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foreþanclíce

(adv.)

carefully

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with forethought, carefully Ðá gódan weorc ðe hé longe ǽr foreðonclíce timbrede quidquid diu labore provida construxit, Past. 215, 18. Ðæt hí foreðonclíce ongieten ut provide perpendant, 429, 3.

gegaf-sprǽc

Grammar
gegaf-sprǽc, buffoonery.
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Sume menn drincað æt deádra manna líce ofer ealle þá niht and gremiað God mid heora gegafsprǽce, Hml. S. 21, 315. Hí willað wacian and wódlíce drincan binnan Godes húse and mid gegafsprǽcum Godes hús gefýlan, 13, 78.

god-gild

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Se déma stód æt his godgyldum and deóflum onsægdnesse bær judex aris adsistebat, ac daemonibus hostias offerebat, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 21, 1.

hunig

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Æt . x. hídum tó fóstre .x. fata hunies, Ll. Th. i. 146, 16. Mon ðás ðing selle . . . mittan fulne huniges oðða twégen uuínes, sué hwaeder suae ðonne begeotan mæge, C. D. i. 293, 14 : 299, 23. Sester fulne huniges, 312, 10

nafela

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Ylp is eall mid bánum befangen binnan þám felle bútan æt ðám nafelan, Hml. S. 25, 568. Ðonne þG gyrder habban wylle, þonne sete þú þíne handa forewearde wiðneoþan þínne nafolan and stríc tó þínum twám hypum, Tech. ii. 119, 22.

Hæestingas

(n.)
Grammar
Hæestingas, Hestingas, Hæstinga ceaster

Hastings

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Hastings And ða hwíle com Willelm eorl upp æt Hestingan and that time Earl William landed at Hastings, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 3. Ðá férde se cyng tó Hæstingan then the king went to Hastings, 1094; Erl. 229, 35.

on-drincan

(v.)

to drink of

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Ða ðe on wege weorðaþ wætres æt hlimman deópes ondrincaþ de torrente in via bebet, Ps. Th. 109, 8. Ðá ondranc se ðæs wætres, and sealde hit ðæm bréðer . . . and se ondranc eác ðæs wætres, Shrn. 64, 11-12.

Linked entry: in-drincan

flán

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Ðæt mód ðætte ne mæg gesión ðá fláne ǽr hit sié gewundad cor, quad praevidere vulnera non potest. Past. 431, 3. Flána sagittas, Ps. Spl. 7, 14: 10, 2. Add

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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Gif mon nime æfesne on swýnum; æt þrýfingrum ( three fingers thick in fat), ðæt þridde; æt twýfingrum, ðæt feórðe; æt þymelum, ðæt fífte, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 12-19. Gafolswán sylle ǽlce geáre . xv. swýn tó sticunge, L. R.

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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Ǽw wedlock, marriage, ǽw-boren lawfully born, born in wedlock: ǽw-breca, -brica, m. wedlock breaker, an adulterer: ǽw-fæst-man marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ǽw-nian to wed, take a wife.

Linked entry: bonda

sculdor

(n.)
Grammar
sculdor, pl. (dual ?) sculdru (-o), sculdra; m.
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Sculdra scapula (-ae?), Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 19. On bǽm sculdrum in utroque humero, Past. 14, 3 ; Swt. 83, 9, 21. Hé onfeóld hys hrægl æt hys sceoldrum, Shrn. 98, 17. In scyldrum ł bæccum in humeros. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 4: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 15, 5.

a-cýðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cýðan, p. -cýðde; pp. -cýðed, -cýd

To showannounceconfirmmanifestareannuntiareconfirmare

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Ǽr he hine acýðan móte ere he can show himself, Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 15 ; Gn. Ex. 49. Tom acýðan to make known or show one's affliction. Exon. 78a; Th. 293, 8; Wand. 113. Ðǽr me wæs yrre ðín on acýðed in me confirmata est ira tua, Ps. Th. 87, 7

Linked entry: a-cýd

be-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽd [be- dis-, rǽdan to possess]

To dispossessdeprive ofprivare

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Earnulf hine berǽdde æt ðam ríce Arnulf deprived him of the kingdom Chr. 887; Th. 156, 32, col. 1; 33, col. 2, 3 : Bt. titl. 1; Fox x. 3

bere-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
bere-gafol, es; n.

Barley-renta tribute of barleyhordei tributum

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One of the rents paid in kind, which, by the following enactment, is fixed at the rate of six pounds weight for every labourer employed in the barley harvest Mon sceal simle to bere-gafole agifan æt ánum wyrhtan six púnd-wǽga a man shall always give

Linked entry: gafol-bere

cwiddung

(n.)
Grammar
cwiddung, cwyddung ,e; f.

A saying, tale, report, speechdictum, sermunculus

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Æt fræmdra monna cwiddunge from the report of strangers, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 25. Ná swilce he nyste manna cwyddunga be him not as though he knew not the sayings of men concerning him, Homl. Th. i. 366, 7

Linked entry: cwyddung

DYNE

(n.)
Grammar
DYNE, dyn,es ; m.

DIN, noisesonus, fragor, strepĭtus

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Ǽr he dómdæges dyn gehýre ere he shall hear doomsday's din, Salm. Kmbl. 546; Sal. 272: 650; Sal. 324. Dyne fragōre, Mone B. 4425

Linked entries: dynge dimma

(adv.)
Grammar
iá, adv.

Yea

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Yea Æt ðú tódæg? Iá ic dyde manducasti hodie? Etiam feci, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 40, 17. Eart ðú Esau mín sunu? And hé cwæþ : Iá leóf ic hit eom tu es filius meus Esau? Respondit : Ego sum, Gen. 27, 23.

lærest

(adj.)

least

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least Æt ðam lærestan wlitewamme iii scillingas and at ðam máran vi scill. for the smallest disfigurement of the face iii shillings, for the greater vi shillings, L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15.

Linked entry: læssa

mele-deáw

Grammar
mele-deáw, mil-deáw, es; n. m.

Honey-dewnectar

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Nó hé fóddor þigeþ mete on moldan nemne meledeáwes dǽl gebyrge se dreóreþ oft æt miðdre nihte non illi cibus est nostro concessus in orbe, ambrosios libat cælesti nectare rores, stellifero teneri qui cecidere polo, Exon. 59 b; Th 215, 29; Ph. 260.

ge-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fleón, -fleóhan; p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon

To fleeescape

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Ǽr he on ða wéstenu middangeardes gefluge antequam in desertas orbis terrarum abiret solitudines, Nar. 6, 6