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botl

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Hét hé ontendan eal hire (the abbess Effigenia) botl, þǽr heó mid (má ðonne twám hund, cf. 476, 20) mǽdenum on gebedum ðurhwunode, ii. 478, 35. ¶ Bottle remains in local names, e.g. Newbottle

cwic

(adj.)
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Scealt þú eal ꝥ deáde of ásníþan oþ ꝥ cwice líc, Lch. ii. 82, 27. Þá Rómáne hié cuce bebyrgdan. Ac . . . hié mid hiera cucum onguldon þæt hié ungyltige cwealdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 6-10

dwolian

(v.)
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L. 118, 10. of inaccurate conception. to mistake, err Bið se here eal ídel, ðonne hé on óðer folc winnan sceal, gif se heretoga dwolað in exploratione hostium frustra exercitus velociter sequitur, si ab ipso duce itineris erratur, Past. 129, 9.

feónd

an enemyfoefienddevil

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'For ðínum feóndum ic áswand on mínum móde, and ic hié hatode, for ðǽm hié wǽron eác míne fínd (fiénd, v. l.).' Swá mon sceal Godes fiénd hatigean, Past. 353, 5-8. Feónda emulorum, i. inimicorum, An. Ox. 22, 42.

hirwan

to despisescornderisionscorn to blasphemeblame

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Srt. 21, 8. in contrast with herian: Man eal hyrweð þæt man sceolde herian, Wlfst. 165, 3. Man oft herede þæt man scolde hyrwan, and tó forð hyrwde þæt man scolde herigean, 168, 12: Ll.

Linked entries: hyrwan herian herwan

sceanca

(n.)
Grammar
sceanca, an ; m.

a shank, shin,the upper part of the leg

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Kmbl. 203; Sal. 101. the upper part of the leg (= þeóhsceanca) Ic wille ðæt gé fédaþ án earm Engliscmon . . . Ágyfe mon hine . . . án scone spices oððe án ram weorðe iiii. peningas, L. Ath. i. prm. ; Th. i. 198, 7

Linked entry: sceonca

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m. : e, f.

creation,origina creation, what is created, a creature

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Swilc safte (the tabernacle) was ear neuere on werlde brogt, Gen. and Ex. 3628. For be a man faire or foule 'it falleth nouȝte for to lakke þe shappe ne þe shafte' þat God shope hymselue, Piers P. B. 11, 387

wiln

(n.)
Grammar
wiln, e; f.

A maid-servanta hand-maid

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Oft on ánre tíde. ácenð seó cwén and seó wyln... and ðære wylne sunu wunaþ eal his líf on ðeówte, Homl. Th. i. no, 27: Gen. 21, 13. Ne wilna ðú ðínes néhstan wylne, Ex. 20, 17. Gif wíffæst man hine forlícge be his ágenre wylne, L. C.

on-cweðan

(v.)

of animate beings, to reply, respondto echo back, give back a sound, reply

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Swilce ealle ða anlícnyssa ðe on ðære byrig tó godon gesette wǽron, ðæt hí ealle ætgædere oncwǽdon and ánre stemne clypedon, ðæt hí áweg ðanon woldon . . . and swilce ða strǽta ealle eác oncwǽdon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 93-98.

smíc

(n.)
Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es; m.

Smoke, vapour, steam

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Ðonne hé (the root) tóbrocen byþ, hé rýcþ eal swylce hé smíc of him ásænde i. 260, 9. Ðæs drinces smýc heora eágan onfón 348, 22. Sméc vaporem Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 15. [Ne michte ut seon for smike O. E. Homl. i. 161, 16. Smeche ii. 220, 18.

Linked entries: sméc smoca

déman

(v.)
Grammar
déman, to démanne, démenne; part. démende; ic déme, ðú démest,démst, he démeþ, démþ, pl.démaþ ; p. démde, pl. démdon; impert. dém, déme, pl. démaþ, déme ge; pp. démed; v. trans. dat. acc. [dóm judgment, opinion]

DEEM, judge, think, consider, estimate, reckon, determine, examine, prove, doom, condemn judicāre, arbitrāri, æstimāre, censēre, recensēre, decernĕre, sancīre, examināre, condemnāre

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Nǽfre God démeþ ðæt ǽnig ðæs earm geweorþe God never deems [ = decrees] that any should become so poor, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 17; Crä. 16.

Linked entries: a-déman doeman

segn

(n.)
Grammar
segn, segen, es ; m. n.
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Eall mín weorod . . . herebeácen and segnas beforan mé lǽddon totum agmen me . . . sequebatur cum signis et uexillis, Nar. 7, 16. <b>IIa.</b> used metaphorically Wynród segn sóðfæstra the cross, the standard of the righteous, Salm.

Linked entry: segen

weorold-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-mann, es; m.
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</b> a man engaged in secular, as opposed to ecclesiastical, affairs, a layman :-- Nalæs ðæt án ðæt ðás ðing dyden weoruldmen (saeculares viri ), ac eác swylce ðæt Drihtnes eówde, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 25.

wýscan

(v.)
Grammar
wýscan, p. te
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Skt. i. 5, 401. where the words of the wish are given Alexander ðá wíscte: 'Eálá gif ðú wǽre hund,' Homl.

Linked entry: wíscan

be-swícan

to decoyensnarebeguileto betrayto defraudsupplantto circumventto seducemislead

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Cnut gewende him út, and wearð þet earme folc þus beswican þurh hine, 1014; P. 145, 22

Linked entry: be-swícende

dohtig

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
dohtig, def. se dohtiga; adj. [dohte, p. of dugan to avail]
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DOUGHTY, valiant, good; fortis, valĭdus, probus Forþférde Hacun, se dohtiga eorl, on sǽ Hakon, the doughty earl, died at sea, Chr. 1030: Erl. 162, 40. Ðyssa þinga is gecnǽwe ǽlc dohtig man on Cent [MS. Kænt] and on Súþ-Seaxum [MS.

Linked entry: DYHTIG

eorþ-sele

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-sele, es ; m. [sele a hall]

An earth-hall, cavesubterrānea aula, antrum

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An earth-hall, cave; subterrānea aula, antrum Eald is ðes eorþsele this earth-hall is old, Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 12; Kl. 29. Mec se mánsceáða of eorþsele út geséceþ the atrocious spotter will seek me out fram his earth-hall, Beo. Th. 5023; B. 2515.

fót-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fót-swæþ, gen. -swæðes; pl. nom. acc. -swaðu; n: fot-swaðu, e; f.

A foot-tracefoot-printpĕdis vestīgium

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Eall ðæt rýmet, ðe eówer fótswaðu on bestæpþ, ic eów forgife omnem lŏcum, quem calcāvĕrit vestīgium pĕdis vestri, vōbis trādam, Jos. 1, 3. Ðíne fótswaða nǽron oncnáwene vestīgia tua non cognoscentur, Ps. Lamb. 76, 20

helfe

(n.)
Grammar
helfe, es; m. n.

Helvehandle

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Gaderode me hylfa tó ǽlcum ðara tóla ðe ic mid wircan cúðe I gathered me handles for each of the tools that I could work with, Shrn. 163, 6

panne

(n.)
Grammar
panne, an; f.
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Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan, and hé clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan, ðæt hé wæs eall sweart, Shrn. 69, 27-29