féðe
The power of going on foot ⬩ walking ⬩ going ⬩ motion ⬩ pace ⬩ făcultas pĕdĭbus eundi ⬩ ambŭlātio ⬩ gressus ⬩ passus
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Hit is nædrena gecynd ðæt heora féðe biþ on heora ribbum it is the nature of serpents that their power of going is in their ribs, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 44. On féðe léf [MS. líf] lame in walking, Exon. 87b; Th. 328, 16; Vy. 18.
Linked entry: an-féðe
CLÆMAN
To CLAM, smear, anoint ⬩ linere
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Clæm on ðone cancer smear it on the cancer, L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 110, 4: 3, 45; Lchdm. ii. 336, 22. Clæme on ðæt geswel smear it on the swelling, Lchdm. iii. 38, 23
hræding
Hurry ⬩ haste
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Hurry, haste Be ðisum þeófum ðe man on hrædinge fúle geáxian ne mæg and man eft geáxaþ ðe hé fúl biþ concerning the thieves that are not at once found out to be guilty, and afterwards it is found on enquiry that he is guilty, L.
mǽþ
Math in after-math ⬩ mowing ⬩ hay-harvest
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Kmbl. ii. 400, 30
ge-méting
A meeting, an assembly, association, a society ⬩ conventus, conventio, conventĭcŭlum, congrĕgātio
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On gemétingum in congrĕgātiōne, 110, 1. Ne ic ne gederige gemétinga heora non congrĕgābo conventĭcŭla eōrum, Ps. Spl. 15, 4. To gemoetingum conciliis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 9
wyrcend
a worker ⬩ labourer ⬩ a maker ⬩ a doer.
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Similar entries v. efen-, fore-, wín-wyrcend, and wyrcan, I. a maker. Similar entries v. wyrcan, II Ic gelýfe on ǽnne God, wyrcend heofenan and eorðan, Homl. Th. ii. 596, 25. Heó wǽron ðám wyrcendum gelíce similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea, Ps.
hláford-swice
Treachery to a lord, ⬩ treason
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one's lord is to betray his soul, and very great treachery also is it to deprive him of life, or to drive him from the country alive, Swt.
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.
ge-bod
A command ⬩ order ⬩ mandate ⬩ jussum ⬩ mandātum
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A command, order, mandate; jussum, mandātum Is ðæt þeódnes gebod it is God's command, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 12; Ph. 68: Menol. Fox 457; Men. 236. Be ðæs cyninges gebode by the king's command, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 13.
CROCCA
A CROCK ⬩ pitcher ⬩ earthenware pot or pan ⬩ vas fictile ⬩ testa ⬩ olla
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Voc. 82, 56 Wyl wæter on croccan boil water in a crock L. M. I. 40; Lchdm. ii. 104, 19.
hnescian
To make, ⬩ or to become, soft, ⬩ to soften
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To make, or to become, soft, to soften Ic hnexige mollio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 53. Lege ðonne on ðǽr hit heardige hnescaþ hyt sóna apply where it is hard, it will at once soften, Herb. 2, ii; Lchdm. i. 84, 4.
Linked entries: a-hnescian a-nescian ge-hnesctun
frécendlíc
Dangerous ⬩ perīculōsus
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Dangerous; perīculōsus Hú frécendlíc ðæt dysig is how dangerous the error is! Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 6.
mid-niht
Mid-night
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Mid-night Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... feórþa is intempestum, ðæt is midniht, Lchdm. iii. 244, 3: Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 32. Midniht intempestum vel intempesta nox, i. 53, 5. On middre nihte wearþ clypung gehýred ...
stulor
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Voc. ii. 38, 30. acting with stealth, stealthy Seó hreóhnys is open costung, and seó smyltnys is stulor and dígele swica, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 24. stolen Wæteru stulre swéttran synd aque furtiuae dulciores sunt, Scint. 110, 11
innung
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Add: what is contained in something, contents Mín is eall eorðan ymbhwyrft, and eall hyre innuncg meus est orbis terras, et plenitudo ejus, Ps.
of-dæl
Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior
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Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior Hit biþ ámerred mid ðám lǽnum gódum forðam hit biþ ofdælre ðǽrtó it is led astray by the transitory goods, because it is more inclined to them; ad falsa devius error abducit, Bt. 24, 2; Fox 82, 2.
Linked entry: æf-dæl
bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 9.
Linked entries: ealdor-biscop biscep biscop
ge-sceatwyrpan
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Voc. ii. 25, 72. [ The O.H.Ger. scaz-wurf (v. Grmn. R. A. 332) manumissio seems to shew that the word is connected with sceatt not sceát, though the phrase in sceát álecgan (v. sceát; ) desponsare might seem to point to sceát.] Cf. be-sceatwyrpan
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scrift
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P. i. 4; Th. ii. 174, 24. Ðonne sceal se scrift hine áhsian be ðǽm ðe hé him andettaþ, hú ða þing gedón wǽron, L. E. I. 31; Th. ii. 428, 10.
folc-wóh
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a public wrong Nis hís talu nán þincg soþ, ne drífð hé bútan folcwóh there is no truth in his tale, he is but wronging the public, Hml. S. 23, 691
Linked entries: folc-leásung folc-sóþ