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wræc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-stów, e; f.

a place of exilea place of miserypunishment

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a place of exile Seó stów ðe, ðú nú on hǽft eart, and ðú cwist ðæt ðín wræcstów sý, heó is ðám monnum éþel ðe ðǽron geborene wǽran hic ipse locus, quem iu exsilium vocas, incolentibus patria est, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 27. a place of misery or punishment

feaxede

bushy

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Add: having hair Ðeós wyrt is greáton bógum and swýþe smælon leáfon swylce heó má fexede gesewen sý this plant is with thick boughs and very narrow leaves, it looks rather as if furnished with hair, Lch. i. 250, 20. bushy, full of foliage (?)

Gota

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Wisle lond, and be-eástan þǽm sint Datia, þá þe iú wǽron Gotan, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 18. Hú Bonefatius þám Gotan gefyllde þá flaxan. Hit gelamp ꝥ him cómon twégen men tó of Gotena þeóde, þá sǽdon ꝥ hí tó Rauennan faran woldon, Gr. D. 66, 3-7. Add

hæfenleást

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Ðǽr wana þurh þǽre stówe hæfenleáste sý ubi necessiias loci eæposcit, R. Ben. 65, 6

fæst

Grammar
fæst, <b>.
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</b> of a place that can be shut up :-- Wunion ealle an ánre fæstre wununge omnes in uno conclaui (cf. conclaus, locus conclusus, Corp. Gl. H. 35, 683) atrii, Chrd. 54, 33

réðe-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
réðe-mód, adj.

savage mindsevere mind, wroth

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Ábrecan ne meahton réðemóde (the people of Sodom who were trying to break into Lot's house) reced æfter gistum, 150, 15; Gen. 2492. of justifiable severity or anger, of stern or severe mind, wroth God réðemód reorde gesette eorþbúendum ungelíce, 101,

gǽlsa

lust

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Loca humentia . . . getácniað þá fúlan gǽlsan, Wlfst. 249, 18. Se clǽna cniht hæfde oferswíðod woruldlice gǽlsan, Hml. S. 4, 58: Hml. Th. ii. 70, 24

ge-swefian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swefian, ic -swefige; p. ode; pp. od [swefan to sleep]

To cause to sleepcast asleeplullappeasesōpīresŏpōrāre

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Drihten on róde mid deáþe wæs geswefod the Lord was put to sleep by death on the cross, ii. 260, 18: i. 496, 12: Boutr. Scrd. 19, 37. Ic eom geswefod sŏpōrātus sum, Ps. Lamb. 3, 6

Linked entry: swefian

ge-sýman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sýman, -séman. -sǽman; p. de; pp. ed

To load

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To load Se cyning ge-sýmde gold and seolfor uppan olfendas the king loaded gold and silver upon camels, Homl. Th. i. 458, 23. Ða wǽron gesýmed mid feó and mid hrægle that were laden with money and raiment, Gen. 45, 23.

Linked entry: ge-sǽman

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, e; f.

Lawstatutedecreeregulationrulefixed custom

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[v. lög ii.] lög is rendered 'law community, communion, also a law district.' So in L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 172, 3 it is said :-- Gif hláford his þeówan freólsdæge nýde tó weorce gylde lahslitte inne on Deone lage and wíte mid Englum.

Linked entries: laga lah ge-lagu

mǽg-bót

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-bót, e; f.

The 'bót' paid to the kinsman of a slain man for the slaying of the latter

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If he (the slain man) strove against him that slew him, then let there be no 'bót' to the godfather just as there is no 'wite' to the lord, L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 13-20. Ǽgðer ge mǽgbóte ge manbóte fullíce gebéte, L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 360, 7

tótian

(v.)
Grammar
tótian, p. ode

To peep outlook

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To peep out, look; Halliwell gives toot= to pry inquisitively, as a Northern word Se ceác oferhelede ða oxan ealle búton ða heáfudu tótodon út the basin covered the oxen entirely, except that the heads peeped out; luterem boves portant, qui facie exterius

hladan

to loadto loadfreightcargoto loadto drawto drawto drawto drawobtainto scoop out

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Add: to load a vessel with a freight Wæs naca hladen herewǽdum, mearum and máðmum, B. 1897. to load, furnish abundantly with something. the object a person. the thing material Goldhladen þegn, Fins. 13. the thing non-material Guma gilphlæden, B. 868

án-lípig

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípig, -lýpig; adj. [án one; hlíp, hlýp]

Going alonesolitaryprivatesingularalonesolitariusprivatussingularissolustantus

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Going alone, solitary, private, singular, alone; solitarius, privatus, singularis, solus, tantus Se ðá ánlýpig [MS. ánlýpi] awunode on syndrige stówe fram ðære cyricean qui tum in remotiore ab ecclesia loco solitarius manebat, Bd. 4, 30; S. 609, 1.

ilfette

(n.)
Grammar
ilfette, an: ilfetu, e ; f.

A swan

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Sume fugelas beóþ langsweorede swá swá ylfettan some birds are long-necked, such as swans, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 17

Linked entries: elfetu aelbitu

ceósan

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Voc. ii. 53, 34. to choose a person as lord Ic eom fyrmdig tó þám híwum ꝥ hý hine ceósan, Cht. Th. 487, 28.

dryhten

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Add: a lord Æþelstán cyning, eorla dryhten, Chr. 937; P. 106, 9. Drihtenna ł hláforda dominorum, Ps. L. 135, 3. the Deity Æt ðǽm uferran ende Dryhten hlinode, Past. 101, 20. Dryhtna Dryhten Deus deorum Dominus, Ps. Th. 49, 1.

flǽsc-hama

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Add: the material body, body in contrast with soul Ne mæg him þonne se flǽschoma, þonne him þæt feorg losað, swéte forswelgan, Seef. 94. Ýða wrǽcon árleásra feorh of flǽschoman, Gen. 1385.

neowol-ness

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Add: of a deep place on earen Ofer þá stówe ufon wæs hangiende unmǽte stánclif, and eác beneoðan swíþe deóp neowelnys (niwolnys, niolnes, v.ll.) ginode in loco ingens desuper rupes eminet, et profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18.

regn

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Ðá sægde se bisceop ꝥ nǽfre in þǽm londum regnes dropa ne cwóme arbores . . . cum dicerem frequentibus imbribus in tantum creuisse, acerdos affirmabat nunquam in his locis pluuiam adire, Nar. 28, 2-5. Hrægnas pluuias, Ps. L. 104, 32. Add