mealmiht
Sandy ⬩ chalky
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Ellis' Farming Words, 'The chalk and mould were so mixed together, that in Hertfordshire we call it a maumy (malmey) earth.' 'A chalk or a maume.' 'Chalk, maume, or loam.']
ge-beornan
To burn ⬩ be on fire ⬩ be consumed ⬩ ardēre ⬩ combūri
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Th. 5388; B. 2697. v. trans Seó eorþe wæs to axsan geburnen the earth was burnt to ashes, Ors. 4, 2; Bos. 79, 19
ge-cræftan
To contrive ⬩ build ⬩ molīri ⬩ machināri
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Ðæt Godes tempel wæs wundorlíce gecræft the temple of God was wonderfully contrived, Homl. Th. ii. 574, 29
ge-dæftan
To put in order ⬩ make ready ⬩ prepare
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To put in order, make ready, prepare Ða ðe mid ðám [treowum] Cristes weig gedæfton those who with the [trees] prepared Christ's way, Homl. Th. i. 212, 34. He eów betǽcþ mycele healle gedæfte ipse vobis ostendet cenaculum magnum stratum, Lk.
tún-rǽd
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A town-council Man beád ðam túnrǽde ðe his suna on áfédde wǽron ðæt man sceolde twégen cempan gescyrpan an order was given to the council of the town in which his sons had been brought up, that two soldiers should be equipped, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 297
tyhtend-líc
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(v. tyhtan), hortative Wé wyllaþ sume tihtendlíce sprǽce wið eów habban, Homl. Th. ii. 574, 20. Sume adverbia syndon ortativa, ðæt synd tihtendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 227, 16.
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þrym-wealdend
Glory-ruling ⬩ ruling heaven
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We sceolon biddan ða hálgan ðæt hí ús þingion tó ðam þrymwealdendum Gode, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 288
wólbǽrness
Pestiferousness ⬩ destructivity
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Pestiferousness, destructivity Ic wolde ðæt ða ongeáten, ðe ða tída úres cristendómes leahtriaþ, hwelc mildsung siþþan wæs, siþþan se cristendóm wæs, and hú monigfeald wólbǽrnes ðære worulde ǽr ðæm wæs (with how many kinds of plagues the world was afflicted
cum-líþe
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Beón wé ǽfre cumlíðe; úre sáwel bið Crístes cuma on dómes dæge, Wlfst. 239, 5. Add
cneórisn
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Þus wæs Crístes cneóres (cneórisn, v. l.) Christi generatio sic erat, Mt. 1, 18. Mín Drihten, wé ealle forléton úre cneórisne and wǽron þé fylgende, Bl. H. 229, 21. Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna, 7, 5
fǽr-haga
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Calamity that compasses about Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled . . . leomu hefegedon sárum gesóhte . . . hé his módsefan wið þám fǽrhagan fæste trymede the body was inflamed with disease . . . the limbs grew heavy attacked by pains . . . he fortified his mind
feoh-gód
cattle
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Property consisting of cattle, cattle considered as property Mid .ix. sciłł. gebéte, and ꝥ sié on cwicǽhtum, feógodum, and mon nǽnigne mon on ꝥ ne selle (i. e.the fine was to be paid in live*-*stock, but cattle only, not human beings (slaves)), Ll.
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ísern-gelóman
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An iron tool íserngelóman wé hátaþ spadan and spitelas. Gr. D. 201, 19. p him mon íserngelðman (issern-, v. l. ) bróhte, Bd. 4, 28; S. 520, 20. Ðæt wǽron mi stáncræftigan . . . hý gesénedon ǽlce morgen heora ísern-gelóman, Shrn. 146, 15. v. í-gelóma
reordian
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Tó hriordanne, 32. to feed Wé hriordadun ðec pavimus te, Mt. L. 25, 37
sciftan
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Wé sceolan úre lífes weg wíslíce scyftan iter nostrum temperare debemus, Chrd. 65, 20. Sciftende ordinans, Angl. xiii. 448, 1187
stæþ-hlípe
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Sóhte hé ðone Godes wer geond ealle þá stæþhlýpan (abrupta) þára munta, 99, 22
un-sceþþigness
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They said, We will not come forth. . . to profane the Sabbath . . . Let us die all in our innocency, I Macc. 2, 34-37), Hml. S. 25, 239. On unscyðþinysse in innocentia, Ps. L. 83, 13. Add
wæter-þísa
A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale
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Hé (the whale) hafaþ óþre gecynd, wæterþísa wlonc, 363, 7;Wal. 50
ǽror
earlier, before ⬩ rather
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Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 15. rather Ðaacute; óðre þrý godspelleras áwriton ǽror be Crístes menniscnysse, Hml. Th. i. 70. 3
bredende
Deceitful, cunning, crafty; ⬩ dolosus
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Deceitful, cunning, crafty; dolosus Sendon [MS. sendan] hí Marius, ðone consul, ongeán Geoweorþan, a swá lytigne, and á swá bredende, swá he wæs they sent Marius, the consul, against Jugurtha, as he was always so cunning, and so crafty, Ors. 5, 7; Bos
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