súþ-rima
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A south coast Ðý ilcan sumera forwearð nó læs ðonne xx scipa mid monnum mid ealle be ðam súðriman, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 15: 1009; Erl. 141, 32
Linked entry: súþ-stæþ
wlæcness
Lukewarmness
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Ðý læs hé for wlæcnesse sié út áspiwen ne tepidus evomatur, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 16, 18
grytta
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Dele last passage, for which see hwǽte-gryttan, and add Hic furfur þás grytta, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 48, 17. Berene gryta (gritta, v. l. ), Lch. i. 354, 2
nytweorþlíce
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Ðæt hí ðæs ðe nytweorþlícor gehiérden ðá hálgan láre, ðe hí ǽr wilnodon ðæt hí gehíran mósten ut quanto anxie quaererent, tanto utiliter audirent, Past. 443, 12. Add
hóced
Shaped like a hook, ⬩ curved
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Shaped like a hook, curved Óþ ðat hit cymþ tó ðan hókedan gáran until it comes to the curved strip of land, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 434, 10
mǽrþu
greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work
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Lamb. 144, 6. Eálá mín drihten . . mǽrþum gefrǽge, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 4; Met. 20, 2. Hine God trymede mǽrþum and mihtum him God confirmed with glory and with might, Elen.
sócn
a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish
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Ælfwine abbod saca and sócna ( sacam et socam, Lat.) . . .
Linked entry: fird-sócn
ge-bícnan
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Add: I. to make a significant gesture that gives or asks for information, to point to an object, inquire by signs Án lamb bícnode mid his swýðran fét, swilce hit þá wæterǽddran geswutelian wolde.
dægþern
A day's space ⬩ diei spatium
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A day's space;diei spatium Lǽt simle dægþerne betweonum leave always a day's space between, L. M. 2, 39; Lchdm. ii. 248, 20: 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 268, 1
ár-fæt
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Dó on árfæt, lǽt standan on þám árfate, ii. 34, 5. Meng on árfæt, 124, 25. Add
burg-leód
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Cf. land-leód
míddel-ǽdr
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A middle vein, median vein Lǽt him blód of innanearme of þǽre miclan ǽdre þǽre middelǽdre, Lch. ii. 234, 6. Sceal mon on þǽre middelǽdre blód lǽtan, 210, 11
tíd-sang
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Sí gedón tácn nónes, ꝥ fylige se tídsang agatur signum none, quod sequatur ipse laus, Angl. xiii. 399, 483. Cyrclice tídsang[as] canonicas horas, An. Ox. 56, 317. Add
weddian
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add: of the part played by the priest at the marriage Brýdguman and brýde mæssepreóst sceal weddian be lagum sponsus et sponsa a sacerdote legibus sponsentur, Chrd. 81, 9
æcer-geard
An enclosure of arable land ⬩ or the fence of a field
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An enclosure of arable land (? = Icel. akra-, akr-gerði) or the fence of a field (? v. geard) On ðone æcergeard; á be ðǽm gearde, C. D. iii. 458, 24
Linked entry: geard
bráde
Broadly, widely
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Broadly, widely late Físon bráde bebúgeþ Pison widely encompasses it, Cd. 12;Th. 14, 23;Gen. 223: Exon. 13 a;Th. 24, 5;Cri. 380: Ps. Th. 106, 37
hlǽw
a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave
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Kmbl. iii. xxxi], and exists still in the forms -low, as Ludlow, Hounslow; and -law, frequently applied to hills in Scotland. [Cf.
Linked entry: hláw
ge-nyhtsumian
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Him mæg heora ágen lár genihtsumian, Hml. Th. ii. 594, 18. <b>III a.</b> used impersonally :-- Þí lǽs ðe hit ne genihtsumige ús and eów ne forte non sufficiat nobis et vobis, Hml.
edwít-spræc
Contemptuous speech, scorn ⬩ opprobrium, imprŏpĕrium, cavillātio
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Contemptuous speech, scorn; opprobrium, imprŏpĕrium, cavillātio Ðý-læs ic scyle þrówian edwítspræce lest I shall suffer contemptuous speech. Andr. Kmbl. 161; An. 81: Ps. Th. 88, 43: 101, 6
ang-sum
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Hí þæne ancsuman weg geceósað, be þǽm se Hǽlend cwyð, 'Ancsum and neara is se weg þe tó lífe lǽt,' R. Ben. 20, 9. Add