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stihtian

(v.)
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wæs wrítere in þissere hálgan Rómáne cyrican, þǽre íc þeówige Gode stihtigendun mínum ordfruman (þǽre ic þeówie under Godes anwealde, v. l.) sanctae Romanae ecclesiae, cui Deo auctore deservio, notarius fuit, Gr. D. 52, 5. Add

tó-feallan

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wurdon gelǽdde þǽre láðan anlícnysse, ac heó tófeól sóna heora fótum formolsnod, Hml. S. 2, 374. Þysre burge getimbrunga syndon mid gelómlicum hryrum tófeallene aedificia urbis ruinis crebrescentibus prosternuntur, Gr. D. 134, 12. Add

þerscold

(n.)
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Add:e; f. Eóde Martinus ánes mannes húse. Þá ætstód fǽrlíce ætforan þám þrexwolde, Hml. S. 31, 529. ne mihton þone fót onstyrian ofer þá þyrxwolde þǽre stówe ( extra loci limen ), Gr. D. 167, 27

þúsend

Grammar
þúsend, <b>.
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&lt;/b&gt; add Ágefen Alchhere and Aeðelwold hire twá ðúsenda, and fón him ðém londe, C. D. i. 310, 24. Ic gean án þúsend werð fen . . . healfe þúsend fen, iv. 59, 17-23

un-ácumendlic

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Add: intolerable Þá gefór on Iulianes mód unácumendlic (intolerabilis) forhtnys, Gr. D. 37, 26. impossible to do Se hláford bær þone cnapan Martine trúwigende him unácumendlic nǽre þone cnapan gehǽlenne, Hml. S. 31, 956

Linked entry: á-cumendlic

un-líchamlic

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Þín líchamlice eáge ne gesyhð áht líchamlices búton hit gescyrpe þá þing geseónne seó unlíchamlice wíse nec ipse corporeus oculus aliquid corporeum videret, nisi hunc res incorporea ad videndum acueret, Gr. D. 269, 22. Add

un-weorþlic

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un-weorþlic, <b>.
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&lt;/b&gt; add Þá ylcan sprǽce nimað lustlíce, þeáh þe heó us unwurðlicu (-wyrðelice, v.l.) and unrihtlic sprecanne hanc ipsam locutionem quae nobis indigna est, etiam delectabiliter tenemus, Gr. D. 209, 22

wanung

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wanung, <b>. I</b> 3.
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becóm þám dæmme his sylfes wanunge ad defectus damna pervenit, Gr. D. 200, lo. Heó byð þám mǽstan gestreónum gehealdenu of þám lytlan woningum ad lucra maxima ex minimo damno servetur, 205, 9. Add

well-weg

(n.)
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a road to a spring (?) Ǽrest on welwyll . . . on wælwæg nyðæwerdnæ; of wellwæge on æscwyllæ, C. D. v. 344, 29-31. On ðá swelgende; ðonan on penderes clif foreuueardan on wæluueg, vi. 94, 6. Cf. wille-weg. (?)

díc

(n.)
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díc, e; f.

scrŏbis unde terram fodĕrant

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Of ðam bróc on ða ealdan díc from the brook to the old ditch, 556; A. D. 969; Kmbl. iii. 48, 21. On ða reádan díc in the reedy ditch, Cod. Dipl. 1172; A. D. 955; Kmbl. v. 332. 13.

Linked entry: walu

Denisc

(adj.)
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Denisc, def; se Denisca; adj.

DANISH Dānĭcus

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DANISH; Dānĭcus Gif man ofslagen weorþe, ealle we lǽtaþ efen dýrne, Engliscne and Deniscne if a man he slain, we estimate all equally dear, English and Danish, L. A. G. 2: Th. i. 154, i.

Linked entry: Deniscan

pund

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Add .X. pund caeses, C. D. i. 293, 10. Se sester sceal wegan twá pund be sylfyrgewyht, Lch. iii. 92, 14. &lt;b&gt;II a.&lt;/b&gt; add :-- Man geald ǽrest gafol Deniscan mannum . . . wæs .x. þúsend punda, Chr. 991; P. 127, 5.

strengþu

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L. 89, 10. of military or political power Swilce eác Scotland him underþǽdde for his micele strengþe, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 25. in a moral or spiritual sense magan ongytan hwilc his seó circlice strengþ (strencgeoð, v. l.) ut quis sit ecclesiasticus

be-beorgan

to ward off somethingto guard one's self againstto save one's selfto guard one's self (acc.) against (wiþ) something

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mihte him bebeorgan, 109, 33. dat. of person and acc. of thing:--- hié him sylfum heora synna bebeorgaþ, Bl. H. 63, 24. bebearh him and warnode hine wiþ swá swá wið þone ealdan feónd eam quasi hostem cavens, Gr. D. 276, 2.

cwylla

(n.)
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cwylla, an; m.

A well, spring fons

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A well, spring; fons Riht súþ be eástan ðam cwyllan óþ ða wýde strǽte right south by east of the spring as far as the wide road, Cod. Dipl. 409; A. D. 946; Kmbl. ii. 265, 32

dugoþ-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
dugoþ-gifu, e; f. [dugoþ = duguþ, gifu a gift]

Liberality, munificencelargĭtas, munificentia

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Dipl. 715; A, D. 1006; Kmbl. iii. 350, 36

Linked entry: duguþ-gifu

ge-wefan

(v.)

to weavetexere

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to weave; texere Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 1; Reim. 70 [v. Grmm. D. M. p. 387]: 111 b; Th. 427, 2; . 41, 85: Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 100, 101; Wrt. Voc. 40, 11, 12.

Bieda

(n.)
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Bieda, an; m.
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Bieda the son of Port Hér com Port on Brytene, and his twegan sunan, Bieda and Mægla here, A. D. 501, Port came to Britain, and his two sons, Bieda and Mægla, Chr. 501; Erl. 15, 14

á-fón

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áféhð suscipiet eam , Ps. Spl. 47, 3. Áfécð acceperit , 48, 16. Sum wíf wæs áfangen (-foncgen, v. l.) of hire móde (mente capta ), Gr. D. 176, 17. Áfangenre accepta , R. Ben. I. 69, II. Add

Linked entries: á-féhþ on-fón

be-hogodlíce

(adv.)
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be-hogodlíce, adv.
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Carefully, diligently Swá hwilc man swá Godes weorc clǽnlíce and behogodlice wirceð. . . . . þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, Hml. A. 168, 120. ongan geornlícor and behogodlícor cwencean eas sollicitius extinxit, Gr. D. 237, 2