strand
A strand, shore
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A strand, shore Strand litus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 24: sablo, Hpt. Gl. 502, 77. Se Hǽlend stód on ðam strande . . . Ðæt strand getácnode ða écan staðolfæstnysse ðæs tówerdan lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 288, 30. Wudes ne feldes, sandes ne strandes, Lchdm. iii. 288
lama
Lame ⬩ maimed ⬩ crippled ⬩ weak ⬩ paralysed ⬩ palsied ⬩ paralytic
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Lame, disabled in the limbs, maimed, crippled, weak, paralysed, palsied, paralytic On sídan lama pleuriticus, Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 25; Wrt. Voc. 19, 31. Lame debilis vel enervatus, 77; Som. 72, 22; Wrt. Voc. 45, 55. Conclamatus i. commotus, convocatus
list
Art ⬩ skill ⬩ craft ⬩ cunning ⬩ artifice
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Art, skill, craft, cunning, artifice Lot sceal mid lyswe list mid gedéfum cunning goes with evil, skill with things proper, i.e. lot and list are the names for a corresponding vice and virtue, Exon. 92 a; Th. 345, 17; Gn. Ex. 189. Ðú miht león and dracan
eáster-wuce
Easter- week ⬩ paschalis septimana
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Easter- week; paschalis septimana Ðys sceal on Sæternes dæg, on ðære eáster-wucan this [gospel] must be on Saturday in easter-week. Rubc. Jn. Bos. 20, I. Ii; Notes, p. 580, 20, 1a, ii a: 21, 1; Notes, p. 580, 21, 1 a
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lafor
A leopard
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A leopard [so Cockayne, but ought not the word in the following passage to be eoforas?] Swelce eác laforas ðǽr cwóman unmǽtlícre micelnisse and monig óðer wildeór and eác tigris nec minus apri ingentis forme mixti maculosis lincibus tygribusque, Nar.
lang-sweored
long-necked
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Having a long neck, long-necked Sume fugelas beóþ langsweorede swá swá swanas some birds are long- necked, such as swans, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 16. Ða beóþ langswyrede ðe lybbaþ be gærse swá swá olfend and assa, 9; Norm. 16, 2
mǽl-mete
Food to eat
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Food to eat Ne biþ ðec mǽlmete nymþe mores græs no food shall there be for thee but the grass of the moor. Cd. 203; Th. 252, 7; Dan. 575. [Grein, quoting Dietrich, would read mǽl méte ( = obvius), v. Hpt. Zeitsch. x. 358.]
betwux-alegednes
an interposition, interjection ⬩ interjectio
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What is laid or placed between, an interposition, interjection; interjectio Interjectio mæg beón gecweden betwuxalegednyss on Englisc, forðanðe he líþ betwux wordum an interjection may be called a laying between in English, because it lies between words
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bi-spanan
To allure, entice, incite, urge ⬩ allicere, illicere, seducere, incitare, impellere
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To allure, entice, incite, urge; allicere, illicere, seducere, incitare, impellere Ic Herode in hyge bispeón, ðæt he Iohannes bibeád heáfde biheáwan I Herod in mind incited, that he commanded John's head to be cut off, Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 8; Jul. 294
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bí-word
A BYEWORD, proverb ⬩ proverbium
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[be, bí by, word a word] A BYEWORD, proverb; proverbium Man segþ [seið MS.] to bíworde, 'hæge sitteþ ða æceras dǽleþ' man saith for a proverb, 'the hedge abides which fields divides,' Chr. 1130; Erl. 259, 13. Bíword, bíwyrd proverbium, Cot. 157
ge-bryddan
To frighten ⬩ terrify ⬩ terrēre
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To frighten, terrify; terrēre Gif ðú mec gebringest, ðæt ic sí gebrydded þurh ðæs cantices cwide Cristes línan if thou wilt bring me, that I may be frightened through the word of the canticle of Christ's discipline, Salm. Kmbl. 32; Sal. 16
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ge-byre
The time at which anything happens ⬩ a favourable time ⬩ an opportunity ⬩ occasio ⬩ opportunitas
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The time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; occasio, opportunitas Hwonne him eft gebyre weorþe, hám cymeþ when there shall again be an opportunity to him he will come home, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 3; Gn. Ex. 105
ge-deorfleás
nil prosperum ⬩ without labour, trouble ⬩ without effort ⬩ without result, success
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This word in Glos. Prudent. Recd. 151, 73 is explained nil prosperum. The natural meaning would be without labour, trouble, which hardly agrees with that given above. Leo 230, 38, to connect the two, suggests the meaning without effort, so without result
sundor-setl
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A residence apart, a hermitage:?-Hé ongan wilnian wéstenes and sundersetle[s?]. . . Hé leornode be ðám ancerum ðe on wéstene and on sundorsettlum heora líf leofodon, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 20-24. Hé his fultum tó ðam sundorsetle sóhte, 3; Gdwin. 24, 2
tihtlian
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To charge with an offence, to accuse Gif man mæssepreóst tihtlige ánfealdre sprǽce, L. Eth. ix. 19; Th. i. 344, 11: 20; Th. i. 344, 15. Tihtlige (tihlige, MS. A.), L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 12. v. be-tihtlian, ge-tihtlod
weorold-búende
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The dwellers in this world, men Ne furþum wundne wer weoruldbúende gesáwan under sunnan, Met. 8, 35. God is wísdóm and ǽ woruldbúendra, 29, 83 : Judth. Thw. 22, 27; Jud. 82. Ðætte rinca gehwylc óþrum gulde weorc be geweorhtum weoruldbúendum, Met. 27,
birgness
Tasting ⬩ taste
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Tasting, taste Birgnes gustus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 20: i. 282, 29. Byrignes, 64, 20. Be ðes gallan berignesse ðe úser Drihten berigde, Angl. xi. 173, 3. Mid byrinesse (byrig-, beorh-, v. ll.) ðæs wæteres aquae gustum, Bd. 5, 18; Sch. 649, 16
efnettan
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to make even, square, adjust Emnettan quadrare, An. Ox. 2, 311. to be equal, imitate Ic mésan mægmeahtelícor and efnetan ealdum þyrse (-re, MS.) (cf. mando dapes mordax lurcorum more cyclopum, Prehn 217), Rä. 41, 63. Emnyttende equiparando, Angl. xiii
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ge-hédan
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For 'to hide, conceal' substitute to keep, store up (cf. hédd-ern). For 'to acquire, . . . seize' substitute to take charge or possession of, to take, have. In Met. 27, 15 gehende is to be read rather than gehéde. v. ge-hendan. Dele
or-wénness
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Add: with gen. Se fífta leahtor is unrótnys ðissere worulde . . . Of ðám bið ácenned . . . his sylfes orwénnys, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 19. with prep. Him wæs geworden seó orwénnys be þám menniscan gewinne de humano labore facta est desperatio, Gr. D. 47,