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swealwe

(n.)
Grammar
swealwe, swealewe, an; f.

A swallow

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Hú ða swalawan on him sǽton and sungon . . . . Twá swalewan heora sang up áhófon and hí setton on ða sculdra ðæs hálgan weres Gúðláces, Guthl. 10; Gdwin. 52, 3-10. For instances of the word in local names, see Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 338

Linked entry: swalewe

húfian

(v.)
Grammar
húfian, p. ode
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To put on a hufe Hé his suna húfode swá drihten bebeád he put bonnets upon them, as the Lord commanded; imposuit mitras ut jusserat dominus, Lev. 8, 13

Linked entries: ge-húfod un-húfed

manigteáw-ness

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Ðæt sunnan gér byð gesett on þrím hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum dagum and syx tídum þæs þe ásmeáde séo msenigtýwnes geþungenra wera, Angl. viii. 298, 5. Add

fúllnes

(n.)
Grammar
fúllnes, -ness, e; f.

Foulness ⬩ stench ⬩ fætor

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Foulness, stench; fætor Seó wundriende swétnes ðæs miclan swæcces sóna ealle ða fúllnessa ðæs þýstran ofnes on weg aflýmede omnem mox fætōrem tenebrōsæ fornācis effŭgāvit admīrandi hūjus suāvĭtas ŏdōris, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 21

þurh-seón

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Hé þurhseah swá þone preóst for ðon gesealdne deófle, gif hé gedyrstlǽhte ꝥ hé underféngce ðone hálgan sácerdhád perspexit hunc clericum idcirco diabolo traditum, ne ad sacrum ordinem auderet accedere, Gr. D. 136, 6. Add

Sweordoras

(n.)
Grammar
Sweordoras, (?); pl. m.

A people of Mercia occupying a district of three hundred hides

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A people of Mercia occupying a district of three hundred hides Sweordora þryú hund hýda (the name occurs in a list of districts in the land of the Mercians), Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 21

be-fleógan

To come by flying ⬩ fly on to

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Substitute: To come by flying, fly on to Beflugan (upp flugon v. l.) ðá spearcan on ðæs húses hróf the sparks flew on to the roof of the house, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 4

un-meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-meahtig, -mehtig, -mihtig; adj.

not mighty ⬩ weak ⬩ impotent ⬩ of little power or means ⬩ impossible

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Ongit hú unmihtige ða yfelan men beóþ vide quanta vitiosorum hominum pateat infirmitas, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 2: 29, 1; Fox 104, 12: 36, 2; Fox 174, 27. Unmehtige, Met. 24, 62.

ge-bringan

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</b> where the point reached is given by an abstract noun :-- Hú hé ꝥ Hú hí mihton hine tó deáþe gebringan, Hml. Th. i. 214, 32. to bring to or from a state, condition, action, &amp;c., cause to be in such and such a state, &amp;c.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

riht-gesetedness

(n.)
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Gif hwá angeán þás gesetednyssa oððe óðre swilce rihtgesetednyssa beó tóþunden ( huic institutioni contumax), 61, 12

oft-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
oft-síþ, es; m.

A time that often occurs ⬩ ofttimes

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A time that often occurs Hwæt he hæfde Godes þeówum on oftsíþas tó láðe gedón what he had ofttimes done to hurt God's servants, Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 29

ge-wæccan

(v.)

to watch

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to watch Ne mæhtes ðú án huíl gewæccæ non potuisti una hora vigilare, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 37. Gewaccas vigilate, 13, 35. Ðætte we giuæcge ut vigilemus, Rtl. 124, 23

Linked entry: wæccan

ge-clofa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-clofa, an; m.

A duplicate charter

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[Þisses iwrites icloua (idoua, MS.) is on Cridiamtone mid hure elder boken, Cht. E. 422, 20.]

Linked entry: -clofa

ge-horsod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-horsod, [pp. of ge-horsian]

Horsed ⬩ mounted ⬩ equo impositus vel instructus

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Horsed, mounted; equo impositus vel instructus Ðá com him ðǽr ongeán twá hund þúsenda gehorsodes [MS. gehorsades] folces then came against him [Alexander] two hundred thousand horsemen [horsed folk, cavalry], Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 43

ofer-swingan

(v.)
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to strike through Ꝥ húru æt his ænde seó biternes and hreówsung oferswunge and geþreáde his mód for his ágenre scylde ut saltem in morte de culpa sua mentem ipsius amaritudo transverberet, Gr. D. 344, 33

Briten

(n.)
Grammar
Briten, Britten, e; f.

Britain ⬩ Britannia

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Britain; Britannia Britene ígland ys eahta hund míla lang the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long, Chr. Th. 3, 1, col. 3. Brittene ígland the island of Britain, Chr. Th. 3, 1, col. 2

swoncen-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
swoncen-ferhþ, adj.
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Hé (a man who has been hung) sígeþ swoncenferð (swoncerferð life having failed, (?) v. swancor, I; or sworcen-ferð with darkened soul, i. e. dead (?)), sáwle bireáfod, fealleþ on foldan, Exon. Th. 328, 29; Vy. 25

teóna

(n.)
Grammar
teóna, an; m.
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damage, harm, hurt, mischief, annoyance, trouble, vexation, detriment, loss Mid ðý hunige smire . . . ne biþ sóna nán teóna smear with the honey . . . there will be no hurt (from the disease) directly, Lchdm. ii. 104, 23: 156, 30.

Linked entry: teóne

geond

(adv.)
Grammar
geond, adv.
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</b> with a verb of looking :-- Ic lócade hider and geond ( huc illucque ), Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 622, 2

swín

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Æðelsige forstæl Æðelwines swín ... ðá ridon his men tó and tugon út ðæt spic of Æðelsiges húse, and he oðbærst tó wuda, C.D. iii. 291, 15.