gréting
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Add: of speech. courteous terms of address on meeting Þá Elizabeth gehýrde Marian grétinge (groeting[e], L., R.), Lk. 1, 41. respectful address, saluting of a superior Ðá bóceras lufiað grétinga (groetingo(-e), L., R.) on strǽte, 20, 46. Groetengo (
here-beácen
a war-signal ⬩ a beacon ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a lighthouse
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Substitute: a war-signal (lit. or fig.) Herebaecon, -bécon, -bénc simbulum, Txts. 96, 919. Herebǽcun, 101, 1971. Hé sealde háligra fædera herebeácen him, id est, credo sanctorum patrum tradidit symbolum, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 432, 4. a beacon: Úpstandende
wearr
A piece of hard skin (particularly on the hands or feet), callosity
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A piece of hard skin (particularly on the hands or feet), callosity Wear callus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 12. War. i. 291, 8. Wær callositas, Hpt. Gl. 490, 33. Ða wearras and ða swylas ðe beóð on mannes handum oððe on óðrum limum, Lchdm. i. 356, 16. Wiþ weartum
béna
A petitioner ⬩ demander ⬩ rogator ⬩ supplex
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A petitioner, demander; rogator, supplex Gehýr me helpys bénan exaudi me auxilii supplicem Ps. Th. 101, 2. Hý béna wǽron they were demanders, or they demanded Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 36. Hence béna wesan to demand, request Beo. Th. 6272; B. 3140 : Cd. 107
cýs-lyb
Cheese-drug, rennet or runnet ⬩ casei coagulum
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Cheese-drug, rennet or runnet; casei coagulum Haran cýslybb syle drincan ðam wífe give the woman a hare's runnet to drink, Med. ex Quadr. 4, 14; Lchdm. i. 346, 4. Ða meolc geren mid cýslybbe turn the milk with rennet, Lchdm. iii. 18, 11. Cýslybbu coagula
eorþ-fæt
An earthen vessel, the body ⬩ vas terrâ factum, corpus
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An earthen vessel, the body; vas terrâ factum, corpus Se gǽst nimeþ swá wíte swá wuldor, swá him in worulde ðæt eorþfæt ǽr geworhte the spirit receives either punishment or glory, as the body has worked for him before in the world, Exon. 98 a; Th. 367
éðel-riht
A land or country's right ⬩ patrium jus
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A land or country's right; patrium jus Wǽron orwénan éðelrihtes they were hopeless of country's right, Cd. 154; Th. 191, 8; Exod. 211. Stód seó dýgle stów ídel and æmen éðelriehte feor the secret spot stood void and desolate, far from patrial-right,
for-hwǽga
At least ⬩ saltem
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At least; saltem Forhwǽga on fíf mílum oððe on syx mílum fram ðæm feó at least within five or six miles from the property, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 35. Forhwága on ánre míle fram ðæm túne at least within one mile from the town, 1, 1; Bos. 22, 30
fúl
A convicted offender ⬩ reus, qui scĕlĕris damnātus est
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A convicted offender; reus, qui scĕlĕris damnātus est Ðæt hý ne fúl náwár friðian ne feormian nor that they anywhere protect or harbour a convicted offender, L. Ed. 7; Th. i. 162, 25. Be ðon ðe fúl friðiaþ concerning those who protect a convicted offender
mann-weorþ
The value or price of a man
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The value or price of a man Gif mannes esne eorlcundne mannan ofslæhþ ... se ágend ágefe ðone banan, and dó ðǽr þrió manwyrþ tó. Gif se bana óþbyrste feórþe manwyrþ hé tó gedó, L. H. E. 1-2; Th. i. 26, 8-28, 1: 3-4; Th. i. 28, 4-8
gold-fáh
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Variegated or adorned with gold Hió becwiþ him hyre goldfágan treówenan cuppan she bequeaths to him her wooden cup ornamented with gold, Th. Chart. 536, 17: Beo. Th. 621; B. 308: 5615; B. 2811. Goldfág scinon web æfter wagum the hangings along the walls
streám-racu
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The bed or channel of a stream, a water-course Streámracu alveus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 26. Streámrace alveum, ii. 4, 59. Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, Andr. Kmbl. 3158; An. 1582. Fram streámracum óþ ðysse eorðan útgemǽru a flumine usque ad terminos
þǽr-big
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Thereby, by that (person or thing) Gif hwá gefare and nán bearn ne gestriéne, gif hé bróðor lǽfe, fó se tó his wífe. Gif hé ðonne bearn ðǽrbig(-bié, Cott. MSS., by the wife ) gestriéne, ðonne cenne hé ðæt ðam gefarenan bréðer ðe hié ǽr ǽhte, Past. 5;
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ed-níwe
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Se heofonlica mete him dæghwomlíce edníwe ( or adv.? ) of heofenum cóm, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 1: Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 33. Ðeáh ðe eal middangeard sý fram Adames frymðe edniówe geworden, Sal. K. 150, 1. Tó geeácnienne heora ealdan synna mid edníwum synnum peccatis
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ge-rádian
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Add: to reckon (?) þé is behéfe þing Ꝥ þú gemete on getæl, ys swylce íc þus hyt gehrádige (?or gehradige do it quickly. v. ge-hradian), Angl. viii. 303, 27. to prepare Se mæssepreóst sceal cild fullian, swá raðe swá man raðost mæge hí gerádian tó fulluhte
ge-fiscian
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To fish (trans.), to fish for, catch or try to catch fish Críst dyde þæt hí mid his heofonlican láre manna sáwla gefixodon . . . be dám cwæð se wítega : 'Ic ásende míne fisceras, and hí gefixiað hí' ( ego mittam piscatores, et piscabuntur eos, Jer, 16
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cniht-wesende
Being a boy or youth ⬩ while a youth ⬩ dum puer est
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Being a boy or youth, while a youth; dum puer est On ðam mynstre on ðam cnihtwesendum in monasterio tunc puero Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 17: 2, 15; S. 518, 36. Cnihtwesende being a youth Exon. 85a; Th. 320, 34; Wíd. 39; Beo. Th. 750; B. 372: 1075; B. 535
spíca
Spikenard
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Spikenard; any aromatic herb(?) Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum; ðǽr wǽron þreó ða betstan — ele, nardus, spíca (or is this merely the Latin word?), Blickl. Homl. 73, 21. Lǽcedóm . . . spícan wiþ útsihtan, and dracontjan wiþ fúle horas
æfter-genga
One who goes or follows after ⬩ a follower ⬩ successor ⬩ posthumus
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One who goes or follows after, a follower; successor, posthumus Æftergenga posthumus, æfter boren, se ðe biþ geboren æfter bebyrgedum fæder one who is born after the father has been buried, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 32. Ðú me ne derige, ne mínum æftergengum
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a-þrysman
To suffocate with smoke or vapour ⬩ to suffocate ⬩ stifle ⬩ fumo suffocare
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To suffocate with smoke or vapour, to suffocate, stifle; fumo suffocare Hí hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodon they smothered and stifled him in his bed, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 6. Sunne wearþ adwæsced, þreám aþrysmed the sun was darkened, stifled
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