mapulder
A maple tree
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The word is found in several place-names in the Charters v. Cod. Dip. vi. 313, and still occurs, e.g. Mappledurwell in Hampshire, Mapplederham in Oxfordshire
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sehtlian
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to settle, bring to an agreement, settle a dispute between people (the word seems to occur only in the later part of the Chronicle) [ Ðá eodon góde men heom betwénen and sahtloden heom, Chr. 1066 ; Erl. 203, 27.
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ge-sceádan
To separate, distinguish, discern, decide ⬩ to separate
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Wolde hilde gesceádan would decide the war, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 25; Exod. 504: Elen. Kmbl. 298; El. 149. Rodera rǽdend hit on riht gescéd the ruler of the firmament decided it aright, Beo. Th. 3115; B. 1555.
tǽsan
To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound
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To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound Ic tótere oððe pluccige oððe tǽse (wulle added in MS. W.) carpo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 170, 13. Carpsit, discerpsit, trahit, evellit, vel tǽst, Wülck.
tealt
in a physical sense, unsteady ⬩ in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious
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þel
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A thin piece of wood or metal, a plank, plate Gylden þel áslægen bratea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 42. Weel planca (þell? þele? the line is: Corpus virgineum natat ceu plana carina, Ald. 199), 95, 79.
þeód-wrecan
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to avenge thoroughly, take great vengeance for Grendles módor gegán wolde sorhfulue síð, sunu þeódwrecan (Ettmüller would read suna deáð wrecan; but perhaps the force of þeód- here and its composition with a verb may be illustrated by the case of full
þri-líðe
Having three months named Líða
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Having three months named Líða, a term applied to the year in which a fourth summer month was intercalated; the passage in which the Latinized form of the word occurs is as follows: Quotiescunque communis esset annus, ternos menses solares singulis anni
fágettan
to quibble
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(why do you use this word treasures with double meaning?), Hml. Th. i. 422, 34. Similar entries Cf. fágian
ge-anwyrde
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.), þeáh him ꝥ word of scute his unnþances debuit esse delator patriae, quod ipse cognovit ita esse, licet verbum illud improviso exprimeret Chr. 1055 ; P. 185, 7
ge-fýsan
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Add: to impel, incite, make eager Ne leng bídan wolde wyrm, ac mid bǽle fór fýre gefýsed no longer would the dragon bide, but fared forth furious with fire and flame, B. 2309.
ge-lóman
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Næs nǽnig wén þæs gelóman ( a wood-bill) . . . Se hálga man ágeaf þám Gotan þone gelóman, and cwæð: 'Lóca nú l hér is þín gelóma,' Gr. D. 114, 1-18.
god-webb
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Here the word seems to be a noun: see last passage under god-webb; I.]
hǽwen
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Voc. ii. 90, 43. v. blǽ-hǽwen, grén-hǽwen, lín-hǽwen, sweart-hǽwen, wel-hǽwen, and preceding word
rúmedlíce
liberally ⬩ at large, fully
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gyden
A goddess ⬩ dea
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Seó hæfde geháten heora gydenne Dianan ðæt heó wolde hiere líf on fǽmnháde alibban she had promised their goddess Diana that she would live her life in virginity; virgo vestalis Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 17
ge-tǽlan
To accuse ⬩ reprove ⬩ accusare ⬩ exprobrare ⬩ calumniari ⬩ reprehendere
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Word his getéla verbum ejus repræhendere, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 26. Óðerne getéleþ alterum contemnet, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 24. Nǽfre getéldon gé ða unsuinnigo numquam condemnassetis innocentes, 12, 7. Ðætte hé getéldon him ut accusarent eum, 10: Mk. Skt.
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tíran
To run with tears, ⬩ to water (of the eyes)
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Ðǽr biþ wóp and tóða gebitt, for ðan ðe ða eágan týraþ on ðam micclum bryne, and ða téð cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cyle, Homl. Th. i. 132, 26. Wiþ ðon ðe eágan týren (cf. wið eallum tiédernessum eágena, 2, 6), Lchdm. ii. 32, 28.
dolh-sealf
A wound-salve, poultice for a wound ⬩ vulnĕrārium emplastrum
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A wound-salve, poultice for a wound; vulnĕrārium emplastrum Dolhsealf; genim wegbrǽdan sǽd, getrifula smale, scead on ða wunde, sóna biþ sélre a wound-salve; take seed of waybroad, bray it small, put [shed] it on the wound, soon it will be better, L.
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