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hreáðe-mús

(n.)
Grammar
hreáðe-mús, e; f.

a bat

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M. 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 236, 17. Swilce eác cwóman hreáðemýs ... hæfdon hie eác ða hreáðemýs téþ in monna gelícnesse sed et vespertilionum vis ingens ... habentes dentes in morem hominum, Nar. 15, 5-8

Linked entry: hrére-mús

lamp-healt

(adj.)
Grammar
lamp-healt, laempi-halt; adj.
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The word occurs in Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 20, and in Ep. Gl. 13 f, 4 as the gloss of lurdus which Ducange explains as foul, cf. Ital. lordo, or stupid, cf. Fr. lourde, lourdand.

meagol-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
meagol-mód, adj.

Of earnest mindearneststrenuous

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Of earnest mind, earnest, strenuous Ic synful bydde ðæt ðú onsende in mé (mé in?)

ge-cwémlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cwémlíc, adj.

Agreeablewell pleasedplacitusplacatuscomplacatuscongruusbeneplăcĭtus

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Gecwémlíc is Drihtne on his folce beneplăcĭtum est Dŏmĭno pŏpŭlo suo, Ps. Lamb. 149, 4. In tíde gicuoemlícum in tempore placito, Rtl. 19, 7; 18, 29. Gicuoemlíce placatus, 43, 17; 35, 43. Gicuoemlíc complacatus, 69, 11. Gicuǽmlíc supplex, 166, 5

Linked entry: ge-cwémedlíc

bisceop-scír

(n.)

a diocese

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Voc. ii. 26, 28. Ealle þá witan þe in þǽre biscopscíre (-ríce, v. l.) (episcopio ) wǽron, Gr. D. 67, 30. Sumne híred on his (St. Martin) bisceopscíre, Bl. H. 225, 6. Wæs tódǽled in tuá bisc̃scíra West-Seaxna lond; ǽr hit wæs án, Chr. 709; P. 40, 26.

clǽg

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D. iii. 81, 10. In clǽgwyllan; of clǽgwyllan, 80, 18

goung

(n.)
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Sighing, groaning, lamentation In þæs túdres forðlǽdnesse bið géong (gooung, góung, v. ll.) and sár in prolis prolatione gemitus, Bd. 1. 27; Sch. 79, 3. Hér is Brytta géong gemitus Brittanorum, 1, 13; Sch. 36, 24

Cyménes óra

(n.)
Grammar
Cyménes óra, an; m.

Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit

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in this year, A.

Linked entry: Cymén

mancus

(n.)
Grammar
mancus, es; m.

A mancusthe eighth of a poundthe sum of thirty pence

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In Cnut's laws the heriot of an earl included twá hund mancus goldes (which is rendered in a Latin version by quinquaginta marcas auri, v. Schmid. p. 309, so that the mancus is the fourth of a marc), L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 8.

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.

roomy, spacious, ample, extensive roomy, open, unencumbered. long, extended ample, great, liberalunrestricted, clear, free from conditionslaxample, far-reachingliberal.great, noble, august

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Ðære sunnan ryne is swíðe rúm, and ðæs mónan ryne is swíðe nearo, Lchdm. iii. 248, 7. Rúme ríce a realm far-reaching, Cd. Th. 254, 13; Dan. 611. Rúmes spatiosae, ampli, Hpt. G1. 434, 45 : 493, 29.

for-hwǽga

(adv.)
Grammar
for-hwǽga, for-hwega (-hwæga); adv.

somewhere

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Where position is only vaguely determined, somewhere Him geþúht ꝥ hí behýddon ꝥ heáfod on þám holte forhwega (-hwæga, v. l.) it seemed to hiim that they hid the head in the wood somewhere, Hml. S. 32, 141.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wé, pron.

We. used of more than one person, dual plural used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors used of one person, by a writer or speaker by a prince

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Th. 2, 27; Cri. 25. used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors Wé (Ine and the witan) bebeódaþ, L. In. 1 Th. i. 102, 14. Wé (Alfred) lǽraþ, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 2. Wé (Athelstan) cwǽdon, L. Ath. i. 2 ; Th. i. 200, 5.

Linked entry: ús

seonu-wealt

(adj.)
Grammar
seonu-wealt, (sionu-, sinu-, sino-, sine-, sin-, syne-); adj.
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Voc. ii. 31, 20 : 83, 19. Sinewæltum, Hpt. Gl. 494, 17. Wyrc hit sinewealt make it into a ball , Lchdm. i. 72, 21. Sinwealte swammas volvi, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 28. Heó hafaþ berian synewealte, Lchdm. i. 276, 24

andetan

(v.)

To confessacknowledgegive thankspraiseconfiteri

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To confess, acknowledge, give thanks or praise; confiteri Ic ðé on folcum andete confitebor tibi in populis, Ps. Th. 56, 11: 98, 3: 104, 1: 135, 27

Linked entry: anddetan

byrgen-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen-leóþ, es; n.
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A tomb-elegy, an epitaph; sepulcrale carmen, epitaphium On his byrgenne is awriten byrgen-leóþ scriptnm est in tumba ipsius epitaphium, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 18

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, es; n.
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A mulberry-tree; morus He ofslóh byrig heora on hagule occidit moros eorum in pruina, Ps. Spl. 77, 52: L. M. 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 17

cumbol-haga

(n.)
Grammar
cumbol-haga, an; m. [haga a hedge]

A compact rank, phalanx phalanx

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A compact rank, phalanx ; phalanx Ic sceal sécan óðerne under cumbolhagan cempan I must seek another soldier in the rank, Exon. 71b ; Th. 266, 8 ; Jul. 395

Féðan-leag

(n.)
Grammar
Féðan-leag, gen. -leage; f. [Flor. Fethanleah: Hunt. Fedhalnea, Fedhanlea: Matt. West. Frithenleia]

Frethern

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— —] in this year [A. D. 584] Ceawlin and Cutha fought against the Britons at the place which is called Frethern, Chr. 584; Th. 34, 9

lícend-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lícend-líce, adv.

Pleasingly

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Pleasingly Forðon mín gebed nú gyt bécnum standeþ ðæt him on wísum is wel lýcendlíce quoniam adhuc est oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Th. 140, 8

sealt-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-wíc, es; n.
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A place where sail is sold; hence Saltwych In unico emptorio salis quern nos Saltuuic uocamus, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 81, 9. Æt Saltwíc, v. 143, 21