sprecolness
Talkativeness, loquacity
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Talkativeness, loquacity Genihtsumian on gebeórscypum specolnyss gewunaþ abundare in conuiuiis loquacitas solet, Scint. 170, 15
beán-land
Land on which beans are grown
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Land on which beans are grown Ðone þriddan æcer beánlandes, C. D. iii. 366, 20
bebod-dæg
A day appointed
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A day appointed (by the church) On ðám beboddagum þínra háligra, Angl. xi. 102, 67
Ceortes íg
CHERTSEY ⬩ Certesia
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Cerot's island, CHERTSEY, in Surrey, on the bank of the Thames; Ceroti insula, Certesia, in agro Surriensi, ad ripam Tamesis fluminis Ercenwold getimbrede mynster on Súþrigena lande, be Temese streáme, on ðære stówe ðe is nemned Ceortes íge Earconvaldus
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be-faran
To go round ⬩ to travel through ⬩ go all over ⬩ to traverse ⬩ to go ⬩ march ⬩ encompass ⬩ to surround ⬩ peragrare ⬩ circumvenire
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To go round, to travel through, go all over, to traverse, to go, march, encompass, to surround; peragrare, circumvenire Ne befaraþ ge Israhéla burga ǽrðan ðe mannes sunu cume ye shall not go over the cities of the Israelites before the son of man come
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míl
A mile
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A mile Álecgaþ hit on ánre míle ðone mǽstan dǽl fram ðæm túne, ðonne óðerne ... óð ðe hyt eall áled biþ on ðære ánre míle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 30-32: Blickl. Homl. 129, 4. Leóuue, míle milliarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 7. Twelf míla, Blickl. Homl. 197, 23
munuc-líc
Monastic
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Monastic On munuclícre drohtnunge in monachica conversatione, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 96, 46 : Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 2 : 4, 27; S. 603, 24. Hé wolde árǽran on his biscopríce munuclícne regol, Homl. Skt. 6, 59. Healdan his munuclíce scrúdware, L. Eth. v. 6; Th.
ge-rúm
Room, space ⬩ spătium
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Room, space; spătium Hí náuðer ne gestillan ne móton, ne eác swíðor styrian, ðonne he him ðæt gerúm his wealdleðeres toforlǽt they neither can be still, nor yet move farther, than he allows to them the space of his rein, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 8. Eódon on gerúm
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ge-sceádan
To separate, distinguish, discern, decide ⬩ to separate
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To separate, distinguish, discern, decide Wéron gesceádad from exceptis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 21. Ðú ðe gesceádest qui separasti, Rtl. 182, 31: 36, 27. Gesceád distingue, 36, 29. Wolde hilde gesceádan would decide the war, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 25; Exod.
ge-mong
A mixture, crowd, throng, company ⬩ commixtio, turba, cætus
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A mixture, crowd, throng, company; commixtio, turba, cætus Ðǽr is sib bútan níþe hálgum on gemonge there is amity without envy among the holy, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 19; Cri. 1661: 59 b; Th. 216, 9; Ph. 265. On gemonge in the throng, Beo. Th. 3290; B.
án-nes
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Dele , and add: unity (as opposed to separation) Þá gód ealle on ánnesse bióþ, and sió ánnes bið on écnesse . . . Sió ánnes and sió gódnes án þing sié, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 23-33. union (as opposed to disagreement) Hú mycel gód is ðǽr ðǽr gebróðru beóð
for-scrífan
to condemn
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Dele II., and add: to condemn Forscrifen (faer-scribaen, -scrifen) addictus (cf. addicit fordémet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 51; addicti, damnati, 77, 54), Txts. 37, 69. Ferscrifenum abdictis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 59. to blunt a weapon by a charm written on it (cf
ge-týd
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Add: -tydd Swylce sum getýd wer sum metervers mid his feþere áwríte, Angl. viii. 317, 22. On hwylcere yldo oððe hú getýd ( quomodo edoctus ) se man beó, Ll. Th. ii. 156, 19. Se getýda lǽce ðæs heofonlican lǽcedómes, ðæt wæs Sc. Paulus peritus medicinae
hyrst
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Add: a wood, copse Hec sunt pascua porcorurn . . . ilia silua sandhyrst norninatur, C. D. ii. 65, 8. an eminence, knoll Wermód on hyrstum heasewe standeð (cf. wermód byð cenned on dúnum and on stǽnilicum stówum, Lch. i. 216, 19) glauca absinthia campi
notian
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Ic notode þǽra hláfa, Hml. S. 23 b 568. <b>I d.</b> :--- Feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh, and on ðǽra yldrena cásera tíman notode, 615. Ðis synd þára bóca tácn þe mon on cyrican tó godcundum þeówdóme notigan sceal . . . Ðonne þú anti-phonariam
gafol-irþ
The ploughing by the ⬩ and the sowing from his own barn of a certain portion of the lord's land and the reaping and carrying of the crop to the lord's barn by way of rent
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The ploughing by the gebúr and the sowing from his own barn of a certain portion of the lord's land and the reaping and carrying of the crop to the lord's barn by way of rent His (the gebúr) gauolyrde .iii. æceras erige and sáwe of his áganum berne,
of-þrycness
Oppression, repression
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Oppression, repression Swá þrycce se magister ða belde on ðæm oferblîðum ðæt ðǽr ne weaxe on him sió ofþrycnes ðæs eges ðe cymþ of ðæs yflan blódes flównesse sic in illo reprimatur repente oborta praecipitatio, ut non convalescat impressa ex conspersione
sófte
Soft ⬩ soft (of sleep), quiet, undisturbed ⬩ soft, luxurious ⬩ gentle, not harsh, not stern
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Soft Sófte suavis Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 54, 5. soft (of sleep), quiet, undisturbed Ic sóftum slǽpe mé gereste Homl. Th. i. 566, 22. soft, luxurious Ne hé ne cume on wearmum bæðe ne on sóftum bedde L. Ælfc. C. 11; Th. ii. 280, 22. On ðam sóftum baðe
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tin
Tin
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Tin Tin stagnum, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 10: 286, 71: Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 15, 11. Ðæt tin, ðonne hit mon mid sumum cræfte gemengþ and tó tine gewyrcþ, ðonne biþ hit swiðe leáslíce on siolufres hiewe. Suá hwá ðonne suá lícet on ðære swingellan, hé biþ ðæm tine
mynster
a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster
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a monastery, a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided Gif hit beón mæg, swá sceal mynster beón gestaþelod, ðæt ealle neádbehéfe þing ðǽr binnan wunian, ðæt is wæterscype, mylen, wyrtún and gehwylce misenlíce cræftas ðe synd góde tó begánne, R