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sníð-streó

(n.)
Grammar
sníð-streó, sníð-streów

carline thistle sisca

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Eoforþrote scisca, 35, 27: scasa ł scapa ł sisca, Lchdm. iii. 305, col. 1. In Spanish sisca is the cylindrical sugar-cane

speling

(n.)
Grammar
speling, e; f.

The taking the place of anotherthe acting as the representative of another

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The taking the place of another, the acting as the representative of another Cristes gespelia hé (the abbot) is and his note and spelinge on mynstre healt Christi uices agere in monasterio creditur, R. Ben. 10, 12

unfriþ-scip

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-scip, es; n.

a ship which is carrying on hostilitiesa ship belonging to a hostile country

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, þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit undrifen bið omnis ceapscip, i.e. navis institoris, pacem habeat, quae in portum veniet, licet navis sit inimicorum, si non sit abacta tempestatibus (Lat. vers.), L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 286, 21

un-sidu

(n.)
Grammar
un-sidu, a; m.

A bad habitvicious custommal-practice

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A bad habit, vicious custom, mal-practice Sóð is ðæt ic secge, árǽre man unlaga on lande oððe unsida lufige tó swíðe, ðæt cymð ðære þeóde tó unþearfe, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 8.

staca

(n.)
Grammar
staca, an; m.

A stake

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Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 12. Ðǽr his bróðor heáfod stód on stacangefæstnod, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 166. Wrí ðysne circul on ánum mealan stán on uppan ðam stacan, Lchdm. i. 395, 3-5.

Linked entry: stacung

elcor

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L. 5, 36, 37. elsewhere Seó fǽmne gá on mynster oððe ælcor on hire clǽnnysse hig healde eat puella in monasterium, vel alibi in castitate se contineat, Ll. Th. ii. 148, 4

wǽpen-getæc

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-getæc, -tak, es; n.

A wapentake,

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Eth. iii. 1; Th. i. 292, 8: iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 3, 8

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, adv.
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Nán mann ne mihte ne inn (ing, v. l. ) ne út, Chr. 1016; P. 149, 6. Se ingang is eástan in, Shrn. 69, 3. Be cumbe ing on holan bróc; ꝥ andlang streámes ing on hlósmoc, C. D. iii. 412, 24. Ing tó ealdan mynstre, Che. E. 185, 7.

solor

(n.)
Grammar
solor, soler[e?], es; m.

An upper chamber, a solerflat roof of a house an upper room solarium, coenaculum

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Se fugel ofer heánne beám hús getimbreþ, and gewícaþ ðǽr sylf in ðam solere in that upper chamber (its nest) Exon. Th. 212, 2; Ph. 204. [ Soler solarium Wrt. Voc. i. 178, 12. Solere 273, col. 2. Solere or lofte solarium, hectheca Prompt.

Linked entry: solere

neoþera

(adj.)
Grammar
neoþera, niþera; adj. (without a positive form)

Lower

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Voc. ii. 7, 79: i. 282, 71. Niþera lippe labrum, 43, 25. Ðú generedest míne sáule of ðære neoþeran helle, Blickl. Homl. 89, 28. Neoþran, Ps. Spl. 85, 12. On seáðe ðam neoþeran in lacu inferiori, 87, 6.

Linked entries: niþemest niþera

un-dirne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dirne, -dierne, -dyrne; adj.

Not hiddendiscoveredrevealedmanifest

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is undyrne werum, hú ða wihte hátne sindon, 429, 19; Rä. 43, 15. Ic wordum wemde wyrd undyrne, Andr. Kmbl. 2959; An. 1482.

Linked entries: dirne un-derne un-dyrne

mylen

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Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 13. Ic gean Ǽdwine muneke þá mylne þe Ringware áhte . . . and ic gean ꝥ myln þe Wulnóð áhte into S Eádmunde, C. D. iv. 59, 11-15. Andlang streámæs on ðá mylne, v. 340, 21

an-gin

(n.)
Grammar
an-gin, -ginn, -gyn, on-gin, es; n.

A beginningattemptresolvepurposedesignundertakingopportunityinitiumprincipiumconatusinceptumcœptumoccasio

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Se ána Scyppend næfþ nán anginn, ac he sylf is anginn ealra þinga the Creator alone hath not any beginning, but he is himself the beginning of all things, Hexam. 13; Norm. 22, 3. On anginne in principio, 1; Norm. 2, 26.

Linked entries: an-gyn on-gin

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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35, 27 : ii. 362, 18 : iv. 115, 24: hostium expeditio, iii. 316, 17: expeditio contra (in) hastes patriae, iv. 95, 12 : 92, 19 ; communis publicae rei expeditio, iii. 194, 33: 242, 34: expeditio contra hastes, 245, ii ; communis (publica) contra hostes

gifu

(n.)
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<b>I b.</b> as a legal term, gift, transfer of property :-- Hláfordes gifu þe hé on riht áge tó gifanne, Ll. Th. i. 292, 16. Riht gifu, 422, l : ii. 302, 7. <b>I c.

tiber

(n.)
Grammar
tiber, tifer, es; n.
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Ic on ðín hús gange and ðǽr tídum ðé tifer onsecge . . . Ðás ic mid múðe aspræc . . . ðæt ic ðé on tifrum forgulde ealle ða gehát ðe ic mid mínum welerum tódǽlde introibo in domum tuam in holocaustis . . .

Linked entries: teofrian tifer

býrian

(v.)
Grammar
býrian, 3rd s. býreþ; p. ede; pp. ed [býre an event, a favourable time, an opportunity]
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To happen, pertain to, belong to; evenire, contingere, pertinere ad [v. ge-býrian]: found as v. impers: it pertains to, it concerns, it belongs to, it is lawful; pertinet ad, oportet, licet Ne býreþ to him from scipum non pertinet ad eum de ovibus, Jn

ǽl

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Ǽles tácen is . . . swá swá mon ǽl déð ðonne hine mon on spite stagan wyle, Tech. ii. 124, 6-11.Ll. Th. i. 146, 20. Add

ge-lang

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Is eal æt þé lissa gelong, B. 2150. from or in a place (hwǽr, þǽr). the object material Eáþe wé magon geseón on óþre healfe úrra feónda hwǽr se drinca is gelang . . . ac . . . wé him ne magon búton gefeohte tó cuman aquam quidem in conspectu esse respondit

ge-þæf

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Voc. ii. 135, 2. Gif munuc eáðhylde biþ and geþæf, þeáh híne man wácne talige si omni Militate contentus sit monachus, R. Ben. 29, 3. not wishing change in something, with gen. Hú hé his ágene unðeáwas ongietan wille and hira geþæf bión (cf. (?)