Briten
Britain ⬩ Britannia
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Britain; Britannia Britene ígland ys eahta hund míla lang the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long, Chr. Th. 3, 1, col. 3. Brittene ígland the island of Britain, Chr. Th. 3, 1, col. 2
ofer-seolfrian
to cover with silver
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Lamb. ) deargentatae, Ps. Spl. 67, 14
sóþ-sagol
Veracious
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Lamb. 85, 13. Swá swá sóþsagol stǽrwrítere guasi verax historicus, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 4. Se ðe wǽre leássagol, weorðe se sóþsagol, Wulfst. 72, 16
flównys
A flowing ⬩ flux ⬩ torrent ⬩ fluxus ⬩ torrens
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Lamb. 17, 5
ge-bæcu
Back parts ⬩ hinder parts ⬩ postĕriōra
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Lamb. 67, 14. He slóh heora fýnd on gebæcum percussit inĭmīci suos in postĕriōra, 77, 66
Linked entry: bæce
eard-begengnes
An abode, habitation ⬩ habĭtātio, incŏlātus
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Lamb. 119, 5. Eardbiggengnes [MS. eardbiggendes] mín aforfeorsode is incŏlātus meus prolongātus est Ps. Spl. 119, 5
Linked entries: el-þeódignes eorþ-bigegnys
léfung
Weakening ⬩ laming ⬩ lameness ⬩ paralysis
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Weakening, laming, lameness, paralysis Ðí læs ðe hí ðás léfunge on heora limum gebrohton lest they should bring this paralysis [want of power to speak, walk and see] upon their limbs, Homl. Th. ii. 486, 18
lyft-helm
The air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ cloud
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht their lands were covered with cloud, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 13; Exod. 60
miltsiend
One who takes pity
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Lamb. 85, 15. Milsend, Rtl. 69, 7: 170, 9
Linked entry: miltsian
swipian
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To scourge, strike, beat, lash Hafaþ hé gyrde lange and ðone feónd sweopaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 185, MS. A.; Sal. 92. Rodor swipode meredeáða mǽst the destroying sea lashed the skies, Cd. Th. 207, 8; Exod. 463
Linked entry: swippan
þri-scíte
Triangular ⬩ three-cornered
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Triangular, three-cornered Ispania land is þryscýte Hispania trigona est, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 1. Sicilia is ðryscýte Sicilia tria habet promontoria, Swt. 28, 2. On ðone þryscýtan crundel, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 374, 26
flów-nys
a flow ⬩ flux ⬩ a stream
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Sió unrótnes ðe cymð of yfles blódes flównesse, Past. 455, 14, 23. a stream Ðára lára flównisa doctrinarum fluenta, Mt. p. 8, 17
fóre-smeagan
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Foresmeánde praecogitandum, Lk. p. 10, 14. for last line substitute and add:
ge-scrépe
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An advantage Lǽn, gescrǽpe commodum, lucrum, utile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, I. Fela óþerra gescrépa (-screópa, v.l.) hé ongeat heofonlíce him forgyfen wesan alia commoda caelilas sibi fuisse donata intellexit, Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 461, 17
stǽner
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[Cf. staners the small stones and gravel on the margin of a river or lake; stanners the e]
lǽfan
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Add: to cause to remain (lífan). of a deceased person, to have as remainder after one Se gesibsuma lǽfð symle yrfeweard æfter him sunt reliquiae homini pacifico Ps. Th. 36, 36. Hé lǽfde æfter him þreó sunan, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 11.
sáwel-sceatt
An ecclesiastical due
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It was to be paid before the funeral rites were completed, though the regulation would hardly be carried out in cases where grants of land were made.
Linked entry: sáwel-gescot
búan
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Land tó búgianne land to inhabit, Bt. 17; F. 60, 4: 18, 1; F. 62, 16
el-þeódignes
A being or living abroad, pilgrimage ⬩ pĕregrīnātio
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Lamb. 119, 5
for-drugian
To dry up ⬩ parch ⬩ wither ⬩ arescĕre ⬩ siccāri
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Lamb. 89, 6. Hió wǽre fordrugod to duste it would be dried to dust, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 207; Met. 20, 104
Linked entry: for-druwian