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slide

(n.)
Grammar
slide, es; m.

A slip, falllapsusof an actual slip a slip into misfortune or error

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A slip, fall;lapsus Ælfc.

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, es; m.
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On galgan rídan, seomian æt swylte, Exon. Th. 329, 14; Vy. 34. Deáðberende gyfl ( the forbidden fruit ) ða sinhíwan tó swylte geteáh, 153, 10; Gú. 823. Swylt settan ðínum esnum to put thy servants to death, Ps. Th. 78, 2. Swylt ætfæstan, Andr.

Linked entry: swilt

un-tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíce, adv.

without feeling doubtcertainlyunhesitatinglyso as not to cause doubtunequivocallyindubitably

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Þéh hý gelýfdan be his segene, ðe hit ǽr geseah, untweógendlícor (-átweógendlícor, MS.

húsel

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Sé ðe ete ǽr þám þe hé tó húsle gá qui edit antequam eucharistiam acceperit, Ll. Th. ii. 140, 12. Wíf mót tó húsle gán (eucharistiam accipere) ǽr þám heó cenne, 156, 12. Gange ǽlc tó húsle ad communionem accedat, R. Ben. 115, 4.

wealh

(n.)
Grammar
wealh, gen. weales; m.

a foreigner properly a Celt a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., the British the WelshWales a Romana slave servanta shameless person

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Hér wæs Wala (Weala, v. l. ) gefeoht and Defna æt Gafulforda, 823; Erl. 62, 14.

swǽsende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.
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Sittan æt or tó swǽsendum to sit at meat, take a meal :-- Hí æt beóde and æt swǽsendum sǽton sederunt ad mensam 5, 5; S. 617, 10: Cd. Th. 168, 7; Gen. 2779. Sittan tó his swǽsendum residens ad epulas Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 42 : 5, 5; S. 618, 17.

Linked entries: swésende swoese

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Sceóte man ælmessan.. swá æt heáfde peninc, swá æt sylh (one MS. has æt sulhgange. v. sulh-gang) peninc (cf. detur de omni caruca denarius vel denarium valens, et omnis, qui familiam habet, efficiat, ut omnis hirmannus suus det unum denarium, L.

hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.

Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, propertydomus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessioa villagea dwelling-placean abode, world, this worldhomedomus, domicilium, patria

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Mínre yldstan déhter ðæne hám æt Welewe and ðære gingestan ðone hám æt Welig to my eldest daughter the vill at Wellow, and to the youngest the vill at Welig, Th. Chart. 488, 29-33.

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Ðá beféng Ælfsige þone mann æt Wulfstáne, Cht. Th. 206, 23. Gif þiéfefioh mon æt ciépan befó, Ll. Th. i. 118, 13.

æscene

vastaretureradere

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ǽ-scefe; cf. (?) scafan:]

HEORÞ

(n.)
Grammar
HEORÞ, es; m.

A HEARTHfire-placea house

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A HEARTH, fire-place; and taking the name of the whole from that of a part, a house Heorþ foculare, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 73; Wrt. Voc. 27, 2: arula, Wrt. Voc. 63, 76.

umbor

(n.)
Grammar
umbor, es; n.

A child

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A child Hwæt wit tó willan umbor wesendum ǽr árna gefremedon, Beo. Th. 2378; B. 1187. Ða ðe hine forð onsendon ǽnne ofer ýðe umbor wesende, 92; B. 46.

ge-hæg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hæg, es; n.
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.; tertia seorsum sita usitato uocabulo Æt Oxangehæge ( Oxhey ) nominatur, Ch. Crw. 24, 14: 25, 50: 27, 109. Modicam telluris portionem, trium scilicet aratrorum, ubi nominatur aet Brómgehaege, C. D. i. 216, 22. Brómgeheg, 190, 1

hreóh

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Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorþe, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 14. fierce, cruel of pain, &amp;c. Take here <b>reów</b> in Dict., and add Swá se þeódsceaða reów rícsode, An. 1118.

scír-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gemót, es; n.
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A shire-mote, a meeting of the duly qualified men of a shire Hér swutelaþ on þissum gewrite ðæt án scírgemót sæt æt Ægelnóþes stáne be Cnutes dæge cinges.

efen-micel

(adj.)
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Hwæðer se spiwða sý swá micel swá hé ǽr gedranc. Gif hé mára sy . . . gif hé emmicel sý þám þe hé ǽr gedranc, Lch. ii. 286, 24. subst. Genim þysse wyrte seáw, and eles efenmycel, Lch. i. 312, 3. Gemeng wið huniges emmicel, 26, 11.

nón

(n.)
Grammar
nón, m. (not n. )
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Se dæg wæs on þeóstre niht gecierred fram midnedæg oð nón ; hé æt þǽm nóne his gást onsænde, Shrn. 67, 18. Add Sí gedón tácn nónes ꝥ fylige se tídsang þæne nón ná fylige scenc, Angl. xiii. 399, 483

BEÓD

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓD, es; m.

A tablemensa

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A table; mensa Ðá ða gebróðru æt beóde sǽton sedentibus ad mensam fratribus Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 9. Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beódwyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5. Beódas lances Cot. 123

Linked entries: beád beódas

Finchamstede

(n.)
Grammar
Finchamstede, -stæde, es; m.

FINCHAMPSTEAD, Berkshire

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FINCHAMPSTEAD, Berkshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi Ðises geáres to ðan sumeran, innan Barrucscíre æt Finchamstæde, án mere blód weóll in the summer of this year [A.

lah

(n.)
Grammar
lah, n.(?)

Law

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Law Ǽlc mynetere ðe betihtlad sí bicge him lah mid xii óran [cf. bicge him lage, Th. i. 294, 8] let every minter that is accused buy himself law with xii ores [v. lah-ceáp], L. Eth. iii. 8; Th. i. 296, 16

Linked entry: lah-ceáp