here-paþ
A road for an army ⬩ military road ⬩ road large enough to march soldiers upon
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Wísde herepoþ tó ðære heán byrig shewed a road for his army to the lofty city, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 12; Dan. 38.
gang-weg
A gang-way ⬩ way ⬩ road ⬩ via
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A gang-way, way, road; via Ánes wǽnes gang-weg a road for one vehicle; actus, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 50; Wrt. Voc. 37, 38. Twegra wǽna gangweg a road for two vehicles; via, 56; Som. 67, 51; Wrt. Voc. 37, 39
mis-weorþan
to turn out badly
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to turn out badly (for a person, dat.) Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4
dirige
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Ps. 5, 8) at Matins in the Office of the Dead, used as a name for that service Dirige for forþférdum vigilia pro defunctis, Angl. xiii. 433, 975: 444, 1131. [v. N. E. D. dirge.]
á-stihting
Instigation
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Gl. 469, 65.Napier (v. note) takes the word as an error for átihtinge, but cf. Paulus for his líchaman stihtunga bæd, (de carnis suae stimulo) Gr. D. 166, 25.]
be
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Add For hé forð bi (bie, v.l. ) ðǽm scræfe, Past. 197, 13: Bl. H. 213, 34. Add Gé bundon hine be þam fótum, Shrn. 151, 35. 2. add Be Wihtgáres dæge and be óðra cinga dæge, Chr. 7915 ; P. 56, 39.
Linked entry: bi-wrítan
C
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Ahsian for acsian or axian to ask; séhþ for sécþ seeks, from sécan to seek. In words immediately derived from Anglo-Saxon, k is frequently substituted for the Anglo-Saxon c ; as, cyning a king; cyn kin or kindred.
hlosnian
To listen, ⬩ be silent in expectation of hearing, ⬩ listen for the coming of a person, ⬩ watch, ⬩ await, ⬩ be on the look out
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on the watch for his going, and with stealthy tread followed his footsteps, Homl.
Linked entry: hlysnan
ge-angsumian
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Hé micclum wearð geangsumod, and for his mágum swíðor þonne for him sylfum, Hml. A. 97, 168. Ðæt fole wearð geangsumod on móde for þǽre wæterleáste, 107, 176. Mid ðwyrnyssum geangsumod, Hml. Th. i. 612, 35. Mid synnum geancsumede, 342, II. Add
béd-hús
A chapel ⬩ an oratory ⬩ a place for prayer ⬩ oratorium
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A chapel, an oratory, a place for prayer; oratorium, Fulg. 43
ciellan
wooden tankards, leather bottles ⬩ obbæ
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Vessels for drink, wooden tankards, leather bottles; obbæ, Dial. 1, 5
setl-hrægl
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A covering for a seat vii. setlhrægel, Chart. Th. 429, 28
Linked entry: set-hrægl
sulh-æcer
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A strip of land for ploughing. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. s
tíd-genge
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Current or lasting for a time Tídgenge menstruam, Germ. 392, 10
bláte
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In first passage for Helle fýr, substitute Hit (Etna) óðra stówa
be-scítan
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For Cot. 189 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 71, and add:
burg-rǽden
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Substitute for Cot. 128 Burhrǽddenne municipatu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 67
cancetung
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For Cot. 58 substitute Cancetunge cachinnos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 16
copian
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For Cot. 53 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 32, and add:
eár-spinl
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For Prov. 25 substitute Gylden eárspinl inauris aurea, Kent. Gl. 963