nídan
To force ⬩ compel ⬩ urge
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Ðone hig nýddon ðæt hé bǽre hys róde, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 32. Nýd compelle, Lk. Skt. 14, 23 : Homl. Th. ii. 376, 14. Ne niéde (MS. H. nýde) ðú hine you shall not press him (the debtor), L. Alf. 35; Th. i. 52, 22.
BÓSUM
The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts ⬩ sinus, gremium, pectus, interna ⬩ sinus
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The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts; sinus, gremium, pectus, interna Ðæt ic híg bǽre on mínum bósume, swá fóstormódor déþ cyld ut portarem eos in sinu meo, sicut portare solet nutrix infantulum, Num.
ge-crístnian
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Fleáh hé tó Godes ciricean, and bæd ꝥ Ðeáh hé þá gyt nǽre fullíce gefulwad, ah hé wæs gecrístnod ... hweðre hé þæt gerýne þǽre fulwihte mid gódum dǽdum heóld, Bl. H. 213, 15.
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scealc
a servant ⬩ a man, soldier, sailor
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Þer wes moni bald scalc(cniht, 2nd MS.), Laym. 19126. Heo wenden bi þen scelden þat hit heore scalkes (men, 2nd MS.)weoren, 4219. Schalk a knight, Gaw. 160
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sceand-líc
infamous, base, vile ⬩ disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene ⬩ disgraceful
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of persons, that acts in a disgraceful way,infamous, base, vile On ánre tíde twá mǽdencild cumaþ, and biþ ðæt án sydefull and ðæt óðersceandlíc Homl. Skt. i. 5, 280. Hierusalem winþ for rihtwísnysse, and Babilonia winþ ongeán for unrihtwísnysse ...
æppel
an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball
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Cnuca tósomne ðám gelíce ðe ðú ánne æppel wyrce, Lch. i. 250, 10. an eye-ball :-- Gif se æppel léf biþ, Bt. 38, 5; F. 204, 29. Se óðer æppel wæs geémtigod, and se óðer hangode gehál æt his hleóre, Hml. S. 21, 280.
BRǼW
An eye-lid; ⬩ palpebra
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Ic eom wíde calu, ne ic bréaga ne brúna brúcan móste I am very bald, nor can I make use of eye-lids nor eye-lashes, Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 32; Rä. 41, 100. Betwux oferbrúan and brǽwum intercilium [= intercilia], Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 70; Wrt.
CÚ
A cow ⬩ vacca ⬩ bucula
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On ðære cú hricge on the cow's back M. H. 194a. Be cuus horne of a cow's horn L. In. 59,; Th. i. 140, 1, 3 Cús eáge a cow's eye 59; Th. i. 140, 4 Of ðære cý from the cow M. H. 194a Gif mon cú forstele if a man steal a cow L.
weallan
of water, &c. issuing from a source ⬩ to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow ⬩ of the source, to well with, ⬩ flow with, ⬩ with a noun ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to swarm, exist in large numbers ⬩ of production in large numbers or great quantity, ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ flow with ⬩ of violent movement, ⬩ to boil, rage, heave ⬩ of movement in liquids caused by heat, ⬩ to boil (intrans.), ⬩ to be hot ⬩ used of a vessel in which a liquid boils ⬩ of other than liquids, ⬩ to be hot, burn, blaze, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn
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To roll, turn Hine on lyfte lífgetwinnan sweopum seolfrenum swíðe weallaþ, óð ðæt him bán blícaþ, blédaþ ǽdran, Salm. Kmbl. 288; Salm. 143. [O. Sax. wallan to well; to boil, burn (fig.): O. Frs. walla: O. H.
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on
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Hié beóð on þá winstran sídan mid ece geswenced and on ðone lið þǽra eaxla . . . biþ micel ece, and on þám gehweorfe þára bána on þám sweóran, Lch. ii. 242, 11-14. .vi. æcras mǽde on ðá geréfmǽde, C. D. iii. 53, 2.
healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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An bá halbae (halbe, halfe, v. ll.) altrinsecus, Txts. 38, 51. On twá healfa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 8. ꝥ wé sendan on twá healfa tó þám geréfum, Ll. Th. i. 236, 14.
grétan
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Wyrd þone gomelan grétan sceolde, sécean sáwle hord, B. 2421. to attack with weapons Ic þé bæd þæt þú þone wælgæst ne grétte, B. 1995.
fultum
help ⬩ aid ⬩ assistance ⬩ support ⬩ succour ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ adjūtōrium ⬩ adjūmentum ⬩ a helper ⬩ an army ⬩ forces ⬩ adjūtor ⬩ cōpiæ
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Bæd fultumes wǽrfæst hæleþ the righteous man sought their aid, Cd. 94; Th. 122, 12; Gen. 2025: Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 59, 38: 3, 7; Bos. 60, 32.
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Scottas
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Scots of Ireland Þrié Scottas cuómon tó Ælfréde cyninge on ánum báte bútan ǽlcum geréþrum of Hibernia, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 5. Ðá forþgongenre tíde æfter Bryttum and Peohtum þridde cynn Scotta Breotone onféng . . .
scyld
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Hé his scylde forgyfenysse bæd veniam reatus postulans, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 33. Ða byrðenne suá micelre scylde tanti reatus pondera, Past. 2, 2; Swt. 31, 14. Bútan scylde sine culpa, 3, 1; Swt. 33, 16: L. H. E. 12; Th. i. 32, 9.
Linked entry: GYLT
stycce-mǽlum
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Ðá bleówan wit ða hylla and ástigon ðǽron and scufon hig út on ða eá and wit reówan sticcmǽlum mid uncrum fótum óð ðæt hig unc ásetton on óðre healfe ðære eá then we inflated the bags, and mounted on them, and pushed them out into the river, and little
sweðrian
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, it rolled back upon the Egyptians ), 207, 12; Exod. 465. Mere sweoðerade ( the sea subsided ), ýða ongin eft oncyrde, hreóh holmþracu, Andr. Kmbl. 930; An. 465. Dryhten forlét dægcandelle scíre scínan, sceadu sweðe*-*rodon, 1672; An. 838.
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swán-geréfa
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At that time Hama was swainreeve at Sutton, and he rode to Worcester and watched the oath (taken by the bishop in support of his case), as his alderman Eadwulf (Eadwulf dux is a witness to the charter) bade him, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 278-279.
þeóh
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Bána, þeóna coxarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 27: Lchdm. i. 208, 3. Ðæra ðeóna sár, 80, 2. On þeón in femoribus, Anglia xi. 117, 25. Smyre ða þeóh, sóna hý beóþ hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 20: ii. 64, 26: Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 3
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ge-tíþian
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Him næs þǽre béne getíðod, ii. 528, 6. with dat. of request Hé bæd ðá heáfodmenn ꝥ hí his bénum getíþodon, Hml. S. 26, 49. with clause and dat. of person Getíða mé synfullum ꝥ ic átéo þás hringan, Hml. S. 21, 66.