friþ-scipe
A guard-ship ⬩ a ship on ike look-out for hostile vessels
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A guard-ship (?), a ship on ike look-out for hostile vessels (?) Of manegum landum máre ( more than the trinoda necessitas ) landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne, swilce is . . . scorp tó friðscipe and sǽweard, Ll. Th. i. 432, 8. Substitute:
fugel-tras
A pole for spreading bird-nets
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A pole for spreading bird-nets Fugultreó amites (amites perticae aucupales, Festus), Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 18. Fugeltrió, 6, 58. Substitute:
wang
A cheek ⬩ side of the face
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A cheek, side of the face Ðæt wange wið ða ceócan ufan mandibula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 3. Ðæs wonges locfeax cesaries, 22, 57. Smire ðæt hále wonge mid, Lchdm. ii. 338, 9. Bind on ðæt wænge, 20, 10. Smyre ðæt wenge, 20, 18. Gif hwá ðé sleá on dín swýðre
ge-wyder
Weather ⬩ the temperature of the air ⬩ tempestas ⬩ cæli tempĕries
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Weather, the temperature of the air; tempestas, cæli tempĕries Bringþ sumor wearme gewyderu summer brings warm weather, Menol. Fox 177; Men. 90. Godes miht gefadaþ ealle gewydera God's power ordereth all weathers, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 278,
burg-ræced
A city-dwelling, house surrounded by a wall or rampart of earth ⬩ urbanæ ædes, circumvallata domus
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A city-dwelling, house surrounded by a wall or rampart of earth; urbanæ ædes, circumvallata domus Beorht wǽron burgræced bright were the city-dwellings, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 9; Ruin. 22
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a-fúlian
To become foul ⬩ to putrefy ⬩ be defiled ⬩ putrescere ⬩ putrefieri ⬩ inquinari
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To become foul, to putrefy, be defiled; putrescere, putrefieri, inquinari, Scint. 66: 17
a-wédan
To be mad ⬩ to rage ⬩ to be angry ⬩ to go or wax mad ⬩ revolt ⬩ apostatize ⬩ in furorem agi
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To be mad, to rage, to be angry, to go or wax mad, revolt, apostatize; in furorem agi Awéddon ða nýtena the cattle became mad, Ors. 5, 10; Bos. 108, 31. Se ðe for sleápe awéd phreneticus = φρενιτικόs, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 40; Wrt. Voc. 45, 72
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balw
Miserable ⬩ wicked ⬩ malus
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Miserable, wicked; malus, Beo. Th. 1958; B. 977
beód-gereordu
A table-meal ⬩ a feast ⬩ convivium
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A table-meal, a feast; convivium Cd. 74; Th. 91, 27; Gen. 1518
CLÚSTOR
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A lock, bar, barrier, cell; claustrum, clausura Meahte ðæs ceasterhlides clústor onlúcan might unlock the lock of the city-gate, Exon. 12 a; Th. 20, 8; Cri. 314. Wæs mid clústre carcernes duru behliden the door of the prison was shut with a lock, Exon
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dæg-rím
A number of days, a course of days ⬩ dierum numerus
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A number of days, a course of days;dierum numerus Wiste ðe geornor ðæt his aldres wæs ende gegongen, dógora dægrím he knew the better that his life's end was passed, his days' number, Beo. Th. 1650; B. 823. Upon ðæt ígland ðǽr Apollines dóhtor wunode
cwic-seolfor
QUICKSILVER ⬩ vivum argentum
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QUICKSILVER ; vivum argentum Wið magan wærce; rudan sǽd and cwicseolfor for pain of stomach; seed of rue and quicksilver, L. M. 3, 69; Lchdm. ii. 356, 19. Cwicseolfor argentum vivum, Cot. 16
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dóm-setl
A judgment-seat, tribunal ⬩ trĭbūnal
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A judgment-seat, tribunal; trĭbūnal Ðis dómsetl hoc trĭbūnal, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 5; Som. 9, 2. Se gerefa hét Iulianan út gelǽdan to his dómsetle the count bade Juliana be led out to his judgment-seat, Exon. 73 b; Th. 274, 16; Jul. 534: 68 a; Th. 252, 12; Jul
dyrn-gewrit
A secret writing, in the pl. books whose authors are not known, the apocryphal books ⬩ occulta scripta, apocrypha
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A secret writing, in the pl. books whose authors are not known, the apocryphal books; occulta scripta, apocrypha, Cot. 10
deáþ-wége
A deadly cup ⬩ mortis pōcŭlum
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A deadly cup; mortis pōcŭlum Ǽnig ne wæs mon on moldan ðætte meahte bibúgan ðone bleátan drync deópandeáþwéges there was not any man on earth that could avoid the miserable drink of the deep deadly cup, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 25; Gú. 964
Eaxan ceaster
Exeter, Devon
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Exeter, Devon Wende he hine wið Eaxan ceastres he turned towards Exeter, Chr. 894; Th. 167, 28, col. 2: 894; Th. 169, 17, col. 2: 895; Th. 173, 10, col. 2
ébere-morþ
Open murder, manslaughter ⬩ homĭcīdium manĭfestum
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Open murder, manslaughter; homĭcīdium manĭfestum, L. II. 12, § l; Th. i. 522, 27, Som. Ben. Lye
eíg-land
Water-land, an island ⬩ insŭla
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Water-land, an island; insŭla On ðis eíglande in this island, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 15
em-niht
Equal day and night, equinox ⬩ æquĭnoctium
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Equal day and night, equinox ; æquĭnoctium On emnihtes dæg, ðæt is ðonne se dæg and seó niht gelíce lange beóþ on the day of the equinox, that is when the day and night are equally long, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 19; Lchdm. iii. 260,
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eored-wered
A band, company, multitude ⬩ exercĭtus, lĕgio
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A band, company, multitude; exercĭtus, lĕgio Eóredweredu ðara deófla lĕgiōnes sive exercĭtus dæmonum, Greg. Dial. 1, 10