cæppe
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Þis synd þá mádmas þe Adeluuold bisceop sealde . . . ꝥ is . . . iiii. cæppan, Cht. Th. 244, 6. Mid kæppum (cappis) gescrýdde, Angl. xiii. 427, 881. Add
mǽtan
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Add: with acc. of person and of dream Tó þǽm sóðum gesǽlðum ic tiohige ðæt ic þé lǽde, þǽr þín mód oft ymb rǽsweð and eác mǽt te ducere aggredimur ad veram felicitatem, quam tuus quoque somniat animus, Bt. 22, 2 ; S. 51, 13.
under-bæc
backwards ⬩ back ⬩ behind ⬩ back
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Th. 9, 3. where an action is directed towards a point behind the agent's back, behind, back Ðú forwurpe mín word underbæc fram ðé projecisti sermones meos postea, Ps. Th. 49, 18: Homl. Th. ii. 532, 3.
Linked entry: BÆC
ge-witnes
knowledge ⬩ cognisance ⬩ witness ⬩ testimony ⬩ used of persons
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On Moyses bóca gewitnesse by the testimony of the books of Moses, Blickl. Homl. 153, 5. Ðæt is to gewitnesse ðæt hit him ne lícode that is for a testimony that they did not like it, Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 13; Hat. MS.
Linked entry: witness
fór-steal
an assault ⬩ assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus ⬩ viæ obstructio ⬩ the fine for an assault ⬩ mulcta pro assultu
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Wes-Sexan], ðæt is ... fórsteal these are the rights which the king enjoys over all men in Wessex, that is ... the fine for assault, L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 14, note 27, MS. G.
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lyb-lác
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Add: — Uton forbúgan þá synleahtras þe ús forbodene synd, ꝥ is . . . lyblác and ealle þá unþeáwas þe deóflu on mancynn gebringað, Wlfst. 135, 3
firen-full
Sinful ⬩ făcĭnŏrōsus ⬩ scĕlestus
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Th. 138, 16. Firenfulra of the wicked, Exon. 40b; Th. 135, 30; Gú. 532: Ps. Th. 81, 4: 124, 3
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Grantabrycg-scír
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Cambridgeshire; the people of that shire Þá sóna flugon Eást-Engla; þá stód Grantabrycgscír fæstlíce ongeán, Chr. 1010; P. 140, 9. Hí heafdon þá ofergán Eást-Engla ... Oxenafordscíre and Grantabrycgescíre, 1011; P. 141, 13
on-standan
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Cf. standan; Ic ealle mîne bêc, on þâm þe se drŷcræft onstôd, âwearp, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 14. to persist, continue Þæt; mînes worldlîfes bletsung anstande ut mundanae meae vitae benedictio permaneat, Ll. Th. ii. 228, 4.
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mersc-hop
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A hope ( v. hop) in a fen Þá merschopa þe þǽr bútan syndon, C. D. B. ii. 526, 10
ǽfen-glóm
The evening gloom or twilight ⬩ crepusculum
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The evening gloom or twilight; crepusculum From ǽfenglóme óþ ðæt eástan cwom dægrédwóma from evening twilight there came the rush of dawn from the east, Exon. 51b; Th. 179, 21; Gú. 1265
gim-stán
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Tó þám geweorce ( the tabernacle ) bróhte þæt folc deórwirðe gimstánas . . . þá gimstánas getácnodon mislice fægernissa on Godes mannum (v. Ex. 35, 27), Ælfc. T. Grn. 23, 40-45. Gymstána gemmarum An. Ox. 1073. Of gimstánum gemmis 3194. Add
wenian
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Add: to accustom oneself, be accustomed Hé ne stóp mid þý unbundenum fét ofer þá stówe þe hé ǽr wenede (gewnnude, v.l.) numquam postmodum solutum tetendit pedem ultra locum quo ligatum hunc tendere consueverat, Gr. D. 214, 14
burna
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On þone burnan þe scýt tó culan fenne, andlang þæs burnan, ... andlang heges þe scýt of þám burnan, C.D. iii. 458, 7-10. v. cweorn-, winter-burna. Add
ge-speornan
To tread upon ⬩ to perch ⬩ spurn ⬩ calcare
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Ðæt se hearn-flota sond-lond gespearn so that the floater of the surge spurned the sandy land, Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 11; Gú. 1308
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ge-hwider
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Add: where there is motion, to every place, to all parts, in all directions. used generally Hé ðanon eóde gehwyder (-hwider, on gehwylce healfe, v. ll.) ymb þá stówa, and þǽr godcunde láre bodode inde ad praedicandam circumquaque exire consueverat Bd
hyldu
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Þám be egsan his healdað mid hyldo, Ps. Th. 84, 8. Hí lybbaðon écnysse mid þám heáhfæderum for heora hylde wið God, Hml. S. 25, 740. Ic þé mín gehát, . . . hyldo gylde vota tua quae reddam Ps. Th. 55, 10.
sáwel-sceatt
An ecclesiastical due
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Eth. v. 12; Th. i. 308, 4-7 : vi. 20-21 ; Th. i. 320, 4-8: ix. 13 ; Th. i. 342, 33: L. C. E. 13 ; Th. i. 368, 5-8.
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ge-logian
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Þam preóstum þe hé þǽr gelógode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 38. On þá gerád ꝥ hé nǽfre eft Englisce ne Frencisce in tó þám lande (Scotland) ne gelógige, Chr. 1093; P. 225, 29.
brycg
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Th. ii. 282, 10. Wyrcan wé simle brycge and þá bétan. Ðeáh se man nime ǽnne stán and lecge on fúl slóh, þæt se ælmesman mæge mid þám óðrum fét steppan on ðá clǽnan healfe, þæt him bið micel méd for Gode, Wlfst. 239, 9.