swingel
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Wæs sum wyln gehæft tó swinglum ... and læg on hæftnédum ꝥ heó hetelíce wǽre þæs on morgen beswungen ... Heó clypode tó þám hálgan Swýðúne ꝥ hé ... fram þám réðum swinglum hí áhredde, Hml. S. 21, 166-171. Se ilca swígende geðafode swingellan tacitus flagella
un-gemetlic
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Add Tó þreágenne mid ungemettlicre ( the Latin has modesta) ceáste, Gr. D. 145, 17. Sé ðe samnað ungemætlice weolan (immodicas divitias), Ll. Th. ii. 232, 24. Add Hé hié forslóg þæt hié siþþan ungemetlicne ege from him hæfde quos multo melu soluit,
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un-gesǽlig
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Eálá ungesǽligra Iúdéa bewépendlic gewéd O infelicium Iudeorum deflenda dementia, An. Ox. 40, l. <b>IIa.</b> add :-- Þonne hié from gesælgum tídum gilpað, þonne wǽron þá him selfum þá ungesǽlgestan patet apud utrosque misera illa tempora judicata
wel-dǽd
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Gif hwylc ungesǽlig mann his Scyppende bið ungehýrsum, and nele þurhwunian on weldǽdum oð ende, Hml. S. II, 280. <b>II a.</b> doing good :-- Weldǽde and gemǽnnysse nelle gé forgytan beneficii et communionis noli te obliuisci (Heb. 13, 16
wund
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i. Add Þǽr wearð ꝥ .iii. hund monna ofslagen, ealle búton ðǽm consule ánum : hé cóm wund áweg, Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 24. (la) add :-- Gif man bið on hrif wund, Ll. Th. i. 96, 10. Gif mon sié on þá herðan tó þám swíðe wund, 25
ælmesse
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ælmes(s), e Ðín ælmess elemosyna tua, Mt. R. 6, 4. Ælmesse wircan, 3. Heora ælmesse geútian, Cht. Th. 362, 2. Ælmessan (ælmesse, v.l.) dǽlan, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 64, 3:5, 2 ; Sch. 557, 3. Gebeda and ælmesse preces et elimosynae, 5, 12 ; Sch. 627, 8. Add
heáhdeór-hund
A stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game
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A stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game Twegen hafocas and ealle his heádórhundas two hawks and all his deer-hounds, Chart. Th. 501, 7. Twegen and twegen fédan ǽnne heádórhund duo et duo pascant unum molossum, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 20
ofer-fæðman
To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope
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To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope Swilce hé oferfæðmed ealne middangeard as if it (the tree of Nebuchadnezzar s vision) would cover with embracing boughs all the world, Cd. Th. 247, 24; Dan. 502. Þýstre oferfæðmed enveloped in darkness
ge-síþscipe
A fellowship ⬩ society ⬩ societas
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A fellowship, society; societas Nam he twegen bisceopas of Britta þeóde on gesíþscipe ðære hálgunge adsumtis in societatem ordinationis duobus de Brittonum gente episcopis, Bd. 3, 28; S. 560, 27. Sum swíþe eald wífman wæs in his gesíþscipe a very old
treów-weorþung
Tree-worship
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Tree-worship Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc forbeóde treówwurþunga and stánwurþunga, L. Edg. C. 16Th. ii. 248, 30. Cf; Wé forbeódaþ ǽlcne hǽðenscipe. . . ðæt is, ðæt mán weorðige .. . stánas oððe ǽniges cynnes wudutreówa, L. C. S. 5 ; Th. i.378, 17-21.
tungol-cræft
Star-craft ⬩ astronomy ⬩ astrology
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Star-craft, astronomy, astrology ðæt ys tungolcræft, Astralogia, Shrn. 152, 14. Tungelcræft astronomia, Hpt. Gl. 479, 47. Hí hí on tungolcræfte (astronomiae) lǽrdan, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 26. Wé rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte, ðæt seó sunne biþ hwíltídum þurh ðæs
beácen
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Beácn indicium, An. Ox. 345. Beácne prodigio, 2870. Hí átendon heora beácna swá swá hí férdon, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 2. Add Bécen (-on, -un) signum occurs often in the Lindisfarne and Rushworth glosses, where the W. S. version has tácn. Similar entries v
dón
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Add: [Forms from the Northern Gospels and Vespasian Psalter are: ic dóam, dóem, doom, dóm, dóe, þú dóas, dóes, dóest, hé dóas, dóes, dóað, dóeð, pl. dóas, dóað; subj. dóe; infin. dóa, dóe, tó dóanne, dóenne; pp. dóen, dǽn. In a Mercian charter a subjunctive
heá-lic
lofty ⬩ tall ⬩ high up ⬩ precious ⬩ elevated ⬩ raised ⬩ loud ⬩ profound ⬩ intense ⬩ extreme ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent
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Add: local. reaching to a great height, lofty, tall Heofon is wundorlíce heálic and wíd on ymbhwyrfte; sé gǽð under ðás eorðan ealswá deóp swá bufan, Hex. 10, 1. Man áhéng hí on heálicum gealgan, Hml. A. 95, 119. Heálicum sǽnesse edito (alto) promontorio
ÆLMESSE
ALMS ⬩ almsgiving ⬩ eleemosyna
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ALMS, almsgiving; eleemosyna Ðæt ofer sí and to láfe sellaþ ælmessan quod superest date eleemosynam, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 30. Hwæt is us to sprecanne hú hí heora ælmessan dǽle de faciendis portionibus et adimplenda misericordia nobis quid erit loquendum
CEÁCE
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The jaw, CHEEK ; maxilla, mala, mandibula, gena Ðæt tácen ðære bærnesse he on his ceácan bær signum incendii in maxilla portavit, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 16. He gehrán his ceácan contigit maxillam ejus, 3, 19; S. 549, 1. Ceácan malæ; maxillæ, Wrt. Voc. 282
dæg-hwamlíc
Daily ⬩ diurnus, quotidianus
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Daily; diurnus, quotidianus Hit ealle beorhtnysse dæghwamlíces leóhtes ofer-swýðde it overshone all the brightness of the daily light, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 20. Syle us to-dæg úrne dæghwamlícan hláf panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, Lk. Bos. 11,
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feá
Few ⬩ pauci
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Few ; pauci Ðis feá ána dóþ a few only do this, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 8. Ðæt hér wǽre mycel ríp [MS. riip] and feá wyrhtan that a great harvest was here and few workmen, 1, 29; S. 498, 5. Feá ðæt gedýgaþ few escape from that, Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 6; Rä
freó-dóm
FREEDOM ⬩ liberty ⬩ lībertas ⬩ emancĭpātio
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FREEDOM, liberty; lībertas, emancĭpātio Ðæt is se freódóm, ðætte mon mót dón ðæt he wile that is freedom, that a man may do what he will. Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 4, MS. Cot. Freódóm emancĭpātio, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 93; Wrt. Voc. 60, 2. Ðám he geaf micle
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FYLL
a FALL ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ death ⬩ cāsus ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ a FALL ⬩ case ⬩ inflection in grammar ⬩ cāsus ⬩ inflectio
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a FALL, ruin, destruction, death; cāsus, intĕrĭtus Crist is ofermódigra fyll Christ is the fall of the high-minded, Ors. 3, 2; Bos. 55, 6. Æfter his fylle after his death, 6, 5; Bos. 119, 22. Míne innoþas on ðam fylle tolocene wǽron interānea essent