Englisc
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a passage written in English Ðis Englisc ætýwð hwæt seó forsette rǽding mǽnð, Angl. viii. 298, 9. Mé ys neód ꝥ ic menge ꝥ Lýden ámang þyssum Englisce, 317, 17
ge-tawa
Instruments; ⬩ instrumenta
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Ðis syndon ða getawa these are the instruments, L. E. I. 2; Th. ii. 404, 3
ful-geómor
Full sad ⬩ very sad ⬩ valde tristis
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Full sad, very sad; valde tristis Ic ðis giedd wrece bí me fulgeómorre I recite this lay of myself very sad, Exon. 115 a; Th. 441, 19; Kl. 1
scrín
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.: — Ðis mycel is gegolden of þǽre cyricean W. cyninge syððan hé þis land áhte . . . of þǽre hlangan scríne .viii. pund, Cht. Th. 439, 32. Hé forlét þá á
consolde
The herb comfrey ⬩ consolida
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The herb comfrey; consolida Dó him Ðis to lǽcedóme, streáwbergean leáf, consolde, etc. give him this for a remedy, strawberry leaves, comfrey, etc. L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 27
a-þriéttan
To weary ⬩ loathe any one ⬩ tædio afficere aliquem
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To weary, loathe any one; tædio afficere aliquem Ic ðé hæbbe aþriét mid ðis langan spelle I have wearied thee with this long discourse, Bt. 39, 12 ; Fox 232, 19
friþ-mǽl
An article of peace ⬩ pācis pactio
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An article of peace; pācis pactio Ðis synd ða friþmál and ða fórword these are the articles of peace and the agreements, L. Eth. ii. prm; Th. i. 284, 6
speld
- Avow. of Arthur,'
- Halliwell's Dict.
A splinter ⬩ a thin piece of wood used as a torch ⬩ a torch ⬩ (splinters) ⬩ splinter of a lance ⬩ a tablet ⬩ a flake ⬩ a tablet
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A splinter, a thin piece of wood used as a torch, a torch On spelde in favillam, Anglia xiii. 35, 213. Speldum favillis, 36, 234, Ðara spaca speldra malleoli Similar entries (v. spæc), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 56. Biernende speld tedas, 95, 26. Spelde tedas
ofer-gíman
to neglect, disregard
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to neglect, disregard Gif hwá ðis ofergýme, R. Ben. 129, 9. Gif hé áðor dyde, oððe ofergímde, oððe forgeat, 71, 15. Ðæs git ofergýmdon Hǽlendes word, Cd. Th. 295, 14; Sat. 486
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dǽdbót-líhting
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Mitigation of penance Ðis is mihtiges mannes dǽdbótlíhtingc, ac án unmaga ne mæg swilc geforðian, ac ꝥ hé mót on hine sylfne hit sécan þe geornor, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 21
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and-weard
Present ⬩ præsens
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Óþ ðisne andweardan dæg usque in hunc præsentem diem, Mt. Bos. 28, 15. On ðis andweardan lífe in this present life, Bt. 10; Fox 26, 30.
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for-hwyrfan
to change for or from ⬩ transform ⬩ transfer ⬩ remove ⬩ avertĕre ⬩ transformāre ⬩ to turn aside ⬩ pervert ⬩ deprave ⬩ subvertĕre ⬩ pervertĕre ⬩ deprāvāre
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Swylce he ðis folc forhwyrfde as if he perverted this people, 23, 14. Ðá forhwyrfed wæs when it was perverted, Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 11; Cri. 34. Mid forhwyrfedum forhwyrfed ðu bist cum perverso pervertēris. Ps. Spl. T. 17, 28.
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pearroc
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On ðisum lytlum pearroce búgiaþ swíðe manega þeóda hoc ipsum brevis habitaculi septum plures incolunt nationes, Bt. 18, 2 ; Fox 62, 27. Ðis sindon ða landgemǽro. Ǽrest . . . on Bogeles pearruc; of Boceles pearruce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 277, 11.
ceaster-geat
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Ðis is ðæs wuda gemǽre ... ðæt is, ǽrest æt ceastergeate tó ceasterwege; ondlong ceasterweges tó middelwege; of middelwege eft tó ceastergeate; of ðǽm geate tó longan leáge, C. D. iii. 260, 4-7
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mearc-mót
The place where the assembly (mót) of a district (mearc) was held
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The place where the assembly (mót) of a district (mearc) was held Ðis syndon ða landgemǽra ... tó mercemót; fram mercemóte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii, 71, 31. v. Saxons in England, i. 55
mearc-béce
A beech-tree which forms part of a boundary
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A beech-tree which forms part of a boundary Ðis synd ðæra viii. hída landgeméra ... tó ðære mearcbécean; of ðære bécean, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 9. On ða ealdan mearce bécan, 296, 26
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stán-scræf
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Gongaþ on ðis stánscræf, and git ðǽr métaþ weal, se is mid ifige bewrigen, 139, 26
æcern
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Ðis æceren (æcern, v. l.) haec glans, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 61, 8: 312, 6: glandix, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 29: ii. 41, 27. Heó eteð hnyte oþþe æceran, Lch. iii. 144, 20. Add
for-clýsan
To close ⬩ shut up ⬩ occlūdĕre
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To close or shut up; occlūdĕre Ðis sceal to ðám eárum [MS. ðan earen] ðe wind oððe wæter forclýst this shall [do] for the ears which wind or water closes up, Lchdm. iii. 92, 24
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midde-winter
Mid-winter ⬩ Christmas
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Mid-winter, Christmas Ðis sceal on Sunnandæg betweox myddewintres mæssedæge and twelftan dæge, Lk. Skt. 2, 33, rubric. Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter (meddewinter, MS. Bod.), Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32
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