huntaþ-faru
hunting
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A hunting expedition, hunting Cýpinga and folcgemóta and huntaþfara and woroldlícra weorca on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne let people diligently abstain from marketings and folk-moots and hunting expeditions and secular employments on the holy
mód-wlanc
Proud ⬩ haughty ⬩ of high courage
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Proud, haughty, of high courage Nis ðæs mód-wlonc mon ofer eorþan ðæt hé á his sǽfóre sorge næbbe no man upon earth is of courage so high, as on his sea-journey ne'er to feel fear, Exon. 82a; Th. 308, 13; Seef. 39. Módwlonc meówle haughty maiden, 107a
ge-wyrþan
To estimate ⬩ value
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To estimate, value Óðre ungesawene þing mon mót mid áþe gewyrþan and syððan be ðam gyldan other unseen things may be estimated on oath, and then paid for accordingly, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 7. Swá hit man gewyrþe as it may be valued, L. A. G. 3; Th.
seoluc
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Silk Seolc sericum, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 2. Gód geolo seoluc, Lchdm. ii. 10, 16 : 106, 22. Seowa mid seolce fæste, smire mid ðære sealfe ǽr se seoloc rotige, 56, 7-8: 358, 25. Heora wǽda sioloce siowian, Met. 8, 24. Gyf man mǽte ðæt hé seoluc oððe godweb
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strange
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severely: — Rícum mannun man sceal strangor (severius) déman ðonne ðám heánum, L. Ecg. C. 1; Th. ii. 132, 30. Ðeáh ðe ðæt wíte heardor and strangor dón sý cum districtius agitur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 12. strongly, violently Seó sǽ strange geondstyred on
á-hwider
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Substitute: Anywhither, to any place, in any direction Ðá þá on ýtinge áhwyder farað hi qui in via diriguntur, R. Ben. 91, 8. Þeáh þú wille áhwyder, faran þú ne miht, Hml. S. 23 b, 620. Þæt nán crísten man ne móte his broces bóte sécean áhwider búton
buteruc
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Næfdon hí nán wín búton on ánum gewealdenan butruce . . . wæs se buteruc brerdful wínes. Hml. S. 6, 274-282. Sum man sende twégen butrucas mid wíne (cf. twá treówene fatu fulle wínes, on folcisc flascan gehátene vino plena duo lignea vascula, quae vulgo
eorþ-scræf
a cave ⬩ tomb ⬩ grave
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Add: a cave Dauid wæs gehýd on ánum eorðscræfe (spelunca) . . . Ðá fór Saul forð bí ðæm scræfe, Past. 197, 12. a cave for burial, tomb, grave Ne þearf þæs nán man wénan ꝥ his líchama mæge þá synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Bl. H. 109, 31. Ealle erðware
ge-gildan
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Take here <b>ge-gyldan</b> in Dict., and add Him man geald (gegeald, v. l. v. p. 295) .xxiii. þúsend punda, Chr. 1002; P. 133, 37. Gegylde hé án pund, Cht. Th. 611, 16. Bíde mon mid þǽre wíterǽdenne oþ þæt se wer gegolden sié, Ll. Th. i.
ge-wintred
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Gewintred senex, Ors. 6, 31; S. 284, 22. Wæs geworden ꝥ Jóseph wæs geháten sum gewintrod man, eóde þyder mid iungum mannum, Hml. A. 130, 65. Ðá ðe tó ðǽm gewintrede ne beóð ne geðiegene (cf. ðá ðe unmedome bióð tó ðǽre láre oððe for gioguðe oððe for unwísdóme
hatigend-lic
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Hateful, detestable Ys hatigendlic (odibilis) sé þe gemáh ys tó specenne ( another by much babbling becometh hateful, Ecclus. 20, 5), Scint. 79, 15. Hatigendlic (odibilis) beforan Gode and mannum ofermódignyss ( pride is hateful before God and man, Ecclus
ofen-raca
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Add: <b>-racu,</b> e ; f. For 'an instrument for clearing out an oven or furnace' substitute: 'A fork for stirring the fire in a furnace for cooking,' [Cf. rotabulum furca vel illud lignum cum quo ignis movetur in fornace causa coquendi, Migne
scír
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Add: <b>I b.</b> morally clear, pure. [v. N. E. D. shire; adj. 4] Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan, scír in leóhte geríseð, Gn. Ex. 67. <b>II f.</b> add :-- Scírre clarior (limpida sum Titanis clarior orbe, Ald. 272, 18
wlencu
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Add: wlenc, es; m. Add Hé an his ǽrend-gewryte wífum ne stýrde reáfa wlences ( a pretiosarum uestium apetitu), Chrd. 65, 6. Eft laþode hí man and speón tó óðres mannes brýdræste ge for hire wlæncum ge for hire geogoðe quam dum ad iterandum thalamum
gang-setl
A stool
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Add: A stool (of a privy) Þás úplendiscan wíf wyllað oft drincan and furþon etan fúllíce on gangsetlum . . . hit is bysmor þæt ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gange þæt meox út fram, and drince þonne ǽgðer ge þæt
tiriaca
A medicine, ⬩ properly an antidote for poison,
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A medicine, properly an antidote for poison, cf. tiriaca drenc wyð áttre, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 20 Tyriaca is gód drenc wiþ eallum innoðtýdernessum, and se man se ðe hine swá begǽþ swá hit hér on segþ, ðonne mæg hé him miclum gehelpan . . . Nime áne lylte
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DILE
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DILL, anise; anēthum = άνηθoν, anēthum graveŏlens, Lin Genim diles blóstman take blossoms of dill, L. M. 1, 1: Lchdm, ii. 20, 7. Genim diles sǽdes áne yntsan take one ounce of seed of dill, L. M. 2, 12; Lchdm. ii. 190, 9: 2, 15; Lchdm. ii. 192, 14. Selle
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ge-ǽrendian
To go on an errand ⬩ to ask ⬩ tell ⬩ intercede ⬩ mandātum deferre ⬩ nuntiāre ⬩ interpellāre
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To go on an errand, to ask, tell, intercede; mandātum deferre, nuntiāre, interpellāre Se ðe him mǽge geǽrendian [ge-érendian MS. B : geǽrndian MS. H.] who can do his errands, L. In. 33; Th. i. 122, 13. Ðæt he him sceolde Gaiuses miltse geǽrendian that
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land-fird
An expedition ⬩ a land force
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An expedition, journey by land, a land force Ne him tó ne dorste sciphere on sǽ ne landfyrd the fleet durst not approach them at sea nor the land force [on land], Chr. 1001; Er1. 137, 18. Man sceolde mid scypfyrde and eác mid landfyrde hym ongeán faran
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slaga
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A slayer, homicide; interfector, percussor, lanio Slaga lanio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 36. Hú ne biþ hé swelce hé sié his slaga (mortis auctor ), ðonne hé hine mæg gehǽtan and nyle ? Past. 38, 4 ; Swt. 275, 9. Gif man þeóf geméte, and hé hús brece, and hine