fisc
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Add On Eásterdagum hé wolde etan fisc gif hé hæfde. Þá áxode hé þone prófost hwæðer hé fisc hæfde. Hml. S. 31, 1267-9
brodetung
A work, workmanship, fashion, forged tale, a lie ⬩ figmentum
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A work, workmanship, fashion, forged tale, a lie; figmentum He oncneów brodetunge [MS. brogdetunge] úre ipse cognovit figmentum nostrum, Ps. Spl. C. 102, 13
spediende
suffering from rheum or phlegm
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Spediende (swed-, Wrt.) molaricus (the preceding words are podagricus, flegmaticus, reumaticus), Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 49: ii. 58, 2
lǽne
transitory ⬩ temporary ⬩ frail
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.], granted for a time only, not permanent, transitory, temporary, frail [generally used as an epithet of things of this world when they are contrasted with those of the next] Ac ic wolde witan hweðer ðé þuhte be ðam ðe ðú hæfst hweðer hyt wére ðe lǽne
mál
an action ⬩ suit ⬩ cause
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'This barbarous word meant in medieval Latin, an action at law, for a bond or other obligation,' 21, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 42 : Hpt. Gl. 496, 4. [Icel. mál an action : O. H.
ge-beódan
to command ⬩ order ⬩ summon ⬩ jŭbēre ⬩ mandāre ⬩ to announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ annuntiāre ⬩ to offer ⬩ propose ⬩ give ⬩ grant ⬩ offerre ⬩ præbēre
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to command, order, summon; jŭbēre, mandāre Hét gebeódan byre Wihstánes hæleða monegum boldágendra, ðæt hie bǽlwudu feorran feredon Wihstan's son bade command many house-owning men, that they should convey pile-wood from afar, Beo.
swinsian
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Ðǽr wæs hæleþa hleahtor, hlyn swynsode ( a cheerful sound arose), word wǽron wynsume, Beo. Th. 1227; B. 611. Sǽ swinsade the sea made its music (but see swinsung, ), Elen. Kmbl. 479 ; El. 240. Hearpan hlyn, swinsigende swég, Cd. Th. 66, 8; Gen. 1081
á-gyltan
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Wið ðára ágyltendra unðeáwas contra delinquentium vitia, Past. 107, 10. with means or manner of sin given Wé ágyltaþ þurh feówer þing ( thought, word, deed, will ), Bl. H. 35, 13. Hwǽr ágylte hé ǽfre on his gegerelan?
Linked entry: ǽ-gylt
cirm
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Se forhta ceorm (cyrm, v. l. ) and þǽra folca wóp, Wlfst. 186, 18. Cyrm strepitus tonitruum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 26: clangor, tubarum sonus vel vox tubae, 131, 52: clamor tubis, 126, 49: clangor (salpicum ), An. Ox. 1642. Ceorm, Hpt. Gl. 445, 12.
feax
a bush
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Icel. vallar-fax the wood (poet.).] Oð ealdan hege; on westhealfe ealdan hege tó feaxum; ðonne west from feaxum, C. D. iii. 429, 12
Linked entries: feaxede feax-gerǽdian
ge-wídmǽrsian
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See preceding word for other examples
gleáwe
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R. 11, 9. with prudence Guman . . . gleáwe beþuncan hyra hǽlo, Rä. 49, 7. in the metrical psalter the word occurs with a vaguely favourable meaning. Cf. gleáw; 4 Mé þín se góda gást gleáwe lǽdde, þæt ic on rihtne weg férde, Ps. Th. 142, 11.
ge-ǽþan
to make oath concerning, confirm by oath ⬩ to administer an oath to, swear
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to make oath concerning, confirm by oath Hé hit mid áðsware geǽðde and geswór, þus cweðende: ' Ic . . . geǽðe and swerige þurh þone lifigendan Godes sunu . . . ꝥ þás word . . . nǽron of nánes mannes handa gehíwode, ' Nap. 27.
sóþe
truly ⬩ genuinely ⬩ really ⬩ truly ⬩ in accordance with the facts of a case ⬩ truly ⬩ in accordance with a promise, agreement, or forecast
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Word sóðe gebunden (the facts were truly told in the poem),Beo. Th. 1746; B. 871. Hí sóðe ne ongeáton they did not rightly understand, Ps.
un-riht
Wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ bad ⬩ unjust ⬩ unlawful ⬩ depraved ⬩ perverse
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Unrihte gemeta and wóge gewihta áweorpe man, Wulfst. 70, 3. Ða unrehtan iniqua, Ps. Surt. 9, 24
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for-þencan
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But I would not that thou shouldst despair ... for he that is without hope is without heart, Bt. 8; S. 19, 29-31.
ge-endung
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Add: local, an extreme part Seó sunne undergǽd þǽre eorðan geendunge the sun goes below the horizon, Lch. iii. 260, 7. a termination of a word Seó forme declinatio hæfð tres terminationes, þæt synd ðreó geendunga, Ælfc. Gr.
cleweða
A clawing, scratching ⬩ scalpturigo, scalpurigo
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Oth. clæweða] biþ swíðe rów, and ðeáh-hwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, he wundaþ, and wund sáraþ the itch is very free from pain, and the scratching is very comfortable, and yet if it be kept up too long, it produces a wound, and the wound is painful
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cyspan
To bind, fetter ⬩ compedibus constringĕre
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To bind, fetter; compedibus constringĕre Sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde cyspan mænigne they said that she would bind many, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 154; Met. 26, 77
Linked entry: ge-cyspyd
gǽst-bona
The soul-killer ⬩ the devil ⬩ anĭmi destructor ⬩ diăbŏlus
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The soul-killer, the devil; anĭmi destructor, diăbŏlus Ðæt him gástbona geóce gefremede that the spirit-slayer would afford them help, Beo. Th. 356; B. 177