repan
To reap
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[I gaf hem red þat ropen sykel Þat I ne sewe neure, To seise to me with her Piers P. 13, 374.]
Crecgan ford
- Hunt.
CRAYFORD, Kent ⬩ loci nomen in agro Cantiano
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CRAYFORD, Kent; loci nomen in agro Cantiano Hér Hengest and Æsc fuhton wið Brettas in ðære stówe ðe is gecweden Crecgan ford in this year [A.
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firding
military service ⬩ fighting ⬩ marching ⬩ an expedition ⬩ militia ⬩ troops ⬩ armament ⬩ military forces
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S. 30, 300, Hí lágon úte on fyrdinge ongeán þone here, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 16. figurative: pá concurrentes gehwyrfað mid sóðre fyrdunge, ꝥ ys mid fullum gesceáde, Angl. viii. 302, 30. an expedition: Se cásere his fyrdinge geendode. Hml. S. 28, 118.
be-æftan
behind, ⬩ after
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Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan þǽr beæftan, 905; P. 94, 5. after Þára twelf noman hér stondað áwritene beæftan, C. D. ii. 150, 35
un-gemetgung
Want of moderation ⬩ excess ⬩ intemperance
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Efne hér is foresǽd manna líchamana ungemetegung and geswencednys, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 30.
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wíte-stów
A place of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ hell
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Nis hér (in hell) nú nǽnig wóp, swá hit ǽr gewunelíc wæs on ðisse wítestówe, Blickl. Homl. 85, 29
crafian
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Hér kýþ on þissere béc ꝥ Huberd cræfede ánne wífman þe Édit hátte mid unrihte . . . and Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge, Cht. Th. 633, 17. Ðæt nán bisceop náne feorme ne crafige, bútan of ðám ðe him mid rihte gebyrað, C.
fore-rynel
a harbinger
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Sé sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, hé onféhð friccan scíre and foreryneles; ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeað hira færelt, Past. 91, 21. On þǽre cyrcan þæs hálgan forryneles and fulluhteres, Hml. S. 23 b, 505. Add
gagátes
jet,
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., and add Hér bið geméted gagates stán; sé bið swylce blæc gim, gif mon déð on fyr, nǽdran fleógaþ áweg ðone stenc gignit lapidem gagatem; est nigrogemmeus, et ardens igni admotus incensus serpentes fugat, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9. 5
of-clipian
To obtain by calling
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Heó mid hreáme hyre hræddinge ofclypode she had obtained help by her cries, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 219
giþ-corn
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Giðcorn herba munda, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 60. Giþcorn citocacia, 31, 45. Add
afor
Vehement ⬩ dire ⬩ hateful ⬩ rough ⬩ austere ⬩ vehemens ⬩ atrox ⬩ odiosus ⬩ asper ⬩ austerus ⬩ acerbus
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Ðæt [sǽd] byþ þreóhyrne, and hyt byþ afor and sweart the scent is three-cornered, and it is rough and swarthy, Herb. 181, 1; Lchdm, i. 316, 11
eorþ-gealla
The herb EARTH-GALL, the lesser centaury ⬩ fel terræ, erythræa centaurium
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The herb EARTH-GALL, the lesser centaury; fel terræ, erythræa centaurium. Lin Eorþgealla [MS. -gealle] fel terræ vel centauria, Wrt. Voc. 79, 50; Ælfc. Gl. 41; Som. 64, 5; Wrt. Voc. 31, 17. Eorþgealla centauria, Mone A. 373.
þúsend-feald
Thousand-fold ⬩ a thousand
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[Mid þusendfeld wrenches he þe herte towendeð per mille meandros agitat quieta corda, O. E. Homl. ii. 191, 26.]
bisceop-wyrt
BISHOP'S-WORT, bishop's weed, betony, vervain, marsh-mallow ⬩ ammi = άμμι [ammi majus, Lin.], betonica, verbena, hibiscum = ίβίσκos
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[wyrt a wort, herb, plant] BISHOP'S-WORT, bishop's weed, betony, vervain, marsh-mallow; ammi = άμμι [ammi majus, Lin.], betonica, verbena, hibiscum = ίβίσκos Wyrc to drence æscþrotu, betonice, bisceopwyrt make into a drink ash-throat, betony, bishop's-wart
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hát
Hot, fervent, fervid, fierce [of pain, punishment, etc.] ⬩ a fever
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Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on hátum stówum this plant is produced in hot places, Herb. 115, 1; Lchdm. i. 228, 6. Hé háte lét teáras geótan he let hot tears gush forth, Exon. 48 a; Th. 165, 14; Gú. 1029.
gærsama
Treasure ⬩ ŏpes
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Treasure; ŏpes He lét nyman of hire ealle ða betstan gærsaman he caused all the best treasures to be taken from her, Chr. 1035; Th. 292, 22, col. 2. Gif he ne sealde ðe máre gersuman if he had not given the greater treasures, Chr. 1047; Erl. 177, 7
wyrt-eceddrenc
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An acid potion made with herbs Be ðam súþernan wyrteceddrence, Lchdm. ii. 172, 11
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be-swápan
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Ic Heróde in hyge bisweóp ꝥ hé Ióhannes bibeád heáfde beheáwan, Jul. 294. Add
un-cýððu
ignorance ⬩ a country not one's own ⬩ a strange land
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[Þe soule is her in uncuððe ... and nout eðcene hwuch heo schal iwurðen in hire owune riche. Þet fleshe is her et home, A. R. 140, 17-20.]