wíf-hearpe
A woman's harp
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A woman's harp On glígbeáme (owif*-*hearpan = on wifhearpan? MS. C. ) in tympano, Ps. Spl. 150, 4
Linked entry: hearpe
hǽðiht
Heathy
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Heathy In ða hǽðihtan lége to the heathy lea, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 121, 21 : 262, 22
ge-þrang
A throng ⬩ crowd ⬩ tumult ⬩ turba ⬩ tumultus
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A throng, crowd, tumult; turba, tumultus On geþrang in the throng, Byrht. Th. 140, 36; By. 299
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hinder-þeóstru
Darkness in a remote or low place
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Darkness in a remote or low place Of helwarena hinderþeóstrum ex inferno inferiori, Ps. Th. 85, 12
á-segendness
An offering
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An offering Nymþe hé mid ásegendnisseum (muneribus) in eóde, Nar. 24, 17. Similar entries Cf. on-sægdness
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BǼL
fire ⬩ flame ⬩ ignis ⬩ flamma ⬩ the fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burned ⬩ a funeral pile ⬩ rogus ⬩ pyra
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fire, flame; ignis, flamma Hæfde landwara líge befangen, bǽle and bronde he had enveloped the inhabitants of the land with flame, with fire and brand, Beo. Th. 4633; B. 2322: 4606; B. 2308. Bǽles cwealm in helle the torment of the fire in hell, Andr.
godcund
Of the nature of God ⬩ divine ⬩ religious ⬩ sacred
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Of the nature of God, divine, religious, sacred Seó godcunde ǽ lex divina, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 2. Wiotan ǽgðer ge godcundra háda ge woruldcundra wise men both of religious and secular orders, Past. Pref; Swt. 3, 3, 8; Hat. MS. Hér sende Gregorius pápa
Greátan leag
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Probably Greatley, near Andover, Hants; Greatanleagensis Ealle ðis wæs gesetted on ðam miclan synoð æt Greátanleage, on ðam wæs se ærcebisceop Wulfhelme, mid eallum ðǽm æðelum mannum, and wiotan [and Æðelstáne cyninge] all this was established in the
geómrung
A groaning, moaning, lamentation ⬩ gĕmĭtus, lāmentum
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A groaning, moaning, lamentation; gĕmĭtus, lāmentum Brytta geómerung gĕmĭtus Brittanōrum, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 42. Fram geómrunga heortan mínre a gĕmĭtu cordis mei, Ps. Spl. 37, 8. On geómerunga mínre in gĕmĭtu meo, 6, 6: Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 14. Hí getácniaþ
un-gedafenlíce
Unbecomingly ⬩ unseasonably ⬩ inordinately ⬩ in an unseemly manner ⬩ indecently
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Unbecomingly, unseasonably, inordinately, in an unseemly manner, indecently Óðer ðara irsunga bið tó ungemetlíce and tó ungedafenlíce átyht on ðæt ðe hió mid ryhte irsian sceall illa ira in hoc, quod debet, inordinate extenditur, Past. 40; Swt. 293,
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wiþ-metenness
Comparison
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Comparison Wiþmetenes comparatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 79. Ðyslíc mé is gesewen ðis andwarde líf tó wiþmetenysse ðære tíde ðe ús uncúþ is talis mihi videtur vita praesens ad comparationem ejus quod nobis incertum est temporis, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 14. Wiðmetennysse
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yppe
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A raised place, a look-out place Yppe vel weardsteal spectacula, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 35. a stage, platform Glígmanna yppe orcestra vel pulpitus, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 36. a dais, the raised floor in a hall. Cf. Icel. pallr for this sense Eode æþeling ( Beowulf
ge-drencan
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Add: to cause to drink, supply a person with drink Wætre snytres gidrenceð hine Drihten aqua sapientiae potabit illum Dominus, Rtl. 46, 11. Gidrencde, 84, 33. <b>I a.</b> to supply an object with moisture, saturate :-- Gedrenctest inebriasti
heáfod-land
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Take here hafud-land in Dict., and add: [v. land; ] Of ðǽre stréte on ðá díc ðe scýt tó ðám heáfodlande; ðonne on westhealfe ðæs heáfodlandes, C. D. v. 275, 17-19. Tó þám heáfodlonde, iii. 384, 32. Of þǽm wege á be þǽm heáfodlande; ꝥ eft in ꝥ óþer heáfodlond
lippa
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Add: [Weler is generally used where modern English would have lip, e. g. in Ps. 51, 15 (quoted at R. Ben. 69, 9) labia is rendered by weleras in R. Ben. 62, 10, and in all the versions of the Psalter.] I. either of the two fleshy structures which form
rihtung
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Add Hé him æfterfyligde in þæs mynstres rihtunge and hláforddóme ei in monasterii regimine successit, Gr. D. 96, 7. add On ðisum ðrým tíman andbidað God mancynnes rihtinge and góde wæstmas, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 15. Gif hí ne becumað hér tó rihtingce (
sǽtnung
plot, snare ⬩ seditio
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a lying in wait, plot, snare, Hé hine bæd ðæt hé his líf gescylde wið swá mycles éhteres sǽtningum obsecrans ut vitam suam a tanti persecutoris insidiis tutando servaret, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 513, 5. Hé him ða sǽtnunge (insidias) gewearnode ðæs unholdan cyninges
toll
Toll, ⬩ tax, ⬩ custom, ⬩ duty, ⬩ due ⬩ that which is paid to the state. ⬩ that which is paid to individuals ⬩ taking toll
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Toll, tax, custom, duty, due. that which is paid to the state. See also IV. Cynelíc toll fiscale tributum, Hpt. Gl. 440, 43. Nim ðone wecg, and syle tó tolle for mé and for ðé, Homl. Th. i. 512, 5. Æt hwám nimaþ cyningas gafol oððe toll reges terrae
hol
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Add Hol cava (or under hol a hole ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 63. Holum cavo 21, 60. having a void space within Ræsde án nǽddre of holum treówe, Shrn. 144, 27. Þú nymst ánne holne hláf (a loaf with the crumb taken out?) tolles tortam panis unius crustulam
Domuc
Dunwich, on the sea coast of Suffolk, the seat of the first East Anglian bishopric, which was subsequently fixed at Norwich ⬩ loci nomen in agri Suffolciensi ora maritĭma
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Dunwich, on the sea coast of Suffolk, the seat of the first East Anglian bishopric, which was subsequently fixed at Norwich; loci nomen in agri Suffolciensi ora maritĭma Alfhun bisceop forþférde on Sudberi, and he wearþ bebyrged in Domuce, and Tídfriþ
Linked entry: Dommoc-ceaster