beáh-gifa
A ring-giver ⬩ a giver of ring or bracelet money ⬩ anulorum vel armillarum largitor
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A ring-giver, a giver of ring or bracelet money; anulorum vel armillarum largitor Se geonga gewát Eádgár of lífe, beorna beáhgifa the young Edgar, ring-giver of men, departed from life, Chr. 975; Th. 226, 36, col. 2: Byrht.
Cerdices leáh
Cerdic's ley ⬩ Cerdăci campus
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Land ford] in this year Cerdic and Cynric fought against the Britons at the place which is called Cerdic's ley, Chr. 527; Th. 26, 30-33, col. 3
dyrstignes
Boldness, presumption, arrogance, rashness ⬩ audācia, temĕrĭtas
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Cot. dyrstignes] his módes præsumptio spīrĭtus, Past. 13, 2; Hat. MS. 17 a, 15. Ðæt ðín mód ne beó ahafen mid dyrstignysse [dyrstnysse, Nat. S. Greg. Els. P. 39, note 1] that thy mind be not lifted up with arrogance, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 4
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eornoste
Earnest, serious ⬩ sērius, stŭdiōsus
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Earnest, serious; sērius, stŭdiōsus On eornostne hige with earnest intention, Cod. Dipl. 942; Kmbl. iv. 278, 15.
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ge-wyrtian
To season with herbs ⬩ to spice ⬩ perfume
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Gewyrtod wín factitium vinum, Cot. 268, Lye. Sele him etan gewyrtodne hen fugel give him to eat a fowl dressed with herbs, L. M 3, 12; Lchdm. ii. 314, 15
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þorniht
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Tó ðæm þornihtan heáfodlonde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 263, 32. On ðam þornehtan dúne, 421, 24. On ða þornihtan leáge, v. 389, 14. Ðǽm ðornihtun senticosis (velut rosa senticosis exorta surculis, Ald. 18, 14), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 47
manung
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Add Cóm eft þider sé þe geswænced wæs mid þæs gafoles manunge cum is qui necessitate debiti affligebatur rediret, Gr. D. 158, 13. v.gafol-manung
síþe
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Ðá cóm se Godes wer gesceód mid geclútedum scón and bær his síðe ( falcem fenariam ) on his eaxle, Gr. D. 37, 14. v. híg- síþe. Add
ge-þwit
What is cut or shaved off ⬩ shavings ⬩ cuttings ⬩ chips ⬩ assulæ
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T; S. 544, 44, col. 2, note
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egsa
Fear, horror, dread ⬩ tĭmor, horror, terror
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Fear, horror, dread; tĭmor, horror, terror Egsa com ofer me tĭmor vēnit sŭper me, Ps. Spl. 54, 5 : Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 26; Cri. 839: Cd. 221; Th. 288, 12; Sat. 379. Beóþ egsan of heofene ĕrunt terrōres de cælo, Lk.
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mægen-stán
A mighty stone
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Ðis synd ðæra xx hída gemǽro . . andlang wægæs óþ ðonæ mægenstán, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 112, 18
seám-penig
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A toll of a penny on a load (of salt) Se wægnscilling and se seámpending gonge tó ðæs cyninges handa swá hé ealning dyde æt Saltwíc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 20.
sidefulness
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Honesty, modesty, sobriety Clǽnnyss and sideful*-*nys eówres líchaman and sáule castitas atque sobrietas corporis simul et spiritus vestri, Cod. Dip. B. i. 155, 13. Sidefulnysse pudicitiae, Hpt. Gl. 433, 56.
steallere
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[The word occurs only in late documents; the passages given belong to Edward the Confessor's reign] On Esgéres stealres and on Roulfes steallres and on Lifinges steallres gewitnesse, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 291, 13-14.
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teám-pól
A breeding-pool
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A breeding-pool Up on Exan on ðone neáran teámp-ol; ðanon up on Exan; ðonne of Exa[n] on ða smala[n] lace; of ðære lace eft on Exa[n]; ðanon up and lang Exa[n] on ðone uferan teámpól, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 205, 8-11: iii. 441, 5-8
west-ende
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Æt ðam westænde, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 659, 30
sceáp-wæsce
A place for washing sheep
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A place for washing sheep the word remains as a place-name in Sheepwash, in Worcestershire Of ðam stáne on sceápwæscan ; andlang sceápwæscan, Cod. Dip. v. 48, 6. Andlang sceápwæscan tó sceápwæscan forda, 174, 11. Tó ðære sceápwæscan, 298, 4.
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wealh-land
a foreign land ⬩ Normandy
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Icel. í Vallandi er síðan var kallat Norðmandi) Com Eádweard hider tó lande of Weallande (fram begeondan sǽ, v. l. ), Chr. 1040; Erl. 167, 27
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wearda
A watchman or a watch
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Ger. wart-perg), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 191, 34. Cf. On weardæs beorh, 291, 23: 112, 32. Weardan excubiae, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 84, 16
hafetian
to clap ⬩ applaud
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Ǽrðan ðe se hana hafitigende cráwe before the cock clapping its wings crow, Homl. Th. ii. 246, 4