celmert-mon
A hired servant, hireling ⬩ mercenarius
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A hired servant, hireling; mercenarius He celmertmon is mercenarius est, Jn. Rush. War. 10, 12, 13. Celmertmonn mercenarius, Jn. Lind. War. 10, 12. Ða celmertmenn mercenarii, Lk. Lind. War. 15, 17.
drenc-horn
A drinking-horn ⬩ potōrium cornu
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A drinking-horn; potōrium cornu Ic geann into ðære stówe ðone drenc-horn ðe is ǽr [MS. ér] æt ðam híréde gebohte I give to that place the drinking-horn which I formerly bought from the brotherhood, Cod. Dipl. 722; Kmbl. iii. 361, 31
eást-lang
Along the east ⬩ orientem versus
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Along the east; orientem versus Se wudu iséastlang and westlang hund twelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, from east to west [lit. along the east and along the west], is one hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 30
fór-syngian
To sin greatly ⬩ multum peccāre
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To sin greatly; multum peccāre Ne wurþ ǽnig man on worlde swá swíðe fórsyngad, ðe he wið Gode gebétan ne mǽge no man in the world is so very sinful, that he may not make atonement to God, L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 282, 1
helle-
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In the case of at least some of the following words which are given as compounds, they might be taken as independent words, the first of which is the genitive of hel. For the meaning of such combinations the second word may be referred to
hulc
a hulk ⬩ liburna
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A light ship, a hulk [but in later times the word is applied to a heavy ship of clumsy make]; liburna, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 102; Wrt. Voc. 56, 23. Si adveniat ceol vel hulcus, L. Eth. iv. 2; Th. i. 300, 9
ifig-tearo
Ivy tar
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Ivy tar, gum that comes from ivy when it is cut Nim sciptearo and ifigtearo, L. M. 1, 76; Lchdm. ii. 150, 12. Dó clǽne ifigtaran ðǽr on gif ðú hæbbe [cf. dó gódne sciptaran tó, 326, 14], 3, 26; Lchdm. ii. 322, 27
mǽg-rǽs
An attack by men upon their kinsmen
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An attack by men upon their kinsmen Wearþ ðes þeódscype swýðe forsyngod þurh morðdǽda and þurh mándǽda . . þurh mǽgrǽsas and þurh manslihtas this nation is sunk in sin through deeds fell and foul . . through attacks of kinsmen upon kinsmen and through
ge-léwan
To betray ⬩ deceive ⬩ weaken ⬩ injure ⬩ prodere
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Gif hit byþ deád oððe geléwed if it is dead or hurt, Exod. 22, 10, 14. (Or does geléwed here = geléfed? cf. aléuaþ and geuntrumaþ, Homl. Th. i. 4, 22; and Swt. Rdr. 110, 174, note.)
geómor-líc
Sad, sorrowful ⬩ mæstus, flēbĭlis
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Sad, sorrowful; mæstus, flēbĭlis Biþ geómorlíc gomelum eorle to gebídanne, ðæt his byre ríde giong on galgan it is sad for an aged man to experience that his child hang young on the gallows, Beo. Th. 4879; B. 2444: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 31
sypian
To delay, be slow
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(The reference is to an illness which begins on the 5th, 17th, or 27th day of the month.) Sypigende senescens, frigescens, Germ. 397, 345
tácor
A husband's brother, brother-in-law
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Tácor, ðæt is brýdguma[n] bróðor levirum, ii. 84, 16. Tácor, 50, 30: Hpt. Gl. 498, 75
twi-bille
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Double-edged Bipennis twibille vel stánæx (the double gloss seems to render the double character of the Latin word as adjective and noun; a little later (see preceding word) in the same glossary bipennis as noun is rendered by twybill ), Wrt.
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un-lígne
Not to be denied or rejected ⬩ incontrovertible
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Not to be denied or rejected, incontrovertible Biscopes word and cyninges sié unlǽgne búton áðe a bishop's word and a king's is to be accepted without an oath, L. Wih. 16; Th. i. 40, 12. Þissa ealra áð sié unlégnæ, 21; Th. i. 42, 1
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weorodian
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To grow sweet Hé is swíðe biter on múþe, and hé ðé tirþ on ða ðrotan, ðonne ðú his ǽrest fandast; ac hé werodaþ (-edaþ, v.l.) syðþan hé innaþ, and biþ swíþe líþe on ðam innoþe (interius recepta dulcescant ), Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 30
wiþer-médu
hostility ⬩ disfavour ⬩ adversity ⬩ injury ⬩ perversity ⬩ depravity
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hostility, disfavour His hyldo is unc betere tó gewinnanne ðonne his wiðermédo, Cd.
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wís-bóc
A book ⬩ a record
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A book in which the slate of things is described, a record Eágan ðíne gesáwon ðæt ic wæs unfrom on ferhþe; eall ðæt forþ heonan on ðínum wísbócum áwriten standeþ, imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libra tuo omnes scribentur, Ps. Th. 138, 14
brægde
Fraudulent
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v. brygd) v. ll.) bið (that the matter is conducted with fraud ), Ll. Th. 1. 390, 13
cnyss
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Or is heort-ancnysse (= -angnysse) to be read ? Cf. cardiacus dicitur qui patitur laborem cordis, vel morbus cordis heortcoþa vel ece, Wrt. Voc. i. 128, 64
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dihtere
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The Latin translated at 4, 23 is: Prout a dictantibus idoneis testibus audivi