on-worpenness
An injection; fig. of a feeling which has been inspired
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An injection; fig. of a feeling which has been inspired Ðá ic getihtode bi ðære gítsunge onworpennesse and ðá wæs ic gesprecende ðone man and sécende wæs ðæs þinges cúðnesse æt him, Shrn. 36, 19
ge-tácniendlíc
Bearing a sign ⬩ significative ⬩ typical ⬩ signĭfĭcātīvus
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Th. ii. 278, 14] lamb wæs geoffrod æt heora Eáster-tíde the typical lamb was offered at their Easter-tide, Homl. Pasc. Lisle 11, 18
frum-cyrr
A first turn or time ⬩ prīmæ vĭces
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A first turn or time; prīmæ vĭces Beó his weres scyldig æt frumcyrre let him be liable in his fine [for slaying a man] for the first time, L. Ath. i. 3; Th. i. 200, 21
market
Market
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Market Ðat market æt Dúnhám mercatum de Dunham, Chart. Th. 422, 20 (a charter of Edward the Confessor). [Market and toll. Ic wille ðat markete beó in þe selue tún, Chr. 963; Erl. 122, 5-18.]
nǽnig-dǽl
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not a particle Ꝥ heó æt nýhstan nǽnigdǽl (nǽnigne dǽl, v. l.) leóhtes scíman geseón mihte ut ne minimam quidem lucis alicuius posset particulam uidere Bd. 4, 10; Sch. 401, 10. Cf. sumdǽl; nǽnig-, nán-wiht
wín-hús
A wine-house
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Ne mót mid rihte nán preóst drincan æt wínhúsum ealles tó gelóme, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 8
Linked entry: wín-ærn
Corfes geat
Corfgate ⬩ Purbeck ⬩ Dorsetshire
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Corfgate, Purbeck, Dorsetshire Hér wæs Eádweard cyning ofslægen æt Corfes geate[Corfgeate, Th. 233, 2, col. 2] in this year [A. D. 979] king Edward was slain at Corfgate Chr. 979; Th. 232, 3, col. 2
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ later ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ latest
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Æt neáhstan postremo, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 19. Æt néhstan (Rush. níhsto) novissime, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 11: Blickl. Homl. 85, 1. Æt néxtan, Homl. Th. i. 66, 23. Æt niéhstan, Cd. Th. 84, 19; Gen. 1400. Æt níhstan, Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 192, 35.
Linked entries: nǽh neáh-nunnan-mynster neár nést níhsta
leax-heáfod
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Dele, and see heáfod-ǽ(?)
mǽl
a measure ⬩ a mark ⬩ sign ⬩ cross ⬩ crucifix ⬩ fixed, suitable, appointed time ⬩ season ⬩ occasion ⬩ the time for eating ⬩ a meal
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Gífernys biþ ðæt se man ǽr tíman hine gereordige oððe æt his mǽle tó micel þicge it is greediness when a man eats before the time or takes too much at his meal, 218, 30.
óþer
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Th. ii. 170, 15. the second in each of successive pairs, other as in every other Gebireð ǽfre se óðer fisc ðám landhláforde and ǽlc seldsýndefisc, C. D. iii. 450, 20.
a-gift
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dele, and see ǽ-gift
hát
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Þǽr manegum wæs hát æt heortan hyge weallende, An. 1711. Wæs seó treówlufu hát æt heortan, Cri. 539. Him wæs geómor sefa, hát æt heortan hyge murnende, 500: El. 628 : Gú. 1182. On hátum torrido (castitatis ardore ), An. Ox. 1779.
cyric-hálgung
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Æt ðære ealdan cyrchálgunge at the old church-hallowing, Homl. Th. ii. 582, 27
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scrúd-land
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ðæs landes æt Orpedingtúne for his sáwle intó Cristes cyrican ðám Godes þeówum tó scrúdland. Chart. Th. 329, 19
eádan
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For second passage substitute Þonne is gromra tó fela æfestum eáden hæbbe ic þonne æt freán frófre when fate maliciously brings too many foes, then may I have comfort from the Lord, Hy. 4, 46. Add:
hlinc-gelád
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The word occurs as a place-name Ðis sind ðá landgemǽru tó Hlincgeláde (cf. quoddam ruris praediolum . . . eni solicolae antiquum indiderunt uocabulum æt Lhincgelade, 78, 21), C. D. vi. 79, 4
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ofer-swingan
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to strike through Ꝥ húru æt his ænde seó biternes and hreówsung oferswunge and geþreáde his mód for his ágenre scylde ut saltem in morte de culpa sua mentem ipsius amaritudo transverberet, Gr. D. 344, 33
stott
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An inferior kind of horse Hér on stent gewriten hwæt man funde æt Eggemere syððan Cole hit lét. Ðæt is vii oxen and viii cý and iiii feldhrýþera and ii stottas ( equi uiles ), Nap. 56, 7
tweógung
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Ic wille ániman fram þám þe þás bóc rǽdað þone intingan ǽlcre tweónnge (tweónge, v.l.) æt ǽlcum þǽra spella þe ic wríte ut dubitationis occasionem legentibus subtraham per singula quae describo, Gr. D. 9, 6. Add