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snide

(n.)
Grammar
snide, es; m.

a cut, incision ⬩ slaying ⬩ concisio, laceratio

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Gif ðú wille on snide blód forlǽtan if you wish to let blood at an incision Lchdm. ii. 148, 10: 16, 5. slaying Similar entries v. sníðan, IV Swá swá scép tó snide tamquam ouis ad occisionem Engl. Stud. xiii. 27, 9

Linked entry: snáþ

mǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ, es; n. (?)

Math in after-math ⬩ mowing ⬩ hay-harvest

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ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre síþe tó rípe free from every secular service except three things; one is church scot, and (the other two) that he [work] with all his might twice a-year, once at hay-harvest, the other time at corn-harvest, Cod. Dip.

fýran

(v.)
Grammar
fýran, fýrian; p. de, ede

To furrow, cut with a ploughshare

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To furrow, cut with a ploughshare (lit. and fig.) Fýreð obliquat (ferri stimulus. . . sulcos obliquat ad instar aratri, Ald. 263, 12. The passage occurs in a riddle, 'De pugillaribus'), Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 67.

fræne

Grammar
fræne, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 55, is Latin. Cf. oreae, frenae. Corp. Gl. H. 87. 259. Cf. too Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 43 where Latin frena
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is given as an English gloss to pugula

hwiða

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Whiðe aura (abl.), An. Ox, 2, 420. Add

á-scunelic

(adj.)
Grammar
á-scunelic, adj.

Detestable

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Detestable Tó áscunelicum ad detestabile, An. Ox. 4016

écan

(v.)
Grammar
écan, ǽcan, ícan, iécan, ýcan, ýcean, ic éce, ðú écest, he écþ, pl. écaþ; p. écte, pl. écton, éhton; pp. éced [eáca an addition]

EKE, increase, prolong, add ⬩ augēre, appōnĕre

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Hwæt biþ ðé ealles seald oððe éced swá from ðære inwitfullan yflan tungan quid dētur tĭbi aut quid appōnātur tĭbi a lingua dŏlōsa? 119, 3

Linked entries: ǽcan ge-ícan

breóst-weall

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-weall, es; m. [breóst, weall
a wall
]

a wall ⬩ A wall as high as the breast a rampart, defence; ⬩ structura in muris ad pectus munimentum, alta, propugnaculum,

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A wall as high as the breast a rampart, defence;; structura in muris ad pectus munimentum, alta, propugnaculum, Cot. 199

ealu-sceop

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-sceop, es; m.

An ale-brewer, a brewer ⬩ cervĭsiārius

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An ale-brewer, a brewer; cervĭsiārius. Som. Ben. Lye

be-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícian, p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad [be, swícian to wander]

To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free from ⬩ evadere, carere

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To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free from; evadere, carere Ða ðe ðone deáþ beswícian myhton [myhtan MS.] qui mortem evadere poterant, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 1. Ðæt he ðone écan deáþ beswícode ut ipse mortem evaderet æternam, Bd. 3. 23; S. 555,

a-néhst

(adv.)

at last ⬩ in the last place ⬩ ad ultimum ⬩ ultimo

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at last, in the last place; ad ultimum, ultimo

awel

(n.)

an awl ⬩ subula ⬩ fuscinula ⬩ harpago ⬩ άρπάγη

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an awl; subula, fuscinula, harpago = άρπάγη,Cot. 84: 53

Linked entries: æl awul

æscene

vastaretur ⬩ eradere

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vastaretur, An. Ox. 37, 4 [ = ? ǽ-scefe; cf. (?) scafan:]

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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Him man sælle án half swulung ... and mon selle him tó ðem londe .iiii. oxan, and .ii. cý, and l. scǽpa, 470, 8-14. Ðisses londes aran thrié sulong æt hægethe thorne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 235, 7.

Linked entry: swulung

-mód

(suffix)
Grammar
-mód, Add: v. ǽ-, fast-, ge-, geþyld-, hefig-, hoh-, hræd-, leás- [v. leásmód-ness], lytel-, mád-, seóc-, stearc-, strang-, swǽr-, þole-, unrót-, wác-, weá-, wiþer-mód.

cild-geong

(adj.)
Grammar
cild-geong, adj.

Young as a child ⬩ infans

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Young as a child; infans. Andr. Kmbl. 1369; An. 685

ealo-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
ealo-fæt, es; n.

An ale-vat, vessel in which ale was left to ferment ⬩ lăcus

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An ale-vat, vessel in which ale was left to ferment; lăcus Under ðæt ealo-fæt under the ale-vat, L. M. 1, 67; Lchdm. ii. 142, 12

Linked entry: ealu-fæt

here-cumbol

(n.)
Grammar
here-cumbol, -combol, es; m.

A military signal

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It is not so much an articulate sound, as a general cry of valour. They aim chiefly at a harsh note and a confused roar, putting their shields to their mouths, so that, by reverberation, it may swell into a fuller and deeper sound.'

spircan

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Hé hét mycel ád ontendan on ymbhwyrfte ðæs mǽdenes and mid pice hí besprengan and mid spyrcendum ele, Hml. S. 9, 118. (Both these passages refer to the same circumstance.)

eall-gréne

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-gréne, adj.

All-green ⬩ omnīno vĭrĭdis

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All-green; omnīno vĭrĭdis Hwá furðum teóde eorþan eall-gréne who first produced the earth all-green, Andr. Recd. 1599; An. 799

Linked entry: æle-gréne

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