smeoru-mangestre
A butter-woman, woman who deals in butter and cheese
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A butter-woman, woman who deals in butter and cheese Smeremangestre que mangonant in caseo et butiro L. Eth. iv. 2; Th. i. 301, 5
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á-stigian
To ascend ⬩ mount
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Astigedon in scip ascendentes in navi, Mk. L. 6, 32. trans. Ic ástigie mín scyp ascendo navem, Coll. M. 23, 9
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-iht
cáfer-tún
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Voc. i. 290, 1. Cafertún atrium, ii. 7, 61: mesaulum, 55, 65. In midle ceafurtúnes ðínes in medio atrio tuo, Ps. Srt. 73, 4.
cyning-feorm
Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household ⬩ regis firma
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in oxen, or in swine, or in sheep, Cod.
ge-sceádwíslic
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Voc. ii. 141, 12. endowed with reason, rational Þǽre sáwle gecynd is ðryfeald . . . þridde dǽl is gesceádwíslic, Hml. S. 1, 97.
fór-weard
Forward ⬩ fore ⬩ antĕrior
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Hig beóþ on forwearde and gé on æfteweard ipse ĕrit in căput et tu ĕris in caudam, Deut. 28, 44
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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.
plóg
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In Ælfric's Colloquy the ploughman says : Ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer oððe máre.
ge-tríwan
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., to trust in, rely on, be confident about In ðé ic getreówu, Ps. Srt. 24, 2. In ðé getreóweð sáwul mín, 56, 2. Getréweð in God confidet in Deo, Mt. L. 27, 43. Þá þe on Drihtén getreówað qui confidunt in Domino, Ps. Th. 124, 1.
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læc
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The word, if this be the true form of it, occurs only once, in the following passage Gárulf gecrang ealra ǽrest ... ymb hyne gódra fela hwearf lacra hrǽr hræfn wandrode sweart and sealobrún, Fins. Th. 64-70; Fin. 33-5.
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feorh-scyldig
Life-guilty ⬩ liable in one's life ⬩ vitæ reus ⬩ morte dignus
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Se ðe ofslehþ man binnan ciricwagum, he biþ feorhscyldig he who slays a man within church-walls, he is liable in his life, vii. 13, 15; Th. i. 332, 8, 14
stíþ-hycgende
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in a good sense, of firm, inflexible purpose, resolute Stópon tó ðære stówe stíðhycgende, Elen. Kmbl. 1429 ; El. 716. in a bad sense, obstinate, stubborn Hire Iudas oncwæð stíðhycgende: 'Ic ða stówe ne can,' 1362 ; El. 683.
hearra
A lord
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The use of this word, which occurs only in poetry, is noticeable.
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heals-mægeþ
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Dele 'e'; mægeþ is not inflected in the singular
swylt
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Dele: probably swyttes in the gloss is for swyftes
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.
micelian
to become great ⬩ to increase in size or in quantity ⬩ to make great ⬩ to increase the size or quantity of a thing ⬩ to extol ⬩ magnify
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On ðǽm dagum wæs ðæt norþmeste (ríce) micliende, Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 12. to make great, to increase the size or quantity of a thing Man myclade ðæt ordálýsen the ordeal-iron should be increased in weight, L. Æðelst. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 13.