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hund-twelftig

(n.; num.; adj.)
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hund-twelftig, num.

A hundred and twenty

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A hundred and twenty Hundtwelftig geára wæs Moses ðá ðá hé gewát Moyses centum et viginti annorum erat, quando mortuus est, Deut. 34, 7: Cd. 64; Th. 76, 26; Gen. 1263.

Linked entry: twelftig

hund-twelftig

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(hundtwelftig, v. l. ) sciłł. Ll. Th. i. 88, 7. Heó wæs hundtwelftiges fóta lang, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 174, 17. Ánra gehwylc godweb hangað on hundtwelftigum hringa gyldenna.

hundtwentig-wintre

(adj.)
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hundtwentig-wintre, adj.

A hundred and twenty years old

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A hundred and twenty years old Ic eom tó-dæg hundtwentigwintre centum viginti annorum sum hodie, Deut. 31, 2

hund-twentig

(n.; num.; adj.)
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hund-twentig, num.

A hundred and twenty

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A hundred and twenty Mid ðam ðe hé wæs on ylde hundtwentig wintra when he was a hundred and twenty years of age, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 1. Hé gean ðæra hundtwæntiga hída æt Wyrðæ He gives the hundred and twenty hides at Worth, Chart. Th. 526, 32

hund-twéntig

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Mid hundtwéntigum sciłł. Ll. Th. i. 410, 9. Mid hundtwéntigum sciłł. (hundtwentig scillinga, v. l. ), 402, 6. Geselle hé hundtwéntig sciłł, 66, 16. Hundtwentig scillinge, 390, 25. Add

Linked entry: twéntig

hirdenn

(n.)
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hirdenn, e; f.

A hardening

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A hardening xii ðúsendum sí ða sceatpra ðonne seó án flán ðe sý fram hundtwelftigum hyrdenna geondhyrded, Sal. K. P. 150. 28

geond-hirdan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-hirdan, pp. ed
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To harden thoroughly, temper thoroughly Seó flán ðe sý fram hundtwelftigum hyrdenna geondhyrded, Sal. K. p. 150, 28

Linked entry: hirdan

rǽde-here

(n.)
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rǽde-here, es; m.
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Alexandres næs ná má geslægen ðonne hundtwelftig on ðæm rǽdehere in exercitu Alexandri centum et viginti equites defuere, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 21. Ǽgðer ge an gangehere ge on rǽdehere (rád-, MS. C.), 4, 1; Swt. 154, 24.

sweord-fetels

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-fetels, -fætels, es; m.
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Se cásere heora ǽlces sweordfætelsas hét forceorfan the emperor ordered the sword-belts of each of them to be cut, Ðat swerd on hundtwelftian mancusas and fóur pund silueres on þan fetelse, Chart. Th. 505, 32.

Linked entry: fetels

west-lang

(adv.)
Grammar
west-lang, adv.
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With the length measured in a westerly direction Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang the length of the wood measuring east and west is one hundred and twenty miles Chr. 893 ; Erl. 88, 28.

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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Heáfodmynstres griþbryce . . . béte man be cyninges munde . . . and medemran mynstres mid hundtwelftigan sciłł., L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 1: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21.

sweor-beáh

(n.)
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sweor-beáh, gen. -beáges; m.
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Ic ann ðære hlǽfdigan ánes swyrbeáges on hundtwelftigum mancussum and ánæs beáges on þrítegum mancussum, Chart. Th. 554, 1. Ǽnne sweorbeáh (on XL mancysan, on LXXX mancys), 501, 20, 31.

heorþ-pening

(n.)
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heorþ-pening, -peneg, es; m.

A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]

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And ðonne hé hám cume gylde ðam cynge hundtwelftig scillinga of the hearth-penny. Let every hearth-penny be paid up by St.

rím

(n.)
Grammar
rím, es ; n.

Number

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Hundtwelftig geteled ríme wintra, Cd. Th. 76, 27 ;Gen. 1263. On wera ríme gewurðod, 127, 8 ; Gen. 2107. Rím dæga mínra numerum dierum meorum, Ps. Surt. 38, 5.

nunne

(n.)
Grammar
nunne, an ; f.

A nuna vestal

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Gif hwá nunnan of mynstre út álǽde bútan kyninges léfnesse geselle hundtwelftig sciłł .... Gif heó leng libbe ðonne se ðe hié út álǽdde, náge hió his ierfes ówiht. Gif hió bearn gestriéne, næbbe ðæt ðæs ierfes, L. Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 14-20.

Linked entry: non

cirlisc

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Add: in a technical sense, of the 'ceorl' class or rank Gif mon hǽme mid twelfhyndes monnes wífe, hundtwelftig sciłł. gebéte þám were. Syxhyndum men hundteóntig sciłł. gebéte. Cierliscum (ceorl-, cyrl-, v. ll.) men feówertig sciłł. gebéte.

for-fón

to take awayto seizeto anticipate

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H.]' substitute: to take away, take as forfeit Gif hine (a man who has sought asylum in a monastery) on þám fierste geyflige . . . léte mid ryhte þeódscipe . . . and þám híwum hundtwelftig sciłł. ciricfriðes tó bóte, and næbbe his ágne forfongen (hæbbe

gold

(n.)
Grammar
gold, es; n.
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Hundtwelftig mancæs reádes goldes a hundred and twenty mancuses of red gold, Th. Chart. 232, 10: 375, 28: Bt. Met. Fox 19, 11; Met. 19, 6: Cd. 109; Th. 145, 11; Gen. 2404. Wunden gold twisted gold, 91; Th. 116, 4; Gen. 1931: Beo. Th. 2391; B. 1193.

lah-slit

(n.)
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lah-slit, n[?]; -sliht, -slite, es; m; -slitt, e: f.
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component parts the word means a breach or violation of the law; in the Laws however it is applied to the fuse payable for the breach, and is used only with reference to the Danes, the corresponding term among the English being wíte Beó se wið ðone cyningc hundtwelftig

Linked entries: slite -slitt

nigon

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Th. i. 230, 23. uninflected Næs ná má þonne hundtwelftig on þǽm rǽdehere, and nigan on þám féðan, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 124, 21.] Þus feor sceal beón þæs cinges grið . . . . III. míla, .III. furlang . . . . IX. fóta . . . .IX. berecorna, Ll.