burg-stal
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The name of places built on a hill, as Burstall in Suffolk, Borstall in Kent and Oxfordshire, etc
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deór-boren
Noble-born, noble ⬩ nātu nōbĭlis
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Noble-born, noble; nātu nōbĭlis Ða ilcan riht dó man be ðam deórborenran let the same rights be done with respect to the nobler-born, L. In. 34; Th. i. 124, 3
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mæst-cist
The hole in which the mast is fixed
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['dicitur modius cavum illud in navi cui arbor institit', Forcellini.]
ge-cræftgian
To strengthen ⬩ make powerful ⬩ firmare ⬩ roborare
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To strengthen, make powerful; firmare, roborare Ða rícu of nánes mannes mihtum gecræftgade ne wurdon the kingdoms were not strengthened by the powers of any man. Ors. 2, 1 : Bos. 39, 2
stíþe
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A name given to lamb's cress, or to nettle (cf. the lists of plants given in sections 45, 46, Lchdm. iii. pp. 30-36) Stíðe ðeós wyrt hátte, Lchdm. iii. 32, 23
þǽr-ymbútan
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Thereabouts Hé ( the Roman name ) com tó Parþum ... hé wæs ðǽrymbútan manegum folce swíþe egefull, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 13. On gehwylce healfe ðǽrymbútan circumquaque, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 26
Linked entry: ymb-útan
cweorþ
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The name of the RUNE-(cw-)rune Cweorð (RUNE), at the end of the Runic poem Hickes' Thesaurus i. 135: see also Wimmer's Runen*-*schrift, p. 85
ge-gítsian
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to covet and get, to get by unscrupulous means, extort Hié wilniað ðæt hié gegítsien æt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud imperitum vulgus sciential sibi nomen extorqueant, Past. 365. 22
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sméþness
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Add Þǽr náhwǽr næs nǽnigu sméðnes ꝥ man mihte áht tó þan lytelne wyrtún þám bróþrum tó nytte gewyrcan ad quemlibet parvum hortum fratribus excolendum nulla patebat planities, Gr. D. 49, 4
un-geþwǽrness
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Add: violence, cruelty Þætte se nama ðiǽre Rómániscan ðeóde fram fremdra ðeóda ungeþwǽrnesse fornumen beón ne sceolde ne nomen Romanae prouinciae exterarum gentium improbitate obrutum uilesceret, Bd. l, 12; Sch. 33, 4
wen-wyrt
The name of some plant supposed to be good for wens
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The name of some plant supposed to be good for wens Wyrc sealfe of wenwyrte Lchdm. ii. 52, 4. Gesmire mid wenwyrte 62, 27. Wensealf; ontre, reáde netlan, twá wenwyrta 128, 14
hymele
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man politricum and óðrum naman hymele nemneð byþ cenned on ealdum hússtedum, and eác on fuhtum stówun, Lch. i. 154, 23-26. Hymele. Genim þás wyrte ðe man bryonia and óþrum naman hymele nemneð, Lch. i. 172, 1-3.
anda
Malice ⬩ envy ⬩ hatred ⬩ anger ⬩ zeal ⬩ annoyance ⬩ vexation ⬩ rancor ⬩ invidia ⬩ indignatio ⬩ ira ⬩ zelus ⬩ molestia
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Næfst ðú nánne andan to nánum þinge thou hast not any envy to anything, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 18. Hyne for andan sealdon per invidiam tradidissent eum, Mt. Bos. 27, 18. Nyste nǽnne andan know not any hatred, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 10.
celendre
The herb coriander ⬩ coriandrum = κορίαννον , coriandrum sativum, Lin
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Genim ðás wyrte, ðe man coliandrum, and, óðrum naman ðam gelíce, cellendre nemneþ, take this herb, which is called coriandrum and, by another name like that, coriander, Herb. 104, 1; Lchdm. i. 218, 16.
drohtnung
Conversation, condition, conduct, life, actions ⬩ conversātio, condĭtio, stătio, actio
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Some on mynsterlícre drohtnunge on reogollícum lífe getreówlíce Drihtne þeówdon some served the Lord truly in monastic conversation in regular life, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 24: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 4, 5; Lchdm. iii. 238, 4.
Élíg
The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
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Cambridgeshire; insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Is Élíg ðæt land on Eást-Engla mǽgþa, hú hugu syx hund hída, on eálondes gelícnesse; is eall mid fenne and mid wætere ymbseald, and fram genihtsumnesse ǽla ða ðe on ðám ylcan fennum fongene beóþ hit naman
frig
Free ⬩ noble ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis
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Gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft if God had not any free creature in all his kingdom, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 29. Gé beóþ frige lībĕri ĕrĭtis, Jn. Bos. 8, 33, 36: Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 46.
GREÁT
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Ða wǽron unmetlíce greáte heáhnasse ingenti grossitudine atque altitudine, Nar. 4, 22. Wǽron hie swá greáte swá columnan ge eác sume grýttran serpentes columnarum grossitudine aliquantulum proceriores, 14, 15.
þæc
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Nam ic wyrðe ðæt ðú gá under þacu mínne ( sub tectum meum ), 8, 8. the material of which a roof is composed, thatch Ðæs húses hróf wæs mid ðæce beþæht culmen domus erat foeno tectum, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 32.
þicce
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Swá þicce hié áweóllon swá æmettan they swarmed as thick as ants, Nar. 11, 12. marking action that occurs with frequency or with little intermission Feónda feorh feóllon ðicce, Cd. Th. 124, 20; Gen. 2065.