sceabb
Scab, a scab
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Ðonne bí ðæm sceabbe swíðe ryhte sió hreófl getácnaþ ðæt wóhhǽmed jugem habet scabiem, cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur. Per scabiem recte luxuria designatur, Past. 11, 5; Swt. 70, 3-4.
ofer-hogian
to despise, contemn, scorn, disdain
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Sum fearhrýðer ðæs óðres ceápes geférscipe oferhogode, 199, 4. Hé ǽlce unsíuernysse oferhogode Chr. 1067; Erl. 204, 36. Ðá oferhogode hé ðæt hé áðer dyde, Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 21: Beo. Th. 4679; B. 2345. Hié ealle worlde weán oforhogodan, Blickl.
Linked entry: ofer-hycgan
snód
A snood, fillet, head-dress
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Ðá wénde heó ðæt se hring tóburste, oððe seó snód tóslupe, ac ðá ðá heó áfunde . . . ða snóde mid eallum cnottum fæste gewriðen . . . Homl. Th. ii. 28, 16-26. Snóda vittarum Hpt. Gl. 526, 57. Wæs ðæm deóre se hrycg ácæglod swelce snóda (snide?)
siwen-íge
Blear-eyed
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MSS.) se ðe his andgit biþ tó ðon beorhte scínende ðæt hé mæge ongietan sóðfæstnesse, gif hit ðonne áþístriaþ ða flǽsclícan weorc. On ðæs siwen-ígean (-iggean, Cott. MSS.) eágum beóþ ða æpplas hále . . . Se biþ eallinga siweníge (-igge, Cott.
gilpan
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Ðá welwillen-dan sint tó manianne ðæt hié suá gielpan (gilpan, v. l.) hiera niéhstena dǽda sic proximorum facta diligendo laudent Past. 229, 14. Gelpende subplaudans Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 46
swaru
swearing, oath,
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Grammar swaru, swer in an-swer. v. and-swaru. [Cf. Icel. svar; n. answer: Dan. svar. Forrhwi ȝho ȝaff swillc sware onnȝæn, Orm. 2422.] swearing, oath, v. áþ-, mán-, mánáþ- (be mánáþsware de perjurio, L. Ecg. C. tit. 34; Th. ii. 130, 24) swaru. [Mid false
fur-lang
'the length of the drive of the plough before it is turned,' ⬩ the eighth of a mile ⬩ stadium ⬩ an area of land a furrow-long in width
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Comm., pp. 2-4) Án furlang hína herðlandes betweónan ðǽre strǽte and ðǽre mǽdwe, C. D. iii. 18, 28. Oð ðæs furlanges úpende (cf. at ðas akeres úpende, 434, 2), 418, 23. On ðæs langan furlanges eástende, vi. 48, 9.
on-tyge
What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking
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What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking Gif hwylc abbod geþafaþ ðæt maæssepreóst oððe diácon in tó mynstre gange tó ðý ðæt hý messan singan ... hý nán þing gedyrstlǽcen ne nǽnne ontige on ðam mynstre bútan ðære mæssan ánre if any abbot permit
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unna
grant ⬩ allowance ⬩ permission ⬩ willingness to give ⬩ pleasure in doing something ⬩ a grant ⬩ what is given
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Bútan hé ðæs abbodes unnan begite nisi ea abba jubeat, R. Ben. 94, 9. Hé eów sige forgeaf þurh unnan ðæs Ælmihtigan, Homl. Th. i. 506, 27: Homl.
Linked entry: unne
ge-hrinenes
A touch ⬩ tactus
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A touch; tactus Mid ðý gehrinenesse ðæra [MS. ðære] ilcena gegyrlena tactu indūmentōrum eōrumdem, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 32
Linked entry: hrine-ness
feówer-fót
Four-footed
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Four-footed Feówerfóttra nýtena (feóworfótra neátna, v. l.) þone teóþan dǽl decimam quadrupedum partem, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 532, 21
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mǽl
a measure ⬩ a mark ⬩ sign ⬩ cross ⬩ crucifix ⬩ fixed, suitable, appointed time ⬩ season ⬩ occasion ⬩ the time for eating ⬩ a meal
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Ðá wæs sǽl and mǽl ðæt tó healle gang Healfdenes sunu, 2021; B. 1008. Ðá ðæs mǽles wæs mearc agongen then was the appointed time past, Cd. 83; Th. 103, 16; Gen. 1719: 224; Th. 296, 12; Sat. 501.
sceand-líc
infamous, base, vile ⬩ disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene ⬩ disgraceful
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Ðære heofonlícan Hierusalem cyning is Crist, ðære scandlícan Babilonian cyning is deófol, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 32. Ðá com ðæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlícum gegadum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 164.
ge-helpan
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Se lǽce, ðonne hé ðǽm siócan ne trúwað, and wénð ðæt his gehelpan ne mæge, 391, 24, 26.
regol
a rule ⬩ a rule, pattern, standard, norm ⬩ prescript, a canon ⬩ rule
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Wite se abbod, eal ðæt hé dó, ðæt hé hit dó mid gehealdsumnesse ðæs regoles, 16, 6. Munecas ðe under regole ( sub regula ) lifigeaþ, Bd. 4, 4;S. 571, 21. Intó Sanctus Benedictus regole, Chart. Th. 548, 4.
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Pentecosten
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Pentecost, the fiftieth day after the resurrection, Whitsuntide On Pentecostenes dæg com se Hálga Gást ofer ða apostolas, Btwk. 214, 29. On ðære Pentecostenes wucan, Rubc. Lk. Skt. 5, 17 : 8, 40. On óðerne Pentecostenes mæssedæg, Rubc. Jn.
wer-tihtle
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Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4
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wiþ-feohtan
to fight against ⬩ contend with
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to fight against, contend with Hé gefeaht mid ða ǽ ðæs módes, ðære wiþfeaht (wiðflát, v. l.) seó ǽ ðe on his limum wæs pugnabat legi mentis, cui lex, quae in membris est, repugnabat, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 39. Wiðfeohtan certare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 17
Linked entry: wiþ-flítan
eáþ-hylde
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Ðǽre sáwle miht is ðæt heó . . . beó hire eáðhylde, Hex. 40, 4
ge-nǽtan
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Wyrð ðæt mód besuicen and genǽt (-nǽtt, v. l.) mid ðǽra ólicunga ðe him underðiédde beóð seductus ab his, quae infra suppetunt, Past. 111, 6