tácn
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Add Þá þá tácna on sǽlicum strandum mearcode cum (patibuli) signacula in glarigeris sulcaret litoribus, An. Ox. 2490. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Táncna (prophetica) signa, An. Ox. 2618. <b>III b.
trúwa
(good) faith ⬩ faith ⬩ belief ⬩ confidence ⬩ trust ⬩ a solemn assurance of good faith ⬩ a covenant ⬩ word ⬩ faithful care ⬩ protection
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Ic sette mín wedd on écne trúwan (in foedus sempiternum). Gen. 17, 19. Ic behét mínne trúwan pepigi foedus, Ex. 6, 4. faithful care, protection Ic hine nam on mínne trúwan ego in meam hunc recepi fidem, Gen. 44, 32
Linked entry: trúa
mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
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Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 25 : Hy. 7, 48; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 48.
Linked entry: mundian
plóg
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In Ælfric's Colloquy the ploughman says : Ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer oððe máre.
Datia
The DACIANS ⬩ Dāci
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. = Δακoί A celebrated warlike people in Upper Hungary, in Transylvania, Moldavia, Wallachia, and in Bessarabia. They were originally of the same race as the Getæ. Trajan crossed the Danube and conquered the country in A.
cyning-feorm
Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household ⬩ regis firma
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in oxen, or in swine, or in sheep, Cod.
cís
Choice ⬩ fastidiosus in edendo
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Choice, nice in eating; fastidiosus in edendo Gyf hwá sý cís if any one be choice, Herb. 8, 2; Lchdm. i. 98, 15
scrift
what is prescribed as a punishment ⬩ a penalty ⬩ penance imposed after confession ⬩ confession which is followed by penance ⬩ shrift ⬩ one who passes sentence ⬩ inflicts punishment ⬩ a judge ⬩ one who hears confession ond imposes penance, a confessor
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what is prescribed as a punishment, a penalty (cf. scrífan. III.)
ceást
Strife, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal ⬩ lis, rixa, seditio
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P. iv. 68, § 22; Th. ii. 230, 29. Ne he ceaste ne astirige he shall not stir up strife, L. Ælf. P. 50; Th. ii. 386, 12. Folcslíte vel ǽswícung, sacu, ceást seditio, Ælfc. Gl. 15; Som. 58, 39; Wrt. Voc. 21, 30
feorr
Far ⬩ at a distance ⬩ prŏcul ⬩ longe
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iii. 234, 20
weard
Ward in to-ward
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Ward in to-ward; the form occurs in combination with tó (v. tó-weard; prep. II. 3) and wiþ (v. wiþ, IX.) Hié wǽron wið ðæs fýres weard, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 16. Hé wið Róme weard farende wæs, 5, 11; Swt. 236, 9, 15, 21.
ge-ánwyrdan
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To be in agreement, conspire Geánlǽhtan vel geánwyrdan conspiraverant Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, II
sceaft
A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper
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Ath. iv. 5 ; Th. i. 224, 7-10. Cf. Tria miliaria, et .iii. quarantene, et .ix. acre latitudine, et .ix. pedes, et .ix. palme, et .ix. grana hordei, L. H. i. 16 ; Th. i. 526, 15.
scír-geréfa
A shire-reeve ⬩ sheriff ⬩ 'the judicial president of a shire.' ⬩ of a secular official ⬩ of an ecclesiastic
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Hist. i. 113 ; Kemble's Saxons in England, bk. ii. c. v. The word glosses preses in Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 11. of a secular official, Similar entries v. scír, III. Ælfnóþ scírgeréfa, Chr. 1056; Erl. 190, 29.
Linked entry: ge-réfa
land
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Th. i. 432, 6. (2 b) where the extent of the land is defined :-- Ic selle Cyneswíde ðreóra hída lond. ...
swinsung
melody, harmony ⬩ sound that is not harmonious
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Voc. ii. 57, 27. sound that is not harmonious Swinsunge sǽs sonitus maris, Lk. Skt. Rush. 21, 25. Wið eárena swinsunge and ungehýrnesse for singing in the ears and hardness of hearing, Lchdm. iii. 70, 23
Linked entries: dreám-swinsung swinsian
ge-logian
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Binnan him (the firmament) is gelógod eall ðes middaneard, 8, 28. in the position or condition in which it is to where the object is personal Hé mínne fæder gelógode on þǽm heáhfædera getele, Hml. S. 2, 421.
mynster-munuc
A monk who lives in a monastery
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A monk who lives in a monastery Ne þearf ǽnig mynstermunuc mid rihte fǽhþbóte biddan, L. Eth. ix. 25; Th. i. 346, 1. Ða mynstermunecas urnon tó. Homl. Th. ii. 176, 23. Benedictus mid his mynstermunecum, 178, 33: i. 532, 33
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ofer-willan
to boil so that a liquid is reduced in quantity ⬩ to overboil, boil too much
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to boil so that a liquid is reduced in quantity Oferwylle óþ ðone þriddan dǽle, Lchdm. ii. 216, 3, 4: 228, 18: 238, 10. to overboil, boil too much Nim ðæt wæter ðe pyosan wǽran on gesodene oferwilleda, 286, 29
searu-wundor
A wonderful thing in implements or engines
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A wonderful thing in implements or engines Similar entries (v. searu, IV) (and cf. searu-píl. The term is applied to Grendel's arm, which had been torn away by Beowulf) Eode scealc monig searowundor seón, Beo. Th. 1844; B. 920