un-árlíc
dishonourable ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ shameful ⬩ unkindly
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dishonourable, disgraceful, shameful Ðín módor gewíteþ of weorulde þurh scondlícne deáð and unárlícne and heó ligeþ unbebyrged in wege fuglum tó mete and wildeórum mater tua miserando turpissimoque exitu sepultura carebit, iacebitque in uia praeda auium
hord-cleófa
A treasure-chamber, treasury, store-room, closet
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Ic hæbbe on mínum hordcleófan án wundorlíc weorc I have in my treasury a wondrous work, Homl. Skt. 5, 260. Hí sóhton ðone behíddan mete on heora hordcleófan they sought the hidden food in their closets, Ælfc.
spédan
To speed ⬩ have success ⬩ succeed in doing something ⬩ accelerare
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Gif hé ne geþeó búton tó healfre híde if he succeeds in obtaining no more than a half hide, Ll. Th. i. 188, 1) for you is it better to buy off this attack ... We need not destroy one another, if you succeed in doing this, Byrht. Th. 132, 51; By. 34
Linked entry: fór-spédian
sceóta
A kind of trout ⬩ a shoate ⬩ shot
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"The latter," he says, "is in a manner peculiar to Devon and Cornwall. In shape and colour he resembleth the Trowts: howbeit in biggnesse commeth farre behind him." The shoates with which is Tavy fraught. — Browne's Brit. Past.,' E. D. S. Pub. E.
hopa
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for the future, or in which hopes are centred Þú eart hopa þínra se mǽsta tu spes tuorum maxima Hy.
heard-sǽlþ
A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct
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A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct Gong inn and geseoh ða heardsǽlþa and ða sconde ðe ðás hér dóþ ingredere et vide abominations pessimas quas isti faciunt hic, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 8.
bóc
a BOOK ⬩ liber ⬩ a charter ⬩ charta ⬩ for the books which a priest ought to possess ⬩ for his canonical hours
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On ðæra cininga bócum in the kings' books, Ælfc. T. Lisle 21, 1: 23, 19: 40, 4. On ðære béc in this book, 24, 25. Bóca bedǽled deprived of books, 2, 3. On fíf béc in five books, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 31.
ge-gán
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Hiá geeádon in bergum illi abierunt in porcos, Mt. L. 8, 32. Ꝥ hiá gegáæ in ceastra euntes in castella, 14, 15. Ꝥte geeádon in ðá ceastra, Lk. L. 9, 12. where the purpose or motive of going (to a place) is indicated, by simple infin.
þurh-smeágan
to search through ⬩ inquire into ⬩ examine into ⬩ investigate
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to search through, inquire into, examine into, investigate Ða ðe mid carfulre gýmene gástlíce bebodu þurhsmeágeaþ qui solerti cura spiritalia precepta perscrutantur. Ðá hé ða seofon cræftas ealle hæfde þurhsmeáde, Shrn. 152, 18.
æl-þeódiglíce
In foreign parts ⬩ among foreigners ⬩ peregre
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In foreign parts, among foreigners; peregre, Ælfc. Gr. 38 ; Som. 41, 26-28
Linked entry: el-þeódiglíce
be-bindan
To bind in or about ⬩ inligare
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To bind in or about; inligare, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, note 9
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a-web
The cross threads in weaving ⬩ called the woof or weft ⬩ subtegmen
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The cross threads in weaving, called the woof or weft; subtegmen, Cot. 161
béh
a crown
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a crown On ðone béh in coronam Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 28
daga
A day ⬩ dies
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A day; dies,-found in the compound word án-daga, q. v; also
fæt
A journey, going, path ⬩ meātus, passus, gressus, ĭter
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A journey, going, path; meātus, passus, gressus, ĭter, used only in compound words
fnæs
A fringe ⬩ fimbria
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A fringe; fimbria Mid gyldnum fnasum in flmbriis aureis, Ps. Th. 44, 15
fyrn-geára
In by-gone years ⬩ of old time ⬩ ōlim ⬩ antīquĭtus
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In by-gone years, of old time; ōlim, antīquĭtus, Ps. Th. 94, 9
Hwít-ern
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Whitherne in Galloway His mynster is æt Hwíterne, Chr. 565; Erl. 19, 7
land-gemaca
A neighbour
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A neighbour Vicinum landgemacena, (in margin) affinium landgemaca, Hpt. Gl. 480, 18-20
leóþ-cræftig
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Skilled in poetry Leóþcræftig mon, Exon. 100 b; Th. 379, 28; Deór. 40