abbad
an abbot ⬩ abbās
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Riht is ðæt abbodas fæste on mynstrum wunian it is right that abbots dwell closely in their minsters, L. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 320, 30. Her Forþréd abbud forþférde in this year abbot Forthred died, Chr. 803; Erl. 60, 13.
þri-fingre
Three fingers thick
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Three fingers thick Æt þryfingrum (spic is added in MS. B. ), L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 18
cor-snǽd
A choice or trial piece ⬩ panis conjurátus, offa consecrāta
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Eth. ix. 22; Th. i. 344, 23; L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 19. To corsnǽde to the corsnǽd Th. i. 362, 25; Th. i. 344, 29
hærfest
Harvest, autumn ⬩ autumpnus ⬩ autumn ⬩ autumnus ⬩ autumn
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Autumnus is hærfeste, Lchdm. iii. 250, 11. Se hærfest welig on wæstmum the autumn rich in fruits, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 27 : 21; Fox 74, 22; Bt. Met. Fox 29, 123; Met. 29, 62. Hærfest æstatem, Ps. Spl. 73, 18.
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ge-rýnelíce
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Add: I. in secret, mysteriously Eal þæt se sacerd déð þurh ðá hálgan þénunge gesewenlíce, eal hit fulfremeð se hálga gást rýnelíce, Wlfst. 36, 9. II. mystically :-- Gerýnelice mystice, Wrt. oc. ii. 55, 84.
sǽ-wer
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D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C. D. vi. 136, 11) seem to show that in sǽwære the second element belongs to wer a weir. If mid be put for and the inflexion is accounted for.]
hyht
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Good is þæt ic on God mínne hiht sette bonum est ponere in Deo spem meant, 72, 23: Gú. 406 : Hy. 4, 36. Ðæt hí heora hiht ne besetton on ðám swicelum welum, Hml. Th. ii. 326, 35. Ic in mínne fæder hyht staðelie, Jul. 437 : El. 798.
sacu
strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action
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It is thus explained in the Latin version of an Anglo-Saxon charter where it is found Ic an heom ealswá ðæt hý habben ðǽrofer saca and sócna iis (sanctus Petrus et fratres Westmonasterienses) etiam concedens ut insuper habeant priuilegium tenendi curiam
heófung-tíd
A time of mourning
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A time of mourning Fram ðisum dæge óþ eastron is úre heófungtíd from this day until Easter is our time of mourning, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 25
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.
tó-nemnan
To name separately, ⬩ distinguish by name into parts
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Norþ óþ ðone gársecg is eall Sciþþia lond binnan, þéh mon tónemne on twá and on þrítig þeóda north up to the ocean is all Scythia, though it is divided into thirty-two nations, each having its own name, Swt. 14, 22.
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færeld
a way, going, motion, journey, course, passage, progress, expedition, company, one who accompanies in the journey of life, a relation ⬩ via, ĭter, cursus, gressus, expĕdītio, cognăta ⬩ The passover of the Jews ⬩ transĭtus, phase, id est transĭtus
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Wǽnes sió eax welt ealles ðæs færeldes the axle-tree of a waggon regulates all its going, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 29. Á byþ on færylde it is ever in motion, Runic pm. 17; Kmbl. 342, 24; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 33.
ge-trahtian
To treat ⬩ explain ⬩ expound ⬩ consider ⬩ tractāre ⬩ expōnĕre
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Ðá cwæþ Pilatus Hú clypedon hig and hú byþ hit getrahtnod on Hebreisc then said Pilate 'How did they call out and how is it explained in Hebrew,' Nicod. 4; Thw. 2, 31. Getrahtad interpretatum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 38, 41: 9, 7.
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þanc
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Add Mé is swíðe mycel þanc þæt þú mé gehátst. Solil. H. 26, 11. <b>III c.</b> add :-- Þis is mé on þance gratias agimus, Gr. D. 203, 9.
þeówetling
A (poor) slave
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Eth. ix, 6; Th. i. 342, 9. Þearfena helpan and þeówetlingan beorgan, L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 318, 26. Þeówetlingum servulis, Hymn. Surt. 25, 18. Þeówtlingas servulos, 124, 13: 125, 5
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hord-ern
A store-house, store-room, treasury
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Búton hit under ðæs wífes cǽglocan gebroht wǽre ðæt is hire hordern and hire cyste unless it has been put into the places which the wife locks up, that is, her storeroom and her chest, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 21.
Acemannes burh
Bath, Somersetshire
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On ðære ealdan byrig, Acemannes ceastre; ac beornas Baðan nemnaþ in the old burgh, Akeman's Chester; but men call it Bath, Chr. 973; Ing. 158, 26. At Acemannes beri at Akeman's bury, Ing. 158, note g
geond-smeágan
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Voc. ii. 107, 25. In the Corpus Gloss. the entry immediately preceding that just given is, 'enixe, omnibus uirtutibus nitit,' v. Corp. Gl. H. 48, 211. This explains the mistake in Wrt.
línete
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In Wülck. Gl. 286, 21 the word is given as línece
willung
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Dele passage, in which wylme is to be read for wylinc