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godwræc-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
godwræc-lic, adj.
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Sacrilegious Ꝥ hé náme æt his handa ꝥ húsl þǽre godwræclican (-wræt-, -wret-, v. ll.) gehálgunge ut ex ejus manu sacrilegae consecrationis communionem perciperet, Gr. D. 238, 12.

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, es; m.
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Siþþan Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas wǽron feor ð ǽm fæstenne gesette . . . hé diégellíce gelǽdde his fird betuh þǽm weardum, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 14. v. dor-, hláf-, hrægel-, líf-, ortgeard-, rǽpling-weard

æstel

Grammar
æstel, For the first 14 lines in Dict. substitute: This word is of uncertain meaning. In the two instances of its use in which from the context the character of the object denoted by the word may be to some extent inferred, the meanings seem different. In Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 23 it occurs in a list of words connected with the fabric and furniture of a church, chorus chor, gradus stæpe, indicatorium æstel, scabellum sceamul; in Past. 9, 1-3 it is associated with a book. As the word seems adapted from Low Latin aslella, a chip, plank, board, in each case some kind of board may be intended; in the former a notice-board (?), in the latter a board used in the binding of a book, on which the title of the book was inscribed (cf. Latin index = title of a book). For a description of binding see Rá. 27 and Jn. L. p. 48. From the latter, as throwing light on the value of Alfred's
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æstel, may be quoted the following: 'Hé gesmioðade ðá gehríno ðá ðe útan on sint, and hit gehrínade mið golde and mið gimmum ǽc mið suulfre ofergylded fáconleás feh.' See a paper by E. J. Thomas in Camb. Philol. Trans. 1916

hand-hæbbende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hand-hæbbende, part.

Having [stolen property] in one's hand

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Having [stolen property] in one's hand [cf under hand the phrase æt hæbbendre handa] Sit handhabenda, sit non handhabenda whether the thief be taken with the stolen property upon him or not, L. Eth. iii. 6; Th. i. 218, 32

open

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v. 19) swá open swá hió ǽr wæs, Ll. Th. i. 30, 16

ceáp-scip

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-scip, es; n.

A merchant ship, trading ship ⬩ navis mercatoria

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A merchant ship, trading ship; navis mercatoria Hí wícingas wurdon, and æt ánum cyrre án c and eahtatig ceápscipa geféngon they became pirates, and took, at one time, one hundred and eighty trading ships, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 2

cimbal

(n.)
Grammar
cimbal, es; m: cimbala, an; m;

A cymbal ⬩ cymbalum

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Cimbalan oððe psalteras æt-hrínan [MS. ætrínan] saca hit getácnaþ to touch cymbals or psalteries betokens a lawsuit, Somn. 74; Lchdm. iii. 202, 14; Greg. Dial. 1, 9

Cynges tún

(n.)
Grammar
Cynges tún, eses; m. [cynges tún king's town]

KINGSTON ⬩ regia villa

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KINGSTON; regia villa Aðelstán wæs to cynge æt Cynges túne gehálgod Athelstan was consecrated king at Kingston, Chr. 924; Th. 199, 8, col. 1: 979; Th. 234, 10, col. 2. ÆtCyninges tún at Kingston, Chr. 979; Th. 235, 9, col. 1

Linked entries: Cyninges tún Cinges tún

un-syn

(n.)
Grammar
un-syn, un-synn, e; f.

Not guilt ⬩ not crime

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Similar entries un-synnig, II) wearð beloren leófum æt ðam lindplegan, bearnum and bróðrum, Beo. Th. 2149; B. 1072

Linked entry: syn

weorold-irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-irmþ, weorold-irmþu; f.
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Hí héton eft lóhannes gebringan æt his mynstre, fram ðám woruldyrmþum ðe hé hwíle on wæs, Ors. 6, 10; Bos. 120, 36

ýþ-hof

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-hof, es; n.
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A wave-house, a vessel Ceólas léton æt sǽfearoðe, ald ýðhofu, oncrum fæste, Elen. Kmbl. 503; El. 252. Ongan ófostlíce ðæt hof (ýðhof is suggested by Grein, which would restore the missing alliteration ) wyrcan, Cd. Th. 79, 25; Gen. 1316

for-lytel

(adj.)
Grammar
for-lytel, adj.

Very little

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Very little Byð forlytlu wynsumnes æt þám lýfe, Solil. H. 64, 20. Oþþe hit nán gód nis for eów selfe, oþþe forlytel gód wiþ eów tó metanne, Bt. 13; F. 40, 11. Forlytla sǽlþa oððe náne, 11, 2; F. 34, 30

ge-mundian

(v.)
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Fultumes biddende æt Gode, ꝥ hé hí gemundian sceolde, 25, 337. Add

hecg

(n.)
Grammar
hecg, hegg, e ; f.

A hedge ⬩ fence

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Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20

hrís

(adj.)
Grammar
hrís, (?); adj.
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. ¶ in a local name :-- Heó ann ðæs landæs æt Hrísan beorgan, C. D. iii. 360, 4. Cf. Ultra flumen Tamense, Hrisebeorgam, 347, 11. See preceding word

restan

Grammar
restan, <b>I a</b> 3.
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Add List ðú and rest þé and Godes þeówa líð æt þínum gatum, Hml. S. 31, 1152

slaga

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Hé tó þám ylpe cóm, and . . . stung hine æt ðám nafelan ꝥ hí lágon ðǽr bégen heora ǽgðer óðres slaga, Hml. S. 25, 587. Him gewearð ꝥ man funde níwe swurd and níwne slagan (executioner) þǽrtó, Hml. S. 12, 233. Add

of-neádian

(v.)

to obtain by force, extort

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to obtain by force, extort Nú cýdde man mé ðet Æþel-wold and ic sceoldon ofneádian ða bóc æt Leófríce I have been informed that Athelwold and I must have obtained the charter from Leofric by force Chart. Th. 295, 32

toll-sceamol

(n.)
Grammar
toll-sceamol, es; m.

A seat where a receiver of toll sits, ⬩ a place for receiving contributions

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A seat where a receiver of toll sits, a place for receiving contributions Hé geseah ǽnne man sittende æt tollsceamule (in teloneo), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 9. Ðæt folc hyra feoh torfude on ðone tollsceamul (in gazophilacium), Mk. Skt. 12, 41, 43

Linked entry: toll-setl

tó-niman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take to pieces ⬩ divide ⬩ to take away,

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to take to pieces, divide Hæfde se cyning his fierd on tú tónumen, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 17. to take away, cf. æt-beran Tollite portas, principes ... Ðæt byþ on Englisc: Gé ealdras, tónymaþ ða gatu, Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 8

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