geatwe
Arms ⬩ trappings ⬩ garments ⬩ ornaments ⬩ armāmenta ⬩ vestīmenta ornāmenta
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Freólíce in geatwum [MS. geotwum] in trappings goodly, Chr. 1066;Th. 334, 35, col. 1; Edw. 22. Geatwum with ornaments, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 26; Rä. 36, 10. Ic geondseah recedes geatwa I looked over the ornaments of the house, Beo. 6167; B. 3087
sceald-þýfel
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Dele 'Scaldhýflas. . . col. 2,' and add Gesáwon hí hine þurh þá scealdþýfelas mid fellum gegyredne. Hí wéndon ꝥ hit sum wilde deór wǽre quem dum vestitum pellibus inter fruteta cernerent, aliquam bestiam esse crediderunt, Gr. D. 100, 9.
cringan
To yield ⬩ CRINGE ⬩ fall ⬩ perish ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori
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Kmbl. 2062; An. 1033; Chr. 937; Th. 202, 6: col. 2; Æðelst. 10. Crungon they perished Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 17;f Ruin. 26: 124a; Th. 477, 24; Ruin. 29. Fǽge crungon the fated died Cd. 167; Th. 208, 11; Exod. 481; Beo. Th. 1275; B. 635
Linked entries: ge-cringan crincgan
ge-sprǽc
Speech ⬩ discourse ⬩ conversation ⬩ advice
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Coin for gesprǽce Finano ðæs biscopes pervenire propter conloquium Finani episcopi, 3, 22; S. 552. 41. Wæs gemyndig ðæs apostoles gesprǽces was mindful of what the apostle said, Shrn. 39, 5. Gesprǽcu, gesprécu oracula, Cot. 143, Lye
hós
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H. 90, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 27: ii. 11, 56. Mænifealde hosses spissos (palmitum) pampinos, An. Ox. 564. Hisses, hosses, Hpt. Gl. 419, 69. Twigu ł hosa ramnos (ramos seems to have been read. Cf. ramus twig, Wrt.
brim-streám
the sea's current, ocean-stream, the sea, ocean ⬩ maris fluctus, mare, oceanus ⬩ a rapid stream, river ⬩ fluvius rapidus, amnis
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Th. 3825; B. 1910. a rapid stream, river; fluvius rapidus, amnis Humbran eá, bráda brimstreám Humber's river, broad rapid stream, Chr. 942; Th. 208, 38, col. 1, 2, 3
Linked entries: brym-streám streám
smeoru-wyrt
Smer-wort. ⬩ Aristolochia rotunda
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Smerewyrt aristolochia i. 67, 17 : Lchdm. iii. 300, col. i. It occurs also in the Leechdoms: Smerowyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man aristolochiam and óðrum naman smerowyrt nemneþ Lchdm. i. 114, 9-11. Smeruwyrt ii. 338, 13. Smerewyrt 128, 15
weóce
The wick of a lamp ⬩ candle
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Leóhtfætlucernarium, candelsnytelsemunctorium, weócepapirus, i. 26, 56 Weócan (papyrum) settan to put a wick to a lamp Lchdm. iii. 348, col. 1.
a-þringan
to throng or press out or forth ⬩ to urge out ⬩ to urge ⬩ to throng or press away or out of sight ⬩ to conceal ⬩ extrudere ⬩ celare ⬩ to rush forth ⬩ to rush ⬩ prorumpere
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Aþrungen, út-aþrungen celatum, Cot. 33. to rush forth, to rush; prorumpere Ic of enge up aþringe I rush up from the narrow place, Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 18; Rä. 4, 12
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tættec
a rag, tatter
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Could the word mean beggar? In the first mentioned charters lodderes sæccing (sæxcing) occurs
hleówþ
Shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ warmth
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Cold bæþ ongeán ða hlíwþe a cold bath to atone for the warmth, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 5. Ða hlýwþe gódra weorca the shelter of good works, L. E. I. 32; Th. ii. 430, 24.
wíte-þeów
In slavery as a consequence of crime
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Ðæt is ǽrest, ðæt ic wille ðæt man gefreóge ǽlcne wíteþeówne mannan ðe on ðam biscopríce sié for hine and for his cynehláford, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 329, 17 : L. Ath. i. proem.; Th. i. 198, 9. Wéron ðǽr þreó wíteþeówe men and þreó þeówberde, Cod. Dip.
fixian
To fish ⬩ piscāri
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Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 1
gafelian
To rent ⬩ condūcĕre
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To rent; condūcĕre Ic geann ðárto twegra hída ðe Eádríc gafelaþ I give thereto two hides which Eadric rents, Cod. Dipl. 699; A. D. 997; Kmbl. iii. 305, 6
Linked entry: gafolian
besta
the BEST ⬩ optimus
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the BEST; optimus Scipio, se besta Rómána witena Scipio, the best of the Roman senators, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 38; Cot. MS. Tib. B. I. fol. 85 b
Linked entry: betera
ge-cafstrian
To bridle ⬩ restrain ⬩ frænare ⬩ restringere
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To bridle, restrain; frænare, restringere Swelce sió geþyld hæbbe ðæt mód gecafstrod as if patience has restrained the mind, Past. 33, 4; Swt. 218, 22; Cot. MS. 42 a
Linked entry: -cafstrian
ge-gild-heall
A guild-hall
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Cod. Dipl. iv. 277, 21
Linked entry: heall
stán-gedelf
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A stone quarry Tó ðan stángeðelfe; of ðam stángedelfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 23. Æt ðæm stángedelfe, 366, 18. On ðæt stángedelf, v. 304, 21: vi. 144, 9
stán-híwet
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tó ðam héðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 60, 24
Linked entries: stán-hifete stán-hýwet híwet
west-lang
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Lying in a westerly direction On ðone westlangan hlinc; of ðes westlangan hlinces ende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 135, 25. Ða westlangan díc, v. 334, 22. v. next word