botl-gestreón
Household property, goods, or treasure ⬩ domesticæ opes
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Household property, goods, or treasure; domesticæ opes Chus wæs brytta bróðrum sínum botlgestreóna Cush was a dispenser of household treasures to his brothers, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 32; Gen. 1621. Lameh onféng æfter fæder dæge botlgestreónum Lamech succeeded
ge-sceót
shooting, hurling ⬩ rapid movement as of anything shot
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shooting, hurling Ge mid gesceótum [or gesceotum?] Similar entries v. gesceot ge mid stána torfungum both with shootings and flingings of stones, Ors. 3, 9: Bos, 68, 19. rapid movement as of anything shot Ða wǽmna flugon mid swiftum gesceóte on heora
ge-mæc
Equal, like, well-matched, suited
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Equal, like, well-matched, suited Hí wíf habbaþ him gemæc they are well-matched in marriage, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 4. Gemæcca ł gelíco æquales [or v. ge-mæcca?], Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 36. Ic me ful gemæcne monnan funde I found a man fully equal to me, Exon
þeóf-gild
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Payment made in the way of fine or compensation by one convicted of stealing Swerian hí ðæt him nǽfre áð ne burste, ne hé þeófgyld ne gulde (i.e. that he had never been convicted of stealing ), L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 13: iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 13: L.
wræc-síþian
To be ⬩ travel in a foreign country, to be in exile
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To be or travel in a foreign country, to be in exile Ic wræcsíðige peregrinor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 145, 19. Ðæt hine mann ásende ofer sǽ on wræcsíð tó sumum wéstene, on ðam ðe cristene menn for geleáfan fordémde wræcsíðedon, Homl. Th. i. 560, 22. Tó wræcsíðienne
wundel
A wound ⬩ sore
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A wound (lit. or fig.), sore Gif hwylc lǽwede man óðerne wundige, gebéte wið hine ða wunde (wundlan, wundlác, v.ll.), L. Ecg. P. iv. 22; Th. ii. 210, 25. Wið níwe wundela (wunda, v.1. ), Lchdm. i. 8, 14: 10, 9: 92, 21: 100, 1: 108, 19: 296, 6, 17. His
á-cwincan
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Add: of fire (lit. or fig.) Ðá candela ácwuncon, Hml. S. 35, 314. Ácwunce delitesceret (scintilla ), Angl. xiii. 365, 9. Ðæt leóhtfæt sceolde ácwyncan, Hml. S. 23, 810. of other things Ic ácwince fatesco, Hpt. Gl. 501, 21. Ácwincað fatescunt, i. deficiunt
amer
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A kind of corn, spelt. In C. D. iii. 118, 20 occurs omer-lond, and in iv. 157, 34 omer-mád. Could the omer in either case correspond to O. H. Ger. amer far, ador?: cf. O. H. Ger. place-names Amar-lant, -feld. Or is the form to be identified with amore
cyne-ríce
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Add: royal power or authority Óswoldes cyneríce wearð gerýmed swá ꝥ feówer þeóda hine underféngon tó hláforde, Hml. S. 26, 104. Næs nán eorðlic cynincg ofer hí cyneríce underféncg, 18, 7. [Laws for a haill country and kinrick, Rob Roy i. 216. v. N. E
efen-wiht
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Substitute: One of equal condition (?), fellow, associate Sceóte man ælmessan . . . hwílum be mannes efenwihte, hwílum be freótmen, hwílum be healffreón sometimes in the case of a man's equal (?), sometimes in that of the freedman or the half-free, Wlfst
ge-méde
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Add: of persons Hí óðer twéga oððe wíf habbað him gemæc, oððe him geméde nabbað, Bt. II l ; S. 24, 9. of things, that satisfies requirements, adequate, suitable Heó hit Ósulfe on ǽht gesealde wið gemédan feó ( the land was sold for a fair price, or
geanðe
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Mið ðý wæs Petrus in worð from geanðe ł sunduria (deorsum. Has the glosser taken deorsum = de adversum and glossed it by from geán, and written both word, ðe = or, and symbol, ł, to connect this gloss with an alternative one, which, however, seems to
hláfording
a prince ⬩ sovereign ⬩ a prince ⬩ noble
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a prince, sovereign Nis ná má hláfordinga on worulde þonne twégen, God Ælmihtig and deófol, Wlfst. 298, 7. a prince, noble, lord spiritual or temporal Hit wes gesitolad þám hláfordingan þá þǽron wéron, þæt wes Adelwold bisceof and Ælfstán bisceop and
un-eáþe
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add: — Hit bið swíðe uniéðe ǽgðer tó dónne, ge wið ðone tó cídanne ðe yfel déð, ge eác sibbe wið tó habbenne difficile erat, at, si male acta corriperent, habere pacem cum omnibus possent, Past. 355. 41. add: Swá þéh þe him lytles hwæt uniéðe sié, hú
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sár-slege
A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains
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A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains Wé ða heardestan wítu geþoliaþ þurh sárslege, Exon. Th. 262, 31; Jul. 341: 275, 8; Jul. 547. Ne móstun hý Gúþláces gǽste sceþþan, ne þurh sárslege sáwle gedǽlan wið líchoman, 115, 31; Gú. 198. Ðá wæs hé swungen
hearm-loca
An enclosed place where hurt or affliction is suffered, a prison
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An enclosed place where hurt or affliction is suffered, a prison Wræcstówe under hearmlocan gefóran they reached their place of exile in hell, Cd. 5; Th. 6, 19; Gen. 91. Hé his maguþegne under hearmlocan hǽlo ábeád he announced safety to his servant
breóst-geþanc
the heart, mind ⬩ thought ⬩ The thought of the heart or mind, a thought ⬩ cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio
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[breóst the heart, mind, geþanc thought] The thought of the heart or mind, a thought; cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio Annanias ðec, and Adzarias and Misaél, Metod, dómige breóstgeþancum Hananiah and Azariah and Mishael glorify thee, O God, in their
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horn-boga
A bow with the ends curved like a horn or a bow made of horn [?], ⬩ a horn-bow,
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A bow with the ends curved like a horn or a bow made of horn [?], [cf. Icel. horn-bogi a horn-bow, Cl. and Vig. Dict.] Léton forþ fleógan hildenædran of hornbogan, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 34; Jud. 222 : Beo. Th. 4866 : B. 2437. Ðǽr hé hornbogan [horn began
ofer-sprecan
to say too much, use too many words ⬩ to say too much, more than is just ⬩ blasphemare
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to say too much, use too many words Ne flýt ðú wið ánwilne man ne wið ofersprecenne don't dispute with an obstinate man, or with one using too many words, Prov. Kmbl. 5. to say too much, more than is just Ofersprecendes obloquentis, Ps. Lamb
cristnian
To christianize ⬩ catechize ⬩ catechizare
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To christianize, catechize; catechizare Ðæt Paulinus ðǽr ðæt folc cristnode and fullode [MS. cristnade RUNE fullade] that Paulinus might there christen and baptize the people, or as the original Latin of Bede has it, with greater precision, — ut Paulinus