eorþ-wæstm
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Þá teóþunga ǽgðer ge on cwicum ceápe ge on þæs geáres eorðwæstmum, Ll. Th. i. 194, 7. Gif mon æppla hæbbe oðþe hwylces óþres cynnes eorðwæstmas (poma aut nascentia leguminum), R. Ben. 63, 14. Add:
irþ
ploughing ⬩ tilling ⬩ a crop ⬩ ploughed land
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Ic sello ðás land mid cwice erfe and mid earþe and mid eallum þingum ðe tó londum belimpaþ I give these lands with the live stock, and crops and all things that belong to the lands, Chart. Th. 481, 3.
bed
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<b>I a</b>. of apparatus in or on which a body may be placed Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan, Shrn. 116, 3. v. fer-bed, fer-bedd.
fǽge
fey ⬩ damned
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Add: doomed to death, fey Þonne ꝥ wíf seó mid bearne . . . cweþe heó: ' Ic gonge . . . mid cwican cilde, nalæs mid cwellendum, mid fulborenum, nalæs mid fǽgan (with one that will be born alive, not with one that is to be still-born), Lch. iii. 66, 30
fold-weg
earth-way ⬩ terrestris via ⬩ the earth in general ⬩ terra
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Cwicra ǽngum on foldwege to any living on earth, Exon. 51a; Th. 177, 8; Gú. 1224
Linked entry: eorþ-weg
nergend
A saviour ⬩ preserver
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Se Godes cwide is folces nerigend (MS. B. neriend), Salm. Kmbl. 162; Sal. 80. Nergendes hǽs God's command, Cd. Th. 173, 29; Gen. 2863. Nergende leóf, 77, 35; Gen. 1285.
teóðung-ceáp
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Úre Drihten bebeád, ðæt wé symle emb twelf monaþ gedǽlan ðone teóþan dǽl on úrum wæstmum and on cwicum ceápe, Blickl. Homl. 39, 10-20
ge-dræg
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Substitute : What is drawn together (v. dragan; ), a concourse, an assembly, of living beings Deófla gedrseg sécan, B. 756. (1 a) a noisy assembly, the tumult made by such an assembly :-- Þǽr bið cirm and cwicra gewin, gehreów and hlúd wóp . . . earmlic
wice
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Wice, 13, 21 : 1. 285, 45 (at 42 virecta is glossed by wice, but perhaps cwice should be read, cf. virecta quicae, ii. 123, 62). Wic vel cwicbeám cariscus, ii. 129, 7.
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deád
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Ðeáh þá yflan nǽfre ne wurden deáde, Bt. 38, 2; F. 198, 13. of flesh, dead, without sensation Gif ꝥ líc tó þon swíþe ádeádige ꝥ þǽr nán gefélnes on ne sié, þonne scealt þú sóna eal ꝥ deáde of ásníþan oþ ꝥ cwice líc, ꝥ þǽr náwiht þæs deádan líces tó láfe
un-andergilde
Not to be paid back(?) ⬩ that may be retained(?)
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Hwæt hæfst ðú æt ðám gifum ðe ðú cwist ðæt seó wyrd eów gife, and æt ðám welum, ðeáh hí nú éce wǽron?
Linked entry: ander-gilde
be-fleán
to strip the skin ⬩ bark off ⬩ to strip off
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Hét hé hine cwicne befleán, Shrn. 84, 29: 121, 1. Tó befleánne euiscerandum, Germ. 393, 109. Beflægen excoriatus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 33.
líne
a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon
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Voc. 56, 60. a line, row, line for guidance, rule, canon Þurh ðæs cantices cwide, Cristes línan [the rule laid down by Christ in the Lord's Prayer], Salm. Kmbl. 34; Sal. 17.
ge-maca
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A. 14, 34. of animals, one of a pair Ádruncon ealle cwice wihta búton ehta mannum . . . and ælces cynnes twá gemacan, Wlfst. 206, 27
innan-weard
Inward ⬩ internal ⬩ interior
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Inward, internal, interior Ǽlc wuht cwices biþ innanweard hnescost mollissimum quodque, sicuti medulla est, interiore semper sede reconditur, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 6. Flet innanweard the interior of the hall, Beo. Th. 3957; B. 1976 : 1987; B. 991.
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brǽdan
to roast
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Hine cwicne hirstan and brǽdan, Shrn. 116, 3. Þæt lamb brǽdan, Hml. Th. ii. 40, 13. Brædan frixiri, i. coqui, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 3. Brǽdendum assantibus (titionum globis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 23: 5, 8.
þrym-fæst
Glorious ⬩ majestic ⬩ illustrious ⬩ mighty
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Se wyrm ( a book-worm ) forswealg þrymfæstne cwide, Exon. Th. 432, 11; Rä. 48, 4. Þegnas þrymfæste ( angels ), Cd. Th. 2, 6; Gen. 15. Þeóda þrymfæste, 114, 22; Gen. 1908: 158, 10; Gen. 2615
clerc
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Ús þingð tó langsum ꝥ wé ealne þisne cwide on Englisc clericum geswutelion, 300, 7. Hé was underfange of þám hádesmannum þe him ealra uneáðest was, ꝥ was clerican, Chr. 995; P. 128, 20. Hé ongan tó tellende þám pápan eal embe þá clericas, P. 130, 31
óra
A species of money introduced by the Danes
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Béte man ðæt æt deádum menn mid .vi. healfmarce, and æt cwicon mid .xii. óran, L. Eth. iii. 1 ; Th. i. 292, 11. Ita quod xv. (xvi?) ore libram faciant, iv. 9; Th. i. 303, 9.
hyrstan
To fry ⬩ roast
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Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan and brǽdan and swá hine mon má hirste swá wæs hé fægera on ondwlitan he ordered him to be stretched on an iron bed and roasted alive; and the more he was roasted the fairer was his face, Shrn