cwylmian
To suffer, suffer torment or pain ⬩ cruciāri
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Gehwylce mánfulle geféran on ðám écum tintregum cwylmiaþ all wicked associates shall suffer in everlasting torments, i. 526, 27
Dornwara ceaster
DORCHESTER, the chief town of Dorsetshire ⬩ Dorcestria, agri Dorsetensi caput
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DORCHESTER, the chief town of Dorsetshire; Dorcestria, agri Dorsetensi caput Ðis wæs gedón in ðam cynelícan setle on ðære stówe ðe is genæmned Dornwara ceaster this was done in the royal residence in the place which is named Dorchester, Th. Diplm.
efesian
To cut in the form of eaves, to round, to shear ⬩ in rŏtundum attondēre, tondēre
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Ic efesige oððe ic scere scép oððe hors tondeo ŏves aut ĕquos, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 9
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.
hreów
fierce ⬩ sævus ⬩ mæstus
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In Andr. Kmbl. 2233; An. 1118 the alliteration seems to require reów. In the compounds blód-, wæl-hreów the second syllable seems to be hreóh [or is it reów, or may hreów be a confusion of the two forms?]
ge-þeahting
Counsel ⬩ consultation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ agreement ⬩ consilium ⬩ consultātio ⬩ consultum ⬩ consensus
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Hú egesfullíc he is in geþeahtingum ofer monna bearn quam terrĭbĭlis in consĭliis sŭper fīlios hŏmĭnum! Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 36.
ban-cóða
A baneful disease ⬩ a fatal or deadly malady ⬩ erysipelas ⬩ lethalis morbus ⬩ ignis sacer
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Wið bancóðe, ðæt is óman, nim eolonan for the baneful disease, that is erysipelas, take elecampane, L.M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 16
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.
Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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There is no mention in these of any being exempted from the contribution on the score of insufficient means, but in the laws of Edward the Confessor, in that which treats 'de denario Sancti Petri qui Anglice dicitur Rómescot,' it is said : 'Omnis qui
ge-eácnian
To increase ⬩ conceive ⬩ become pregnant ⬩ augēri ⬩ concipĕre ⬩ augēre
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Ðú on innoðe geeácnast thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 1, 31. In synnum geeácnod wæs he was conceived in sins, Ps. C. 50, 61; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 61
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þǽr-on
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Th. ii. 408, 1. Se déma hét wyrcan áne hencgene and hét hón ðone bisceop þǽron, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 253 : Blickl. Homl. 71, 7. therein Hér is án lytele burg, ðǽr ic mæg mín feorh on generian.
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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. ...
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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This compound is one of the oldest in the language. It is found in the interpolated passage of Matt. xx. between vers. 28 and 29. The passage is in all the Anglo-Saxon MSS. of the Gospels, except the interlineary glosses.
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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.
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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.
syn-wracu
The punishment of sin
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Ic ne heóld teala, ðæt mé Hǽlend mín bibeád; ic ðæs sceal geseón synwræce, 50, 2; Cri. 794
witan
to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew
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to wit, know, have knowledge, be aware, Grammar witan, absolute Noui ic can oððe ic wát, noui ic wiste, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Zup. 205, 8. Oft wé oferswiðdon swá swá ðú sylf wistest, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 27.
feorh-loca
Life's inclosure ⬩ the breast ⬩ ănĭmæ claustrum ⬩ pectus
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Life's inclosure, the breast; ănĭmæ claustrum, pectus Eom ic, in mínum feorhlocan, breóstum, inbryrded to ðam betran hám I am, in my life's inclosure, in my breast, impelled to the better home, Exon. 42 a; Th. 141, 11; Gú. 625
blǽder-wærc
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Pain in the bladder Wiþ blǽdderwærce, Lch. ii. 320, 3
céne
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In warlike wise Céne belliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 38