bót
mending ⬩ repair ⬩ remedy ⬩ improvement ⬩ help ⬩ amendment ⬩ amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ repentance ⬩ penance
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Add: mending, repair, remedy, improvement, repair of a structure Is ealles þæs landes .xxv. swułga and án swulung þǽre cirican to bóte, C. D. iii. 429, 19. Similar entries Cf. ciric-bót. a medical remedy Gé blindnesse bóte fundon, Gú. 600. Him tó laman
múþ
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Add: the external orifice in an animal body which serves for the ingestion of food, together with the cavity to which this leads Heó bróhte án twig on hire múðe (in ore suo ), Gen. 8, 11. Mid nebbe, múþe cýwat, pluc(ciaþ) rostro, i. ore decerpunt, i.
lád
excuse
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excuse, defence against a charge Nú hí nabbaþ náne láde be hyra synne nunc excusationem non habent de peccato suo, Jn. Skt. 15, 22. Ðætte hé náne láde ne mǽge findan ac síe súa mid his ágnum wordum gebunden et in nulla sui defensione se exerceat, quam
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plegan
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To play; ludere Ic plege ludo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 23 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 29. Plegade lusit, 53, 28. Plegende ludens, Kent. Gl. 279 : 995. to play, move about sportively, frolic, dance Horufisc plegode, glád geond gársecg, Andr. Kmbl. 740; An.
FIREN
a wicked deed ⬩ sin ⬩ crime ⬩ scĕlus ⬩ crīmen ⬩ peccātum ⬩ tribulation ⬩ torment ⬩ suffering ⬩ pain ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ tormeutum ⬩ crŭciātus
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a wicked deed, sin, crime; scĕlus, crīmen, peccātum Næs ðǽr gefremed firen æt giftum there was no sin committed at the nuptials, Hy. 10, 17; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 17. Nú eft gewearþ flǽsc firena leás flesh is again become void of sins, Exon. 9b; Th. 8, 25
hýre-mann
a subject ⬩ follower ⬩ servant ⬩ subordinate ⬩ a parishioner ⬩ a hearer
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One who obeys, or is subject to, another, a subject, follower, servant, subordinate, [as an ecclesiastical term] a parishioner, a hearer: Forðon oft for ðæs láreówes unwísdóme misfaraþ ða hiéremenn and oft for ðæs láreówes wísdóme unwísum hiéremonnum
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óþ-wítan
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to reproach with a fault, lay to a person's charge, to taunt Óþwíteþ improperabit, Ps. Spl. M. 73, 11. Hwý óðwíte gé wyrde eówre, ðæt híó geweald nafaþ? Met. 27, 4. Wé sindon cumen tó ðǽm gódan tídun ðe ús Rómáne óþwítaþ we are come to the good
ge-nip
A mist, cloud, darkness, obscurity ⬩ nĕbŭla, cālīgo, nūbes, tĕnebræ
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A mist, cloud, darkness, obscurity; nĕbŭla, cālīgo, nūbes, tĕnebræ Mist vel genip nĕbŭla, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 111; Wrt. Voc. 52, 61. Wearþ genip, and ofersceadede híg facta est nūbes, et obumbrāvit eos, Lk. Bos. 9, 34. Ðæt genip stód æt ðæs geteldes
un-gewiss
Uncertain ⬩ not having knowledge ⬩ ignorant ⬩ not known ⬩ of which there is not certain knowledge ⬩ not conveying certain knowledge ⬩ ignominious
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Uncertain Ungewis incerta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 17. of persons, not having knowledge, ignorant Gif hé hit nát, hwelce gesǽlþa hæfþ hé æt ðam welan, gif hé biþ swá dysig and swá ungewiss ðæt hé ðæt witan ne mæg si nescit, quaenam beata sors esse potest
wrenc
a trick ⬩ artifice ⬩ wile ⬩ stratagem ⬩ a stratagem ⬩ a modulation of the voice
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a trick, artifice, wile, stratagem On swá hwylcum wrence (arte) worda ǽnig swerige, Scint. 136, 18. Wrencum modis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 61. Ðæt lease lot, ðe beoþ mid ðám wrencum bewrigen fraus, mendaci compta colore. Bt. 4; Fox 8, 17: Met. 4, 47. Tó fela
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earmlíce
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Add: miserably. cf. earm-lic, 1 Réðe fore*-*bécna ꝥ folc earmlíce brégdon (drehtan, v. l. ), Chr. 793; P. 55, 33. Hú earmlíce hit gefaren is gynd þás ðeóde, Wlfst. 166, 11. Hí earmlíce férdon swá ꝥ se hálga wer hí wundorlíce geband, Hml. S. 32, 206.
earn
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Fleáh sum earn ætforan him ( Cuthbert ) on síðe . . . Hé cwæð: 'God mæg unc þurh þisne earn ǽt foresceáwian' . . . Se earn on ðam ófre gesæt mid fisce geflogen, þone hé ðǽrrihte geféng, þá cwæð hé . . . 'Yrn tó ðám earne and him of ánim þæs fisces dǽl
fót-lǽst
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Add: e; f. a foot-print Þá fótlástas wǽron swutole on þǽm stáne, swá hié on wexe wǽron áðýde. Bl. H. 203, 36. Hwæþer þú mage tócnáwan hwæs fótlǽsta þú geseó on þissere flóre ástapene, Nap. 79. Gesáwon hí on þám marmanstáne swilce mannes fótlǽsta fæstlíce
ge-níwian
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Add: to renovate, restore what has decayed or been injured. the object material Eft geníuað wæs hond his restituta est manus ejus, Lk. L. 6, 10. Eal bið geníwað feðerhoma, swá hé æt frymðe wæs, Ph. 279. Hé ( the Phenix ) forð wunað wæstmum geníwad, ealles
ge-þræc
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Dele <b>geþrec</b> clangor, and add: a collection of objects pressed together, a throng Synna gehwǽr selfum æt eágan firendéda geþrec (the throng of my misdeeds) beforan standeþ delictum meum coram me est semper, Ps. C. 44. Geþræce apparatu
ge-búr
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Add: glossing Latin words Gibuur colonus, vicinus, Txts. 46, 163. Gebúr colonus, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 32. Gebýr, ii. 17, 6. used of others than English Ic wæs gebúr on þám lande þe [hátte] Nisibim, Shrn. 36, 21. Hit gelamp in Samni ꝥ sumes ríces mannes
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nídan
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Add: to exercise constraint or compulsion upon one Hié in hátheortnisse néddun (conpulerent) mec, Ps. Srt. ii. 193, 38. Hé nó æt ne cume, ðeáh hiene mon niéde, Past. 59, 10. <b>I a.</b> to force in a particular direction, for a particular
reordian
to speak, say, talk ⬩ to read
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; to speak, say, talk ; Sleáþ synnigne ofer múþ, tó feala reordaþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2604; An. 1303. Ðus reordiaþ ryhtfremmende, Exon. Th. 240, 1; Ph. 632. Ðá reordade Waldend and worde cwæþ, Cd. Th. 76, 6; Gen. 1253. Reordode, 161, 30; Gen. 2673. Heáhcyning
Cnut
Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035
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Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035 Hér, on ðissum geáre, Swegen ge-endode his dagas to Candelmæssan iii n Feb'. And se flota ðá eal gecurón Cnut to cyninge here, in this year, A. D. 1014, Sweyn ended his days
sóm
agreement, concord ⬩ the bringing about of concord, reconciliation, adjustment of differences ⬩ an agreement, arrangement of a matter in dispute
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agreement, concord Beó eallum mannum sibb and sóm gemǽne, and ǽlc sacu tótwǽmed L. Eth. vi. 25; Th. i. 320, 28: L. C. E. 17; Th. i. 370, 10: Wulfst. 118, 3. Ðám dómbócum ðe se heofonlíca Wealdend his folce gesette tó sóme and tó sehtnesse Homl. Th. ii