ge-recce-líc
Stretched out, extended, strict, firm, steadfast ⬩ extensus, strictus, firmus
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Stretched out, extended, strict, firm, steadfast; extensus, strictus, firmus, Som
þyhtig
Strong ⬩ firm
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Strong, firm Sweord ecgum þyhtig, Beo. Th. 3121; B. 1558
un-scilliht
Not shell
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Not shell (of fish) Fixas unscellehte, Lchdm. ii. 88, 9
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ál
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A fire Ál incendia, An. Ox. 4470. Ála pyrarum, 4389
smedemen
Of fine flour
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Of fine flour Smedmen hláf similagineus panis Scint. 154, 1
beácen-fýr
A signal-fire ⬩ lighthouse
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A signal-fire, lighthouse Bǽcenfýr farans ( = farus), Txts. 180, 7
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ful-wíte
A full fine ⬩ plēna mulcta
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A full fine; plēna mulcta Gielde he fulwíte [fullwíte MSS. B. H.] let him pay the full fine, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 18: 72; Th. 1. 148, 8: L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 9, note 18, MS. G
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ryscen
Of rushes, rush
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Of rushes, rush Riscene weocan fila scirpea (juncea), Germ. 391, 15
fýr-clom
A fire-bond ⬩ vincŭlum ignītum vel igne dūrātum
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A fire-bond; vincŭlum ignītum vel igne dūrātum Ðis is þeóstre [ðeostræ MS.] hám, þearle gebunden fæstum fýrclommum this is a dark home, strongly bound with fast fire-bonds, Cd. 213; Th. 267, 16; Sat. 39
in-bryne
A fire ⬩ burning
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A fire, burning Inbryrno incendia, Rtl. 64, 12
æwul
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cawl in Cornish dialect for a fish-basket
bóc
a BOOK ⬩ liber ⬩ a charter ⬩ charta ⬩ for the books which a priest ought to possess ⬩ for his canonical hours
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On fíf béc in five books, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 31. Ðis is seó bóc Adames mǽgrace hic est liber generationis Adam, Gen. 5, 1: Mt. Bos. 5, 31. Feówer Cristes béc four books of Christ, the four gospels, Ælfc. T. Lisle 24, 22.
scilling
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The shilling appears to have been of different values in different parts of the country; in Wessex five pennies make a shilling: Fíf penegas gemacigaþ ǽune scillinge, Ælfc.
sealt
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Salt (lit. and fig.) Sealt sal, Wrt. Voc. i. 82. 89. Gé synt eorþan sealt (salt, Lind., Rush.): gyf ðæt sealt áwyrþ, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 13: Mk. Skt. 9, 49, 50.
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stípan
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Th. 101, 2 ; Gen. 1676. fig. to exalt, elevate, dignify, ennoble Ic ðé on tída gehwone duguðum stépe, Cd. Th. 139, 7 ; Gen. 2306. Hé him fremum stépeþ, Exon. Th. 434, 10 ; Rä. 51, 8.
á-metan
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Add: to measure (lit or fig.) Ðú ám[et]st adpendes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 21. Ámet metitur, An. Ox. 20. Hé ámæt eorðan mensus est terram, Cant. Ab. 6.
cǽg
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Th. i. 418, 20. fig. 'Ic ðé betǽce heofonan ríces cǽge.' Nis seó cǽig gylden, ne sylfren, ne of nánum antimbre gesmiðod, ac is se anweald þe him Críst forgeaf, Hml. Th. i. 368, 35. Mid ðám unwemlican cǽgan virgineo clave, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 76.
éþung
breathing ⬩ panting ⬩ flatulency ⬩ inspiration ⬩ breath
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: Wiþ áþundenesse and éþunge magan, Lch. ii. 188, 19. fig. inspiration: Éþunge inspirationis, R. Ben. I. 53, 12. breath Oroþ vel éþung flatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 32. Ðridde wæs windes pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs seó ǽðung geseald, Sal.
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ge-brýsed
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His preósta ǽnne of horse feallende and gebrýsedne (tóbrýsendne, v. l.) clericum suum cadendo contritum, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 573, 7. fig. Þeáh se rihtwísa áfealle, ne wyrð hé gebrýsed, ne his nán bán tóbrocen cum ceciderit justus, non conturbabitur, Ps.
slite
a slit, tear, rent in cloth, ⬩ a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite ⬩ a coil ⬩ a breach, infraction of a law
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Se slite byþ wyrsa pejor scissura fit Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16; Mk. Skt. 2, 21. a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite Similar entries v. slítan, IV. Wið hundes slite Lchdm. i. 148, 7. Íces slite oððe hundes ii. 86, 2. Be hundes slite.
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