drinca
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Heó ðám biscope bær drincan and ús eallum þénode and scencte obtulit poculum episcopo et nobis, coeptumque ministerium nobis propinandi . . . non omisit, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 569, 15. Gif him ðyrste, ðú dó him drincan, Hml. S. 21, 376. Drince hé betonicam on
ealdor-lic
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Add: of an ealdor. v. ealdor, I Ealdorlicere mihte tribunice potestatis, An. Ox. 4544. Ealdorlicere tribunica, 4010. chief, principal, princely Seó ceaster wæs héh and aldorlic, Bl. H. 77, 25. Swá ealdorlices hádes principalis tanti sexus, An. Ox. 3890
Linked entry: aldor-líc
for-hæfednes
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Forhæfednys parsimonia, i. abstinentia, An. Ox. 3748. Forhæfdnes continentia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 30. On færhæfdnesse (for-, Cott. MSS.) strenge, Past. 41, 14. Mið forhæftnise abstinendo, Rtl. 14, 12. Hine ǽghwylc sylfne on forhæfednysse band, Hml. S. 23
ge-edcwician
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Add: to come to life again after death Hé ne geedcucað ǽr ðám gemǽnum ǽriste, ac hé is tó écum wítum genið-erod, Hml. Th. i. 382, 2. Hé clypode: 'Thabita, árís, ' and heó þǽrrihte geedcucode, Hml. S. 10, 71. Gewát hé of worulde . . . hé wearð geedcucod
hleótan
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Add: to cast lots Ic eów forbeóde ꝥ eówer nán ne áxie þurh ǽnigne wiccecræft be ǽnigum ðinge . . . for ðan sé ðe þys déð . . . bið þám hǽðenum gelíc, þe hleótað be him sylfum mid ðæs deófles cræfte . . . Hleótan man mót mid geleáfan swá þeáh on woruld-ðingum
hilfe
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Ðá þá se Gota mid eallum his mægene heów . . . þá fǽringa rǽsde forð ꝥ ísen of þám hylfe (manubrio) . . . Benedictus genam ꝥ hylfe (manubrium) of þæs Gotan handa and scét hit on þone seáð; and þǽrrihte gehwearf ꝥ ísen of þám grunde and wearð on þám hylfe
swǽr
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add: — Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte, sé cóm tó þám hálgan, and his swára heáfodbend sóna tóbærst, Hml. S. 21, 423. Þis mé tó bóte þǽre swǽran swærtbyrde, Lch. iii. 66, 22. add: — Fore fyrhte þǽre swǽran onsýne þǽra áwyrgedra
sǽtnung
plot, snare ⬩ seditio
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a lying in wait, plot, snare, Hé hine bæd ðæt hé his líf gescylde wið swá mycles éhteres sǽtningum obsecrans ut vitam suam a tanti persecutoris insidiis tutando servaret, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 513, 5. Hé him ða sǽtnunge (insidias) gewearnode ðæs unholdan cyninges
weallian
to wander ⬩ roam ⬩ to go as a pilgrim
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to wander, roam Weallaþ swá niéten feldgangende, feoh bútan gewitte, se þurh ðone cantic ne can Crist geherian, Salm. Kmbl. 44; Sal. 22. to go as a pilgrim Of earde weallige hé wíde and dǽdbóte dó ǽfre ða hwíle ðe hé libbe a patria longe peregrinetur
Winter-fylleþ
the month of October
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the month of October Bede, speaking of the months, says: Antiqui Anglorum populi... annum totum in duo tempora, hiemis et aestatis dispertiebant, sex menses... aestati tribuendo, sex reliquos hiemi; unde et mensem, quo hiemalia tempora incipiebant, Wintirfyllith
ge-logian
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and add: to put together, to join Gelógod and geféged compositus, Germ. 391, 188. to collect, bring together Þ eall middaneard, swylce under ánum sunnan leóman gelógod (gegaderod, v.l., collectus), wǽre beforan his eágan gelǽded, Gr. D. 171, ii. to
hreówan
To rue ⬩ grieve
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To rue, make sorry, grieve; often impers Him nán yfel ne hríwþ quam mala nulla contristant, Past. 53, 5; Swt. 417, 1. Hí hér syngiaþ and hit him nó ne hreówþ they sin in this world and are not sorry for it, 55, 2; Swt. 429, 17. Hreóweþ, Exon. 44 b; Th
hunig
Honey
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Honey Ðǽr [Estland] biþ swyðe mycel hunig and fisc[n]aþ and se cyning and ða rícostan men drincaþ myran meolc and ða unspédigan and ða þeówan medo in that country there is very much honey and fishing; and the king and the principal men drink mare's milk
Linked entry: teár-líc
métan
To meet with ⬩ come upon ⬩ come across ⬩ find
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To meet with, come upon, come across, find Ealle ðe hé mildheorte méteþ and findeþ, Ps. Th. 75, 6. For ðý hí hit ne gemétaþ (MS. Cott. métaþ) ðe hí hit on riht ne sécaþ, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 178, 4. Gé unæþelne ǽnigne [ne] métaþ (gé nánne ne mágon métan unæþelne
ge-lícnes
a likeness ⬩ image ⬩ resemblance ⬩ similitudo ⬩ imago ⬩ a parable ⬩ proverb ⬩ parabola ⬩ proverbium
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a likeness, image, resemblance; similitudo, imago Uton wircean man to andlicnisse, and to úre gelícnisse faciamus hominem ad imaginem, et similitudinem nostram, Gen. 1, 26. Ǽlc man hæfþ þreó þing on him sylfum untodǽledlíce and togædere wyrcende, swá
ge-sib
Peaceable, near, related, familiar ⬩ pācĭfĭcus, cognātus, prŏpinquus, fămĭliāris ⬩ consanguineus
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Peaceable, near, related, familiar; pācĭfĭcus, cognātus, prŏpinquus, fămĭliāris Ne bearh nú for oft gesibb gesibbum ðý má ðe fremdum too often now has a kinsman no more protected a kinsman than a stranger, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 75. Sylle swá gesibre handa
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týn
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To instruct, educate, teach Ic tý oððe lǽre imbuo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Zup. 166, 14. Hé lǽrþ and hé týð heorde his docet et erudit gregem suam, Scint. 146, 7. Se wísdóm ðe hit lange ǽr týde and lǽrde, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 30. Hé hine geornlíce týde and lǽrde
á-hildan
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Add: literal, of downward direction, trans. 'Áhyld hit wærlíce' (cf. áhyld þá flaxan inclina flasconem, Gr. D. 142, 5) . . . Hé áhylde þæt wín wærlíce, Hml. Th. ii. 170, 18-20. Heó áhylde hire heáfod tó ðǽre mýsan, 184, 2. Áhældon ꝥ onsión on eorðo
þeáh
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2. Add Wé niton þeáh gé wuníon hér on neáwiste, Jos. 9, 7. Þonne andwyrdan þá yrfenuman swá hé sylf sceolde, þeáh hé líf hæfde, Ll. Th. i. 416, 1. ¶ with negative clause :-- Nis þé genóh ꝥ þú sylf losast, þeáh þú uppan ꝥ óþre ne forspylle? Ne genihtsumað
wæter-scipe
A body of water, a piece of water, water
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A body of water, a piece of water, water Gif hit beón mæg, swá sceal mynster beón gestaþelod, ðæt ealle neádbehéfe þing ðǽr binnan wunien, ðæt is wæterscipe, mylen, wyrtún (aqua, molendinum, ortus), R. Ben. 127, 5. On ðære neáwiste næs nán wæterscipe