sǽmra
Inferior, worse
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Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr ware, ne beóþ ðín winter wiht ðé sǽmran (anni tui non deficient). Ps. Th. 101, 24. Hí dweligende sécaþ ðæt héhste gód on ða sámran (sǽmran, Cote.
fýren
composed of fire ⬩ on fire, flaming, burning. ⬩ bearing fire ⬩ burning, red-hot
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On anlícnesse fýrenra légea, 135, 3. on fire, flaming, burning. ( Similar entries Take here fýren cylle, þecelle in Dict.)
hættian
To take the hair and skin from a person's head
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A. 703, where he quotes an explanation of the punishment by which the hair was dragged from a person's head, 'man windet im die haar mit einer kluppen oder knebel aus dem heupt.'
á-wegan
to carry off ⬩ to put away ⬩ renounce ⬩ to weigh. ⬩ to put in a balance ⬩ to estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ to be equal in weight to
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Hé áwæh ðín ríce on wǽgan, ii. 436, 12. Gelícere wáge áwæh aequa bilance trutinabat, An. Ox. 4603. Áwæg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 4, Áweh wiþ ǽnne pening, Lch. ii. 88, 5. Oððe gemetan oððe getellan oððe áwegan, Ll. Th. i. 194, 8.
reliquias
Relics of saints
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Swá hwylc mann swá hríneþ ðíne reliquias oððe ðíne bán, Nar. 49, 4
íþ-ness
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Swá him ðiós stillnes and ðiós iéðnes má lícað, swá him lǽs lícað ðæt ðæt hié tó gelaðode sindon quo non sunt molesta quae tenent, eo minus amabilia fiant quae vocant, Past. 351, 7.
cyt-wér
A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap ⬩ kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos
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Dipl, Apndx. 461; A.D. 956; Kmbl. iii, 450, 13, 15, 20, 21, 23
rǽde
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rǽdran rǽd gemittan ðonne hé ðíne wísan word gehealde in quo corrigit junior viam sitam? in custodiendo sermones tuos, Ps. Th. 118, 9. Rǽdan (?) biionges exercitationis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 59
un-fæstlíce
Not firmly ⬩ uncertainly ⬩ vaguely
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Not firmly, uncertainly, vaguely Ðonne mon smeáð on his móde ymb hwelc eorðlíc ðing, ðonne déð hé swelce hé hit átífre on his heortan, and swǽ tweólíce and unfæstlíce hé átífreþ ðæs ðinges onlícnesse on his móde ðe hé ðonne ymb smeáð, Past. 21; Swt.
eorþ-weg
the earth
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Wutun symbeldagas Drihtnes on eorðwege ealle tówurpan comprimamus omnes dies festos Domini a terra, 73, 8. On eorðwege, úp on heofenum in caelo et in terra, 112, 5: 91, 8. Add:
ge-grindan
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Faba fresa gegrunden beán s. dicta quia molata est, 146, 62: 39, 68. xxvii piporcorn[a] gegrundenra, Lch. iii. 48, 10. Add
ge-delf
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Th. i. 562, 14, v. marmstán-, ymb-gedelf. an excavation, a ditch, quarry, hole
samod-gang
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Hé eóde þá .vi. samodgongan dagas genóh blíþe per sex continuos dies laetus procedebat, 309, 6
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a-cweðan
To say ⬩ tell ⬩ answer ⬩ dicere ⬩ eloqui ⬩ respondere
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Ðæt me acweden syndon quæ dicta sunt mihi, Ps. Th. 121, 1
fóre-weard
FOREWARD ⬩ precaution ⬩ contract ⬩ agreement ⬩ compact ⬩ treaty ⬩ provision ⬩ præcautio ⬩ pactum ⬩ fœdus
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Dipl. 731; A.D. 1013-1020; Kmbl. iv. 10, 6. Fóreweard exordium, Rtl. 69, 17
in-hírness
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Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 136, 14
geostra
- [Ps. Spl. 89, 4]
Of yesterday ⬩ hesternus ⬩ heri ⬩ hesternum
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Of yesterday; hesternus Geostran dæg dies hesterna, Ps. Th. 89, 4. Gioster doeg heri, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 52. Giestron yesterday, Exon. 111 a; Th. 424, 24; Rä. 41, 44. Gystran niht yesternight, Beo. Th. 2672; B. 1334. Gyrstan dæg heri, Jn.
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copped
Having the top cut off ⬩ topped ⬩ polled ⬩ capite recisus ⬩ decacuminatus
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Dipl. 1121; A. D. 939; Kmbl. v. 240, 28, 29. Andlang weges on ða coppedan ác along the way to the polled oak Th. Diplm. A. D. 900; 145, 29
þǽr
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Sín ðíne suna and ðíne dohtra geseald óðrum folce þǽr ðú on lócie ( videntibus oculis tuis ), Deut. 28, 32. Hí clumiaþ mid ceaflum þǽr hí sceoldan clypian, L. I.
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Columba
An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands
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There Columba built a monastery; and he was abbot there thirty-two years, and there died when he was seventy-seven years. His inheritors yet have the place. . . .