láþettan
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For 'To be odious . . . hate' substitute: to abhor, execrate, hate, hold in detestation Þíne goda ic láðette and him teónan dó ego diis tuis abominationem feci Angl. xvii. 116, 4. Man tó forð láþet þæt man scolde lufian, Wlfst. 165, 3 [: 168, 13: Wrt
Linked entry: lǽþettan
heáfod-leás
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Se cwellere slóh þone cniht ꝥ hé læg heáfodleás, Hml. S. 12, 208 : Hml. A. 113, 369. Þæs bisceopes líc . . . árás and nam his ágen heáfod þe of áheáwen wæs, and eóde forð . . . his Drihten herigende . . . Ꝥ wæs syllic wundor ꝥ se martyr heáfodleás mihte
hnígan
to bend ⬩ to bend
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Add: to bend from an upright position Hnág ic (the cross) þám secgum tó handa, Kr. 59. Ásitte hé þonne úplang, hníge þonne forð, Lch. iii. 2, 12. to bend in reverence, make obeisance: Heó hnáh ádúne tó Sebastianes fótum, Hml. S. 5, 92. Tó ðám æðelan
meaht-leás
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Add: weak, impotent, powerless. physically Þá fǽringa sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte . . . hé þurh-wunode swá unspecende and mihteleás forð oð þone Ðunresdæg and þá his líf álét, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 24. Hí wǽron mid þǽre meteleáste mihtleáse
mǽl
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a measure, & c. add: v. crístel-mǽl. add: v. undern-m ǽl. Add Nýtenu etað swá ǽr swá hí hit habbað, ac se gesceádwísa man sceal cépan his mǽles, Hml. S. 16, 318. Þonne hí etað tó ánes mǽles on dæg quando in die una refectio fuerit, Chrd. 15,
pyll
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A pool, pill ('Pill, a small creek, Hereford. The channels through which the drainings of the marshes enter the river are termed pills,' Halliwell. Pill, a pool, a creek, E. D. S. Publ. Cornish Gloss. See also Seebohm's English Village Community, pp.
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plyccan
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To pluck, pull Plicet (for t instead of þ in the inflexion see stirgit, 391, 30, geþwǽrat, 397, 439, fordyttat, 398, 95) adludit (ut vitulum lupus rapturus adludit prius), Germ. 397, 20. Ðonne þú setrægel habban wille, þonne plice þú ðíne ágene gewéda
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wyrt-wala
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the root of a plant Swá fela bóga treówes of ánum wyrtwalan ( radice ) spryttaþ, Scint. 3, 17. Genim wegbrǽdan wyrtwalan, Lchdm. i. 82, 19: 90, 6, 23: 94, 19, 23. Wyrtwalan radices, Ps. Surt. 79, 10. Andlang pæþes on ða wyrtwalan; of ðam wyrtwalan on
furh
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Add: gen. furh, fúre Furh occa (v. filging), Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 63. Andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum anheáfdum . . . ðanon on áne furh an æcer neár ðǽm hlince . . . andlanges ánre furh oð hit cymð tó ánum byge; ðanone of ðǽm byge forð on áne furh, C. D. v.
sulh
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The passage Ll. Th. i. 208, 12 seems to belong to II. as dealing with an extent of land rather than with an implement. Such an area was to provide two men with good horses. Reference to such men may be found in the section on the gebúr, where it is said
sunn-gihte
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A solstice On ðone ylcan dæg ( June 24) byþ solstitia, ðæt ys on úre geþeóde, sungihte, forðon ðe seó sunne standeþ on mydre lyfte. . . . Ðonne gelympeþ ðæt wundorlíce on ðæs sumeres sungihte on mydne dæg, ðonne seó sunne byþ on ðæs heofones mydle, ðonne
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dell
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A dell, deep hollow or vale Dell (den, v. l. ), weallendum légum full, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 4. Forð be deópan delle, Cht. E. 290, 30. On scipdel; of scipdelle on cýpmanna [del]; of cýpmanna delle andlang weges, C. D. v. 48, 13. On ðæt twigbutme del;
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stician
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1. Add Hé geseah hwár Sisara læg, and se teldsticca sticode þurh his heáfod vidit Sisaram jacentem mortuum ei clavum infixum in tempore ejus, Jud. 4, 22. 2. In l. 4 insert Bt. before 37. add: to project Ðonne niðer andlang strémes onbútan ðone horsgærstún
stig
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A wooden enclosure, a sty; but also part of a house, a hall (?) cf. stig-weard Gif cniht binnan stig sitte if a servant sit within the hall (?), Chart. Th. 612, 32. Stigo vistrina (suestrina? the word occurs at the head of a list 'de suibus'), Wrt. Voc
weorold-riht
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right in worldly matters, civil or secular law Wylle wé ǽrest, ðæt Godes riht forð gá and woruldriht syððan, Wulfst. 274, 20. Beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruldriht, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 5. the
blǽstan
to blow ⬩ rush
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to blow [v. N. E. D. blast], Similar entries v. á-blǽst. to move impetuously, rush [or is this a different verb blæstan? cf. O. H. Ger. blesten descendere; ana-blesten, p. -blasta ingruere, inruere : ar-blesten erumpere; ana-blast (-blást?) impetus]
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sprytting
A sprig ⬩ shoot ⬩ sprout ⬩ plant
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A sprig, shoot, sprout, plant Ne biþ spryttingc on wíngeardum non erit germen in uineis, Cant. Abac. 17. Spryttinc incrementum, spryttincgum ł eácnungum incrementis, fructibus, Hpt. Gl. 491, 56-59. Háligre spryttinge almo germine, Hymn. Surt. 76, 3.
swengan
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To cause to swing, to cause rapid movement, to swing, fling, dash, strike Ðá áhleóp án leó of ðæs eorðscræfes þýstrum and hió swengde on hine . . . Ðá eode uncer hláford sylf in ðæt scræf ða swengde sió lió sóna forð and forswealh hine then a lion ran
un-earh
Undaunted ⬩ intrepid ⬩ fearless
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Undaunted, intrepid, fearless Unærh impavidus, intrepidus, Hpt. Gl. 502, 61. Sum cásere wæs on ðám dagum unearh on gefeohtum, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 47. Gif mane bið ákenned on .xxii. nihta ealdne mónan se bið unearh fihtling, Lchdm. iii. 158, 11. Ðǽr mihton
be-tyrnan
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to turn round On ánre wendinge, ðá hwíle te he the firmament ǽne betyrnð, gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída. Hex. 8, 13. Embhwerfte betyrndum orbis valutas, Hy. S. 96, 5. to bend the knee, prostrate one's self Betyrne þám sylfan fótum voluat si ipsius