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wág-rift

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Ic geann intó þiére hálgan stówe . . . ánes hricghrægles þæs sélestan ðe ic hæbbe, and ánes beddreáfes mid wáhryfte, Cht. Th. 529, 12. Hé geann . . . Wulfgáre his mǽge twégra wáhryfta and twégra setlhrægla, Cht. Crw. 23, 15. Add

be-tweoh

Grammar
be-tweoh, <b>A. I 1 a</b>.
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Add Betwuh hondum intra (tenentis) manus , Past. 241, 12. Add Hé betweoh gebedum (betwih gebedes word, v. l. inter uerba orationis ) his líf geendode, Bd. 3, 12; Sch. 245, 15. <b>B. II 2</b>. add : See preceding passage

Bryt-land

(n.)
Grammar
Bryt-land, Bryt-lond, es; n.

The land of Britain, WalesBritannia, Cambria

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Into Brytlande in Walliam, Chr. 1063; Gib. 170, 41, note l

Linked entry: Bryt-

ge-sincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sincan, p. -sanc, -sonc, pl. -suncon; pp. -suncen

To sink;delābi

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To sink; delābi Him in gesonc flacor flánþracu the flickering arrow's force sank into him, Exon. 49 b; Th. 170, 22; Gú. 1115. Ðá ne meahton hí on ðæm wætere gesincan then they could not sink in the water, Shrn. 103, 19

ge-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rídan, p. -rád; pp. -riden

To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject

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He gerád eall Norþhymbra land him to gewealde he got all Northumberland into his power, 948; Erl. 117, 9.

Linked entries: ge-faran ge-rád

feðrum

(n.)
Grammar
feðrum, with feathers or wings,
  • Bt. Met. Fox 24, 10
  • ;
  • Met. 24, 5: Exon. 60b
  • ;
  • Th. 222, 11
  • ;
  • Ph. 347
  • ;
inst. pl.
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of feðer

búr

(n.)
Grammar
búr, es; m. (not n.).
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Eádríc ealdorman bepǽhte hí intó his búre ( in camera sua ), Chr. 1015; P. 146, 2. a lady's chamber, bower Hé ábræc intó þám búre þár heó inne læg, Ap. Th. 2, 1, 8.Eóde hé intó dám búre þár his dohtor inne wæs, 22, 17.

deáþ-sele

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-sele, es; m. [deáþ death; sele a dwelling, hall]

A death-hallmortis aula

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On wítehús, deáþsele deófoles into the house of torment, the death-hall of the devil, 30 b; Th. 94, 8; Cri. 1537: 97 a; Th. 362, 1; Wal. 30

ildend

(n.)
Grammar
ildend, es; m.
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tó ðam ðæt syððan hí on ðæt hús cómon hí ðá sóna ðone hálgan wer gebundon there was no one, after they had got into the house, who delayed at once to bind the holy man, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 36, 5

un-clǽnlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-clǽnlíce, adv.

Impurely

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Se ðe hit unclǽnlíce wyrceþ, hé bið áwyrged intó helle, Homl. Ass. 168, 121. Wé wilaiaþ mid úrum hláforde clǽnlíce sweltan, swíðor ðonne unclǽnlíce mid eów lybban, Homl. Th, i. 432, 26

Linked entry: clǽn-líce

be-rǽsan

attack

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Add: to rush upon, attack Hé him on berǽsde irruit super eos, Gen. 14, 15. to rush into (extremes) Berǽst hé on ungemetlice cuéminge inordinate ad mollitiem rapitur, Past. 143, 6.

delan

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Dele, and for the passage substitute Ǽr þon engla wearð (weard, MS.) for oferhygde dǽl on gedwilde; noldan dreógan leng heora selfra rǽd ere of the angels part from pride fell into error; they would not longer do what was best for themselves, Gen. 23

folc-getæl

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Ia) Wæs on ánra gehwám álesen under lindum on folcgetæl fíftig cista in each tribe were picked out for service, elected into the number of the folk that should fight, fifty troops, Exod. 229. Substitute:

heáfod-leahter

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Þás eahta heáfodleahtras geniðeriað þá unwǽran intó hellewíte, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 16-24: Hml. S. 16, 267: Hml. A. 76, 101. Cf. heáfod-synn; heáfod-mægen

streát

(n.)
Grammar
streát, es; m. (?), n. (?).
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Ðys sind ðá landgemǽra into Dunnestreáttúnne (cf. in loco qui dicitur Dunnestreátún, i. 164, 8) . . . innon hænstreát; of ðám streáte, C. D. ii. 384, 12-20. [Cf. (?)M. H. Ger. ge-striuze, striuzach copse, thicket.] See next word

Linked entry: hen-streát

Windles-óra

(n.)
Grammar
Windles-óra, an; m.

Windsor

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Ic habbe gegefan Criste and Sancte Petre intó Westmynstre Windlesóran and Stáne, 227, 6: 178, 19

sopp-cuppe

(n.)
Grammar
sopp-cuppe, an; f.

A sop-cup, a cup into which sops were put

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A sop-cup, a cup into which sops were put Ic ann mínæn cinæhláfordæ ánræ sopcuppan Chart. Th. 553, 31: 554, 4. Ic ann Ælfwerdæ ánræ sopcuppan and Æþelwerde ánæs drincæhornæs 555, 4. Ánæ soppcuppan an þrým pundum 527, 7. Twá sopcuppan 522, 22

Linked entry: soppe

Egones hám

(n.)
Grammar
Egones hám, Egnes hám,es; m. [Ethelw. Ignesham: Flor. Eignes*-*ham: Hunt. Aegnesham: Gerv. Egenesham]

ENSHAM or EYNSHAM, Oxfordshire lŏci nōmen in agro Oxoniensi

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Into Egnes hám at Eynsham, Cod. Dipl. 714; A. D. 1005; Kmbl. iii. 344, 16

land-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
land-bóc, f.
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Marian intó Abbandúne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 29, 10. Ic wylle ðæt man ágyfe ðám híwum æt Domrahamme hyra landbéc, ii. 116, 35. Landbéc donatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 77

mann-silen

(n.)
Grammar
mann-silen, e; f.

The wrongful selling of men into slavery

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The wrongful selling of men into slavery Þurh mannsylena, Wulfst. 164, 1. Mansilena, 130, 1. Leódhatan ðe þurh mansylene bariaþ ðás þeóde, 310, 5. Cf. earme men wǽron út of ðisan earde gesealde swýðe unforworhte fremdum tó gewealde, 158, 13.