácymene (advenae) on Egipta lande, Lev. 19, 34: 25, 23. Eallum and mágum and útácymenum omnibus et propinquis et extraneis, Scint. 3, 14. Útácymene and ǽlþeódige aduenas et peregrinos, 137, 16. Útácymene peregrinos, Lev. 23, 22.

for-ðam

(con.)
Grammar
for-ðam, for-ðæm, for-ðan, for-ðon, for-ðam-ðe, for-ðæm-ðe, for-ðan-ðe, for-ðon-ðe; conj, [for that which]

For thatfor that reason whichforbecausenamquia

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Forðonðe sió sunne ðǽr gǽþ neár on setl, ðonne on óðrum lande, ðǽr syndon lýðran wedera ðonne on Brittannia because the sun in its setting goes nearer there than in any other land, there are milder weathers than in Britain, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 20, 32:

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lícian

(v.)
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Add: to please, with person or thing as subject. absolute On ǽlcum lande ne lícað ꝥ on óþrum lícaþ, Bt. 18, 2 ; F. 64, 26. Hé wilnað ungemetlíce lícigean (lícian, v. l. ), Past. 143, 6.

FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strangeforeignestranged fromdevoid ofaliēnusperegrīnusaliēnātusaversusremōtusexpers

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On lande fremdre in terra aliēna, Ps. Spl. 136, 5. Ne ðú fremedne god gebiddest neque adōrābis deam aliēnum, Ps. Th. 80, 9. Wilt ðú fremdne monnan grétan wilt thou address a strange man? Exon. 92 b; Th. 346, 20; Sch. 1.

wícian

(v.)
Grammar
wícian, p. ode.
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Skt. i. 13, 226. in case of travel by water, to land Þyder hé cwæð ðæt man mihte geseglian on ánum mónðe, gyf man on niht wícode ... and ealle ða hwíle hé sceal seglian be lande, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 13.

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Ceortes íg

(n.)
Grammar
Ceortes íg, Certes íg, e;. f. [Hovd. Matt. West. Certesie]

CHERTSEYCertesia

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Cerot's island, CHERTSEY, in Surrey, on the bank of the Thames; Ceroti insula, Certesia, in agro Surriensi, ad ripam Tamesis fluminis Ercenwold getimbrede mynster on Súþrigena lande, be Temese streáme, on ðære stówe ðe is nemned Ceortes íge Earconvaldus

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seht

(adj.)
Grammar
seht, adj.
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In agreement about the terms of a settlement, agreed Hí wurdon sehte ðæt ða gebróðra ealle geeodon of ðam lande bútan ánum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 195, 25.

þyrs

(n.)
Grammar
þyrs, es; m.

A giantan enchantera demon

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Ðyrs sceal on fenne gewunian ána innan lande, Menol. Fox 545; Gn. C. 42. Þyrses Caci, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 62. Þyr[ses] colossi, Hpt. Gl. 445, 2. Gehégan ðing wiþ þyrse ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 856; B. 426. Ealdum þyrse (þyrre, MS.), Exon.

deóp

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On manegum landum gebyreð deópre ( more onerous ) swánriht, Ll. Th. i. 436, 15. Be þám deópestan áðe by the most solemn oath, 324, 19