welwan
to seize
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to seize Wyleþ (printed wylcþ; but see Lchdm. iii. 373, col. 1 under wylan, where also Cockayne notes that the Latin is captat, not raptat) captat (printed raptat) Germ. 389, 42. (?)
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gyr
Mud ⬩ fen ⬩ marsh
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, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 412, 8. Gyrwe fenn palus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 33; Som. 12, 29. Gyran, gyras paludes, Lye
un-eáðe
with difficulty ⬩ grievously ⬩ hardly ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ hardly ⬩ hardly ⬩ scarcely ⬩ only just
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Uneáþe ǽnig com tó ende ðære sprǽce ad rem ... cui vix exhausti quidquam satis sit, 39, 4; Fox 216, 16. Uneáðe (pretium scorti) vix (est unius panis, Prov. 6, 26), Kent. Gl. 163. Ungeáþe (uneáþe, Cott. MS.), Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 28
efn-biscop
A co-bishop ⬩ Aco-episcŏpus
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A co-bishop; Aco-episcŏpus Mid Laurentio and Justo his efnbiscopum cum Laurentio et Justo co-episcŏpis, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 30
fǽr-dryre
A sudden or pernicious fall ⬩ repentīnus vel pernĭciōsus lapsus
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A sudden or pernicious fall; repentīnus vel pernĭciōsus lapsus Con he sídne ræced fæste gefégan wið fǽrdryrum he can firmly compact the spacious dwelling against sudden falls, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 9
hwet-stán
A whetstone
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A whetstone Hwetstán cos, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 100; Wrt. Voc. 38, 25: Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 30. Nim ðonne hwetstán brádne then take a broad whetstone, Lchdm. iii. 16, 21
mǽr-weg
A boundary (?) road
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road On ðone márweg; ondlong ðaes mǽrweges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 32, 33. Ondlong ðæs lýtlan weges ðæt hit cymeþ on ðone norþran mǽrweg; ondlong ðæs mǽrweges, 33, 5: 77, 26
un-áwend
Unchanged ⬩ unaltered
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S. 82; Th. i. 422, 3: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 231, 17. Ic wille ðæt se fréols stonde unáwent, 219, 20
un-hearmgeorn
Inoffensive
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Inoffensive Se Hálga Gást com ofer Criste on culfran híwe for ðí ðæt hé wolde getácnian mid ðam ðæt Crist wæs on ðære menniscnysse swíðe líðe and unhearmgeorn, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 20
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wíc-herpaþ
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Be ðam yrðlande óð hit cymð tó ðam wícherpaðe, ðonne andlang ðæs wícherpaðes tó ðam stǽnenan stapole, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 418, 27. Cf. wíc-weg
ge-célan
To make cold ⬩ to cool ⬩ allay ⬩ refrigerare ⬩ To become cold ⬩ to be refreshed ⬩ refrigerari
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To make cold, to cool, allay; refrigerare Ðæt man ne mæge wæterseóces þurst gecélan that any one might not allay the thirst of a watersick [dropsical] man. v. intrans.
gærs-hoppa
A grass-hopper ⬩ locust ⬩ lŏcusta ⬩ cĭcāda
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A grass-hopper, locust; lŏcusta, cĭcāda He cwæþ and com gærshoppa dixit et vēnit lŏcusta, Ps. Lamb. 104, 34 : 108, 23. Cwómón gærshoppan grass-hoppers came, Ps. Th. 104, 30 : 77, 46
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land-setla
a tenant
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An occupier of land, a tenant Ic an míne landseðlen here toftes tó ówen áchte I give to my tenants their tofts into their own possession, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 282, 29
leác-trog
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Cockayne, Lchdm. iii. 336, col. 1, puts this with the preceding word
mearc-mót
The place where the assembly (mót) of a district (mearc) was held
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The place where the assembly (mót) of a district (mearc) was held Ðis syndon ða landgemǽra ... tó mercemót; fram mercemóte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii, 71, 31. v. Saxons in England, i. 55
popul
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in popul-finig Of ðam ellene tó populfinige; of populfinige tó Lambhyrste, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 219, 8. The second part of the compound occurs again v. 194, 2-3 : 195, 10
þǽr-ymbútan
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Thereabouts Hé ( the Roman name ) com tó Parþum ... hé wæs ðǽrymbútan manegum folce swíþe egefull, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 13. On gehwylce healfe ðǽrymbútan circumquaque, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 26
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heáfdian
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To behead Sóna swá hig man heáfdode, þá cóm þǽr fæger culfre of þám líchaman, Shrn. 154, 11. Heó lócode his goldes þe hí belífian ( vel heáfdian) wolde, Hml. S. 12, 221
pleoh
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Seó ceorung is swýðe mycel pleoh ꝥ man wið God ceorige, swá swá ús sǽde Paulus (cf. quidam murmuraverunt, et perierunt ab exterminatore, 1 Cor. 10, 10), Hml. S. 13, 288. Add
tó-bregdan
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Ox. 34, 3. to distract Heorte tóbróden ymbe woroldcara cor dispersum in rerum curis, Chrd. 70, 19