cwicbeám-rind
Bark of quickbeam
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Bark of quickbeam Wyl on wætere cwicbeámrinde boil bark of quickbeam in water, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 12: 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 5
morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
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Ic bidde ðæt man ðæs morþes (deadly sin, marriage by men in orders) heononforþ geswíce, L. I. P. 23; Th. ii. 334, 23.
Linked entries: morþ-weorc morþ-wyrhta
sceatt
property, goods, wealth, treasure ⬩ price, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods ⬩ a coin
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Kmbl. 593 ; An. 297. as the name of an English coin the word is found in the form scætt in the laws of Ethelbert of Kent. It is inferred from a comparison of passages in these that the value of the scætt in Kent was one-twentieth of a shilling, v.
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munuc-hád
Monk-hood ⬩ the monastic state
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Seó ǽrest wífa is sǽd in Norþanhymbra mǽgþe ðæt heó munucháde and háligrifte onfénge quae prima feminarum fertur in provincia Nordanhymbrorum propositum vestemque sanctimonialis habitus suscepisse, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 23
heáh-setl
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L. 22, 30. of a teacher, speaker, &c In héhseotle aeldrena hergen hine in cathedra seniorum laudent eum, Ps. Srt. 106, 32. Haehsedlum prorostris (for pro rostris, ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 26
hlíp
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D. iii. 5, 7. a precipitous fall in a river (cf. stæþ-hlípe), leap as in salmon leap Of ðǽre ealdan hæcce into présta hlýpe, intó ðám bece . . . tó Freóbearnes hlýpe . . .
Linked entry: hlípe-burna
men
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in nim sealtes, þrý men take of salt three parts, L. M. 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 124, 4
Súþhámtún-scír
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Kmbl. iv. 204, 16. [Þe nywe forest þat ys in Souþhamtescyre, R. Glouc. 375, 9.]
wrǽste
Delicately ⬩ elegantly
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Delicately, elegantly Ne hafu ic in heáfde hwíte loccas wrǽste gewundne, Exon. Th. 427, 30; Rä. 41, 99
eár-þyrel
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v. ears-þerl in Dict.) fistulas, i. arterias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 54
firsn
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Voc. ii. 15, 66. Fyrsnum calcibus, 127, 48. Take here fiersn in Dict., and add
land-gehwearf
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Add: The Latin note is: Abbas Athelwoldus commutationem terrę egit aput Brihtelmum. In cujus vicissitudine, &c
ísern-óre
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an ironstone quarry ísernðre ferri fodina, in quo loco ferrumfoditur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, ll. Cf. ísen-græf
Mage-sǽte
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In pago Magesǽtna, C. D. B. iii. 242, 23. See note, and Chr. P. ii. 197: 219. Add
preóst-gesamnung
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A community of priests On ǽlcre preóstgesamnunge ( in hoc ordine canonico ) is ǽlc þrýstnes forboden, Chrd. 45, 29
wrigelness
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Covering, protection Ic sié gescilded on wrigelnesse fiðra ðínra protegar in uelamento alarum tuarum, Ps. Vos. 60, 5
Sicilie
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The Sicilians, the people of Sicily, or (as in the older stage of the language the name of a people was used where now that of their country is put) Sicily. [In this sense the Latin form also occurs *-*Sicilia, églond micel, Met. 1, 15.
anda
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Add On andan (with dat.). where hate, ill-will, hostility, &c., is felt by the agent Hé wráðum on andan bád bolgenmód in a rage with the foe he waited furious, B. 708. Hé gealp gramlíce Gode on andan ( in envy of God ), Dan. 714.
ǽg-hwǽr
everywhere ⬩ ubique ⬩ in every respect ⬩ in every way ⬩ omnino
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Fox 10, 116; Met. 10, 58. in every respect, in every way; omnino Eofore eom áéghwǽr cénra I am in every respect bolder than a wild boar. Exon. 110b; Th. 423, 9; Rä. 41,18: Ps. Th. 102,14
sceóta
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"The latter," he says, " is in a manner peculiar to Devon and Cornwall. In shape and colour he resembleth the Trowts: howbeit in biggnesse commeth farre behind him." The shoates with which is Tavy fraught. — Browne's Brit. Past.,' E. D. S. Pub. E.