clipian
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Hé clipode tó Gode þisne cwyde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11. 37. of sounds Þone swég þára fíf clipiendra stafa, Chrd. 57, 8
hlæd-disc
A dish on which many things are heaped up [?]; ⬩ satura [MS. satira]
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A dish on which many things are heaped up [?]; satura [MS. satira], Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 69; Wrt. Voc. 26, 66
þencan
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fear, and few will think what to say to Christ, Rood Kmbl. 228; Kr. 115
wundor-smiþ
A smith who makes wonderful things ⬩ who works by wondrous art
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A smith who makes wonderful things or who works by wondrous art Gylden hilt.... enta ǽrgeweorc,... wundorsmiþa geweorc, Beo. Th. 3366; B. 1681
ælmes-gifa
An almsgiver
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An almsgiver Sé ðe wǽre gítsiende óðra manna þinga, weorðe of his ágenan rihte begytenan ælmesgyfa (-gifa, v. l.) georne, Wlfst. 72, 4
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eardian
To dwell, live, feed ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ inhabĭtāre
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v. intrans. To dwell, live, feed; habĭtāre Heofenes fugelas eardian mágon under his sceade possunt sub umbra ejus aves cœli habĭtāre. Mk. Bos. 4, 32: Exon. 129 b; Th. 496, 24; Rä. 85, 19: Ps. Th. 67, 6: Ps. Spl. 2, 4: 5, 5. Eardigan, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130
eorþ-lic
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Á þín dóm wunað eorðlic (on earth) mid ældum, Cri. 406. Ǽnig eorðlic þincg ( = ǽnig ðing, Bt. 35, 1; F. 154, 20) anything in the world (cf. eorþe, II, 3 a), Met. 22, 5. Æfter eorþlicre wísan after the manner of men, Bl. H. 135, 20.
hálgian
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Þís ilcan geáre man gehálgode Tatwine tó arcebiscop . . . hine hálgodan Daniel and Ingwold . . . and Aldwine . . . and Aldulf, 731; P. 45, 8. Hine man hálgode tó cinge, Ll. Lbmn. 214, 25.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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than any, that has ever yet been fought within this Island.
gid
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Ic þis gid be þé áwræc I have told this tale for your instruction B. 1723. of eloquent, oratorical speech Oft ic wóðboran wordleána sum ágiefe æfter giedde, Rä. 78, 10. For eorlum án reordode gidda gearosnotor (cf. giddum gearusnotter, 586.
iuc-boga
The bow
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The bow or curved part of a yoke Iucboga jujula [among things connected with vehicles], Wrt. Voc. 284, 50 : jugula, ii. 46, 36
full-bétan
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Oþ þæt þám abbode þince þæt hí fulbét hæbben usque dum abbas judicaverit satisfactum esse, R. Ben. 70, 8, 18: 71, 2. Add
méd-gilda
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Beó þú gemyndig þínes médgildan (mǽd-, v. l. : Lch. i. lxiii. 3) esto memor tui gallonis (i. mercennarii), Hpt. 31, 12, 262. Add
un-wríþan
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Swá þæt nánra þinga hí (the ropes) mihton beón undón and unwriðene (tólýsede, v.l.) ut dissolvi non potuissent, Gr. D. 164, 16. Add
be-delfan
to dig a grave ⬩ to dig about ⬩ to bury ⬩ put under ground, ⬩ to bury ⬩ put in a grave or tomb
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Th. ii. 408, 29. to bury, put under ground, of things Ágróf se mon on ærenum brede drýcræftes word and bedealf under þone þerscwold þæs húses, Shrn. 141, 16. Bedealf ús (thecrosses) man on deópan seáðe, Kr. 75.
gódnes
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</b> that which is good in any- thing, the good part of anything :-- Ðás þing wé habbað be him gewritene, ǽgðer ge góde ge yfele, ꝥ þá gódan men niman æfter þeóra gódnesse (may imitate the good part of his actions ), Chr. 1086; P. 221, 24
hírsumian
to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ a feeling ⬩ desire ⬩ an impulse ⬩ to serve ⬩ to serve God
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Þæt hé ágenum lustum ne hýrsumige non voluptatibus suis obediens, 20, 12. to serve Gif hé tóbræc ǽnig þing on þǽre hýrsumnesse þe hé on hýrsumode, áþer on kycenan ..., oðþe on ǽnigum óðerum craefte þe hé mid líchomlicum geswince on hýrsumode, R.
arce-
chief ⬩ ἀρχι ⬩ ἀρχός
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chief = ἀρχι = ἀρχός, Hér Ælfríc arce-bisceop férde to Róme æfter his arce[-pallium] this year archbishop Ælfric went to Rome after his arch-pallium, Chr. 997; Th. 247, 2, col. 2. = Wið ðan ðe he scolde gifan heom ðone arce [MS. erce] on condition that
Cerdices ford
Cerdic's ford ⬩ Cerdĭci vadum
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Cerdic's ford, the ford of a little river in the south of Dorsetshire on Cerdices óra, q. v; Cerdĭci vadum Hér Cerdic and Cynríc West-Sexena ríce onféngun; and ðý ilcan geáre hie fuhton wið Brettas, ðær mon nú nemneþ Cerdices ford in this year Cerdic
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