tó-brítedness
a bruise, ⬩ breach ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow
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a bruise, breach Hé gewríð tóbrýtednyssa heora alligat contritiones eorum, Ps. Lamb. 146, 3: 59, 4. trouble, sorrow Tóbrýtednys and ungesǽlignys contritio et infelicitas, 13, 3
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á-ýtan
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Ðonne áríseð þeód wið þeóde and hié beóð þonne áýtte fram heora gemǽrum (quoted in note to preceding). Add
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ǽr
ERE ⬩ before that ⬩ antequam ⬩ priusquam
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ERE, before that; antequam, priusquam Ǽr heó wordum cwæþ ere she said in words, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 3; Sat. 409. Ǽr hie to setle gong ere she went to her seat, Beo. Th. 4043; B. 2019. Ǽr ge furður féran ere that ye further proceed, 510; B. 252.
bealo-ful
BALEFUL ⬩ dire ⬩ cursed ⬩ wicked ⬩ pestiferus ⬩ facinorosus ⬩ scelestus ⬩ malitiosus
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Heó ðone bealofullan aléde mannan she laid down the odious man, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 2 ; Jud. 100. Biter bealofullum bitter to the baleful, Exon. 21 a ; Th. 56, 31; Cri. 909
fǽmnan hád
Virginity, maidenhood, womanhood ⬩ virgĭnĭtas
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Heó lyfode mid hyre were seofen geár of hyre fǽmnháde vixĕrat cum vĭro suo annis septem a virgĭnĭtāte sua, Lk. Bos. 2, 36
fylle-seóc
Falling sick ⬩ epileptic ⬩ lunatic ⬩ ĕpĭleptĭcus ⬩ ἐπιληπτικός ⬩ lunātĭcus
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Heó fylleseócum helpeþ it helpeth the epileptic, Herb. 143, 1; Lchdm. i. 266, 5
Huntan-dún
Huntingdon
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And ðá se firdstemn fór hám ðá fór óðer út and gefór ða burg æt Huntandúne and hie gebétte and geedneowade ðǽr heó ǽr tóbrocen wæs be Eádweardes cyninges hǽse, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 16: 107, 31. Tóward Huntendúne porte, 656; Erl. 31, 19
meolcian
to milk ⬩ take milk from an animal ⬩ to give milk ⬩ to suckle
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Nán wíf hire yrfe ne meolcige, bútan heó ða meolc for Godes lufan syllan, Wulfst. 227, 10. Hyt biþ gód ceáp tó milcian, Lchdm. iii. 178, 30. to give milk, to suckle (v. ge-milcian) Ða breóst ða ðe nǽfre meolcgende nǽron, Blickl. Homl. 93, 32
mid-winter
Mid-winter ⬩ Christmas
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Gif heó byoþ on Ðunresdæg, ðonne byoþ gód winter ... Gif se midwinter byþ on Frigendæge, ðonne byþ onwendædlíc winter ... Gif se midwinter byþ on Seternesdæg, ðonne byþ winter gedréfedlíc, Lchdm. iii. 164, 1-10. On ðære hálgan midwintres tíde, L. C.
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sýring
Butter-milk
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Cýswyrhtan gebyreþ ðæt heó of wring-hwæge buteran macige tó hláfordes beóde, and hæbbe ða sýringe ealle búton ðæs hyrdes dǽle, 16; Th. i. 438, 33
full
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[Þe ilke þat halt þene nap, he hine drinkeð up; oder uul me þider fareð . . . þenne þat uul beoð icumen, þenne cusseoð heo þreoien, Laym. 14333-8.] Add
ge-ríman
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Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces wæs þá iéðre tó oferwinnanne þone heó ús sié nú tó gerímanne. Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 12. Is gerímed supputatur. An. Ox. 3832. Add: —
ge-wítendlic
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Heó oferwinð þá gewítendlican geswinc, Hml. A. 77, 102
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sceard
A gap,notch
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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic
of-fillan
to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy
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Hí woldon heó sylfe offyllan oððe ádrencan ruina perituri aut fluctibus absorbendi, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 33. Ðá hét se déma ðæt wíf weorpan on seáþ and ðǽr mid stánum offellan, Shrn. 89, 29
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on-sprǽc
A suit involving a claim or accusation, claim, charge
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Bǽdon ðæt heó mósten gesyllan hire morgengyfe wið ðan ðe se cing ða egeslícan onspǽce áléte ( the charge is previously stated: ðæt hé wǽre on ðam unrǽde, ðæt man sceolde on Eást-Sexon Swegen underfón), Chart. Th. 540, 21
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ge-speornan
To tread upon ⬩ to perch ⬩ spurn ⬩ calcare
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To tread upon, to perch, spurn; calcare Ðæt heó fótum ne meahte land gespornan so that she might not perch on land with her feet, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 33; Gen. 1458: 72; Th. 87, 11; Gen. 1447.
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tó-tredan
To tread to pieces ⬩ trample upon
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Heo hit totreden mid horsen, Laym. 26771. Sixti hundred weoren totredene mid horsen, 27473. Wordliche þinges totreden & forhowien, A. R. 166, 22. Totrad conculcavit, Wick. Ps. 55, 2
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wén-líc
fair ⬩ handsome ⬩ comely ⬩ conveniens
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Heó wæs swíðe wlitig and wénlíces híwes erat eleganti aspectu nimis Homl. Ass. 108, 205. the word glosses conveniens in the following passages Ne wæs woenlíc (þæslíc (q v.), W. S.) gecýðnisse hiora non erat conveniens testimonium illorum Mk. Skt.
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byrig
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A mulberry-tree; morus He ofslóh byrig heora on hagule occidit moros eorum in pruina, Ps. Spl. 77, 52: L. M. 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 17