be-healdenness
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Bihaldennise observantiam, 9, I. con-tinence Bihaldennises continentiae, Rtl. 104, 4
Linked entry: -healdennes
wæfer-sín
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Cóm mycel werod tó pǽre wæfersýne þæs hálgan mannes deáðes ( ad spectaculum mortis), Gr. D. 254, 17. Add
brád-þistel
A thistle with long leaves, sea-holm, sea-holly ⬩ eryngium = ήρύγγιoν ⬩ eryngium maritimum,
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A thistle with long leaves, sea-holm, sea-holly; eryngium = ήρύγγιoν, eryngium maritimum, Lin Brádþistel eryngion, Cot. 212
bridel-þwangas
Bridle-thongs ⬩ reins ⬩ freni
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Bridle-thongs or reins; freni Ic wyrce bridelþwangas [MS. bridel-þwancgas] facio frenos, Coll. Monast. Wrt. 9. 9
Linked entry: brydel-þwang
broddetan
To tremble, quake, to pant for fear; ⬩ tremere, trepidare, palpitare,
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Dial. 2, 25: Cot. 154, Som. Lye
Linked entry: ge-bryddan
twi-bytme
Double-bottomed
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Double-bottomed On ðæt twigbutme del; of ðam delle on beran del, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 28, 19
Linked entry: bytme
lufiend
A lover
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Swá swíðe se cyning wæs geworden lufiend ðæs heofonlícan ríces, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 5 col. 2. Ic hæbbe óðerne lufiend I have another lover, Homl. Skt. 7, 27. Se wísdóm gedéþ his lufiendas wíse, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 1. Lufigendas, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 27
mǽsc-wyrt
Mash-wort ⬩ the wort in the mash-tub
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On the malt boiling water is poured and allowed to stand three quarters of an hour; the liquid is wort, or mash-wort,' Lchdm. ii. 399, col. i Máxwyrte amber fulne, L. M. 1, 41; Lchdm. ii. 106, 16.
heóf
Lamentation ⬩ grief ⬩ sorrow
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Lamentation, grief, sorrow Maximus mid micelum heófe gedréfed him tó com Maximus troubled with great grief came to him, Homl. Th. i. 414, 17. Sǽde ðæt hie hæfden bet gewyrht ðæt him mon mid heáfe [heófe MS.
Linked entry: heáf
niht-sang
the service at the seventh of the canonical hours ⬩ compline ⬩ a copy of the service
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Hwænne wylle gé singan nihtsangc ( completorium ), Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 3. a copy of the service Sind .ii. fulle sangbéc and .i. nihtsang . . . Hé ne funde ná má búton áne capitulare and .i. forealdodne nihtsang ... Chart. Th. 430, 8, 28
sceóh
shy, timid, fearful: ⬩ wanton
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Parv. 444, col. 2
mǽþ
Math in after-math ⬩ mowing ⬩ hay-harvest
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ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre síþe tó rípe free from every secular service except three things; one is church scot, and (the other two) that he [work] with all his might twice a-year, once at hay-harvest, the other time at corn-harvest, Cod. Dip.
ge-sceón
To happen, come upon ⬩ accidere, contingere
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To happen, come upon; accidere, contingere Him níþ godes gesceóde God's enmity came upon him, Cd. 206; Th. 255, 7; Dan. 620. [Cf. Cod. Ex. Th. 226, 4; Ph. 400.]
Linked entry: sceón
sam-mǽle
Agreed, come to an agreement
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Hér swutelaþ on ðisum gewrite hú Wulfríc and Ealdréd wǽron sammǽle ymbe ðæt land at Clife, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 300, 5. Dene and Engle wurdon sammǽle æt Oxnaforda, Chr. 1018; Erl. 161, 16
Linked entry: sam-
ǽn-íge
one-eyed
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Alf. 20; Wilk. 30, 11: Cot. 179
béme
A trumpet ⬩ tuba ⬩ salpinx
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Béme barbita Cot. 27
fleóte
A stream ⬩ river ⬩ rīvus
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A stream, river; rīvus To ðære fleótan to the stream, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 123; A. D. 774; Kmbl. 111, 381, 7
for-hergung
A molesting ⬩ devastation ⬩ annoyance ⬩ trouble ⬩ vastātio ⬩ infestātio
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A molesting, devastation, annoyance, trouble; vastātio, infestātio Mid forhergunge gebysmerad disgraced by pillage, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 1: Cot. 108
Linked entries: hergung sorheriunge
mǽr-ác
An oak which serves as part of a boundary
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Of ðære ác in ða mǽrác, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 379, 31
mǽr-stán
A boundary-stone
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On mǽrstán; of mǽrstáne on ðone ealdan gáran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 438, 28