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ild

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L. 42, 4. v. cild-ild, for-ild, ofer-ild

up-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
up-weard, adv.

Upwardsup.upupwardbackward

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Th. ii. 548, 14: Elen. Kmbl. 1609; El. 806. (? v. preceding word) up into a country.

Linked entry: up-riht

lytlian

(v.)
Grammar
lytlian, p. ode

to lessendiminish

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Add. 19; Th. ii. 234, 18. Cristes lage wanedon and cyninges lage lytledon Christ's laws waned, and the king's laws were weakened, L. Eth. ix. 37; Th. i. 348, 19.

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode
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Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 14: L. Edg. i. 4; Th. i. 264, 15. Þolie se þeówa his hýde oþþe hýdgyldes ... þolie se frigea his freótes, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 4, 6. Þolige se déma, ðe óðrum wóh déme, á his þegenscipes, L. Edg. ii. 3; Th. i. 266, 17: Chart.

be-feallan

to fall,to get intoto fall into sininto the hands of a person, to fall to actionto fall upontake effect on a personto fall tobe assigned todeprived (of)

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Ꝥ furðon án spearwa on gryn ne mæg befeallan forútan his foresceáwunge, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 25. figurative, to fall into sin, into the hands of a person, Mé is leófre ꝥ ic on Godes handa befealle, þonne ic on mannes handa befealle, Hml. S. 13, 248.

hengen

a crossa rack

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In the two glosses and in the passage from Cnut's Laws the word seems used in a more general sense of confinement

finugle

(n.)
Grammar
finugle, an; f.

Fennelfēnĭcŭlum

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Fennel; fēnĭcŭlum Wyl on ealoþ finuglan boil fennel in ale, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 104, 1: 1, 66; Lchdm. ii. 142, 2

heáh-nama

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-nama, an;

A great, exalted name

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A great, exalted name Swá is gehálgod ðín heáh-nama thus is thy great name hallowed, Hy. 7, 18; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 18

leóht

Grammar
leóht, not heavy.
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Hét ic .cc. mínra þegna leóhtum wǽpnum (levibus armis) hié gegyrwan, Nar. 10, 27. of a vessel or receptacle, adapted for light loads Leóht leáp imbilium, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 27 : ii. 46, 40.

þíht

(adj.)
Grammar
þíht, adj.
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This word seems to be the second part in each of the two compounds found in the following charm Gehwér férde ic me ðone mǽran magaþíhtan mid ðysse mǽran meteþíhtan ðonne ic mé wille habban and hám gán, Lchdm. iii. 68, 17

þǽr-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
þǽr-riht, adj.
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The passage in which strictis, glossed by þárrihtum, occurs is: lam jamque strictis mucronibus, Ald. 52, 17. As in another gloss jam jamque is glossed by þárrihtes (An.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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I. 51, 8

heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.

Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence

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On ðæs heáhnysse ufeweardre on the very top of it [the stalk], Herb. 173. 1; Lchdm. 302, 24. Wé ne mágon for ðære fyrlynan heáhnysse hí nǽfre geseón we cannot ever see it [heaven] for its remote elevation, Lchdm. iii. 232, 15.

CÉN

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
CÉN, es; m.

a torchpiuusbold

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the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter c, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is céna torch; piuus, tæda; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter c, but for cén a torch, as,— RUNE byþ cwicera gehwám cúþ on fýre torch on fire is well known

Linked entry: C

fór-werod

(v.)
Grammar
fór-werod, -wered; part. p. [werian to wear]

Worn outvery oldattrītusvĕtus

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Worn out, very old; attrītus, vĕtus Seó endlyfte tíd biþ seó fórwerode ealdnyss the eleventh hour is very late or very great oldness, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 22. On fórwerodre ealdnysse in very old age, 76, 26.

letting

(n.)
Grammar
letting, e; f.

Lettinghinderingobstructiondelayretarding

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Blindne se ðe hine gesihþ lettincge getácnaþ if a man [in a dream] sees himself blind, it betokens hindrance, Lchdm. iii. 200, 14: 202, 3: 204, 2

scrúd-fultum

(n.)
Grammar
scrúd-fultum, es ; m.
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Ic habbe gifen ðæt land intó Sanctes Petres mynstre intó Baðan ðam munecan tó scrúdfultume. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 171, 15. v. next word

ánfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Hit is ánfealdlíce gecweden. Hml. Th. ii. 244, 20. Þis godspel is nú ánfealdlíce gesǽd, 404, 6. Agathes andwyrde ánfealdlíce, Hml. S. 8, 18

be-grípan

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Th. i. 122, 24. ꝥ wíf in argscipe begrippene mulierem in adulterio reprehensam. Jn. p. 5, 8. to reprehend Begripen (increpuerunt) mé lendene míne, Ps. Spl. T. 15, 7 (cf. Toc hemm Sannt Iohan to bigripenn, Orm. 9752)

folcisc

popularin commonsecular

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Th. i. 326, 21. of the common people Folcisce men secgaþ ꝥ ǽlce réþu wyrd sié yfel, Bt. 40, 2; F. 248, 6. on folcisc in common, popular language: Lytel fugel, sé is on folcisc (vulgo) þrostle geháten, Gr.