wæter-ǽdre
A vein of water, a spring
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Æt ðam forman gedelfe swégde út ormǽte wyllspring, i. 562, 10. Ealle wyllspringas and eán þurh hig ( the earth ) yrnaþ. Swá swá ǽddran licgeaþ on ðæs mannes líchaman, swá licgaþ ðás wæter-ǽddran geond ðás eorðan, Lchdm. iii. 254, 23.
Linked entry: ǽdre
ge-ǽswícod
To offend
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Þæt ðá beón getimbrode þurh his behreówsunge ðe ǽr wǽron þurh his mándǽda geǽswicode, 498, 12. Geáswicode, R. Ben. I. 62, 12
Coludes burh
Colud's city ⬩ Coldingham ⬩ Berwickshire ⬩ Scotland ⬩ Coludi vel Coludana urbs, Colania, in agro Barovici
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Ǽrðamðe ðæt mynster æt Coludes byrig mid byrne fornumen wære priusquam monasterium Coludanæ urbis esset incendio consumptum 4, 25; S. 599, 18. Hér Coludes burh forbarn mid godcundum fýre in this year [A.
orf
Cattle, live stock
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Swá mycel orfes wæs ðæs geáres forfaren, swá nán man ǽr ne gemunde, Chr. 1041 ; Erl. 169, 7. Hé nam him on orfe and on mannum and on ǽhtum swá him gewearþ, 1052; Erl. 183, 22. Hé hæfde on orfe micele ǽhte fuerunt ei oves et boves, Gen. 12, 16.
hláford-searu
Plotting against the life of a king or lord
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Plotting against the life of a king or lord Búton æt hláfordsearwe ðam hie náne mildheortnesse ne dorston gecwæðan except in cases of treason against a lord; to that they dared not assign any mercy, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 9. Be hláfordsearwe.
Linked entry: hláford-swice
hnáh
Bent down, ⬩ low, ⬩ lowly, ⬩ humble, ⬩ abject, ⬩ mean, ⬩ poor
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Ful oft ic leán teohhode hnáhran rince sǽmran æt sæcce full oft have I appointed reward to a warrior inferior and of less worth in battle, 1909; B. 952
bed-reda
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Mín cniht líð æt hám bedreda (v. Mt. 8, 6), paralyticus. Hml. Th. i. 126, 6. His cépte sum bedd-ryda þe læg seofon geár tóslopenum limum . . . þá bletsode hé þone beddrydan mann, Hml. S. 6, 254-7.
cwicu
Alive, quick ⬩ vivus
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Samson miccle má on his deáþe acwealde, ðonne he ǽr cucu dyde Samson multo plures interfecit moriens, quam ante vivus occiderat, Jud. 16, 30: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 11: Homl. Th. i. 52, 20: ii. 212, 33: Cod. Dipl. 897; Kmbl. iv. 233, 5, 13.
á-bǽdan
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Ys fíra ǽnig ðára ðe . . . an man áge deáð ábǽde, ǽr se dæg cyme is there any man whom death can claim before the appointed day comes? (? the passage seems corrupt), Sal. 478
ge-hál
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Add: whole, unbroken Se tægel sceolde beón gehál on þám nýtene æt þǽre offrunge, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 39. Gif mon óðrum rib ofsleá binnan gehálre hýde, Ll.
ge-manigfealdian
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Hý wǽran gemanigfealdode (multiplicati) ofer ǽk gerím, 6 : 14: 24, 17: 37, 19.
Linked entry: ge-mænigfealdian
ge-myþe
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Andlang bróces on dá mýðy ; of ðás gemýðon, iii. 48, 26. where a river flows into the sea Æt þám gemýðum (-myndum, v. l.)
micel
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Hwǽr beóþ þá glengeas and þá mycclat, gegyrelan þe hé þone líchoman ǽr mid frætwode?, Bl. H. 111, 36. For hwan ne déþ hé ꝥ lǽsse nú hé ꝥ máre dyde?
lád
excuse
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Hér swutelaþ an (ðissum gewrite) ðæt Godwine hæfþ gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hine tihte and ðæt wæs lád æt Licitfelda in this writing is declared that Godwine has fully cleared himself of the charge in the matter of the woman
Linked entry: ládian
morþ-slaga
A murderer ⬩ an assassin
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A murderer, an assassin Sý ǽlc morþslaga áwirged maledictus, qui clam percusserit proximum suum, Deut. 27, 24. Oferfyll biþ mǽgbana and morþslaga, Wulfst. 242, 6
Linked entry: morþor-slaga
ceáp-scip
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Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe þe binnan múðan cuman, þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gif hit undrifen bið, Ll. Th. i. 284, 19-21. Add
cwic-súslen
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Of hell, of Hades Gif ǽnig andgit sý on helle, lǽt þú þæt cwicsúslene hús, and gehír ðu ðínes fæder stæfne, Ap. Th. 26, 12
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hagol-stán
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Ic sende ofer eów hagelstánas, and ǽlc án hagel*-*stán wegeð fíf pund, Wlfst. 228, 6. Cymð rén and hagolstánas ofer eów, 212, 24. Add
nesan
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Hwílum ús earfoðlíce gesǽleð on s-ǽwe, þéh wé síð nesan, An. 515. Gif hié brim nésen and gesundne síð settan mósten, El. 1004. Add
á-wendedlicness
Changeableness ⬩ mutability
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Changeableness, mutability Ǽlc gesceaft is ýdelnesse underðeód, þæt is, áwendedlicnysse, for ðan ðe hí beóð áwende fram brosnunge tó unbrosnunge, Hm. Th. ii. 206, 1
Linked entry: -wendedlícness