for-specan
To speak in vain ⬩ speak negatively ⬩ deny ⬩ frustra dīcĕre ⬩ nĕgāre
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To speak in vain, speak negatively, deny; frustra dīcĕre, nĕgāre Hæbbe he ðæt eall forspecen let him have spoken that all in vain, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 6. Ne sý forspecen ne forswígod let it not be denied nor concealed, L.
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bile-witness
Mildness, simplicity, innocence ⬩ simplicitas
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Hý on bilwitnesse hyra líf alyfdon they passed their lives in simplicity, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 5
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ge-reording
A meal, refection ⬩ prandium, refectio
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On gereorduncge in prandio, Th. An. 28, 9. On ánre gereordinge in una refectione, 34, 37. Ofer wæteru gereordunga super aquam refectionis, Ps. Spl. 22, 2. Giriording a meal, Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 19, 37
wíc-stów
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Manige wícstówe ( mansiones ) syndon in mínes fæder húse, 315, 17: 319, 5. Hí onfóð ánre méde, and beóð tódǽlede in manige wícstówa, 315, 23. Add
út-fær
A going out ⬩ egress ⬩ exit
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On útfære in exitu, 73, 5. Ðæt wé symle ðone mǽran gylt forfleón þurh útfære ðæs læssan, Homl. Th. i. 484, 8. Ðeáh heó nán útfær ne gemét, 4 10, 10. On útfærum heora in egressibus suis, Ps. Lamb. 143, 13
tó-hlecan
To disjoin, ⬩ pull to pieces
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In the glosses among which the word occurs initial h before a consonant does not seem to be inserted elsewhere, though it is twice omitted, in lecum rimosae, 400, 69, wisligendre sibilantis, 394, 278) diuulsa, Germ. 398, 112
toweht
a basket for putting wool in(?)
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a basket for putting wool in(?) The word occurs among terms connected with spinning and glosses calatum (=calathus ?
Ælf-nóþ
Ælfnoth ⬩ elf courage ⬩ nomen viri præclari in audacia
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Ælfnoth, elf courage; nomen viri præclari in audacia, Byrht. Th. 137, 8; By. 183
be-druncen
drunk in ⬩ absorbed
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drunk in, absorbed,Med. ex Quadr. 2, 10; Lchdm. i. 336, 4, MS. B;
el-þeódisc
Foreign, strange ⬩ pĕregrīnus
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Foreign, strange; pĕregrīnus To bebyrgenne elbeódisce men in sĕpultūram pĕregrīnōrum, Mt. Bos. 27, 7
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eówe
of a ewe
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In. 55 ; Th. i. 138, 6, note 11, MS. B
fliéman feorm
The harbouring of a fugitive ⬩ fŭgĭtīvi susceptio
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In. 30; Th. i. 120, 16
fór-fór
went before ⬩ got in front of
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went before, got in front of Fórfóron went before, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 21;
leád-gedelf
A lead-mine
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A lead-mine Eft in leádgedelf; of leádgedelfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 401, 7
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medu-setl
A mead-seat ⬩ a seat in a banqueting-hall
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A mead-seat, a seat in a banqueting-hall, Beo. Th. 10; B. 5
mete-ærn
A room for taking meals in
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A room for taking meals in Gemǽne metern cænaculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 50
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ge-broc
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add: a breach On gebroce in confractione, Ps. Vos. 105, 23. Cf. ge-bryce
forht-ferþ
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The compound, perhaps, rather than forht ferþ, may be read in An. 1551: 1598.(?)
be-tygen
accused
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In. 14; Th. i. 110, 16; Similar entries pp. of be-tíhan
be-týhþ
accuses
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In. 46; Th. i. 130, 12; Similar entries pres. of be-teón