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fugul

(n.)
Grammar
fugul, es; m.

A bird ⬩ fowl ⬩ ăvis ⬩ vŏlucris

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Heofones fugulas hit frǽton vŏlucres cæli comēdērunt illud, Lk. Bos. 8, 5. Fugulum volātĭlĭbus, Ps. Spl. 78, 1

geong

(n.)
Grammar
geong, es; m.

A course, passage, journey ⬩ cursus, meātus, iter

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Geong iter, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 44: 8, 1

tácor

(n.)
Grammar
tácor, ,(-ur)es; m.

A husband's brother, brother-in-law

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A husband's brother, brother-in-law Tácor (tácur) levir, Txts. 74, 598. Tácor, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 20: levir, i. frater mariti, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 31. Tácor, ðæt is brýdguma[n] bróðor levirum, ii. 84, 16. Tácor, 50, 30: Hpt. Gl. 498, 75

un-mildheort

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mildheort, adj.

Hard-hearted ⬩ merciless ⬩ pitiless

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Ðe unmiltheortne welige inmisericordem divitem, Lk. Skt. p. 9, 2. Mé cóman tó Sílhearwan ... hí wǽron unmildheorta, and mé tugon tó ðære sweartan helle, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 289

Linked entry: mild-heort

á-íþan

(v.)
Grammar
á-íþan, p. de
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To lay waste, destroy, devastate Áiéþan abolere, Wrt.Voc. ii. 5, 7. Hé wolde for wera synnum eall áǽðan þæt on eorðan wæs, Gen. 1280. Áiéðende exterminans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 53: 31, 27. Áíþende demolitus, 25, 41. [O. H.

bismerung

Mockery ⬩ scorn

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Þæt hit eáðe mihte beón, ðæt hit þurh bysmrunge (biosm-, beosm-, v. ll.) ætýwde ne forte inlusoria esset visio, Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 593, 17. Fúle bismerunga spurca ludibria (opprobria), Hpt. Gl. 507, 21. Add:

brastlung

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Se hláf worhte ormǽte brastlunge (barstluncge, bærstlunge, v. ll.), efne swylce þǽr tóburste sum mycel crocca on þám fyre immensum erepiium panis dedit, ac si ingens in ignibus olla crepuisset, Gr. D. 87, 17. Add

cantel

(n.)
Grammar
cantel, a piece of wood placed obliquely to support a rafter ( ? v. cantle, cant
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[From Low Lat. cantellus.]

ceorlian

(v.)
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Gif wíf þriwa ceorlað, Ll. Th. ii. 232, 4. Hit riht nis þæt wíf ceorlige oftur þonne ǽne. Wlfst. 305, 2. Heó hraðor wolde sweltan þonne ceorlian, Hml. S. 7, 303. Add

eced

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L. 27, 48. Æcede, Mk. R. 15, 36. Of æcced (æcede, R.), Jn. L. 19, 29. Hí æcced (æceð, R.) bróhton him, Lk. 23, 36. Add

geoht

(n.)
Grammar
geoht, es; n.
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Substitute: A yoke of oxen, a pair of horses Se ceorl sé þe hæfð óðres geoht (oxan, v. l. ) áhýrod, Ll. Th. i. 140, 8. Iuht subiugales, uiles æquos (indomitos bigarum subiugales, Ald. 30, 12), An. Ox. 7, 135: uiles æquas, Angl. xv. 205, 101

hegian

(v.)
Grammar
hegian, hegegian

to hedge ⬩ fence

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Geneát sceal . . . burh hegegian (v. burg-hege), LI. Th. i. 432, 16

Linked entries: hegegian be-hegian

hundred-seten

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-seten, e; f.
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In multis locis debent habere constitutionem hundredi, quod Angli dicunt kundrtsdsetene, Ll. Lbmn. 615, 15. Omnes forisfacturas . . . id est hundredsetene, áthac et ordélas, C. D. ii. 252, 12. Cf. next word

þǽr-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
þǽr-riht, adj.
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The passage in which strictis, glossed by þárrihtum, occurs is: lam jamque strictis mucronibus, Ald. 52, 17. As in another gloss jam jamque is glossed by þárrihtes (An.

wudu-híwett

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-híwett, es; n.
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Wudehéwet, Ll. Th. i. 539, 21. Cf. Gif man óðres wudu . . . heáweð, 70, 4. Gif mon áfelle on wuda wel monega treówa, 128, 19. Gif mon áceorfe án treów, 130, 2

turtur

(n.)
Grammar
turtur, es; m.: turture an, ; f.

A turtle-dove

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Tuoe (twoege, Rush.) turturas par turturum, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 24

for-spildness

(n.)
Grammar
for-spildness, e; f.

Destruction ⬩ perdition

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Destruction, perdition Þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hé sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (-spildnyssum, -spilnisse, -spillednysse, v. ll.) ne ipse postmodum in immane praecipitium totus iret, Gr. D. 95, 24.

friþ-geard

a place where peace prevails

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.], Ll. Th. ii. 298, 16. a place where peace prevails, Similar entries v. friþ, 1., Cri. 399

scúr-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
scúr-heard, adj.

Made hard by blows

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Ðæt him féla láf (the sword) ne meahte scúrheard sceþþan, Beo. Th. 2070; B. 1033

þorf-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
þorf-leás, adj.

Useless

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Ðor[f]leáse ł sum óðer gefeóllon néh strǽt quaedam ceciderunt secus viam, 13, 4. Esnas ðor[f]leáse (-leóse,) (Rush.) wé sindon servi inutiles sumus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 17, 10