sam-hwilc
Some
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H. ) the 'wer' for the ' þeów' is 60 shillings. For one kind it is 50 (?), L. In. 23 ; Th. i. 118, 4.
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healfunga
By halves, partially, imperfectly
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Hit is nyttre ðæt hit mon healfunga sprece it is better that it should be said in part only, Past. 31; Swt. 207, 7: 32; Swt. 209, 22. Gif wé healfunga and be summm dǽle heora gódan weorc secgeaþ si quædam illorum bona ex latere requiramus, 211, 16
heaðu-sceared
blade of a sword, ⬩ war-share
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Th. 5650; B. 2829; according to Thorpe the reading of the MS. is scearede, other editors read scearde.
on-líc
Like, similar
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Se is lyfte onlícusð on hiwe, 14; Swt. 85, 5. Se fugel is onlícost peán, Exon. Th. 219, 25; Ph. 312. Onlícust, 189, 20; Az. 62
ge-streónan
To gain ⬩ get ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ lucrāri ⬩ acquīrĕre
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Ðǽr is cúþre líf ðonne we on eorþan mǽgen ǽfre gestreónan there is a life more glorious than we may ever obtain on earth, Cd. 226; Th. 302, 11; Sat. 597.
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ge-swutelung
A making clear ⬩ plain ⬩ a manifestation ⬩ declaration
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Hér is siú geswitelung ðære gerǽdnisse ðe ðiús geférrǽden gerǽd hæfþ here is the declaration of the ordinance that this society has decided upon, Th. Chart. 610, 27
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féle-leás
Devoid of feeling ⬩ insensĭlis
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Devoid of feeling; insensĭlis Biþ his líf scæcen and he féleleás his life is departed and he devoid of feeling, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 26; Vy. 40
in-gelaðian
To invite
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To invite Se ðe ðé ingelaðode is qui te vocavit, Lk. Skt. 14, 9, 10. Ðá sǽde hé sum bigspel be ðám ingelaðudan dicebat ad invitatos parabolam, 7
sib-æðeling
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A prince and kinsman Sibæðelingas (Beowulf and Wiglaf; a few lines before the former is spoken of as the mǽg of the latter). Beo. Th. 5409; B. 2708
þegen-hyse
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A follower, attendant Ðegnhyssas clientes (the passage in Aldhelm is: Ejusdem nefandae militiae tam calones et clientes ... quam satrapae et proceres), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 73: 17, 74
un-sewenlíc
Invisible
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MS. has unwénlícran, and the Latin is: Quid reliqua, quae, cum sit aspera ), Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 24
un-gelimplíce
Unseasonably ⬩ unhappily
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Hér is ðære lyfte fágetung ðurh mislíce stormas ðe ungelimplíce becumaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 538. 33
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wítung-stów
A place of torment ⬩ punishment
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A place of torment or punishment Ðæt is eác cúþ, ðæt for ðæs dæges weorþunge, ðæt ða sáuwla onfóþ reste, ða ða beóþ on wítincgstówan, Wulfst. 219, 34
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feld-denu
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A valley in which there is pasturage (?) On feld*-*dene; andlang dene tó wuda, C. D. v. 86, 20. On feldene; andlang feldene on ðone hagan, 356, 9
feltún-grép
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The drain of a privy Wyrse is þæt mon ðæs ofer riht brúce þonne hine mon on feltúngrépe wiorpe; on þǽre grépe hé wiorðeð tó meoxe, Nap. 21
frum-spellung
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A first telling, an original story Titelung, frumspellung recapitulatio (the passage glossed is: Paradisum Cherubin conclusisse recapitulatio Geneseos originaliter declarat, Ald. 16, 35), An. Ox. 1153: 2, 31
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gemót-beorg
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A hill where a 'gemót' is held Ǽrast on æscwoldes hláw ; ðonne on gemótbiorh, C. D. ii. 195, 10. On æscstede; ðanon on ðæne gemótbeorh, v. 82, 20
ge-wrid
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What is wrapped about an object, a covering, husk. v. wríþan; : ge-wríþan; Gewrid glumula (cf. eára scalu spicarum glumula, An. Ox. 1412), Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 23
gop
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Add: The metre makes góp probable, though perhaps not quite certain: at least a short vowel occurs in the similar verse: Is þæs gores sunu, Rä. 41, 72
lilie
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Hwylc wyrt is betst and sélust ? Lilige hátte seó wyrt, for ðám ðe heó getácnað Críst. Sal. K. 186, 9