ge-bícnung
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Add: v. ge-bícnan; 1. cf. ge-bícnan; Ic ðá stówe þe se fearr geealgode synderlíce lufige, and ic wolde mid þǽre gebícnunge geswulelian þæt ic eom ðǽre stówe hyrde. Hml. Th. i. 504, 1
gór
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See <b>gár; IV,</b> where add Tó ðes gáres súðende, C. D. v. 86, 28. Cf. on ðone gáran ufwerdne, 356, 16 (the three passages refer to the same place)
mann-slaga
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Betwuh þám manslagum cum viris sanguinum, Ps. Th. 25, 9. Þá manslagan, 5, 6. Add
mónaþ-seóc
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Mónoþseóc inerguminum (cf. deófelseócne, 4934), An. Ox. 2, 404. Man ferode . .
scyldigung
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In l. 1 for 'A criminal charge'; in l. 6 for 'charge . . . it); in l. 7 for 'charge' substitute 'A penalty for crime, wer-gild; wergild; wergild: and add: cf. Ll. Th. i. 116, 4
wrítian
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to cut (v. wrítan; ) or to draw (v. wrítan; ) a figure Ðonne wercað hió of weaxe, writiaþ (wrítaþ?) Fénix, métaþ Fénix they make waxen images of the Phenix, draw it, paint it, E. S. 478
sadol-felg
The pommel of a saddle ⬩ pella
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The pommel of a saddle; pella (cf. Spanish pella a ball, anything made in a round form) Sadulfelgae, -felge pella, Txts. 88, 818. Sadolfelg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 9. Sadolfelg (? Wrt. radolfelt), i. 291, 15
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wæl-regn
A deadly rain ⬩ the rain that caused the Flood
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A deadly rain (the rain that caused the Flood) Ic on andwlítan sígan lǽte wællregn ufan wídre eorðan; fǽhðe ic wille on weras stǽlan, and mid wǽgþreáte eall ácwellan, Cd. Th. 81, 24; Gen. 1350
hǽþ
A heath, waste, desert, uncultivated land ⬩ a low barren heath or fell
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A heath, waste, desert, uncultivated land Hár hǽþ the hoar heath, Cd.148; Th. 185, 5; Exod. 118. Bera sceal on hǽþe the bear shall [live] on the heath, Menol. Fox 518; Gn. C. 29
Linked entry: for-hǽþan
heáfod-sién
The eye
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Heáfodsiéna, Cd. 114; Th. 150, 11; Gen. 2490
Linked entry: heáfod-sýn
COLT
A COLT ⬩ pullus
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A COLT; pullus He asyndrode þrítig gefolra olfendmyrena mid heora coltum, and twentig assmyrena mid heora coltum [MS. coltun] separavit camelos fætas cum pullis suis triginta, et asinas viginti et pullos earum Gen. 32, 15
spere-healf
The male side or line
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Cf. swert-, gér-máge, Grmm. R. A. 470) Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe, Chart. Th. 491, 20
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bearhtm
A twinkling of an eye ⬩ an instant
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Þonne (at the last day) englas bláwað býman on brehtme (cf. 1 Cor. xv. 52), Cri. 882
earm-sceapen
Miserable, wretched ⬩ mĭser
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Th. 2707; B. 1351: Cd. 206; Th. 255, 30; Dan. 632
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fýr-clom
A fire-bond ⬩ vincŭlum ignītum vel igne dūrātum
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A fire-bond; vincŭlum ignītum vel igne dūrātum Ðis is þeóstre [ðeostræ MS.] hám, þearle gebunden fæstum fýrclommum this is a dark home, strongly bound with fast fire-bonds, Cd. 213; Th. 267, 16; Sat. 39
fyren-dǽd
A wicked deed ⬩ scĕlestum făcĭnus
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Th. 2006; B. 1001: Cd. 191; Th. 237, 30; Dan. 345
logðor
wily ⬩ crafty
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Logeðer marsius (cf.(?) Marsi homines, quibus naturalem vim contra serpentes inesse olim creditum, incantatores, Ducange, v. wyrm-galere), 55, 58
mægen-folc
A mighty people
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A mighty people Mægenfolc micel (cf. O. Sax. meginfolk mikil the multitude that flocked about Christ) a people mighty and vast (the good at the day of judgment ), Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 1; Cri. 877
mǽr-bróc
A brook which forms a boundary
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A brook which forms a boundary, cf. mearc-bróc Tó mǽrbróce; of mǽrbróce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 5: 438, 27: v. 284, 29 (where mér-bróc is the same as merc-bróc of l. 13)
gnorn
Sorrowful ⬩ sad ⬩ dejected ⬩ complaining ⬩ mœstus
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Flugon forhtigende gylp wearþ gnornra they fled in terror, their boast became more sorrowful, Cd. 166; Th. 206, 19; Ex. 454