tídrian
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add: of living creatures Sceápa eágan tédriað on þám geáre, Archiv cxx. 298, 17. Gif mannes múð sár sié ge týdred, Lch. ii. 4, 1. Gif ic underfó in mé þone hád tédriendra manna ... ic mage gehelpan þám tédriendum mannum si infirmantium in me personam
wær-word
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Perhaps wǽr-word should be read, with the meaning: an agreement, a proviso. In the following passage, however, wær-word seems to occur Nis geméted on hálgum bócum þætte þisse frigenesse wærword (wiðerword, v.l.) sý gesewen nequaquam in sacris eloquiis
matt
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Tó bedreáfe genihtsumige tó haebbenne meatte and hwítel and bedfelt and heáfodbolster stramenta lectorum sufficiant matta et sagum, lena et capitula, R. Ben. 90, 15. Ꝥ hine man álegde on þá meattan þe hé him on gebæd praecepit eum in psiathio, quo vulgo
rihtness
rightness ⬩ straightness ⬩ perpendicularity ⬩ rightness ⬩ justice ⬩ equity
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rightness straightness, perpendicularity Perpendiculawalþrǽd, ðæt is rihtnesse [þrǽd] Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 67. Similar entries Cf. rihtung-þræð. rightness justice, equity On rihtnesse in aequitate, Ps. Th. 97, 9 : 110, 5. Rehtnise, Rtl. 102, 17. in the
wæl-rǽs
A deadly attack ⬩ an attack in which men are slain
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A deadly attack, an attack in which men are slain Wæs sió swátswaðu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5886; B. 2947. Æfter wælrǽse wunde gedýgan, 5055; B. 2531. Æfter ðam wælrǽse (the fight in which Grendel was mortally wounded), 1652
CNÆP
A top ⬩ cop ⬩ knop ⬩ vertex ⬩ jugum ⬩ supercilium
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A top, cop, knop ; vertex, jugum, supercilium Uppan ðæs muntes cnæp in montis vertice Ex. 19, 20. Híg astigon to ðæs muntes cnæppe ascenderunt in verticem montis Num. 14, 44. Ofer cneppas trans juga Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 55. Híg láeddon hine ofer
Linked entry: cnep
CÓFA
A COVE ⬩ cave ⬩ repository ⬩ inner room ⬩ chamber ⬩ ark ⬩ cubile ⬩ cubiculum ⬩ arca
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A COVE, cave, repository, inner room, chamber, ark; cubile, cubiculum, arca On cófan in a chamber Exon. 125a; Th. 480, 18; Rä. 64, 4. Wæs culufre eft of cófan sended the dove was sent again from the ark Cd. 72; Th. 88, 13; Gen. 1464. On cyninga cófum
a-líhting
Enlightening ⬩ illuminatio
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Enlightening; illuminatio On alihtinge [MS. alíh-tincge] andwlitan ðínes in illuminationem vultus tui, Ps. Th. 89, 8
Linked entry: alýhtnys
and-wís
Expert ⬩ skilful ⬩ gnarus ⬩ expertus
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Expert, skilful; gnarus, expertus Yfeles andwís expert in evil, Exon. 69 a; Th. 257, 8; Jul. 244
Linked entry: wís
Bylges leg
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BISLEY, in Gloucestershire Hí cómon to Bylges lege they came to Bisley, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 15
cearc-ern
A prison ⬩ carcer
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A prison; carcer Ic wæs on cearcerne eram in carcere, Past. 44, 7; Hat. MS. 62b, 22
clústor-cleófa
A prison-chamber, cell ⬩ carceris cubiculum
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A prison-chamber, cell; carceris cubiculum On clústorcleófan in the prison-chamber, Andr. Kmbl. 2041; An. 1023
cwyc-ǽht
live stock
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live stock On cwycǽhturn in live stock, L. Alf. pol. 18 Th. 1, 72, 12, note 28
Driht'
the Lord, used with or without the apostrophe in Spelman's Psalms for all the cases of Drihten
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the Lord, used with or without the apostrophe in Spelman's Psalms for all the cases of Drihten
eówes
a sheep
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a sheep's, L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 6, note 11, MSS. G. H
forliger-bed
A bed of fornication ⬩ fornĭcātiōnis lectus
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A bed of fornication; fornĭcātiōnis lectus On forligerbeddum in beds of fornication, Homl. Th. i. 604, 30
fór-mete
Fare-meat ⬩ provision for a journey ⬩ cĭbus in itĭnĕre sūmendus
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Fare-meat, provision for a journey; cĭbus in itĭnĕre sūmendus, Gr. Dial. 2, 13: Deut. 15, 14
gǽn-ryne
A running against ⬩ meeting ⬩ occursus
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A running against, meeting; occursus Arís on mínum gǽnryne exsurge in occursum meum, Ps. Lamb. 58, 6
galder-cræftiga
one crafty or skilful in enchantments ⬩ an enchanter
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one crafty or skilful in enchantments, an enchanter, L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 52, 9; MS. H