þeóf
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Any one above the age of twelve, who was caught stealing property above the value of eight pence, was liable to capital punishment, L.
Linked entry: þeáf
micel-ness
greatness ⬩ bigness ⬩ size ⬩ greatness ⬩ multitude ⬩ abundance ⬩ greatness ⬩ magnificence
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Se cláð wæs swíðe gemǽte hire micelnysse the garment was exactly adapted to her size, Homl. Skt. 7, 157.
fram-scipe
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Fram ðyssa munuca fram-scype (freóndscipe, v.l.) tó lǽrenne Crístes geleáfan Angelþeóde wæs sended Aidan thanks to the energy of these monks (but the Latin is: ab horum collegio monachorum) Aidan was sent to teach belief in Christ to the English, Bd.
Æðelflǽd
Æthelfled ⬩ Æthelfleda
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She married Æthelred, a Mercian nobleman, who was made viceroy of Mercia by king Alfred. He died in A. D. 912, Chr.
Linked entry: Æðelrǽd
þoterung
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Hé symle clypode mid swíðlícere þoterunge: 'And wá ðissere burhware,' Homl. Th. ii. 302, 12
fealu
Fallow ground, ground ploughed lying fallow after a crop ⬩ nŏvāle
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Fallow ground, ground ploughed lying fallow after a crop; nŏvāle Andlang weges óþ ðone bróc, ðe scýt to fealuwes leá along the way to the brook, which shoots to the field of fallow ground, Cod. Dipl. 399; A. D. 944; Kmbl. ii. 251, 1
friclan
To desire ⬩ seek for ⬩ appĕtĕre
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Næs ðǽr mára fyrst freóde to friclan there was no time more to seek for friendship, Beo. Th. 5105; B. 2556
fyrn-gesceap
A decree of old ⬩ ōlim constĭtūtum
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A decree of old; ōlim constĭtūtum Ne wát ǽnig hú ða wísan sind wundorlíce, fæger fyrngesceap, ymb ðæs fugles gebyrd not any knows how the conditions are wondrous, the fair decree of old, concerning the bird's birth, Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 15; Ph. 360
eard-geard
A dwelling-place, the earth ⬩ habitātiōnis lŏcus, terra
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Ýðde ðisne eardgeard ælda Scyppend the Creator of men overwhelmed this world, 77 b; Th. 291, 20; Wand. 85
ge-nyht
An abundance, plenty, sufficiency, fulfilment ⬩ abundantia, ubertas
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Ðætte genyht wǽre gesǽlða that sufficiency was happiness, 35, 3; Fox 158, 13
Linked entry: ge-niht
wiþer-bróga
Terror caused to an adversary
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Nú sind duguþum bidǽled deófla cempan; ne meahtan wiþerbrógan, wíge spówan (they could not succeed in being terrible to their adversaries, could not succeed in war ), siþþan wuldres cyning hilde gefremede wiþ his ealdfeóndum, Exon.
Linked entry: bróga
geolwe
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With a yellow tinge Se andwlita biþ geolwe blác (cf. hire andwlita biþ reáde wan, 19) the face is pale with a tinge of yellow (sallow ), Lch. ii. 348, 16. Geole reád vel geole crog flavum, i. fulvum, rubeum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 15
Linked entries: croh geole geolo-reád
self-willendlíce
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According to one's own will or desire Hé hæfde ǽnne sunu . . . þone hé lufode swíþe líchamlíce and fédde selfwillendlíce (seolfweldlíce, selfwendlice, v. l.) filium habuit, quem nimis carnaliter diligens remisse nutriebat; he brought him up to have his own way
Linked entries: willendlíce self-wendlíce
sǽ-ríric
a reed-bed in the sea (?), an ait
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Th. 360, 24; Wal. 10
of-langod
Seized with an excessive longing or desire
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Seized with an excessive longing or desire For ðære sibbe hé wearþ oflangod ungemetlíce he was seized with an immense longing on account of the love he bore his father and mother Homl. Th. ii. 176, l. Oflongad, Exon. Th. 443, 13; Kl. 29
Linked entry: langian
smeá-wyrm
A penetrating worm, worm that makes its way into the flesh
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A penetrating worm, worm that makes its way into the flesh Wið smeáwyrme (cf. wið smégea-wyrme, 302, 12) smiring ... seó sealf ðone wyrm deádne gedéþ oððe cwicne of drífþ Lchdm. ii. 332, 3-26. Wið sméga-wyrme 126, 1. Wið smoega-wyrmum 12, 14
Linked entries: smeáh sméga-wyrm smoega-wyrm
tóþ-ece
Tooth-ache
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Ic wát ðæt manig broc byð mycle strengre ðonne tóðsece, ðeáh ic nǽfre nán strengre ne geðolode, Shrn. 185, 9-16. Lǽcedðmas wiþ ðám uferan tóðece ge wiþ ðám niþeran. Lchdm. ii. 50, 7: 52, 6, 7
Linked entry: tóþ-wærc
a-tendan
To set on fire ⬩ kindle ⬩ inflame ⬩ accendere ⬩ incendere ⬩ inflammare
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To set on fire, kindle, inflame; accendere, incendere, inflammare Hí atendon hiora herebeácen they kindled their war-beacons, Chr. 1006; Th. 256, 24, col. 1. Hí mid fýre atendan woldan they wished to set it on fire, Chr. 994; Th. 241, 32, col. 2
cínu
A chink, fissure ⬩ rima, fissura
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Gemétte he ðæt fæt swá gehál ðæt ðǽr nán cínu on næs gesewen he found the vessel so whole that there was no chink seen in it, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 22
fierd
An army ⬩ force ⬩ expedition ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio
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Ǽr sió fierd gesamnod wǽre ere the army was assembled, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 21