isen
- v. Lchdm. iii. 361, col. 2 ;
ge-seccan
húðe
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numerosas predas, An. Ox. 5084
here-toga
The leader of an army or of a people ⬩ a general ⬩ dux ⬩ consul
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Heora heretogan twegen gebroðra Hengest and Horsa duces eorum duo fratres Hengest and Horsa, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 28. Heora heretogena sum ofslægen wearþ one of their leaders was slain, Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 21.
mære
A night-mare ⬩ a monster oppressing men during sleep
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Hi beóþ góde wið nihtgengan and maran, 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 12
mann-swica
A traitor
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A traitor Ðyder ( to hell ) sculan mannslagan and ðider sculan manswican, Wulfst. 26, 15
Linked entry: mán-swica
EÁGE
EYE ⬩ ocŭlus ⬩ the eye of a needle ⬩ forāmen
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an EYE ; ocŭlus Gyf ðín swýðre eáge ðé ǽswície si ocŭlus tuus dexter scandalīzat te, Mt. Bos. 5, 29. Mínra eégna leóht light of my eyes, Exon. 67 a; Th. 248, 14; Jul. 95. Eágena gesihþ the sight of the eyes. Andr. Kmbl. 60; An. 30.
Linked entry: ége
ge-wildan
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Hé bið mid ðám deófellicum bendum gewyld, and tó tintregum gelǽdd, Hml. Th. ii. 402, 19. Gewyld mancipari, An. Ox. 2681. to force, compel submission to (tó) an action or a condition, reduce to subjection, slavery, &c.
ǽ-breca
An adulterer; of a man in orders, one who does not observe celibacy
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Ǽwbrecan and ðá fúlan forlegenan, Wlfst. 26, 15
findele
An invention ⬩ a device ⬩ adinventio ⬩ inventum
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An invention, a device; adinventio, inventum, Som. Ben. Lye
heolstor
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Heolstre, dígelnesse latibulo, i. tenebrositate (taciturnitatis) An. Ox. 3354. Heolster latebram, 3289. Hé sette ðeóstru heolstur (latibulum) his, Ps. Srt. 17, 12. Þé (Satan) se ælmihtiga gehnǽgde, and (on?, and on?) heolstor besceáf, An. 1193.
hræd-bíta
blata
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An insect which eats away clothes, etc; blata, Wrt. Voc. 281, 44
cyre-áþ
The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge ⬩ juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566]
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begite ðara twegen and sylle ðone áþ . . . and stande ðæs cyre-áþ ofer xx peninga let there be named ten men to him and let him get two of them and give the oath . . . and let his select oath stand for over twenty pence, L.
finul
Fennel ⬩ fēnĭcŭlum
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Fennel; fēnĭcŭlum Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman, ðe man fēnĭcŭlum, and óðrum naman finul nemneþ take roots of this herb, which is named fēnĭcŭlum, and by another name fennel, Herb. 126, 1; Lchdm. i. 238, 1: 382, 1.
fóre-warde
An agreement ⬩ pactum
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An agreement; pactum Seó fórewarde ǽr wæs gewroht the agreement was formerly made, Chr. 1094; Erl. 229, 34
Ceóles íg
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CHELSEA, on the bank of the Thames, Middlesex; Somner says, 'Insularis olim et navibus accommodata, ut nomen significat.'
un-cyst
A vice ⬩ defect ⬩ fault ⬩ a disorder ⬩ a fault ⬩ solecism ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault ⬩ the vice of avarice ⬩ niggardliness ⬩ parsimony ⬩ want of liberality
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Sume wealdaþ ealle uncysta and leahtras on him sylfum, Homl. Th. i. 344, 35. the vice of avarice, niggardliness, parsimony, want of liberality.
Linked entry: un-gecost
stǽnen
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Geond ealle ðás strǽt and stǽnene wegas, Homl. Skt. i. 14, 156
mægþ
A maid ⬩ virgin ⬩ girl ⬩ maiden ⬩ woman
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Mægþum and mæcgum, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 26; Gen. 1123
Linked entry: mægeþ
cristalla
crystal ⬩ crystallus ⬩ the herb crystallium ⬩ flea-bane ⬩ flea-wort ⬩ crystallion ⬩ psyllion
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Th. 147, 6. the herb crystallium, flea-bane, flea-wort; crystallion = κρυστάλλιον, psyllion = ψύλλιον Nim cristallan and disman take crystallium and tansy Lchdm. iii. 10, 29