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sál
a rope, cord, line, bond ⬩ a rein ⬩ the loop which forms the handle of a vessel ⬩ the fastening of a door ⬩ a necklace, collar
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a rope, cord, line, bond Licgaþ mé ymbe írenbendas, rídeþ racentan sál, Cd. Th. 24, 3; Gen. 378. Ðá wæs be mæste segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3816; B. 1906. (cf.O. H. Ger. segil-seil rudens ) Sálum nexibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 74. a rein Sálas [h] abenas,
wæl-rest
The rest or bed of the slain
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The rest or bed of the slain Wælræste wunian to be dead, Beo. Th. 5796; B. 2902: Exon. Th. 184, 10; Gú. 1342. Wælreste ceósan to die, Cd. Th. 99, 8; Gen. 1643: Byrht. Th. 135, 5; By. 113. Sceal fǽge flǽschoma foldærne biþeaht wunian wælræste (inhabit
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wǽting
Wetting, moistening
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Wetting, moistening Ðara breósta biþ deáwig wǽtung (v. wǽtian), swá swá sié geswát, Lchdm. ii. 258, 17. Mid wǽtingum (v. wǽtan) and mettum gelácnian, 222, 8
hǽðung
Heating, warming
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Heating, warming Belimpþ seó hǽðung tó ðære hǽtan and seó onlíhting belimpþ tó ðære beorhtnysse the heating belongs to the heat and the illumination to the brightness, Homl. Th. i. 286, 3
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hál-wendnes
Salubrity
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Salubrity Hibernia ge on brǽdo his stealles ge on hálwendnesse ge on smyltnysse lyfta is betere mycle ðonne Breotone land Hibernia et latitudine sui status et salubritate ac serenitate aerum multum Brittaniæ præstat, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 29
hand-brǽd
A hand's breadth ⬩ palmus
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A hand's breadth Handbréd vel span palmus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 127; Wrt. Voc. 43, 52
hand-fæstung
A giving of the hand by way of pledge or assurance ⬩ marriage with the encumbrance of some canonical impediment, not yet bought off ⬩ striking a bargain, the joining hands. ⬩ emunitas, cautio, testamentum, privilegium.
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A giving of the hand by way of pledge or assurance Handfestnung mandatum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 110; Wrt. Voc. 20, 48
hand-cweorn
A hand-mill
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A hand-mill Héton hine grindan æt hira handcwyrne ordered him to grind at their mill, Jud. 16, 21
hand-scólu
A retinue
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A retinue Mid his hondscóle with his retinue, Beo. Th. 3931; B. 1963. Handscále, 2638; B. 1317
heáfod-sién
The eye
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The eye Ðǽr him hrefn nimeþ heáfodsýne there [on the gallows] shall the raven take from him his eye, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 19; Vy. 36. Heáfodsiéna, Cd. 114; Th. 150, 11; Gen. 2490
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brytednys
A breaking, bruising ⬩ contritio
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A breaking, bruising; contritio
búc-ful
A pitcherful
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A pitcherful Him wearþ ðá geboren to búcful wæteres a pitcherful of water was then borne to him, Homl. Th. ii. 422, 29
ofer-níd
Extreme need
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Extreme need Gif hit oferneód beó si valde necesse sit L. Ecg. P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 200, 33
costnes
A temptation ⬩ tentatio
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A temptation; tentatio Som. Ben. Lye
slítness
a tearing, rending, laceration ⬩ a wasting, destroying, desolation
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a tearing, rending, laceration Similar entries v. slítan, IV. Ða slítnysse gedígean a laceratione (by wolves or dogs) convalescere L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 25. a wasting, destroying, desolation Similar entries v. slítan, VI Slítnese desolationis
geswincfulnys
Sorrow ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ trībŭlātio
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Sorrow, affliction, tribulation; trībŭlātio Of eallum geswincfulnyssum he gehǽlde hine de omnĭbus trībŭlātiōnĭbus ejus salvābit eum, Ps. Lamb. 33, 7
swǽrness
heaviness of a burden (lit. or fig.), weight, ⬩ heaviness, want of readiness in moving, sluggishness,
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heaviness of a burden (lit. or fig.), weight, v. swǽr, Hwí settest ðú ðises folces swárnysse ( pondus ) uppan mé? Num. 11, 11. Ne mæg ic ána eówre swárnissa ( pondus ) and eówre saca ácuman, Deut. 1, 12. heaviness, want of readiness in moving, sluggishness
for-wyrht
Evil-doing ⬩ crime ⬩ sin
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Evil-doing, crime, sin Búton forwyrhtum sine malefactis, Ll. Th. ii. 238, 11
scilcen
A female servant or slave ⬩ a woman of bad character
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A female servant or slave, a woman of bad character Hé gemacode ðæt seofon nacode wímmen urnon plegende on heora gesihþum, ðæt heora mód wurde ontend tó gálnysse þurh ðæra scylcena plegan, Hom. Th. ii. 162, 33
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