be-gínan
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Se draca hæfþ beginen in his múðe mín heáfod and forswolgen draco caput meum in suo ore absorbuit, Gr. D. 324, 26
bóc-tǽcing
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Teaching or direction contained in books Godcunde bóte séce man georne and symble be bóctǽcinge (bóctale, v. l.) according to the directions contained in books (e. g. Theodore's Liber Poenitentialis) (or as books tell), Ll. Th. i. 398, 22.
ele-tredde
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An oil-press, press in which olives are crushed Wǽron feáwa eleberian . . . hét hé þá gegaderian and dón on eletreddan ( in praelo ), Gr. D. 50, 29. Of þǽre eletreddan ( ex prelo ) nǽnige gemete ǽnig dǽl eles út eóde, 251, 2
fnésan
pant ⬩ gasp
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To breathe hard, pant, gasp Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan ꝥ níhste oroð and ágyfan his gást . . . þá gyt in þám breóste ánum fnæs hwylchugu líflie hǽtu þæs oreþes in solo pectore vitalis adhue calor anhelabat, Gr. D. 324, 19. Substitute:
fleswian
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In the passage líiccetende wrehte and leáse fleswede seem equally to render simolatam (legationem) volveret, and for the latter leáslíce ongann occurs in one MS. Another various reading is fleose-wade. For 'To mutter, whisper' substitute:
fore-saga
a prologue ⬩ preface ⬩ translation
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In foresaga in prochemio, Jn. p. 187, 12. Mið forasaga praefatione, Lk. p. 3, 11. translation Of foresaga de translatione, Lk. p. 9, 6
Linked entry: saga
handfangen-þeóf
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.), which is the usual form in lists similar to those in which it occurs Hámsócn and forsteall, griðbrice and handfangenðeóf, C. D. iv. 233, 9. Handfangeneðeóf, 17: 23: 30
heálicness
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Add: in a local sense Heálicnysse conum (ut pyrae cacumina sphaerae apicem triginta cubitis in conum praecellerent, Ald. 48, 26), An. Ox. 3529. of rank, dignity, etc. Eálá ꝥ swá mycel heálicnys swilces weres ús þeówode, Hml. S. 30, 281
hwíte-cylle
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H. 39, 956: culleum uas pice oblitum, 926 : in culleum, in follem bobulinum, et aliter machina contenta et bitumine lita, 67, 224), Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 14
scip-wræc
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Cum omnibus quaecunque maris procellosis tempestatibus, in aquam uel in terram eorum eiecta fuerint, quod Anglice shipwreck promulgatum est onomate, 28
Linked entry: wræc
on-scunung
abomination, execration ⬩ irritation, exasperation
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Kmbl. 24, 15. irritation, exasperation In onscununge in exacervatione, Ps. Surt. 94, 9
toll-sceamol
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
ge-healdsum
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dispensationibus exultet Past. 149, 18. exercising restraint, modest, virtuous, sober: — Wíf hálig and gehealdsum mulier sancta et pudorata, S. int. 225, 16.]
ǽr-líce
EARLY in the morning ⬩ diluculo ⬩ mane
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EARLY in the morning; diluculo, mane, Jn. Lind. War. 8, 2
Linked entry: ár-líce
ǽtten
should eat
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In. 42; Lambd. 8, 5; Wilk. 21, 24;
a-fellan
To fell ⬩ cædere ⬩ prosternere
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In. 43; Th. i. 128, 23
a-rǽfniende
Bearing in mind ⬩ considering ⬩ pondering
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Bearing in mind, considering, pondering, Homl. Th. i. 42, 17, 30
Angel-
English ⬩ Anglicanus
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English; Anglicanus, — as in the following compounds Angel-cyning, -cynn, -þeód
carl
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Used in compounds, as carl-cat, -fugel, -man
ciorl
a rustic,
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In. 40; Th. i. 126, 12, note 28