myrige
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Hé sǽde þæt him nǽre nǽfre ǽr swá éðe ne swá myrige, swá him þá wæs, Wlfst. 237, 7. Dómesdæg ys se myrga dæg, Angl. viii. 336, 30
seax
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Ðá gesæt hé (Cuthbert) æt mýsan, micclum onbryrd hé beseah tó heofonum, and his sex áwearp (cultellus quem tenebat decidit in mensam, Vit. Cuth. c. 34), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 23. v. ǽder-, græf-, mete-, wíngeard-, writ-seax
stalu
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Add Gehwylce wyrte, þe hé ǽr mid stale (furto) gewilnode, hé him sealde, Gr. D. 25, 16. <b>I a.</b> a particular instance of theft :-- Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite oððe gewita wǽre, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 24.
stíþlíce
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Búton hé hit hér ǽr his ænde ðe stíðelícor gebéte, C. D. iv. 248, 30
tó-flówan
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Þá hraþe áblan se ele ꝥ hé ná tófleów geond þone flór swá hé ǽr dyde in pavimentum oleum defluere cessavit, Gr. D. 160, 16. <b>II d.</b> add :-- Leáf his ne tófléuwð folium eius non defluet, Ps. L. 1, 3.
ǽrendung
carrying a message, acting as an emisary ⬩ a message, an errand
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Ben. 50, 13. a message, an errand Ðæt wæs hræd ǽrendraca; sé tylode tó secganne hys ǽrndunge ǽr ðon ðé hé lyfde, Shrn, 95, 21
on-sǽge
Falling upon, assailing, attacking
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Falling upon, assailing, attacking Wé ǽr ðysan oftor brǽcan, ðonne wé béttan, and ðý is ðisse þeóde fela onsǽge. Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger, bryne and blódgyte on gewelhwylcon ende, Wulfst. 159, 7: 128, 14: 243, 2.
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toll-freó
Free from toll, ⬩ exempt from payment of toll
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Free from toll, exempt from payment of toll Tolfreó ofer ealle Engleland, wiðinne burhe and wiðútan, æt gárescépinge and on ǽfrice styde be wætere and be lande per totam Angliam infra ciuitatem et extra, in omni foro et annuis nundinis et in omnibus
treów-loga
One who fails to keep faith ⬩ one who fails in loyalty to his leader
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One who fails to keep faith, one who fails in loyalty to his leader Ða hildlatan holt ofgeáfon týdre treówlogan ða ne dorston ǽr dareðum lácan on hyra mandryhtnes miclan þearfe those laggards in fight relinquished the wood, pitiful false ones to plighted
scild-hreóða
Shield-covering ⬩ a shield ⬩ buckler ⬩ the arrangement of shields as in the scild-burh
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Sumum wíges spéd giefeþ æt gúþe, ðonne gárgetrum ofer scildhreádan (-hreoðan?) sceótend sendaþ (cf. the passage under scild-weall). Exon. Th. 42, 19; Cri. 675. Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 63
Linked entry: scild-réða
glæd
Gladness ⬩ joy
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missenlíce meahtig dryhten eallum dǽleþ sumum earfeþa dǽl sumum geógaþe glæd thus diversely does the mighty Lord allot to all, to one a share of troubles, to one the gladness of youth, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 14; Vy. 68; Perhaps here the form given by Lye ǽr
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Candel-mæsse
CANDLEMAS, the mass at the feast of purification which, in the Romish church, is celebrated with many lighted candles ⬩ festum purificationis beatæ Mariæ
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CANDLEMAS, the mass at the feast of purification which, in the Romish church, is celebrated with many lighted candles; festum purificationis beatæ Mariæ Æt Candelmæssan at Candlemas, L. Eth. ix. 12 ; Th. i. 342, 32. Hér, A.
midd
Mid ⬩ middle
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Æt midre niht, Ps. Th. 118, 62. Æt middre nihte, Exon. 59 b; Th. 216, 2; Ph. 262. Æt middere niht, Cd. 144; Th. 179, 32; Exod. 37. Hé leng ne leofaþ ðonn on midre ilde he will not live beyond middle age, Lchdm. iii. 162, 21: Ps. Th. 54, 24.
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mann-líca
A human form ⬩ image of a man ⬩ statue
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A human form, image of a man, statue Ǽfre siððan se monlíca ( the pillar of salt into which Lot's wife was turned ) stille wunode, Cd. 119; Th. 155, 1; Gen. 2566.
nátes-hwón
Not at all ⬩ by no means
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Not at all, by no means Haud, adverbium, ðæt is on Englisc nátes-hwón, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 16; Som. 51, 25. Náteshwón haud, minime, nullatenus, 38; Som. 40, 13-15 : nequaquam, Som. 41, 55 : nequaquam, nullo modo, Hpt.
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ge-dafenlíc
Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ decent ⬩ convenient ⬩ agreeable ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕniens ⬩ hăbĭlis
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Ælf. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 20. Gedafenlíc þeódnes [MS. seodnys] hăbĭlis conjunctio, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 118; Wrt. Voc. 54, 60. Us dæg endebyrdnysse mid gedafenlícre cymþ nōbis dies ordĭne congruo vēnit, Hymn. Surt. 38, 3.
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starian
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On ða beorhtan gescæft ne mót ic ǽfre má eágum starian, Cd. Th. 273, 22; Sat. 140: Judth. Thw. 24, 9; Jud. 179. Se earn mæg starian on ðære sunnan leóman, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 199. Hí stóden æt ðæra dura stariende on ðæt leóht, 3, 133
mǽrþu
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Tó þám geweorce bróhte ꝥ folc gold and seolfor and deórwirþe gimstánas and menigfælde mǽrþa, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3. 31
býre
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and add Ǽ þám byre, þe hé wite eal, Wlfst. 123, 5. Oð ðone byre, þe hí God áwehte, Hml. S. 23, 336
on-fón
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</b> add :-- Sum geréfman wǽre þára þe onfénge ánum mægdene æt fullwihte quidam curialis juvenculam in baptismate suscepit, Gr. D. 308, 13. Hé náh mid rihte ǽniges mannes æt fulluhte tó onfónne ne æt bisceopes handa, Wlfst. 39, 17.