folc-cwide
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A popular saying Swá eald folccwide cwyð ut unlgo diciiur, Nap. 23
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for-gifenlic
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that is freed from an oppressive obligation, easy. For 'forgiving, . . ., bearable' substitute:
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milcen
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Gif eala sié áwerd oþþe meolcen mete, Lch. ii. 14, 18. Add
ge-nyhtsumian
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Ǽghwæþer ge seó sǽ ge heora eá fiscum genihtsumade ( piscibus abundabant ), Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 420, 8. to be abundant Þonne ungeríme bysna mænifealdlíce genihtsumiaþ cum innumera exempla affatim exuberent, An. Ox. 1690.
ríman
to count, number ⬩ to enumerate, recount, describe in succession ⬩ to calculate, compute, count up ⬩ to account, esteem as
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Næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs mos est, ex ea parte quae viceret occisorum non commemorare numerum, Ors. 4, 1 ; Swt. 156, 22. Cyninges þegnas oft ráde on ridon ðe mon ná ne rímde Chr. 871 ; Erl. 76, 12.
un-gerád
stupid ⬩ rude ⬩ unskilled ⬩ foolish ⬩ ignorant ⬩ discordant ⬩ disagreeing ⬩ at variance
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Swá eác wé beóð ungeráde, gif wé lufiaþ ða hwílwendlícan lustas, Homl. Th. i. 164, 10. Ða dwollícan béc rǽdaþ ungeráde menn, ii. 444, 25. Ðeáh ða dysegan and ða ungerádan his gelýfan nyllan, Wulfst. 305, 14.
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timber
material for constructing a house, ship, etc., ⬩ timber ⬩ material of which anything is formed ⬩ a structure, ⬩ building, ⬩ edifice ⬩ the building of a house, ship, etc.
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Hé (the sixth day of the moon) is gód circan on tó timbrane, and eác scipes timber on tó anginnanne, Lchdm. iii. 178, 9
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folgere
aFOLLOWER ⬩ attendant ⬩ disciple ⬩ assecla ⬩ pĕdĭsĕquus ⬩ assectātor
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óðerne unsáwene; sǽdige sylf ðæne, and his mete, and scóung, and glófung him gebýreþ: gyf he máre geearnian mæg [MS. mæig], him biþ sylfum fremu folgārio compĕtit, ut in duodĕcim mensibus duas acras hăbeat, ūnam sēmĭnātam, ăliam non; sed īdem sēmĭnet eam
teóðian
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Teóðige hé eal ðæt hé áge, L. Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 22. Ús is wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian, gif wé willaþ syllan úre ðæt wyrste Gode, Blickl. Homl. 41, 7. Heáfodmen teóðian, Wulfst. 181, 18.
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ge-lytlian
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Seó sunne wæs swelce heó wǽre eall gelytladu solis orbis minui visus est, Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 158, 22. Líg byð gelytlud, áteorigendum holte flamma minuitur, deficiente silva, Scint. 56, 19. in respect to quality, degree, & c.
æt-hrínan
To touch ⬩ take ⬩ move ⬩ tangere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ movere
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Nellaþ híg ðá mid heora fingre æt-hrínan digito autem suo nolunt ea movere, Mt. Bos. 23, 4
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Deorwente
The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durham ⬩ quatuor fluviōrum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi
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The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durham; quatuor fluviōrum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi Be Deorwentan ðære eá by the river Derwent [Yorkshire], Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 18: 2, 13; S. 517, 16.
Wísle
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Seó Wísle is swýðe mycel eá, and hió tólíð Witland and Weonodland ; and seó Wísle líð út of Weonodlande, and líð in Estmere . . .
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be-seón
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Add Þá ðing þe gé beseóð and betst on gelýfað ea quae uera et optima credebatis, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 6. <b>III a</b>. to observe, look at :-- Beseóþ gé hine, þonne hé . . . gá, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 117, 11
eótenisc
Belonging to or made by a giant, giant ⬩ giganteus, a gigante factus
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Belonging to or made by a giant, giant; giganteus, a gigante factus Geseah ðá eald sweord eótenisc then he saw an old giant sword. Beo. Th. 3120; B. 1558. Ætbær eald sweord eótonisc bore away the old giant sword, 5225 ; B. 2616
nic
not I
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Eart ðú wítega? Hé cwæþ nic, Jn. Skt. 1, 21. Eart ðú of ðysses leorningcnihtum? Ðá cwæþ hé : Nicc, ne eom ic, 18, 17
un-áwendendlíce
Unalterably ⬩ without possibility of change
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Unalterably, without possibility of change Ic nát hwæþer hit eall gewyrþan sceal unáwendendlíce, ðæt hé wát and getiohhod hæfþ.
mynster-stede
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A monastic edifice, monastery (as a building) Eall his mynsterstede full fæste gestód, búton þám gebedhúse ánum in þám hé læg seóc; eall hit ábifode dum ejus omnis domus in sua soliditate persisteret, cubiculum in quo jacebat aeger contremuit Gr.
séft-lic
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Easy, luxurious Ungemetlíce ríclic and séftlic lýf, Solil. H. 38, 3
be-eástan-norþan
to the north-east of,
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to the north-east of, Ors. 1, 1; Th. 246, 16