mynian
To have as the object of desire or purpose ⬩ to intend ⬩ direct one's course to an object
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Ic lǽre ǽlcne ðara ðe maga sí and manigne wǽn hæbbe ðæt hé menige tó ðam ilcan wuda I advise every one that is able and has many a waggon, to direct his steps to that same wood. Shrn. 163, 13
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rand-burh
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stig
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the word occurs at the head of a list 'de suibus'), Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 41. Stigu auriola (oriola? oriolum porticus, atrium, Migne), Txts. 38, 45. Cf. (?) forestige vestibulum, introitum, Hpt. Gl. 514, 59.
wapolian
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Habac. 16. v. preceding word
burg-geat-setl
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Substitute (for entry under burh-geat-setl): If burg-geat is used in the sense given under burg-geat, I. the word would mean 'jurisdiction over those belonging to the "burg," the owner's family and tenants'; if as in burg-geat, II, it would mean 'a seat
feónd-lic
hostile ⬩ diabolic ⬩ devilish ⬩ outrageous
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Ðá fióndlico wógh*-*fulniso hostiles nequitias, Rtl. 122, 16. devilish, outrageous Feón[d]licere furibundae (libidinis ferocitas), An. Ox, 4312
haca
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substitute Haca (haᵤca, 87, 1559) pessul, Txts. 88, 803, and add: Perhaps the word occurs in the following :-- On hacapenn foreweard . . . on hacapenn foreweardne, C. D. iii. 412, 2, 14, An hacan penne, v. 238, 30.
esne
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</b> add: The word occurs as a proper name, as well as the patronymic Esning. v. Txts. 543
wearg-brǽde
Some form of disease; ⬩ impetigo, ulcus, carcinoma
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Some form of disease; the word translates impetigo, ulcus, carcinoma Wearhbrǽde impetigo, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 62. Weargebrǽde, ii. 45, 39: nevum, 62, 29. Werhbrǽde, i. 61, 16. Gif hwylcum weargbrǽde (wearh-, MS.
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brún-wyrt
BROWNWORT or water-betony ⬩ scrofularia aquatica ⬩ wood-betony or brownwort ⬩ scrofularia nodosa
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Genim brúne wyrt take brownwort, 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 268, 9, 13: 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 5: 1, 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 16. wood-betony or brownwort; scrofularia nodosa [Genim] ða brúnan wyrt brádleáfan, sió weaxeþ on wuda take the broad-leafed brownwort, which
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heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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The word occurs in the following passages Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum gelde hé síe ealra his ǽhtan scyldig and healsfange if a married man without his wife's knowledge sacrifice to idols let him be liable in all his possessions and his 'heals-fang
and-git
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S. 3, 239. sense, purport, meaning Ic nime on sumum ꝥ andgit án, on sumum þá word mid þám andgite in quibusdam sensum solummodo, in quibusdam verba cum sensu teneo, Gr. D. 9, 10-12.
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ge-þafung
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Búton se abbod him geþafunge (permissionem) sylle, 69, 6. submission to action, toleration, Cf. ge-þafian; Verbum is word, and word getácnað weorc oððe ðrowunge oþþe geþafnnge . . . þrowung byð þonne ðú cwyst, verberor ic eom beswungen . . .
EOLH
ELK ⬩ alces
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The Rune RUNE = x seems to stand for the genitive of this word in the Runic poem, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter x, but for eolhx = eolcx = eolcs = eolces of an elk, as, — RUNE [eolhx = eolces] secg eard [seccard MS.] hæfþ oftust on
pirige
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The word, as in Piriford, is found in local names, e.g. Pirigfliát, Pyrihom, Pirigtún, vi. 322, col. 2
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ge-eácnian
To increase ⬩ conceive ⬩ become pregnant ⬩ augēri ⬩ concipĕre ⬩ augēre
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Ðú on innoðe geeácnast thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 1, 31. In synnum geeácnod wæs he was conceived in sins, Ps. C. 50, 61; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 61
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styria
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A sturgeon; but the word is used as the equivalent of several Latin names of fishes Styria cragacus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 50: 15, 48. Styrga, styria, styra porcopiscis, Txts. 87, 1614. Styria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 29. Styriga, i. 281, 59.
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tættec
a rag, tatter
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Could the word mean beggar? In the first mentioned charters lodderes sæccing (sæxcing) occurs
un-deádlíc
Immortal ⬩ undying ⬩ imperishable ⬩ endless
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Undeádlíc, wyrm the worm that never dies, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 385. Tó onfónne ðǽs undeádlícan gegyrlan on neorxna wange, Homl. Ass. 142, 105. Hí wǽron gehátene ealle immortalis, þæt sindon undeádlíce, Jud. Thw. p. 162, 31.
ge-bǽtan
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Hæfð se alwealda ealle gesceafta gebǽt mid his brídle (cf. mid his brídle befangene, Bt. 21; F. 74, 6), 11, 23. v. next word