wel-dǽd
a good deed ⬩ a benefit ⬩ favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ an office ⬩ service
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Cumlíþnysse and manscipes weldǽdum underþeódde hospitalitatis atque humanitatis offitiis deditos Cod. Dip. B. i. 154, 38
DOL
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Ða dolan rǽdas stŏlĭda consulta, Cot. 189. Ic dole hwette I excite the dull, Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 1; Rä. 12, 3: 107 b; Th. 410, 16; Rä. 28, 17: Ps. Th. 118, 126
hrace
The throat
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Ðǽr gýnude on ðare hrácan swylce ðǽr hwylc seáþ wǽre there yawned in the throat as if there had been a pit, Lchdm. ii. 364, col. 1. Ne hí on hracan áwiht hlúde ne cleopiaþ non clamabunt in gutture suo, Ps. Th. 134, 19.
norþe-weard
Northward ⬩ north
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Æt Baddanbyrg westeweardre and norþeweardre ... of foxhylle norþeweardre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 249, 26, 34. From easteweardan ðisses middangeardes óþ westeweardne, and fram súþeweardum óþ norþeweardne, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 2
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under-cyning
A dependent, tributary king ⬩ one who rules under another
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Ic Aldréd, Wigraceastres undercining ( subregulus ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 186, 13. Griffin swór áðas ðæt hé wolde beón Eádwearde kings hold underkingc, Chr. 1056; Erl. 190, 35.
un-sceþþig
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Hér com Ælfréd se unsceððiga æþeling, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 25. Hys ðæt synnige blód wæs ágoten on ða wrace hyre ðæs unsceððian blódes, Shrn. 155, 8. Hé sǽde ðæt án gehwǽde wolcn upp ástige mid ðære unscæðþigan ( not threatening storm ) lyfte, Hontl.
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gyte
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Swá mycel yðgiung and regnes gyte (inundatio) forþ cóm, Gr. D. 167, 25. a shedding of tears Hwí ne feormast þú mid teára gyte torne synne? cur tua non purgas lacrymis peccata profusis f, Dóm. L. 79.
Bret-walda
A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England ⬩ Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus.
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D. 1148, says, 'Omnia jura regni Anglorum, reges scilicet et proceres et tribunos in ditione sua tenebat:' Ecgbryht wæs se eahteða cyning, se ðe Bretwalda wæs Egbert was the eighth king, who was the Bretwalda, Chr. 827; Th. 112, 21, col. 1. — There does
HOL
A HOLE, ⬩ hollow, ⬩ cavern, ⬩ den
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A HOLE, hollow, cavern, den Tó ðám ealdan hole; of ðám hole, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 423, 22. Swá swá leó déþ of his hole quasi leo in cubile suo, Ps. Th. 9, 29.
tún-geréfa
a reeve ⬩ steward ⬩ bailiff ⬩ a praetor
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Ðá com hé tó ðam túngeréfan se ðe his ealdormon wæs veniens ad villicum qui sibi praeerat, 4, 24; S. 597, 27. Ðá herede se hláford ðære unrihtwísnesse túngeréfan (uilicum), Lk.
fox
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Þá cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne, Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2. Gedón foxes gelyndes dǽl on þá eágan, Lch. ii. 308, 1: i. 338, 20: 340, 4 (and often).
gold-hord
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Nellen gé goldhordian eów goldhordas on eorþan ... goldhordiaþ eów goldhordas on heofenan ... ðær ðín goldhord is ðǽr is ðín heorte nolite thesaurizare vobis thesauros in terra ... thesaurizate vobis thesauros in cælo ... ubi est thesaurus tuus, ibi est cor
mynet-ísen
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A die for stamping coin Feówer síðon man áwende mynetísena (minetíserna, v. l. ) on his dagum, Hml. S. 23, 477. Cf. stemping-ísern
clǽn-georn
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Add: desirous of cleanliness Góde bæc-yrstran . . . to ǽlcum meteþingum clǽngeorne . . . and wé wyllað þæt þá cócas clǽngeorne beón, Chrd. 19, 19-21
hacod
A pike ⬩ lucius, mugil ⬩ a pike
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Hacodas lucios, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 33
Linked entry: hæced
hinder-geap
Crafty, ⬩ cunning, ⬩ guileful, ⬩ deceitful
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Hindergepe versuti, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 29
be-hwyrfan
to treat ⬩ direct ⬩ exercise ⬩ practice ⬩ tractare ⬩ exercere
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to treat, direct, exercise, practice; tractare, exercere Behwyrf ðé sylfne exerce temet ipsum Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 37 : R. Ben. 32
fér
A fever ⬩ febris
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M. cont. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 12, 28
hring-nett
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A net-work of rings, a coat of mail formed of rings Hringnet bǽron locene leoþosyrcan, Beo. Th. 3783; B. 1889
metten
One of the Fates
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Cott. mettena) ðe folcisce men hátaþ Parcas, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 24