þencan
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Sum on bǽle sceal brondas þencan (Thorpe would read þeccan; Grein suggests sumne on bǽle sceal brond áswencan. Cf. ge-swencan), Exon. Th. 329, 33; Vy. 43
ymb-faran
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To surround Hé hét ðæt fæste lond útan ymbfaran, ðæt him mon sceolde an má healfa on feohtan þonne on án, Ors. 2. 5; Swt. 80, 26
cwild-bǽrlíce
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Synne áttor hálwendlíce byð geopenud on andetnysse, þæt cwyldbǽrlíce lutude on geþance peccati virus salubriter aperitur in confessione, quod pestifere latebat in mente, Scint. 39. 7. Add
crismal
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A chrisum-cloth Mid þám crismale þe man him on utan þæt heáfod déð, man tácnað þæne cristenan cynehelm þe hé on heofenum áh, Wlfst. 36, 17
fearnig
Ferny
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Ferny, full of fern On ðá fearnigan hylle, of ðǽre fearnigan hylle, C. D. B. ii. 246, 21. On ðá fearnige leáge, C. D. iii. 376, 5
hréran
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Ic wæs syxtýne síðum on sǽbáte mere hrérendum . . . eágorstreámas I have been sixteen times on a sea-going boat that ploughed through the waves, An. 491. Add
sǽ-bát
A sea-boat
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A sea-boat On sǽbáte, Andr. Kmbl. 876; An. 438 : 980; An. 490. Ic on holm gestáh, sǽbát gesæt, Beo. Th. 1270; B. 633 : 1795; B. 895
ǽ-lǽte
A divorced woman
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A divorced woman Ne gewífige on gehálgodre nunnan ne on ǽlǽtan ǽnig crísten man, Wlfst. 271, 13: 308, 9: Ll. Th. i. 318, 18. Ǽlǽten, 364, 26
bæc-bord
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Hé lét him þá wídsǽ on ðæt bæc-bord, Ors. 1, 1;Swt. 17, 11, 27: 19, 17, 35, 30. On bæcbord him wæs Langaland, 35. Add
ge-bringan
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Add: to bring to or from a place. where the object is animate Gif mon cierliscne mon on hengenne álecgge (gebringe, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 84, 4. Gif mon þeóf on carcerne gebringe . . . forgyldan hý hine oþþe hine eft þǽrinne gebringan, 198, 21-26. Þæt
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in-gán
To go in ⬩ enter
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To go in, enter On swá hwylce burh swá gé ingáþ ... Ðonne gé ingán on ðæt hús in quamcumque civitatem intraveritis . . . Intrantes in domum, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 11, 12. Ðá hé ineode ingresso, Gen. 48, 3. Hé on ðæs gesíðes hús ineode, Bd. 5, 4 ; S. 617, 16.
circul
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Dele 'the zodiac,' and add: a cycle, circular arrangement for computing Sceal wintrum fród on circule cræfte findan hálige dagas, Men. 67. Rímcræftige men wyrcað heom fægere circul of þám fíf stafum . . . on þám circule fiftýne niht hig onfóð . . .
Fricg
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The name of a Teutonic goddess, the wife of Odin Se deófol hine þám hálgan æteówde on þǽra hǽþenra goda híwe . . . hwílon on Mercuries þe men hátað Óþon, hwílon on Ueneris. . . þe men hátað Fricg, Hml. S. 31, 717. Ðone syxtan dæg hí gesetton ðǽre sceamleásan
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ge-swutelung
A making clear ⬩ plain ⬩ a manifestation ⬩ declaration
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A making clear, plain, a manifestation, declaration Ðæt sum tácn wǽre on heora líchaman to geswutelunge ðæt hí on God belýfdon that there might be some token on their body as a manifestation that they believed on God, Homl. Th. i. 92, 32: Cod. Dipl.
Linked entry: sweotolung
Cwanta-wíc
St. Josse-sur-Mer or Estaples, the ancient name of which was Quantovic or Quentawich
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St. Josse-sur-Mer or Estaples, the ancient name of which was Quantovic or Quentawich Hér wæs micel wælsliht on Lundenne and on Cwanta-wíc and on Hrófes ceastre in this year [A. D. 839] there was a great slaughter at London and at Estaples and at Rochester
heópe
A hip ⬩ seed-vessel of the dog-rose ⬩ also the plant on which the hip grows[?]
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A hip, seed-vessel of the dog-rose; also the plant on which the hip grows[?] Heópe butunus [i.e. button, Fr. bouton, knob ], Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 90; Wrt. Voc. 30, 36. Genim brér ðe hiópan on weaxaþ take briar on which hips grow, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm
steallere
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A marshall. [The word occurs only in late documents; the passages given belong to Edward the Confessor's reign] On Esgéres stealres and on Roulfes steallres and on Lifinges steallres gewitnesse, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 291, 13-14. Esgár stallere and Roberd
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þý-dǽges
On that day ⬩ then
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On that day, then Gif ðǽr byð án ofer ða seofon, ðonne tácnaþ ðæt ðæt se mónð gǽð on Sunnandæg on túne; gif ðǽr beóð ofer ða seofon twá oððe þreó, feówer oððe fífe oððe syxe, wite ðú tó sóðe ðæt ðýdæges cymð sé mónð tó manuum, Anglia viii. 304, 13: 310
firlen
distance
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distance. Þá gebróðra þe feorr beóð on geswince and hig ne magon for ðám fyrlene heora cyrcan gesécan, R. Ben. 78, 5. Þeáh þe hé on fyrlene wǽre, Hml. S. 6, no: 18, 174. Sum dǽl þæs folces on fyrlene wæs fram Mathathiam, 25, 237. Take here fyrlen in
ofer-slege
A lintel ⬩ superliminare
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A lintel Oferslege oððe þrexwold limen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Som. 9, 28. Oferslæge, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 65. Sprengaþ on ðæt oferslege (superliminare) . . . ðonne hé gesihþ ðæt blód on ðam oferslege, Ex. 12, 22-23. On hyra gedyrum and oferslegum. Homl. Th. i