fróforlíce
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In a way that consoles or comforts or succours Fróforlí[ce] inconsolabiliter (the in- is not glossed), An. Ox. 56, 187. Wudewum and steópcildum fróferlíce fylstan tó rihte, Wlfst. 295, 3
Streónes-halh
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Add: Another instance of the name is found in Worcestershire Of ðére strǽte in Streóneshalh; of ðám hale, C. D. vi. 214, 29. Cf. On Streónhalh; be Streónenhalæ, iii. 464, 8
torn-wracu
Grievous revenge
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Grievous revenge Gé hér áteóþ in ða tornwræce (the destruction with which the evil spirits threatened Guthlac if he remained in his hermitage) sigeleásne síð, Exon. Th. 120, 16; Gú. 272
geápes
In width ⬩ wide ⬩ lāte
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So Bouterwek takes it, but the word is rather a neuter genitive after 'eall;' cf. vv. 2548-9
hyll-wyrt
Hill-wort
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Lchdm. ii. 392, col. 2. In E. D. S. Plant Names hillwort is given as [1] mentha pulegium; [2] thymus serpyllum
Linked entry: hǽl-wyrt
ge-efesian
To cut in the form of eaves ⬩ to round ⬩ shear ⬩ clip ⬩ crop ⬩ tondēre
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To cut in the form of eaves, to round, shear, clip, crop; tondēre Ne he næs geefesod ne bescoren he was not clipped nor shorn, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 20. Ic næs nǽfre geefsod ne nǽfre bescoren ferrum nunquam ascendit super caput meum, Jud. 16, 17
wítnung-stów
A place of punishment
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A place of punishment Seó micele byrnende dene is wítnungstów, in ðære beóð manna sáwla gewítnode and geclǽnsode, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 20.
Linked entry: wítung-stów
án-tíd
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Add:as an alternative meaning: An appointed hour, time when something is due Ymb ántíd óðres dógores wundenstefna gewaden hæfde þæt þá liðende land gesáwon, i. e. the boat was in sight of land at the time when it was due to be so. Cf. án-daga
Geóla
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Take here <b>Iúla</b> in Dict., and add Ianuarius, ꝥ is on úre geðeóde se æftera Geóla; ꝥ bið se ǽresta geáres mónað mid Rómwarum and mid ús, Shrn. 47, 15. Ianuarius . . . on Englisc se æfterra Geóla, Lch. ii. 214, 20
un-ǽmetta
Want of leisure for doing, something, occupation, business
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from baptizing it, L.
Linked entry: ǽmetta
mǽg-bót
The 'bót' paid to the kinsman of a slain man for the slaying of the latter
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E. 2; Th. i. 360, 7
spelian
To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another
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Th. ii. 592, 29
Linked entry: speliend
cróg-cynn
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Collatum, i. vas in quo deportatur vinum, vel crógcyn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 51
frætwian
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Take here frættewian in Dict., and add Frætwian comere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 47
heáh-græft
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Substitute: heáh-græft a carving in relief Heáhgræfte anaglifa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 13
loc-hyrdel
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A hurdle used in making a sheepfold Loc-hyrdla tilian, Angl. ix. 261, 9
Linked entry: hyrdel
be-swápan
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Ic Heróde in hyge bisweóp ꝥ hé Ióhannes bibeád heáfde beheáwan, Jul. 294. Add
folc-gedréfness
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The Latin is: Erit turbatio magna in omni populo, Verc. Först. 102, 4. Add
FÓT
a FOOT ⬩ pés ⬩ the foot ⬩ pēs
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Nigon fóta, and ix scæfta munda, and ix bere-corna nine feet and nine half feet, and nine barley-corns or three inches, L. Ath. iv. 5; Th. i. 224, 9