mere-torht
Bright from bathing in the sea
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Bright from bathing in the sea (epithet of morning) Sió sunne brencþ eorþwarum morgen meretorhtne the sun rising from the sea brings bright morn to men, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 121; Met. 13, 61. Becwom ofer gársecges [begong] morgen mæretorht [or mǽretorht
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nift
A niece ⬩ grand-daughter ⬩ a step-daughter
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A niece, grand-daughter, or a step-daughter Nift privigna, filia sororis, Ep. Gl. 18 b, 6. Nift privigna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 80. Seó wæs nift ðæs hína ealdres ( neptem patris families ), Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 5. Ic an míne láuedy half marc goldes an míne
steóp-
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deprived of a relative. The form seems to have been used in the first instance in combination with words denoting children, to mark loss of parents, and then to have been combined with father, mother to express the relation of one who married the mother
stán-æx
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A stone axe; or(?) an implement for working stone [Halliwell gives stone-ax a stone-worker's axe] Stánæx bipennis, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 60. Stánex, 84, 68. For an account of stone axes found in England, see Wright's The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon, pp
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twi-snæcce
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Double-pointed, cloven Twysnæcce bisulcus, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Zup. 288, 11. (Cf. Snek pessulum. Wrt. Voc. i. 237, col. 2. Snekke or latche clitorium, pessulum, Prompt. Parv. 461. Snekk obex, obecula, Cath. Ang. 346 and see note. Sneck a latch; a piece of
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þiffe
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Defruto ł felde ł þiffe (þífe? Cf.(?) theve, brusch, Prompt. Parv. 490; or þífele(?). The passage glossed is lento careni defruto, in which the first word is glossed by of þiccum, but in the margin by of þiccum þéfele. Cf. too Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 59 de
un-forwandodlíc
Undeterred by fear or shame ⬩ fearless ⬩ free
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Undeterred by fear or shame, fearless, free Ðæt hé wiðstande mid his sprǽce ðám unryhtwillendum ðe ðyses middangeardes waldaþ mid freóre and unforwandodlícre stefne voce libera hujus mundi potestatibus contraire, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 23. Ðonne wénaþ hié
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blóstm-bǽre
Flowery ⬩ blooming
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Flowery, blooming (lit. or fig.) Blóstmbǽre floriferum, blóstmbǽres florigeri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 53, 54. Blóst(m)bǽre florulenta, florida (tellus), An. Ox. 812. Ðeós blóstmbǽre stów locus iste florifer, Hml. Th. ii. 352, 31. Ðá blóstmbǽran juguðe floridam
eorþ-burh
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earth-work Scídwealles eorðbyri vallum, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 34. On eorðburge geat, C. D. v. 256, 11. Of ðǽre díc besúþan ðǽre eorðbyrg, vi. 129, 21. Ðone wudu æt ðǽre eorðbyrig, iii. 4, 11. Anlang hrycges tó ðǽre eorðburh middeweardre, 411, 23. On lythlan
ge-scrif
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Substitute: What is prescribed, decreed, or appointed, a judgement, edict Þæt gescrif censuram, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 01. Gebennum oððe gescrifum edictis (cf. edictis, i. decretis gebannum, An. Ox. 3037 (Ald. 41, 27)), 33, 12. a prescribed practice, rite
ge-swingan
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In last passage l. ge-swingdon, and add: [weak forms occur in Lind.] Geswuing uapulabit, Lk. L. 12, 48. Æfter ðon gesuingeð hiá (geswungen bið, R. ) postquam flagellauerint, 18, 33. Gesuuingde (giswicte (=-swencte? cf. ge-swencan ; 1. 3; or-swingde?)
ge-wérgian
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Add: — Geweárgode lassauerat, An. Ox. 49, i. of bodily weariness Ne hors ne hé sylf gewérgod wæs, Hml. S. 30, 35 : 31, 1418. of mental or spiritual weariness Hé gewérgað his heortan suíðe hearde mid ðý gesuince dnro cor labore fatigatur, Past. 239.
hlosnian
to listen
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Add: to listen with astonishment, listen spellbound Hlosnendum attonis. l. attonitis, Ald. 32, ii. see An. Ox. 2333 under hlosnere), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 21. Tó hircniendum oððe hlosnendum attonitis, 2, 47. to listen as an eavesdropper or spy Gelamp hit
langsumlíce
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long, during or for a long time Hit God siþþan longsumlíce wrecende wæs, Ors. 2, 1; S. 58, 17. Hé tó þǽre dura cóm and þǽr langsumlíce swýðe cnucede ( he knocked long and loudly ), Vis. Lfc. 29. patiently, with long-suffering Hé nele þæs synfullan deáð
smyltness
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See preceding word; or is pinguedo connected with pinguis in its sense of calm, quiet, easy? Add Mé sóna sum staþolfæstlic smyltnyss tó becóm, Hml. S. 23b, 551. Add Ꝥ yrre hæfd wununge on ðæs dysegan bósme, ꝥ is ðonne hé bið tó hrædmód; and se ealwealdenda
weá-gesíþ
A companion in misery or in wickedness
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A companion in misery or in wickedness Tó ðam symle sittan eodon ealle his (Holofernes' )weágesíþas, Judth. Thw. 21, 13 ; Jud. 16. Hé ðone deófol on helle mid his weágesíðum ofþrihte, Wulfst. 145, 4. Ða deorcan and ða dimman stówe helle tintrego, ðe
weall
(?) Boiled ⬩ or mulled wine
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(?) Boiled or mulled wine Defrutum, i. vinum medo geswét vel weall (cf. gesoden wín defrutum vinum, i. 27, 62. Coerin defrutum, cyren oððe áwylled wín dulcisapa, ii. 25, 10, 69. Ásodenes wínes careni, Hpt. Gl. 408, 42), Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 24. Níwes ł
bróc
An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jade ⬩ caballus, equus vilior
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An inferior horse, a shaking horse, jade; caballus, equus vilior Ðæt hie sécen him bróc on onráde, and on wǽne, oððe on ðon ðe hie á þrówian mǽgen that they look for themselves to ride on a horse, and in a wain, or in that which they can ever endure,
hǽð-stapa
A heath-stepper, an animal which wanders over heaths or uncultivated country
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A heath-stepper, an animal which wanders over heaths or uncultivated country Ðeáh ðe hǽðstapa hundum geswenced heorot holtwudu séce although the heath-wanderer, the hart by the hounds wearied, seek that wood, Beo.Th. 2740; B. 1368. Wulf hár hǽðstapa
ofer-holt
a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them
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a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them(?) Hié gesáwon fyrd Faraonis forþ ongangan oferholt wegan eóred líxan they (the Israelites) saw Pharaoh's host advance, saw a forest of spears move (or saw them bearing a forest