líf-brycgung
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D. life-day] : -lífe. v. lang-lífe : lifen. Add:
æcer-mǽlum
By acres
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By acres Ðæt land líð hídmǽlum and æcermǽlum, C. D. vi. 98, 5
morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
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See also the last passage under II.
Linked entries: morþ-weorc morþ-wyrhta
gid
a song ⬩ lay ⬩ poem ⬩ cantus ⬩ cantilena ⬩ carmen ⬩ poema ⬩ A speech ⬩ tale ⬩ sermon ⬩ proverb ⬩ riddle ⬩ sermo ⬩ dictum ⬩ loquela ⬩ proverbium ⬩ ænigma
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Gliówordum gól gyd æt spelle sung in metre a lay in his discourse, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 4; Met. 7, 2. Geríseþ gleómen gied a song is proper for a gleeman, Exon. 91 b; Th. 344, 1; Gn. Ex. 167. Cúþ gyddum known in lays [songs], Beo. Th. 304; B. 151.
ear-gebland
Wave-mingling ⬩ oceăni turbātio, undārum commixtio
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Wave-mingling; oceăni turbātio, undārum commixtio Ofer eargebland [æra gebland, col. 1] land gesóhtan they sought the land over the ocean [lit. the wave-mingling ], Chr. 937; Th. 202, 38, col. 2: Th. 203, 38, col. 1, 2: Bt. Met.
Linked entries: æra gebland ear earh-geblond
scucca
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Þe laðe unwiht, þe hellene schucke, H. M. 41, 35. Schenden þene sckucke (schucke), A. R. 316, 11.] Þe scucke wes bitweonen, Laym. 276. Þu ( the reeve before whom Juliana was brought) þat schucke art schucken (shuken, Bod. MS. ) herien, Jul. 56, 2.]
rignan
- Cf.
- Piers P. 14, 62.
to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)
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Mon geseah weallan blód of eorþan and rínan meolc of heofonum sanguine e terra, lac visum est manare de coelo, Ors. 4, 3; Swt. 162, 7
ge-wépan
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To weep over, lament Hwæt dést þú, lá flǽsc, hwæt dreógest þú nú, hwæt miht þú on þá tíd þearfe gewépan ? quid, caro, quid fades, illa quid flebilis hora?, Dóm. L. 176
leógere
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(cf. that wicked Simon had misinformed, 2 Macc. 3, 11)) Hé sceal leogeras and líceteras hatian, Wlfst. 266, 28. one who makes a false pretence, a hypocrite Lá légere hypocrita, Lk. L. 6, 42. Ðú légere ł gié légeras, Mt. L. 15, 7.
lætemest
Lastly ⬩ at last ⬩ finally
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Lastly, at last, finally Lætemest (lætmest, Lind.) novissime, Mk. Skt. Rush. 16, 14
rǽd
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in composition of adjectives, v. án-, fæst-, heard-, hwæt-, læt-, wiðer-rǽd[e]
streám-stæþ
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A shore Ofer streámstaðe stæppan to land, Cd. Th. 86, 21; Gen. 1434
un-landágende
Not owning land
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Not owning land Gesíðcund mon unlandágende, L. In. 51; Th. i. 134, 9
yfel-sacian
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To calumniate Ðe læs hé mé yfelsacode wið God, Blickl. Homl. 189, 24
Linked entry: eoful-sæc
án-lípum
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R. 26, 22. v. án-lápum in Dict
heard-sǽlness
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Lang. Rev, viii. 60, 25). After heardsǽlnes in l. 2 add:
pól-bǽr
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Pasture-land by a pool On monnes pólbǽre, C. D. iii. 415, 5
snotor-líc
Wise, prudent, philosophical
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Wise, prudent, philosophical On snoterlícum lárum in philosophicis dogmatibus Hpt. Gl. 459, 63
for-hergian
To lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ ravage ⬩ devastate ⬩ plunder ⬩ vastāre ⬩ devastāre ⬩ depŏpŭlāre
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To lay waste, destroy, ravage, devastate, plunder; vastāre, devastāre, depŏpŭlāre Ne wile he ealle ða rícu forsleán and forheregian will he not slay and destroy all the kingdoms? Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 3.
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Bedewinda
BEDWIN, Wilts
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BEDWIN, Wilts Ic, Ælfréd, West-Seaxena cining [MS. cingc], an Eádweade, mínum yldran suna, ðæs landes æt Bedewindan I, Alfred, king of the West-Saxons, give the land at Bedwin to Edward, my elder son [lit. made a grant of the land at Bedwin ], Alfd.