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stán-bæþ

(n.)
Grammar
stán-bæþ, es; n.
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A vapour bath made by the help of heated stones on to which water was poured Dó on troh háte stánas wel gehǽtte, gebeþe ða hamma mid ðam stánbaðe; ðonne hié sién geswáte, recce hé ða bán, Lchdm. ii. 68, 4-7. Stánbæþ, 10, 13: 60, 9. Tó stánbæþe, 106,

un-álífedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-álífedlíc, adj.

Not allowableunlawfulillicit

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Not allowable, unlawful, illicit Unálýfedlíc þing hoc nefas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 51, 2. Swýnen flǽsc Iudéum unálýfedlíc ys tó etanne, Ps. Th. 16, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 456, 35. Hí ne móstan for him náht unálýfedlíces begangan, Shrn. 65, 11. On hús gehwyrfed

un-swícende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-swícende, adj.

Not failing in duty to othersfaithfulloyal

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Not failing in duty to others, faithful, loyal Ic ( Cnut ) cýðe wów ðæt ic wylle beón hold hláford and unswícende tó Godes gerihtum and tó rihtre woroldlage, Chart. Erl. 229, 22. Hig áþas swóron and gíslas saldan ðæm cynge and ðæm eorle, ðæt heó him

Linked entry: swícan

unlyb-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
unlyb-wyrhta, an; m.

A poison-makerone who prepares poisons for purposes of witchcrafta sorcerer

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A poison-maker, one who prepares poisons for purposes of witchcraft, a sorcerer Unlybwyrhta veneficus, Wrt. Voc, i. 74, 39. Wyccan and wælcyrian and unlybwyrhtan, Wulfst. 298, 19. Antecrist hæfð mid him drýmen and unlybwyrhtan and wígleras and ða ðe

Linked entry: lyb-wyrhta

ancor-setla

(n.)
Grammar
ancor-setla, an; m.
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An anchorite, a hermit Hé him cytan árǽrde on sumere dígelnesse, swylce hé ancersetla eáðe beón mihte, Hml. S. 31, 1070. Ancersetlena drohtnung, Hml. Th. i. 544, 26: 546, 1. [The two following are doubtful Ancersetlan anachoreseos, Hpt. Gl. 465, 48.

birhtan

(v.)

to shine

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to shine, literal Eall mín weorod for ðǽre micelnesse ðæs goldes scán and berhte, Nar. 7, 15. Byr[htende] coruscans, An. Ox. 4203. figurative Hé beforan manna eágum swá manigum wundrum sceán and berhte, Guth. 90, 11. Se noma mid him swá lange sceán

Linked entries: beorhtan brihtan

be-tweohn

(prep.; adv.)

Betweenamong

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Grammar be-tweohn, -twihn (<-twíhn), -tweón. prep. Between, among: — Bituichn (-tuín) ældrum inter primores, Txts. 70, 546. Bituihn, 77, 1310. Hé gesibbode þá cyningas betweohn (-twyh, v. l.) him pacatis alterutrum regibus, Bd. 4, 21; Sch. 453

bisceop-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-wíte, es; n.
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A fine payable to a bishop (cf. e.g. Ll. Th. i. 262, § 3: 474, § 17) Ðæt ðe scýrbiscop ... hádinge ne dó on ðis abbotríce, búton seó abbod hit him bydde, ne biscopwíte episcopus dioceseos ... non ordinationem ... sine abbatis fauore arroget, ... neque

bod

(n.)
Grammar
bod, es; n.

a commanda messagepreaching

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Add: also m. in North. and in cpd. ǽ-bod. a command Se forðmesta bod primum mandatum, Mk. L. 12, 30, 25, 39. Boda praecepta, 7, 7. Bodo mandata. Lk. L. 18, 20. a message :-- Burgwaras sendon bod (legationem) æfter him, Lk. L. R. 19, 14. preaching :-

burg-man

Grammar
burg-man, (burh-).
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Hé wæs ánes burhmannes sunu on Ysrahéla lande, Hml. A. 181, 10. Hí wendon him tó þǽre burge ( Dover ) weard and ofslógon má þanne .xx. manna, and þá burhmen ofslógon .xix. men on óðre healfe, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 4. Lǽde hine sum ealdormann hine geond

dihtnere

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Dihtnere dispensator, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 14. Dictator, i. dictor, relator, praeceptor, imperator, dihtnere, ordinator, prescriptor, ii. 140, 5. Híwrǽddene wurðe gesetton dihtneran (-as?, e?) domui Dei dignum constituant dispensatorem, R. Ben. I. 107, 12

fǽred-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽred-lic, adj.

Sudden

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Sudden Wundrodon ealle men ꝥ on swá lytlan fæce hine nán man findan mihte . . . and se cásere and his þegnas wǽron sárie for his fǽredlican (cf. fǽrlican, 225) áweggewitennysse all men wondered that all of a sudden nobody could find him . . . and the

geþing-sceat

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Substitute: Money paid to a person in order that terms may be granted by him, price paid for favourable terms 'Hé ne sealde Gode nánne métsceat for his sáule, ne nǽnne geðingsceat wið his miltse.' Ðæt is se médsceat wið his sáule 'non dabit Deo propitiationem

ge-wleccan

Grammar
ge-wleccan, ge-wlecian.
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Dele ge-wlecian, and add: pp. ge-wlæcced Genim beolonan seáw, gewlece, and þonne on eáre gedrýp, Lch. ii. 40, 13: 46, 30. Him mon on eáre drýpe gewlæccedne ele, 22, 8. Genim þás wyrte . . . on ele gewlæhte (-wlehte, v. l. ), i. 212, 5. Meng wiþ wífes

gítsere

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gítsere, Add: <b>giétsere, gídsere</b>
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Gítsere avarus vel cupidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 48. Gýtsere avarus, 76, 7. Ðæt se gítsere (gídsere, v. l. ), him on geheápige ðá byrðenne eorðlica ǽhta, Past. 329, 20: 331, 7. Giétsere (gídsere, v. l. ), 341, 6. Ne ðá ðiófas, ne ðá giétseras neque fures,

hyþ

Grammar
hyþ, l.
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Lyte jactura, hýd commodum, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 52. Swá hwæt on hýðþe and on temprunge byð hálwende hit ys quicquid cum modo (but commodo has been read) et temperamento fit, salutare est, Scint. 54, 19. Tó þám ꝥ hé him gedyde sume getǽse hýððe his geswinces

nyllan

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Hí getácniað þá ðe tela nellað, ne nellað leornian hwæt Gode leóf sý, Hml. S. 25, 51-52. Oft monn bið ðǽre earfoðnesse láreówdóme underðiéded, ðeáh hé ǽr nolde his láreówes lárum bión, Past. 35, 11. Hwæt be him nellendum gewurðan. sceoldon (hwæt hí sceolan

wérigian

(v.)
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Ꝥ ilce mód ǽgþer ge mid heálicum mægnum weaxeð and strangað, and eác of his ágenre untrymnesse wérgað and teórað (ex infirmitate lacesscat), Gr. D. 204, 23. Cum hider ꝥ wyt magon etan, þe lǽs þe wit wérigian (wérgien, v.l.) on þysum wege (ne lassemur

wíc

Grammar
wíc, <b>.
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III.</b> add Þá cóm him fǽringa tó micel folc manna . . . wǽron ealle hǽdena, and þone Hǽlend ne cúþe nán man of þǽre wíc þe hí of wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 1016. Ðænne þæs embe fíf niht ꝥ áfered byð winter of wícum (cf. tún; ), Men. 24. v. bere-, ceaster

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, wég[e], es; n.

A cup

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A cup Wégi poculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 82. Sume ic geteáh, tó geflite fremede ... beóre druncne; ic him byrlade wróht of wége, ðæt hí in wínsele þurh sweordgripe sáwle forlétan of flǽschoman, Exon. Th. 271, 24; Jul. 487. Fǽted wǽge, dryncfæt deóre, Beo