wrocen
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Of ðam byrcelse on wrocene; andlang wrocene in Uppinghǽma gemǽre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 124, 13. Be eástan wrocena stybbe; ðæt swá tó wrocena stybbe, v. 297, 26
dǽlan
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Ic wille dǽlan ðá yfelan ðám yfelum on twá; óþer dǽl þára yflena hæfð éce wíte, . . . óþer dǽl sceal beón geclǽnsod, Bt. 38, 4; F. 202, 27. to break up union, association Ne ceara þú fleáme dǽlan somwist incre, Gen. 2279. intrans. to separate (intrans
stirne
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Stern, hard, austere, rigorous, severe Ic wát ðæt ðú eart swíðe styrne mann scio quia homo durus es (Mt. 25, 24), Homl. Th. ii. 552, 31. Cyning sceal beón milde ðám gódum and styrne ðám yfelum, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 306, 1 : Wulfst. 267, 3.
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gold
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Cnihtas cúþ gedydon ðæt hie him ðæt gold to gode noldon habban the youths made known that they would not have that gold [the golden image] as their god, Cd. 182; Th. 228, 4; Dan. 197: 183; Th. 229, 9; Dan. 216. Reád gold aurum obrizum, Ælfc.
relic-gang
A going to visit relics
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A going to visit relics Seó tíd is nemned laetania majora . . . on ðæm dæge call Godes folc mid eáðmódlíce relicgonge sceal God biddan ðæt hé him forgefe siblíce tíd, Shrn. 74, 10. Letanias, ðæt is ðonne béne and relicgongas, 79, 29
úþ-mǽte
Immense ⬩ very great
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Immense, very great Ðǽr hangade úþmǽte leóhtfæt, byrnende dæges and nihtes ofer ðara Drihtnes fóta swaða (cf. Hangaþ ðǽr eác bufan ðǽm lástum geregnod swíþe mycel leóhtfæt ... and bið á dæges and nihtes byrnende, Blickl. Homl. 127, 29) Shrn. 81, 17
purpure
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Hié woldon ða onwaldes forlǽtan, and ða purpuran álecgan ða hié weredon purpuram imperiumque deponerent, Swt. 280, 21
þurh-þyrelian
to pierce through ⬩ make a hole through ⬩ perforate
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Ðá ic ðone wáh ðurhðyreludne hæfde 'fode parietem.' Cum fodissem parietem, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 17. Ðæt mon ðurhðyrelige ðone weall ... Hé cuæð: 'Ðá ic hæfde ðone weall ðurhðyrelod, Swt. 155, 1-3.
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ge-tellan
To tell ⬩ number ⬩ reckon ⬩ esteem ⬩ consider ⬩ ascribe ⬩ assign ⬩ numerare ⬩ computare ⬩ reputare ⬩ comparare ⬩ dinumerare
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Ðá getealdon hie ðæt ðǽr wæs eác syx hund manna acweald then they reckoned that there were six hundred men slain, Blickl. Homl. 203, 27.
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ymbren-fæsten
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The fast of the Ember-days Ðæt man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit ymbrenfæsten, sí hit lengctenfæsten, L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 22. Ðæt ymbrenfæsten byð on ðissum mónþe ( December ), Anglia viii. 311, 39.
unriht-hǽmed
Unlawful cohabitation ⬩ illicit intercourse ⬩ adultery ⬩ fornication
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On ðæt hnesce bedd ðæs gesinscipes, næs on ða heardan eorðan ðæs únryhthǽmdes, 51; Swt. 397, 23. Ne ða unfæsðrádan ðe ne magon hira unryhthǽmdes geswícan neque adulteri, neque molles, neque masculorum concubitores, Swt. 401, 28.
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leác-tric
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Ðá geseah heó ǽnne leáhtric ðá lyste hí ðæs and hine genam and forgeat ðæt heó hine mid Cristes ródetácne gebletsode then she saw a lettuce and had a longing for it, and took it and forgot to bless it with the sign of the cross, iii. 336, col. 1.
Linked entry: cærse
wǽt
wet, moisture ⬩ liquor, drink
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wet, moisture Se cyle geþrowode wið ða hǽto, and ðæt wǽt wiþ ðám drýgum, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 33: Met. 20, 74. liquor, drink Hé ána gereorde, and be dǽle ǽt and wǽt gewanod sý reficiat solus, sublata ei portione sua de vino, R. Ben. 69, 14.
of-sittan
to sit upon, press down by sitting ⬩ to sit upon, oppress ⬩ to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) ⬩ to sit about, besiege ⬩ to repress, check, present motion
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Ðæt mód sǽde ðæt hit wǽre ofseten (cf. ofþrycced, Fox 24, 14) mid ðæs láðes sâre, Bt. 8, tit.; Fox x. 19. to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) Ðæt sió oferflôwnes ðæra geþohta ne meahte ofsittan ðæs sacerdes heortan quatenus
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heáh-fæder
A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. God ⬩ God the Father ⬩ patriarca
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Seó stondeþ on ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhfæder she stands on the right hand of the Father, Shrn. 118, 9: Rood Kmbl. 266; Kr. 134. Ðeodosius se wæs ðære hǽðenre héhfæder Theodosius who was the patriarch of the heathens, Nar. 40, 5.
med-micel
not great ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ not great ⬩ trifling ⬩ venial ⬩ not important ⬩ not great ⬩ lowly ⬩ mean ⬩ poor
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Ðá féng hé tó medmycclan bigleofan, ðæt wæs tó ðam berenan hláfe, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 34, 5. Hæfde hé medmycel ( permodicum ) mynster, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 21. Cærenes gódne bollan fulne, and ecedes medmicelne, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 20.
hús-carl
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On gewitnesse eallra ðæs kynges húscarlan [-carla?], 291, 15. Ða Densca húscarles, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 25. Man gerǽdde ðæt Ælfgifu Hardacnutes módor sǽte on Winceastre mid ðæs cynges húscarlum hyra suna, 1036; Erl. 165, 5
mid-hrif
The mid-riff ⬩ the diaphragm ⬩ separating the heart from the stomach ⬩ the entrails
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Wið ðæt mannes midrif ace, Herb. cont. 3, 6; Lchdm. i. 6, 21. Midrife, Lchdm. i. 88, 11. On ðam uferan hrife oððe on ðam midhrife, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm ii. 260, 20. Of ðam midhrife, se is betweox ðære wambe and ðære lifre, 2, 56; Lchdm. ii. 278, 10
tó-gædere
Together ⬩ union, ⬩ association, ⬩ joining, ⬩ mingling,
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Kmbl. 2875; An. 1440. marking hostile meeting Ðá hí tógædere gán sceoldon ðá onstealdan ða heretogan ǽrest ðone fleám when the battle should have been joined, the leaders were the first to fly, Chr. 993; Erl. 132, 15: 998; Erl. 134, 18: Beo.
hosp-word
A word expressing contempt, contumely, reproach, abuse
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Ðá hét martianus mid his hospwordum ðæt hé sǽde his síþ him eallum then Martianus bade him with expressions of contempt tell his journey to them all, Homl. Swt. 4, 283: Exon. 68 b; Th. 253, 33; Jul. 189.