Middel-Seaxe
The Middle-Saxons
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The Middle-Saxons, Saxons who settled in the district west of London, and whose name is preserved in the present Middlesex: they appear to have been an offshoot of the East Saxons. v.
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bisceop-dóm
a bishop's doom, excommunication ⬩ episcopi judicium, excommunicatio ⬩ the province of a bishop, a bishopric ⬩ episcopi provincia, episcopatus
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[bisceop a bishop, dóm judgment] a bishop's doom, excommunication; episcopi judicium, excommunicatio Sýn hí begen ðæs bisceopdómes scyldige let them both be guilty of the bishop's doom [excommunication], Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, note 1. the province of a bishop
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ge-mong
A mixture, crowd, throng, company ⬩ commixtio, turba, cætus
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A mixture, crowd, throng, company; commixtio, turba, cætus Ðǽr is sib bútan níþe hálgum on gemonge there is amity without envy among the holy, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 19; Cri. 1661: 59 b; Th. 216, 9; Ph. 265. On gemonge in the throng, Beo.
ge-wær
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Substitute: <b>ge-wær</b> in the phrase gewær (indecl. cf. wurðan thes firiho barn giwar, Hél. 3641.
hæft
A haft, handle ⬩ manubrium ⬩ manubrium ⬩ a haft or kilt ⬩ capulum, manubrium ⬩ handle
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Folc Ebréa fuhton hæfte guldon hyra fyrngeflítu fágum sweordum the Hebrew folk fought with the haft [ = sword, a part put for the whole, cf. ord, ecg ?] with stained swords repaid their quarrels of old, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 16; Jud. 263
orpedlíce
Boldly, in full force
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But for þe emperoor hadde out of his companye þe orped man (virum strenuum) Bonefacius, þe emperour dede noþing orpedliche (nihil strenue egit), Trev. v. 231, 13-15. He orpedly strydeȝ, Bremly broþe.
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hwearfian
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ roll about ⬩ revolve ⬩ wander ⬩ move ⬩ toss about
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Swá swá on wǽnes eaxe hwearfiaþ ða hweól as the wheels turn on the axle of a waggon, 39, 7; Fox 220, 32.
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ge-wítan
to see ⬩ behold ⬩ videre ⬩ spectare ⬩ to turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that direction ⬩ to set out towards ⬩ start ⬩ pass over ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ withdraw ⬩ go away ⬩ retreat ⬩ retire ⬩ die ⬩ transire ⬩ discedere
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Fyrst forþ gewát the time went on, Beo. Th. 425; B. 210: Cd. 47; Th. 59, 36; Gen. 974: Exon. 49 a; Th. 170, 6; Gú. 1107. Se to forþ gewát þurh ðone æþelan it [the dart] reached and pierced the noble man, Byrht. Th. 136, 13; B. 150.
Linked entries: aweg-gewítan aweg-gewitenes
arod
Quick ⬩ swift ⬩ ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ celer ⬩ velox ⬩ promptus ⬩ paratus
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Quick, swift, ready, prepared; celer, velox, promptus, paratus Ðá wearþ sum to ðam arod, ðæt he in ðæt búrgeteld néþde then one became ready for this, that he ventured into the bower-tent, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 24; Jud. 275
leás-cræft
deception
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A false art, deception Hé hié getýhþ tó eallum uncystum and tó ðære lufan ðisse worlde mid his leáscræftum he draws them to all vices and to the love of this world with his false arts, Blickl. Homl. 25, 12
giofu
A gift ⬩ grace ⬩ donum ⬩ gratia
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A gift, grace; donum, gratia Ðé cyning engla gefrætwode giofum thee the king of angels adorned with gifts, Andr. Kmbl. 3036; An. 1521. Ðæt wæs giofu gǽstlíc that was a ghostly grace, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 26; Cri. 42
gramlíc
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Fierce, hostile, cruel He hig betǽhte sumum gramulícan cininge Iabin geháton he gave them into the hands of a fierce king named Jabin, Jud. 4, 2. On heora gasthúsum is gramlíc inwit nequitia in hospitiis eorum, Ps. Th. 54, 15
ge-fóg
A joining ⬩ joint
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A joining, joint Ðæt ðú gesomnige síde weallas fæste gefóge that thou unite the spacious walls with a fast juncture, Exon. 8 a; Th. 1, 10; Cri. 6. From eallum heora gefógum from all their joints, Blickl. Homl. 101, 4
word-latu
Delay in speaking
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Næs ðá wordlatu (there was no delay in the answer), Andr. Kmbl. 3042; An. 1524. (Cf. búton late sine mora, R. Ben. 55, 12, omitted under latu.)
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clemman
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Clæm þú þíne wynstran hand þám gemete þe þú óstran on handa hæbbe shut your left hand as if there were an oyster in it, 124, 12, 20
gyte-sǽl
Joy at the pouring out of wine
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Joy at the pouring out of wine Ðá wæs Olofernus on gytesálum then was Holofernes joyous in feasting, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 17 : Jud. 22. [Cf. Ðá wæs on sálum sinces brytta, Beo. Th. 1218; B. 607 and 2345; B. 1171.]
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brastlung
A BRUSTLING, rustling, creaking, breaking, crashing; ⬩ strepitus, crepitus, fractio
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A BRUSTLING, rustling, creaking, breaking, crashing; strepitus, crepitus, fractio Híg tobrǽcon ða búcas mid micelre brastlunge they broke the pitchers with great crashing, Jud. 7, 20. Brastlung treówa rustling of trees, Ælfc.
ge-mengan
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Th. 305, 28, Ðæt wæter and seó eorþe wǽron gemengede óþ ðone þriddan dæg the water and the earth were commingled unto the third day, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 15.
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EÁGE
EYE ⬩ ocŭlus ⬩ the eye of a needle ⬩ forāmen
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Eágena gesihþ the sight of the eyes. Andr. Kmbl. 60; An. 30. Eágum to wynne to their eye's delight. Exon. 26 a; Th. 76, 26; Cri. 1245. the eye of a needle; forāmen þurh nǽdle eáge per forāmen acus, Mt. Bos. 19, 24: Lk. Bos. 18, 25
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