mealmiht
Sandy ⬩ chalky
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Sandy, chalky(?) Tó mealmehtan leáhe ( the land lay in Surrey ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 394, 13. [E. D. S. Ellis' Farming Words, 'The chalk and mould were so mixed together, that in Hertfordshire we call it a maumy (malmey) earth.' 'A chalk or a maume.
ealu-gafol
Tribute or excise paid for ale ⬩ cervĭsiæ trĭbutum
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Tribute or excise paid for ale; cervĭsiæ trĭbutum On sumen lande gebúr sceal syllan hunig-gafol, on suman mete-gafol, on suman ealu-gafol in one place a boor shall give honey-tribute, in another meat-tribute, in another ale-tribute, L. R. S. 4; Th. i
eardung
A habitation, a dwelling, tabernacle ⬩ habĭtātio, habitācŭlum
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A habitation, a dwelling, tabernacle; habĭtātio, habitācŭlum Is geworden eardung his on Sion facto est habĭtātio ejus in Sion, Ps. Spl. 75, 2: 32, 14: Ps. Spl. T. 77, 32: Ps. Th. 106, 3: Hy. 6, 11; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 11: Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 20
be-wǽpnian
To take away arms, disarm ⬩ armis spoliare
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To take away arms, disarm; armis spoliare Be ðam ðe óðerne bewépnaþ de eo qui alium armis spoliaret, L. C. S. 61, titl; Th. i. 408, 16. Gif man æt unlagum man bewǽpnige [bewepnie MS. B.] if any one unlawfully disarm a man, 61; Th. i. 408, 18
Linked entries: be-wépnian wǽpnian
ge-hlæstan
To load ⬩ adorn
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To load, adorn Mid ðý hí þæt scyp gehlæsted hæfdon when they had freighted the ship. Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 17 : Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 8; Gú. 1307. Ða eádigan mægþ beágum gehlyste the blessed maid adorned with rings, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 30; Jud. 36
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ge-lumpe
would happen ⬩ happened ⬩ befell
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pl. -lumpen would happen, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 3: Exon. 35 a; Th. 113, 32; Gú. 165; subj. p. of ge-limpan : ge-lumpen happened, Homl. Th. ii. 130, 28; pp. of ge-limpan : ge-lumpon befell, Chr. l011; Erl. 145, 1; p. pl. of ge-limpan
weorold-geriht
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A secular or civil right Woruldgerihta ic wille ðæt standan on ǽlcum leódscipe swá góde swá hý mon on betste áredian mæge . . . And ic wille ðæt woruldgerihta mid Denum standan be swá gódum lagum swá hý betst geceósan mægen, L. Edg. S. 2; Th. i. 272,
wíte-stów
A place of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ hell
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A place of punishment or torment, hell Upp cómon sume ðara ðýstra gásta of ðære neowolnesse and of ðære wítestówe (de abysso illa flammivoma ), Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 41. Nis hér (in hell) nú nǽnig wóp, swá hit ǽr gewunelíc wæs on ðisse wítestówe, Blickl
cwic-súsl
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On þǽm hellefýre[s ?] cwicsúsle his líf geendaþ, Bl. H. 61, 2. Seó menigo háligra sáula wǽron of þǽm cwicsúsle áhafena, 87, 19. Intó écere cwicsúsle, Wlfst. 289, 9. Uncyst hine besencte on cwycsúsle, Hml. Th. i. 328, 22. On deorce cwicsúsle in tetra tartara
cos
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Gancge ǽlc æfter óðrum tó cosse fratres accedant ad pacem, R. Ben. 114, 4. Syle mé sibbe coss, Hml. Th. ii. 422, 34. Cossas bassia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 47: 12, 37: labra, An. Ox. 3180. Hé þá mǽdena onscunode, and forbeáh heora cossas, Hml. S. 35, 59. Add
fore-rynel
a harbinger
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a harbinger. Eádmódnyss forrynel (precursor) ys sóðre lufe, Scint. 23, 8. Sé sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, hé onféhð friccan scíre and foreryneles; ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeað hira færelt, Past. 91, 21. On þǽre cyrcan þæs hálgan forryneles
ge-irsian
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Take here <b>ge-eorsian, ge-yrsian</b> in Dict., and add God, ðú ðe sóðlíce giiorses ( irasceris ), Rtl. 40, 23. Hwæt þá Datianus deófollíce geyrsode ongeán ðone hálgan wer, Hml. S. 14, 23. Lǽt þíne godas geyrsian, gif hí áht magon, 7, 113
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ge-swége
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Harmonious, sonorous, concordant Geswége consona, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 23. Of geswégum dréme consona armonia (psallentes), An. Ox. 7, 173. Of geswégre canora (voce concrepans), 175. Mid geswégre singan stæfne sonora psallant uoce, Angl. xiii. 410, 641.
ge-wilde
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Take here <b>ge-wylde</b> in Dict., and add: Perhaps the three passages, Ors. 3, 9; S. 133, 22: Guth. 56, 23: Ps. Th. 59, 7, at the end of <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict. might be taken here
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hrícian
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To cut open Hí man holdode and hí ealle hrícode ( the MS. has the accent ); swilce óðer wæterflód swá fleów heora blód, Hml. S. 23, 73. Hrýcigende resulcans (cf. manus resulcans, iterum aperiens, the passage is the same in both cases, An. Ox. 46, 49)
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ísern-gelóman
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Substitute: ísern-gelóma, an; m. An iron tool íserngelóman wé hátaþ spadan and spitelas. Gr. D. 201, 19. p him mon íserngelðman (issern-, v. l. ) bróhte, Bd. 4, 28; S. 520, 20. Ðæt wǽron mi stáncræftigan . . . hý gesénedon ǽlce morgen heora ísern-gelóman
reáf
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In last line dele 'lenden-, síd-', and Add Reáfo (reóf, R., here-reáf, W. S.) spolia, Lk. L. 11, 22. Add Scrúd ł hreáf uestimentum, Ps. L. 108, 19. Mid gyftlicum reáfe ( ueste ) gescrýd, Mt. 22, 11. v. beód-, brýd-, heall-, mæsse-, munuc-, preóst-,
strangian
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Add Ꝥ ilce mód mid heálicum mægnum weaxeð and strangað eadem mens virtute pollet, Gr. D. 204, 23, <b>I a.</b> to move or act with energy, vigour, force :-- Beelzebub fleáh . . . and úre Drihten him strangode æfter (pursued him vigorously)
un-sceþþigness
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Hí noldon feohtan on þám freólsdæge, ac léton hí ofsleán on unscæððignysse (cf. They said, We will not come forth. . . to profane the Sabbath . . . Let us die all in our innocency, I Macc. 2, 34-37), Hml. S. 25, 239. On unscyðþinysse in innocentia,
útane
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in foreign countries Heora wíse onnǽnne sǽl wel ne gefór, náþer ne innan from him selfum, ne útane from óþrum folcum, Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 14. Mon ne mæg útane on him ongietan hwæt mon tǽle foris a reprehensoribus non videntur, Past. 271, 20: 417, 17