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sceát

(n.)
Grammar
sceát, es; m.

a corner, an angle ⬩ corner, quarter ⬩ a projection, promontory ⬩ a nook, corner, region ⬩ a lap, bosom ⬩ the bosom ⬩ a bay ⬩ sinus ⬩ a garment ⬩ a cloth, napkin ⬩ cloak,fold

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Hé ne métte middangeardes, eorþan sceáta (sceatta,MS.) mundgripe máran, Beo. Th. 1508; B. 752. Fyllaþ eówre fromcynne foldan sceátas, Cd. Th. 92, 26; Gen. 1534: 247, 25; Dan. 502.

Linked entry: sceáta

ÆT

(prep.)
Grammar
ÆT, prep.

AT ⬩ to ⬩ before ⬩ next ⬩ with ⬩ in ⬩ for ⬩ against ⬩ apud ⬩ juxta ⬩ prope ⬩ ante ⬩ ad ⬩ in ⬩ contra ⬩ Of ⬩ from ⬩ a ⬩ ab ⬩ de ⬩ To ⬩ unto ⬩ as far as ⬩ ad ⬩ usque ⬩ ad

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Dipl, cxciii; vol. i. 237, 1. very rarely used with the accusative; cum accusative To, unto, as far as; ad, usque ad Æt sǽ-streámas ad mare, Ps. Th. 79, 11. Æt Ác-leá at Oakley, Chr. 789; Ing. 79, 14. Similar entries v.

Linked entries: æt-eom æt-gebicgan æt-gebrengan æt- æt-swymman

teár

(n.)
Grammar
teár, ( = teahor), teór, tæher, teher, tehher, es; m.

A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb

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Eua bær teáras on hire innoþe, Maria brohte ðone écan gefeán eallum middangearde,Blickl. Homl. 3, 12. Tehhero, Rtl. 40, 35. caused by weakness. v. tíran Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wiþ ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon ... wiþ tér, Lchdm. iii. 292, 2.

Linked entries: tæher teagor teárig teher tíran

meaht

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Þǽr nú God swutelað þæs hálgan martires mihta, Chr. 1012 ; P. 143, 4. bodily strength Gif þé þince ꝥ þú máran lǽcedóm dón ne durre for unmihte þæs mannes. . . gebíd oþ ꝥ þú dyrre. Gif meht ne wyrne, lǽt him blód, Lch. ii. 254, 4.

sceamu

(n.)
Grammar
sceamu, e; f.

modesty, bashfulness ⬩ shame, confusion ⬩ what causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame ⬩ the private part

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Hú mæg máre scamu mannum gelimpan, ðonne ús déþ gelóme? Wulfst. 162, 3. Sceome gihénedo confusione contempnata Rtl. 27, 31. Sceame, Ps. Th. 88, 38. Ic his feóndas gegyrwe mid scame in icos ejus induam confusione 131, 19.

Linked entries: a-swǽrnung sceam-lim

fyrmest

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adv.
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Hé on þám folce fyrmest eóde, By. 323. where position marks importance Hí sécað ðæt hié fyrmest hlynigen æt ǽfengieflum, Past. 27, 7. of rank Þá þe under Alexandre fyrmest wǽron, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 18. marking highest degree of excellence, completeness

smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ, es; m.

A smith, a worker in metals or in wood ⬩ faber ⬩ faber, cudo

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Marian sunu Mk. Skt. 6, 3. Ðes ys smiþes sunu hic est fabri filius Mt. Kmbl. 13, 55. Byrne, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum Beo. Th. 817; B. 406. Gif gesíþcund man fare, ðonne mót hé habban his smiþ mid him L. In. 63; Th. i. 144, 3.

Linked entry: helle-smiþ

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Ná ꝥ wé ána ( we without effort on our part ) habbon ús ðone wurðmynt, ac swá man máre swincð, swá man máran méde hæfð, 57, 161

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine

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Mára is allum cwicum lácum and sægdnissum majus est holocaustomatibus et sacrificiis, Mk. Skt. Rush 12, 33. Ǽnig ðæra þinga ðe gedwolgodum tó lácum betǽht biþ any thing that is appointed to false gods for sacrifices, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 105, 30.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

gifu

(n.)
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Hwæþer máre is geofu (gefe, L.) oþþe wíbed ꝥte hálgaþ ðá geofu (ꝥ gefe, L.)?, Mt. R. 23, 18, 19. Corban ꝥ is on úre geðeóde gyfu (geafa, L., gefe, R.), Mk. 7, II. Críste mon bróhte gold tó gefe Shrn. 48, 19.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Gif hé hine forstalede, ꝥ hine man lǽdde tó þǽre torfunge, 234, 8. to take, carry, convey. the object material Ne lǽt hé his nánwuht of þýs middanearde mid him máre þonne hé bróhte hider, Bt. 26, 3 ; F. 94, 15.

stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
stæþ, es; n.
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Stæð vel brerd labram, margo, vel crepido, 57, 25. Of ðæm mere ðe Truso standeþ in staðe, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 9. On ðam staþe ðe is genemned Ypwines fleót, 449; Erl. 12, 2. Treówlícre hit is be staðe tó [swim]manne, ðonne út on sǽ tó seglanne, Prov.

ferian

(v.)

to carry ⬩ move ⬩ convey ⬩ to lead ⬩ conduct

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Dele bracket at end, and add: to carry, move, convey, the subject a person, and the object not moving itself Hé forðférde . . . hine man ferede tó Sc̃a Marian mynstre, Chr. 977; P. 122, 12: 1023; P. 157, 9.

ge-néþan

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(bb) where the clause marks the degree of presumption :-- Ꝥ hé nó genéðde tó þon ꝥ hé áht grétte þone Godes þeówan ne servum Dei contingere auderet, Gr. D. 38, 32. with infin.

gífer-nes

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Add: greediness for food, gluttony Gífernes gastri-margia Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 16. Gýfernes vel oferfil, i. 27, 21. of persons Syndon eahta heáfodleahtras . . .

grund

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Add: the bottom, the lowest part of anything. of the sea On deópum, niwellicum grunde sǽwe in fundo profundo maris, An.

tungol

(n.)
Grammar
tungol, (-ul, -el), tungl, es; generally neuter, but pl. tunglas occurs: tungla, an; m.
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Mænig tungul máran ymbhwyrft hafaþ on heofonum, Met. 28, 20. Saturnes steorra wandraþ ofer óþrum steorrum ufor ðonne ǽnig óþer tungol, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 14. Swá heofenes tunglu sicut astra coeli, Deut. 10, 22.

Linked entries: tungel tungl

betǽcan

(v.)

to entrust ⬩ guidance ⬩ to hand over ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ to assign ⬩ destine ⬩ yield to ⬩ to direct

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Gif hwylc hyra þurh gedyrstignesse on máran ylde belǽcþ and þreále gebýt bútan þæs abbodes hǽse ( if any one of the brethren from presumption directs and imposes punishment in the case of those of greater age than fifteen without the abbot's order.

hundred

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L. 6, 21 marg. Hundredum centuriis (exercitus in centuriis et millibus conglobatos), An. Ox. 882. Ðerh hundrað (-eð, R.) per centenos, Mk. L. 6, 40. (2 a) used of things denoting value, where the thing is to be inferred.

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