rýman
to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place
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Wot no mon þe time wanne he sal(cf. Wot no mon þe time wanne he sal henne rimen, O. E. Misc. 113, 170), Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 171, 9. Se óðer rýmþ him setl, Homl. Th. i. 248, 17. Rúmaþ, steppaþ cedunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 19 : 87, 64.
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síde
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Cf. preceding word
twi-sprǽce
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Word twispéces the words of a talebearer (Prov. 18, 8); verba bilinguis, 636. Twispécne múð the froward mouth (Prov. 8, 13); os bilingue, 243. Gehega ðíne eáran mid þornigum hege, ðæt ðú ne gehýre lustum móde ðæra twysprǽcena word, Wulfst. 246, 10
trehing
the third part of a shire
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C. to the Scandinavian word, which in Icelandic appears as Þriðjungr = the third part of a shire De treingis.
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hyse-wíse
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Further, in the notes to this word is added, hirquitalli βούπαιdelta;ες; irquitalus νηπιώτατος
mann-bryne
A fire in which men lose their lives
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[Thorpe with previous translators renders the word by fever; Earle would read mánbryne = destructive fire. If mánbryne be taken perhaps an incendiary fire is meant.]
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meagolmód-ness
Earnestness ⬩ diligence
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Homl. 123, 16. v. next word
óþ
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Th. 22, 14 ; Gen. 340. v. preceding word
scóh-wyrhta
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From the description of his work given by the sceówyrhta (sutor) in Ælfric's Colloquy, Thorpe, p. 27, he Facio calceamenta diversi generis, subtalares et ficones, caligas et utres, frenos et phaleras et flascones et calidilia, calcaria et chamos, peras
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ge-lác
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In An. 1904 the word seems used in the sense of the compound lind-gelác, the guards having died in conflict with St.
stig-wita
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Th. 383, 13 ; Rä. 4, 10. v. preceding word
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un-gelimplíc
Unseasonable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate
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(Cf 46, 1 where two entries seem confused, v. next word.) Uugelimplíce gewyderu, Wulfst. 172, 18. Ða ungelimplícan inepta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 53.
plantian
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Búton hé of his hiéremonna móde ðá ðornas ðǽre ídlan lufan ǽr úp átuge, unnyt hé plantode on hí ðá word ðǽre hálgan láre, Past. 443, 1
grislíc
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This word seems to belong to 'grísan' rather than to 'greósan,' so should be written with i rather than with y. The spelling in the Ormulum supports the short vowel
telge
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Cockayne refers the word to telg and translates dyeing; but the passage at 190, 21, in which the same date is said to be 'eallum gód þingum gód' suggests a different meaning. The forms of the whole piece are corrupt. (?)
weorf
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Gl. 458, 1. v. next word
amer
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(v. next word)
be-smiþian
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to work in metal. Nim þás næglas and heó besmiþian hát on þínes sunu brídle take these nails and order them to be set in thy son's bridle (cf. þú þás næglas hát . . . on his brídels dón, El. 1175.
fin
a heap
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Substitute: a heap of wood Fín lignarium, ligneum, Txts. no, 110, 1186. Fíne strue (pyram strue stipitum in edito constructam. Aid. 34, ii), An. Ox. 7, 157: 8, 125. a wooden hut (?)
frum-meolc
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, the best milk Frummeoluc nectar (in the same glossary nectar is variously rendered by wín, þone swétan smæc, wín-gedrinc, hunig oððe mildeáw, and nectareus by hunígteárlic, the word, as in later times, seems to have been used vaguely in a favourable