ymbe
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A swarm of bees Wið ymbe . . . forweorp ofer greót þonne hí swirman, and cweð: 'Sitte gé sigewíf . . .' Lchdm. i. 384, 18. ¶ Imbæs dæl occurs Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 176, 20
be-geát
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in Laym.). attainment, acquisition For begeáte þæs écan lífes, Hml. Th. i. 240, 7: ii. 70, 22. For begeáte obtentu, An. Ox. 2698: 3915. what is acquired, possessions, property Cýð mildheortnysse earmum mannum mid þínum begeáte, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 27.
bol
The iole ⬩ trunk
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The iole, trunk: Scæf efic wið, þon[n]e bol, in meolc, Lch. iii. 18, 9
dínor
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A coin Denarius is se dínor þe áwehð decem nummos þæt sind týn penegas, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 285, 2. Þá mǽstan digneras folles, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 2. Dínra beorh (a hill where money had been found? ), C. D. v. 332, 18
fæþel
A player
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A player Fæþelas [hi]striones, An. Ox. 39, 2
friht
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Inquiry about the future, divination. Take here passages under <b>fyrht</b> in Dict., and add:
fram-rinc
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A chief man, prince, v. fram, Fromrincas principes, Ps. Rdr. 282, 115
geár-fæc
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A year's space Gelóme on geárfæce gearwiað eów tó húsle, Wlfst. 72, 1
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ge-ríþre
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Of ilám gáran in on dá ýfre; of ðǽre ýfre, in on ðá garéðru; of ðám geréiran, C. D. iii. 279, 24. Of ðǽm crundele on ðá lytla hwitan gerýðra beneaðan ýfre on dane þorn, 415, 32. ?
gin
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A wide expanse Wíddra and síddra þonne befæðman mæge eorðan ymbhwyrft and úprodor, gársecges gin and þeós geómre lyft, Exod. 430
gicer
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A measure of land, an acre Iugeres gycer unius die opus aratoris . Ld. Gl. H. p. 34, 75. [Cf. O. H. Ger. iuchart jugerum.] Cf. geoc
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gnidel
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A pestle Gnidil pistillus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 43
how
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A hill(?), mound(?) Oð ðæt wæstmæste how, C. D. v. 84, 1: 243, 4
streát
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A place with bushes (?), a thicket (?) Ðys sind ðá landgemǽra into Dunnestreáttúnne (cf. in loco qui dicitur Dunnestreátún, i. 164, 8) . . . innon hænstreát; of ðám streáte, C. D. ii. 384, 12-20. [Cf. (?)M. H. Ger. ge-striuze, striuzach copse, thicket
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streónend
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One who gains or acquires Ealra strínend hé bið omnium adquisitor erit, Archiv cxxix. 19, 3: 7. v. ge-streónend, ge-strínend
riht-munuc
A true monk
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A true monk Beóþ rihtmunecas gif hý libbaþ be ðam geswince heora ágenra handa R. Ben. 73, 19
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riht-ryne
A right course
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A right course Se bróc ðeáh hé swíðe of his rihtryne ðonne ðǽr micel stán of ðam heáhan munte oninnan fealþ and hine tódǽlþ and him his rihtrynes wiðstent, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 27-30 : Met. 5, 20. Oncerran ðisne swiftan rodor of his rihtryne 10, 41
rihtung-þrǽd
A directing thread ⬩ a plumb-line
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A directing thread a plumb-line Wealles rihtungþréd perpendiculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 64
Linked entries: rihtness weall-þrǽd
riht-willend
One whose desires are right
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One whose desires are right Ðú eart án ðara rihtwillendra Bt. 15, 1 ; Fox 10, 6
rím-áþ
An oath taken by a person and by the number of persons he brings with him as compurgators
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An oath taken by a person and by the number of persons he brings with him as compurgators L. Ath. i. 9 ; Th. i. 204, 15. (cf. the expressions in Norse law tylptar-, séttar-eiðr, oaths in which twelve, six persons respectively took part)