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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

Grammar
bóc-tǽcing, -talu.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
ele-tredde, an; f.
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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

(v.)
Grammar
fnésan, fnesan; p. fnæs

pantgasp

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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

(v.)
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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

(n.)
Grammar
fore-saga, (?)

a prologueprefacetranslation

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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

Grammar
handfangen-þeóf, handfangene-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

(n.)
Grammar
hwíte-cylle, some kind of bag or
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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

(n.)
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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

(n.)
Grammar
on-scunung, -sceonung, e; f.

abomination, execrationirritation, exasperation

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Kmbl. 24, 15. irritation, exasperation In onscununge in exacervatione, Ps. Surt. 94, 9

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

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

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽr-líce, ár-líce; adv. [ǽr ere, before, líce]

EARLY in the morningdiluculomane

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EARLY in the morning; diluculo, mane, Jn. Lind. War. 8, 2

Linked entry: ár-líce

ǽtten

Grammar
ǽtten, for æten,

should eat

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In. 42; Lambd. 8, 5; Wilk. 21, 24;

a-fellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fellan, p. de; pp. ed

To fellcædereprosternere

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In. 43; Th. i. 128, 23

a-rǽfniende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-rǽfniende, -rǽfnigende; part.

Bearing in mindconsideringpondering

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Bearing in mind, considering, pondering, Homl. Th. i. 42, 17, 30

Angel-

(prefix)

EnglishAnglicanus

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English; Anglicanus, — as in the following compounds Angel-cyning, -cynn, -þeód

Linked entries: cirice wita þeód folc

carl

(adj.)
Grammar
carl, adj.
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Used in compounds, as carl-cat, -fugel, -man

ciorl

(n.)

a rustic,

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In. 40; Th. i. 126, 12, note 28