eald-gecynd
Old or original nature ⬩ antīqua nātūra
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Old or original nature; antīqua nātūra vel indōles Wudu-fuglas on treówum ealdgecynde wuniaþ the wood-birds live in the trees in their old nature. Bt. Met. Fox 13, 79; Met. 13, 40: 25, 114; Met. 25, 57: Exon. 54b; Th. 193, 26; Az. 127
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lǽr-gedéfe
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Leorna láre lǽr gedéfe wene ðec in wísdóm. Exon. 806; Th. 303, 31; Fä. 61. In this passage Ettmüller and Grein take lǽrgedéfe as an adj. but lǽr may well be, as Thorpe takes it, the imperat. of lǽran, which verb naturally accompanies leornian
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sin-dreám
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Everlasting joy, joy of heaven Wuldres áras . . . in sindreáme, Elen. Kmbl. 1478 ; El. 741. Tó heofonríces gefeán hweorfan móstan and ðǽr siððan á in sindreámum tó wídan feore wunian móstun, Exon.
sunor
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Ða deóful bédun hinae: 'send úsic in ðás sunrae (suner, Lind. gregem ) swína.' . . . Eode all siu suner niþerweardes in sae, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 30-32. Sunor . . . ðæt sunor, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 32, 33
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þeóster-cofa
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A dark chamber, used of the place where a person or thing is buried Under neólum niðer næsse gehýdde in þeóstorcofan, Elen. Kmbl, 1662; El. 833. Ðæt heó ðis bánfæt beorge bifæste, láme bilúce líc orsáwle in þeóstorcofan, Exon. Th. 173, 29; Gú. 1168
be-tyllan
To lure ⬩ decoy
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To lure, decoy Þá gelǽdde hé here in Peohtas, þá gelíccetton hí fleám for him, and hine betyldon (-tilldon, -telldon v. ll. ) on nearo fasten cum exercitum ad uastandam Pictorum prouinciam duxisset, iniroductus est, simulantibus fugam hostibus, in angustias
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ford
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. ¶ The word occurs very frequently in the Charters both in composition and as an independent word. Add
frægning
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Asking, enquiry, questioning Mé náht nú tó láfe ne wunað þǽre frægninge and ácsunge be þám wísum, in þám ic wæs tweógende ǽr de his in quibus dubius fui nihil mihi quaestionis remansit, Gr. D. 323, 23. Mid fraignung interrogando, Mk. p. 4, 19
ge-beótung
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Voc. ii. 38, 46, which may have been understood in the sense of boasting. Cf. fascinatio: laudatio stulta, Ld. Gl. H. 12, col. 2, or in the sense of threatening. Cf. fascinatio, invidia, Corp. Gl. H. 53, 4
geómorlíce
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Add: in a way that causes sorrow, miserably Man sceal þá geoguðe geómorlíce lǽdan gehæft, heánlíce mid heardum bendum, Wlfst. 295, 17. in a way that expresses sorrow, lamentably, mournfully Tó Gode gebiddende and tó him heora neóde geómorlíce mǽnende
lorh
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In this passage the word seems to belong to the a-stem masculine declension, but in the Epinal-Erfurt glossaries to the i-stem feminine, with i-umlaut of o. Add
sǽ-grund
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Add: the deep Se apostol Paulus sǽde ꝥ hé sylf wunode on sǽgrunde middan ofer dæg and ofer niht ( nocte et die in profundo mares fui; a night and a day I have been in the deep, 2 Cor. 11, 25), Hml. S. 31, 899
rím-áþ
An oath taken by a person and by the number of persons he brings with him as compurgators
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(cf. the expressions in Norse law tylptar-, séttar-eiðr, oaths in which twelve, six persons respectively took part)
un-wiþerweard
Not averse ⬩ not in opposition
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Not averse, not in opposition His folgeras, swá hié unwiðerweardran and gemódran beóð, swá hié fæstor tósomne beóð gefégde tó gódra monna hiénðe sequaces illius, quo nulla inter se discordiae adversitate divisi sunt, eo in bonorum gravius nece glomerantur
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weax-berende
bearing a wax candle
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bearing a wax candle; the word (in the form uæx biorende) glosses cerarius in the passage: Accoluthus grece, cerarius ad recitandum evangelium (cf.Acolitus is gecweden se ðe candele oððe tapor byreþ þonne mann godspell rǽt, Ælfc.
ǽ-gewrítere
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In Kent. Gl. 245 ‘legum conditores’ is rendered by a word which Zupitza reads as scepttenras. This in Junius’ copy of the MS. is given by ægewriteras.
hal
A, secret place, a corner
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A, secret place, a corner Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13
toll-setl
A toll-booth, ⬩ custom-house
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Ðá geseah hé sittan sumne mannan æt tollsetle (in teloneo; in a tolbothe, Wick. Mt. 9, 9), Homl. Th. ii. 468, 9. Matheus nǽfre æfter his gecyrrednysse æt tollsetle ne sæt, 288, 18
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æl-þeódiglíce
In foreign parts ⬩ among foreigners ⬩ peregre
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In foreign parts, among foreigners; peregre, Ælfc. Gr. 38 ; Som. 41, 26-28
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