nán-wiht
nothing ⬩ nothing ⬩ not at all ⬩ no whit
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Hé nánwuht ealles ( nothing at all ) næbbe ymbe tó sorgienne, 11, 1; Fox 32, 12. Hié hiora nánwuht ongiotan ne meahton, Past. Swt. 5, 12. Ðone ðe ðú nánwiht yfles on nystest, Blickl. Homl. 85, 36.
Linked entries: nǽnig-wiht nǽniht
firding
military service ⬩ fighting ⬩ marching ⬩ an expedition ⬩ militia ⬩ troops ⬩ armament ⬩ military forces
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Eal seó fyrding tóhwearf all the troops dispersed, 1094; P. 229, 30. Sende se cyning heretogan mid mycelre fyrdinge, Hml. A. 103, 46: 104, 55. 'Hæbbe hé mid him tó þǽre fyrdincge Jóhannem and Paulum . . . ' Se heretoga férde mid þǽre fyrdiucge, Hml.
on-secgan
to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure
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Alf. pol. 14; Th. i. 70, 15
ǽ
alas!
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alas! Ǽ, Hy. 1, 1. = eá, Lamb, MS. fol. 183b, line 11
blód-geótend
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A shedder of blood Álés mé of blódgeótendum, Ps. L. 50, 16
fǽr-stylt
amazement ⬩ stupor
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amazement, stupor Feerstylt forgráp alle stupor appraehendit omnes, Lk. L. 5, 26
Linked entry: stylt
heardlicness
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The Latin of the passage is: Alii asperitatem vitae ipsius disputabant. Add:
ge-lícettan
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to imitate Gelíccetton simulare (gestit simulare sui perpendicula patris, Ald. 158, 4), Wrt.
Linked entry: ge-liccettan
fóre-áþ
A fore-oath ⬩ an oath first taken ⬩ antejūrāmentum ⬩ præjūrāmentum ⬩ præjūrātio
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Alf. pol. 33; Th. i. 82, 7. Ofgá his spræce mid fóráþe let him begin his suit with a fore-oath, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 31: L. Ath. iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 16.
Linked entry: fór-áþ
mór-heald
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)
Linked entry: heald
daga
A day ⬩ dies
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A day; dies,-found in the compound word án-daga, q. v; also
eów
Wo! alas! væ! heu! — Eów me! ⬩ heu mihi!
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alas! væ! heu! — Eów me! heu mihi! Ps. Spl. T. 119, 5
Linked entry: euwá
sulh-ælmesse
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Plough-alms, a contribution of one penny to be paid for every sulh
Linked entry: ælmesse
a-cwellan
To kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ interficere ⬩ necare
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Ðá ðe égor-here eorþan tuddor eall acwealde when the water-host destroyed all the progeny of earth. Cd. 69; Th. 84, 25; Gen. 1403. Wíges heard wyrm acwealde the bold one in battle slew the worm, the dragon, Beo. Th. 1777; B. 886.
ǽdre
An artery ⬩ a vein ⬩ fountain ⬩ river ⬩ arteria ⬩ vena ⬩ fons ⬩ rivus ⬩ a nerve ⬩ sinew ⬩ kidney ⬩ nervus ⬩ ren
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Ðá for ðam cýle him gescuncan ealle ǽdra then all his sinews shrank because of the cold, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 39
BEARD
a BEARD ⬩ barba
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Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 8
cancer
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Ealne ðone bíte ðæs cancres heó afeormaþ it clears away all the pain [bite] of the cancer, 167, 3; Lchdm. i. 296, 22. Wið cancre, nim gáte geallanand hunig against cancer, take goat's gall and honey, L.
cassuc
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Dó in gléde finol and cassuc and récels: bærn eal tosomne put fennel and hassock and incense upon a fire: burn all together, iii. 56, 5: L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 30: 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 350, 6: 3, 64; Lchdm. ii. 353, 13. Weorc Cristes [MS.
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cyperen
Coppery, belonging to copper ⬩ æreus
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Gemultan ealle ða anlícnessa togædere, ðe ðǽr binnan wǽrah, ge gyldene, ge sylfrene, ge ǽrene, ge cyperene all the statues, which were in it, of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of copper, were melted together, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 101, 22.
dæg-hwamlíc
Daily ⬩ diurnus, quotidianus
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Daily; diurnus, quotidianus Hit ealle beorhtnysse dæghwamlíces leóhtes ofer-swýðde it overshone all the brightness of the daily light, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 20. Syle us to-dæg úrne dæghwamlícan hláf panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, Lk.
Linked entry: dæg-hwomlíc