ge-frægen
Heard of ⬩ known
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Heard of, known Egsa mára, ðonne from frumgesceape gefrægen wurde ǽfre on eorðan greater terror than was ever heard of on earth since the creation, Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 28; Cri. 840. Ðara ðe ic ofer foldan gefrægen hæbbe of those that I have heard of
ufan-weard
top of
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The word may be translated by top of (the noun with which it agrees) Sóna wǽron wit on his heánesse on ðam wealle ufanweardum statim fuimus in summitate ejus (i. e. muri), Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 18. On ðysse dúne ufanweardre in hujus (montis) vertice, 1,
bí-wist
Subsistence
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Subsistence Ðis is myngung manna bíwiste quorum hoc viaticum sit, Ll. Th. i. 440, 29. Gif hwá hwæt lytles ǽniges bigwistes him sylfum gearcode, reáferas ðone mete him of ðám muðe ábrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 404, 3. On heora bíwiste and on hrægle gehealdene,
fisc
a fish
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Add: a fish Gif þú finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebræd swíþe, Lch. ii. 90, 9. Wel meltende mettas, scellihte fiscas, Lch. ii. 196, 22. in a collective sense Ðá munucas habben þriddan dǽl ðæs fisces, and he ðá twá dǽl, C. D. vi. 147
ge-hýdan
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to fasten with a cable made of hide (?cf. þæt gafol bið . . . on þǽm sciprápum þe beóð of hwæles hýde geworht, Ors. l, l; S. 18, 18) Wénað wǽglíðende þæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten, and bonne gehýdað heáhstefn scipu tó þám unlonde (the whale) oncyrrápum
hnot
cropped ⬩ pollarded
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Add: of animals, without horns, that has lost a horn Hnot mutilun, hnottum mutilatis Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 16, 17. [Perhaps hnoc (q. v.) should be read hnot, and taken here.] of trees, cropped, pollarded Tó ðám hnottan stocce (cf. Usque la notte stokke,
Linked entry: hnoc
wác-lic
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Add: poor with regard to physical properties Hé wæs swíðe wáclic on his gewǽdum erat valde vilis in vestibus, Gr. D. 34, I. with regard to mental or spiritual properties Ic sylf, án wáclic man ( homuncio ), Gr. D. 7, 22. Hí unrǽdlíce férdon on heora
sceadd
a shad
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a shad Ic geann Ælfhelme and Wulfáge ðæra landa betwux Ribbel and Mærse and on Wirhalum . . . on ðæt gerád ðonnesceaddgenge sý ðæt heora ǽgðer sylle .iii. þúsend sceadda intó ðære stówe æt Byrtúne I grant to Ælfhelm and Wulfeah the lands between the
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Dorm-ceaster
Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen
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Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen, Som. Ben. Lye
hwirfel
A whirl-pool
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A whirl-pool [?] On ðone hwyrfel, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 412, 8
lícwyrþ-ness
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Good pleasure On ðínre lícwyrþnysse in beneplacito tuo, Ps. Lamb. 88, 18
sealm-glig
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Psalmody On sealmglige in psalterio, Blickl. Gl. Sealmglywe, Ps. Lamb. 143, 9
ge-brytsen
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Wǽron .xii. cýpan fulle on þám eebrytsnum, E.S. 49, 345, 17. Add
flǽsc-besmitenness
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carnal defilement On nánre flǽscbesmitennysse ( carnis contagio ) ge-brosnude, Scint. 69, 11
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ge-hild
A secret place
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A secret place On gehildum in abditis, Ps. Spl. T. 16, 13
under-standing
Intelligence
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Intelligence On andgyte inran under-standincge sense interioris intelligentie, Scint. 221, 13
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un-getǽslíce
Inconveniently ⬩ incommodiously
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Inconveniently, incommodiously Ðonne ðæt scyp ungetǽslícost on ancre rít, Shrn. 179, 17
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un-hlís
Of evil repute ⬩ disreputable
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Of evil repute, disreputable On unhlísum wige infami via, Kent. Gl. 475
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wyrtig
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Full of herbs On ánum wyrtigan hamme, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 312
yfel-full
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Wicked, evil On dǽdum yfelfullum in factis malitiosis, Anglia xi. 116, 13