yfelsung
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Blasphemy Dionysius cwæð, ðæt ðæt yfelsang (-ung?) wǽre on God Dionysius dixit blasphemiam id esse in Deum, L. Ecg. C. 41; Th. ii. 166, 12. Ic ondette eofulsunge, Anglia xi. 98, 33.
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lah-slit
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Gebéte ðæt be ðæm ðe seó dǽd sý swá be wíte swá be lahslitte [lahslite, MS. B.] let him make'bot' for that according to what the deed is, either by 'wite' [if English] or by 'lahslit' [if Danish], L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 6.
lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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Manna gehwilc óðrum beóde ðæt riht ðæt hé wille ðæt man him beóde and ðæt is swýðe riht lagu let every man offer that justice to another that he wishes to be offered to himself, and that is a very just rule, 49; Th. i. 326, 32.
tabule
a table ⬩ a board which is struck to give a signal
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On ðære óðre tabelan wæs ðæt forme bebod: 'Ne hǽm ðú unrihtlíce,' Homl. Th. ii. 198, 5. Tabelan, 196, 34. Pilatus áwrát ðæs wítes intingan on ánre tabelan, 254, 24. Týn beboda áwrát se Ælmihtiga on ðám twám tabelum ...
Gúþ-lác
The hermit ⬩ saint of Crowland died at the age of 41,in A. D. 714
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On ðone ændleftan dæg ðæs mónðes biþ sce gúþláces geleornes ðæs anceran onbrytone on the eleventh day of the month is the departure of St. Guthlac the anchorite in Britain, Shrn. 71, 2
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mann-cwealm
Death of men ⬩ pestilence ⬩ mortality ⬩ slaughter
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On ða tíd ðæs mancwealmes tempore mortalitatis, Bd. 3, 30, tit; S. 561, 31. Mec ongan hreówan ðæt moncynnes tuddor sceolde mancwealm seón, Exon. 28 b; Th. 86, 33; Cri. 1417.
wánung
Wailing ⬩ lamentation
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Se lǽce cyrfð oððe bærnð, and se untruma hrýmð, þeáhhwæðere ne miltsaþ hé ðæs óðres wánunge, Homl. Th. i. 472, 16. Uae getácnaþ hwílon wánunge, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 12. Gesaeh ðæt wánung (tumultum) and woepende and mǽniende, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 38.
þeód-sceaþa
A criminal against the community, ⬩ a spoiler of the community, ⬩ a great criminal or spoiler
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Gyf God ne gescyrte ðæs þeódscaðan (Antichrist) lífdagas, Wulfst. 86, 17. God biddan, ðæt hé ús gescylde wið ðone þeódscaðan (Antichrist) 80, 6. Ðider (to hell) sculon þeófas and deódscaðan, 26, 18: 165, 36: Exon. Th. 98, 20; Cri. 1610.
un-ásecgendlíc
beyond the powers of language to describe ⬩ unspeakable ⬩ indescribable ⬩ ineffable ⬩ not proper to tell ⬩ not to be told
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Ðæt unásecgenlíce wræc, Blickl. Homl. 25, 24. Unásecggenlíce, 65, 21. Ðæt wæs unásecgendlíc ǽnigum men hú mycel ðæs folces wæs it was impossible for any man to say how much people there was, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 14.
wuldorlíce
Gloriously
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Gloriously Hé ðæt setl ðære apostolícan cyrican wulderlíce (gloriosissime) heóld and rehte, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 10. Wuldorlíce, Blickl. Homl. 211, 31. Hié on manegum godcundum mægenum swíþe wuldorlíce áscinon, 161, 19
stǽger
A staircase
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Hé ástáh up tó ðære stǽgre ðe stód wið ðæs cáseres botl, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 438. Hé feóll of ánre stǽgere, 18, 232
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sí
be
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Ðæs sig Metode þanc. Beo. Th. 3561; B. 1778. Ðæt gé witen hwæt hit sié, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 13. Gif ðú sié Godes sunu, Blickl. Homl. 27, 7. Him sió wuldor, Hy. 8, 4. Ðæt ðæt betst sý, ðæt mon seó foremǽre. Bt. 34, 2; Fox 82, 10.
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Ðæt man þurh ðæt lǽte ðæt hé sí ðæs legeres wyrðe so that for that reason it be considered that he is worthy of such burial, L. Edg. C. 29; Th. ii. 250, 17.
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fiðere
A wing ⬩ āla ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ
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Ac ðǽr ic móste ðín mód gefiðerigan mid ðám fiðerum, ðæt ðú mihtest mid me fliógan but if I were allowed to furnish, thy mind with wings, that thou mightest fly with me, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 6: Ps. Th. 60, 3: 62, 7: 148, 10.
mylen-gear
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Andlang eá on ðone mulenger; ðonan andlang ðære mylendíc, C. D. v. 383, 11. On ðone ealdan myliar ðǽr ðá welegas standað; ðæt west andlang human, iii. 421, 32
cóðu
A disease ⬩ sickness ⬩ pestilence ⬩ morbus
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He fram ðære cóðe hine gehǽlde he healed him from the disease i. 400, 10. Wið wambe cóðum for diseases of the stomach L. M. 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 234, 1
BYRGAN
tumulus ⬩ To raise a mound, to BURY ⬩ tumulare, tumulo condere, sepelire
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Birge man hine ðæs ilcan dæges sepelietur in eadem die, Deut. 21, 23. Ðǽr hine man birgde ibi sepelierunt eum, Gen. 49, 31. Alýf me ǽrest byrigan mínne fæder permitte mihi primum sepelire patrem meum, Lk. Bos. 9, 59: 9, 60.
strand
A strand, shore
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Ðæt strand getácnode ða écan staðolfæstnysse ðæs tówerdan lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 288, 30. Wudes ne feldes, sandes ne strandes, Lchdm. iii. 288, 1. Hí sǽton be ðam strande secus littus sedentes, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 48: Jn. Skt. 21, 4.
wær
ware ⬩ aware ⬩ having knowledge of something which is to be guarded against ⬩ ware ⬩ prepared for ⬩ on guard against something that might be hurtful ⬩ ware ⬩ careful to avoid something ⬩ on guard against doing something ⬩ ware ⬩ observant of ⬩ attentive to a warning ⬩ wary ⬩ cautious ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ cunning
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Wærne ðé beón, ðæt ðú náht unrihtes ne dó getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 214, 25. ware, observant of, attentive to a warning Ðæt hí wære beón ðæs cwydes, Wulfst. 7, 6: L. I.
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tó-cnáwan
To discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ know the difference between, ⬩ understand
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On ðam múðe wé habbaþ swæcc, and tócnáwaþ hwæðer hit biþ ðe wered ðe biter ðæt wé ðicgaþ, 372, 29. Ðæt ðeós menigu tócnáwe, ðæt ðis hǽðengyld deófles biggeng is, i. 72, 3. Hú mihte Adam tócnáwan hwæt hé wǽre, 14, 4.