hús-ting
a meeting ⬩ court ⬩ tribunal
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Non on hustenge neque in folkesmote, 503, 3. Ad pondus Hustingie Londonensis, Chart. Th. 533, 10. It is found also in English Mid hundeahtigum marcan hwítes seolfres be hústinges gewihte, 329, 22.
neoþor
Lower ⬩ in an inferior position
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(without a positive form) Lower, in an inferior position Niþor inferius, nyþemyst infime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 14. Se ðe wæs neoþor on endebyrdnysse wearþ fyrmest on þrowunge he (Stephen) that was lower in order, was first in suffering, Homl.
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blót-mónaþ
November, the month of sacrifice, so called because at this season the heathen Saxons made a provision for winter, and offered in sacrifice many of the animals they then killed. In an account of the Saxon months, it is thus described
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ða ðe hý woldon syllan this month is called Novembris in Latin,, and in our language the month of sacrifice, because our forefathers, when they were heathens, always sacrificed in this month, that is, that they took and devoted to their idols the cattle
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-hám
the abode of the elves
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In this sense it is the general assemblage of the dwellings in each particular district, to which the arable land and pasture of the community were appurtenant, the home of all the settlers in a separate and well defined locality, the collection of the
ge-wunian
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Hé ne mihte on húse gewunian ac on byrgenum neque in domo manebat sed in monumentis, Lk. 8, 27. Tó dæge in hús ðín gedæfned is mé gewunia ( manere ), Lk. L. 19, 5.
swán-geréfa
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An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood.
ge-samnung
A meeting, assembly, council, union, congregation, synagogue, church ⬩ conventus, conventio, concĭlium, congrĕgātio, sy̆năgōga, ecclēsia
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Ealra heora eágan on ðære gesamnunge wǽron on hyne behealdende omnium in sy̆năgōga ŏcŭli ĕrant intendentes in eum, Lk. Bos. 4, 20: 8, 49: Jn. Bos. 6, 59; 18, 20.
Linked entries: ge-samning samnung ge-somning ge-somnung
wíc-geréfa
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See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. p. 175
gráf
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In ðone lytlan gráf, v. 126, 30. On Leómmannes gráf westeweardan, iii. 406, 15. ¶ in a place-name :-- Westgráf ( in a Latin charter ), C. D. iii. 374, 29
lád
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The corresponding forms in Latin are seen in the following passages :-- Sit praedictum rus liberum ab omni mundiali seruitio ... excepta sanctae Dei basilicae suppeditatione ac ministratione, 173, 30: 241, 35.
agof
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A word formed in the Riddles by inverting the. order of the letters in the word boga a bow. Agob [MS, agof] is mín noma eft onhwyrfed agob is my name transposed, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 12; Rä. 24, 1
a-scamian
To be ashamed ⬩ to make ashamed or abashed ⬩ erubescere ⬩ pudore confundere
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To be ashamed, to make ashamed or abashed; erubescere, pudore confundere Ná ascamien on me non erubescant in me, Ps. Spl. 68, 8. Hí ascamode swíciaþ on swíman they wander abashed in giddiness, Exon. 26b; Th. 79, 31; Cri. 1299
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eorþ-draca
An earth-dragon ⬩ drăco in antro dēgens
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An earth-dragon; drăco in antro dēgens Sió wund ongon, ðe him se eorþdraca geworhte, swelan and swellan the wound, which the earth-dragon had made in him, began to burn and swell, Beo. Th. 5417; B. 2712: 5642; B. 2825
Finn
Fin
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Be Finnes eaferum in Fres-wæle of Fin's offspring in Friesland, Beo. Th. 2140; B. 1068
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fisc-wylle
Full of fish ⬩ abounding in fish ⬩ piscíbus abundans ⬩ piscōsus
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Full of fish, abounding in fish; piscíbus abundans, piscōsus Ðæt eálond is fiscwylle the island is abounding in fish, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 41. Fiscwyllum wæterum flŭviis piscōsis, 1, 1; S. 473, 15. Fiscwelle bisarius? [= piscārius ], Wrt. Voc. 66, 8
from-weardes
From-wards ⬩ in a direction away from
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From-wards, in a direction away from Gif hunta gebíte mannan, sleah þrý scearpan neáh fromweardes if a hunting spider bite a man, strike three scarifications near, in a direction from [the bite ], L. M. 1, 68; Lchdm. ii. 142, 19
gang-here
A foot-army ⬩ infantry ⬩ pedester exercĭtus
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A foot-army, infantry; pedester exercĭtus Pirrus him com to mid ðam mǽstan fultume, ǽgðer ge on ganghere, ge on rádhere Pyrrhus came to them with the greatest force, both in infantry, and in cavalry, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 40
lang-first
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A long space of time Norde fæder engla in ðisse lífe longfyrst ofer ðæt wunian léton the father of angels would not let him remain in this life a long space after that, Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 2; Gú. 920
bolgen-mód
Enraged in mind ⬩ iratus animo
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Enraged in mind; iratus animo Him bolgenmód yrre andswarode enraged in mind, answered them angrily, Cd. 183; Th. 228, 26; Dan. 209: Beo. Th. 1422; B. 709: Andr. Kmbl. 255; An. 128: Exon. 40 b; Th. 135, 25; Gú. 529
á-hlocian
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R.) 5, 29 (the late southern version has here aholeke: can hloc- in the older form = holc-? v. holc, and holk in N. E. D.).. Áhlocadum, ach ocadum effossis, Txts. 59, 721