sceáta
a corner,angle ⬩ bosom, lap ⬩ a cloth, napkin
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Ðone norþsceátan man hǽt Polores . . . and se súþsceáta hátte Bachinum . . . and ðone west*-*sceátan man hǽt Libeum . . . se þridda sceáta is án hund and syfan and hund syfantig míla westlang, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 2-9. the lower corner of a sail (cf. sheet
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wéste
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Th. 7, 22; Gen. 110. of habitations, waste, deserted, desolate Byð eówer hús eów wéste ( deserta ) forlǽten, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 38. Wese wíc heora wéste (woestu, Ps. Surt.) and ídel, Ps. Th. 68, 26. Wéste (wóstu, Ps. Surt.), 108, 7.
symbel
a feast, banquet, entertainment ⬩ a feast,
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Hé hét beran on ðæt hús manegra cynna symbel, Shrn. 152, 25. Hé geaf mé sinc and symbel, Beo. Th. 4853; B. 2431. Symbel (ge)þicgan, 1242; B. 619: 2025; B. 1010. Symbel ymbsittan, 1132; B. 564. Symbel habban epulari, Ps. Th. 67, 2.
ge-bendan
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Gebænde, Wlfst. 14, 6. xi síðan hund þúsenda hí lǽddon gebende, 296, 26. Add
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Hú longe how long, Past. pref; Swt. 9, 4. Hú langæ, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 10. Nóht longe æfter ðon not long after that, Shrn. 105, 9.
ge-limplíce
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Th. i. 216, 34. rightly, properly (of arrangement or order) Þæt hié oncnéwen hú gelimplíce úre God on þǽm ǽrran tídum þá rícu sette ut iníelligant unum Deum disposuisse tempora, Ors. 2, I; S. 64, I.
hláf
bread ⬩ a loaf ⬩ cake ⬩ bread ⬩ bread ⬩ manna ⬩ cake
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Hú hig hine oncneówan on hláfes brice, Lk. 24, 35. tó hláfe gan to go to eat bread.
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íg-land
An island
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An island Brittene ígland is ehta hund míla lang and twá hund brád. And hér sind on ðis íglande fíf geþeóde the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred broad.
spiweþa
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Gif hund ðone spiweðan frete si canis vomitum illum devoraverit L. Ecg. P. iv. 47; Th. ii. 218, 5. Hund eft hwyrfde tó his spiwðan, Shrn. 37, 16
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wíd-gil
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Behealde hé hú wídgille ðæs heofones hwealfa bíþ (hú widgil sint heofones hwealfe, Met. 10, 6) late patentes aetheris cernat plagas, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 22. Widgille passivos, Hpt. Gl. 405, 64. Sum con wonga bigong, wegas wídgielle, Exon.
lenge
Belonging ⬩ related
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Belonging, related Him biþ lenge húsel to them belongs the housel, Exon. 326; Th. 103, 9; Cri. 1685. Gód biþ wið God Lenge good hath affinity with God, 91 a; Th. 341, 5; Gn. Ex. 121. v. preceding word, and ge-lenge
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mæstan
To fatten
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Ic wylle ðæt man mæste mínum wífe twá hund swína, Chart. Th. 596, 21. Is mæst saginatur, nutritur, Hpt. Gl. 489, 43. Weorþaþ mæsted pinguescent, Ps. Th. 64, 13
for-fang
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Huic libertati concede additamentum . . . mundbryche, burhbryce . . . forfænge . . . aliasque omnes leges et consuetudines quae ad me pertinent, Cht. Th. 411, 31.
heonane
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Ne mót hé hionane lǽdan of þisse worulde wuhte þon máre hordgestreóna þonne hé hider bróhte, Met. 1. 4, 9. from existence Gedwínað heonone þysse worulde gefeán (hujus cessabunt gaudia saecli) . . . wrǽnnes eác gewíteð heonone, Dom. L. 231-235
hlówung
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Hlówengum bombis (aurea hunc bombis nascentem vacula (bacula, Giles; but cf. aurea quadrupes, Ald. 20, 34) vatem signavit, Ald. 144, 6), 90, 6. Hlówengum vel swoegum, 12, 8. For 'Hlóweng. . . Lye' substitute
in-tó
Into
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Ic gange intó ðínum huse introibo in domum tuam. Intó ðære ceastre rád se kyning in civitatem equitavit rex, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 15-7. Ðá se hǽlend com intó ðæs ealdres healle cum venisset Iesus in domum principis, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 23.
þanc-weorþ
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Hé gearcode him gebeótscipe on his húse, ac hé gearcode him micele þancwurðran gereord on his heortan, Homl. Th. ii. 468, 30. Þancwur[ðe]ste gratissimum, acceptissimum, amantissimum, Hpt. Gl. 441, 66
gýmen
Care ⬩ heed ⬩ solicitude ⬩ diligence ⬩ superintendence ⬩ rule ⬩ cura
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Man sceal healdan ðæt hálige húsl mid mycelre gýmene the holy eucharist must be kept with great care, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 11.
hrædlíce
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Cume ðonne án spearwa and hrædlíce ( citissime ) ꝥ hús þurhfleó, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 23. Mid hræs geeáde all sunes ðerh hrædlíce ł oefestlíce in sǽ impetu abiit totus grex per praeceps in mare, Mt. L. 8, 32.
a-wyrdnys
Hurt ⬩ injury ⬩ damage ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ læsio ⬩ labes ⬩ damnum
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Hurt, injury, damage, ruin, destruction; læsio, labes, damnum Crist mihte, bútan awyrdnysse his lima, nyðer-asceótan Christ could, without injury of his limbs, cast himself down, Homl. Th. i. 170, 22. Awyrdnyss labes, Ælfc.