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ettan

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Eal þæt his man áþer oððe ettan oððe erian mæg (all of it that can be grazed or ploughed), þæt líð wið ðá sǽ, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 25, Substitute

flǽsc-hama

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Sáwle of flǽschoman scyndan, Jul. 489. corporeal state of man Biþ se flǽschoma áscýred swá glæs, ne mæg ðæs unrihtes beón áwiht bedígled, Bl. H. 109, 36. Þurh leáslice líces wynne, earges flǽschoman ídelne lust, Cri. 1298.

hád-bót

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Tó hád-bðte, gif líflyre wurþe . . . þone forman stæpe béte man mid áne punde, and mid gódre bóte þingige georne, Ll. Th. ii. 240, 6-13 : 14. Tó hád-bðte, gif fulbryce (plena infractio, 549, § 5) wyrðe, 20: 23.

gylden

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Man hit cleopede þá Gildene burh, Chr. 1052; P. 183, 20. Gyldenu fatu and silfrenu. Bt. 36, l; F. 172, 19. Twá hund gildenra pænega, Ap. Th. 27, 26. On gyldenan faton, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 33. Ne wyrc þú þé gyldne (gyldíne, v. l. ) godas, Ll.

neáhlíce

(adv.)
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D. 336, 23. hardly Se hróf wæs on mislicre heánesse; on sumre stówe hé wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce (cf. earfoðlíce, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20: both passages refer to the same place) gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22

scort

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Add Hé wénde ꝥ swá scort (sceort, v. l. ) man (cf. lytelne, 10) ne mihte ná habban swá ormǽtne hlísan þurh hálinesse, Gr. D. 46, 18. 2 b. Add Ðá wolde se cniht his wíte geendian mid scortum deáðe, Hml. S. 12, 190. 2 c.

wác

Grammar
wác, <b>; II.</b>
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Þá man talað wáce þe woldon for Godes ege georne riht lufian, Wlfst. 243, II. <b>II a.</b> of non-material things :--- III. add :-- Hé beleác hine on cwearterne and sende him bigleofan lytelne and wácne, 35, 38.

ríclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ríclíce, adv.

powerfullywith poweras one possessing powersplendidlysumptuously

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Lamb. 44, 4. splendidly, sumptuously Sum welig man dæghwamlíce ríclíce (splendide) gewistfullude, Lk. Skt. 16, 19

Linked entry: ríc-líc

ge-singan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-singan, p. -sang, pl. -sungon; pp. -sungen

To sing;cănĕre

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To sing; cănĕre Sceal mon leóþ gesingan a man shall sing songs, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 8; Gn. Ex. 140 : Menol. Fox 140; Men. 70. David þurh Godes gást Gode to lofe gesang David through God's spirit sang to the praise of God, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 67, 332.

BED

(n.)
Grammar
BED, bedd, es ; n.

a BEDcouchpalletstratumlectusa bed in a gardenpulvillusareola in hortis

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Bos. 2, 4; thei senten doun the bedd, in whiche the sike man lay, Wyc.

Linked entries: bædd bedd beád

Carendre

(n.)
Grammar
Carendre, an; f, A province of Germany, now the duchy of
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Carinthia or Kärnthen, a crown land of the Austrian empire On óðre healfe Donua ðære eá is ðæt land Carendre, súþ óþ ða beorgas ðe man hǽt Alpis on the other side of the river Danube is the country Carinthia, [lying] south to the mountains which are

CYCENE

(n.)
Grammar
CYCENE, cicene,an; f.

A kitchen coquīna, culīna

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Gif ceorl hæfde cirican and cycenan [MS. kycenan] if a free man had a church and a kitchen, L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 15

Linked entry: cicene

feor-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
feor-cund, feorr-cund; adj.

Come from afarperĕgrīnus

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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus Gif feorcund mon, oððe fremde, bútan wege geond wudu gorge, and ne hriéme ne horn bláwe, for þeóf he biþ to prófianne, oððe to sleánne oððe to aliésanne if a far-come man, or a stranger, journey through a wood out of the highway

Linked entry: feorran-cund

lógian

(v.)
Grammar
lógian, (v. lóh); p. ode

To lodgeplacearrangeframe

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Wé lǽraþ ðæt man intó circan ǽnig þinga ne lógige ðæs ðe ðartó ungedafenlíc sí we enjoin that nothing be lodged in the church that is unsuitable for the place, L. Edg. c. 27; Th. ii. 250, 11

mæssepreóst-scír

(n.)
Grammar
mæssepreóst-scír, e; f.

The district attached to the church at which a masspriest officiated

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The district attached to the church at which a masspriest officiated Gif man hwylc metrum cild tó mæssepreóste bringe, sý of swylcre mæssepreóstscýre swylce hyt sý, L. E. I. 17; Th. ii. 412, 21. Cf.

ge-líca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-líca, an; m : also ge-líce, an; f.

An equalæqualisparæqualitas

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An equal; æqualis, par, æqualitas Nán man nis his gelíca on eorþan non sit ei similis in terra, Job. Thw. 164, 17. Micel is ðæt ongin ðínre gelícan great is the attempt for thy equal [cf.

Linked entry: un-gelíca

slǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽtan, p. te [causative of siítan; cf. bait an animal, and bite]
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B. 17 the form is sleat. ], bait, set dogs on, hunt with dogs Man slætte ǽnne fearr, and se fear arn him tógeánes, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 72

wiþer-sacian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþer-sacian, p. ode.

to blasphemeto be apostate

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Swá hwylc man swá wyþersacaþ (blasphemes, v. Gospel of Nicodemus c. 4, v. 7) ðam Cásere, hé byþ deáþes scyldig, Nicod. 10; Thw. 5, 23. Wiþersacendra blasphemantium, Scint. 209, 5. to be apostate Wiðersaca[n]dan apostataverant, Hpt. Gl. 510, 49.

wlátian

(v.)
Grammar
wlátian, p. ode; impers.

To cause a personloathing

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Gif man sý innan unhál, oþþe hyne wlátige, i. 76, 9. Búton ðú git tó full sý ðæs ðe ðé lǽfed is, ðæt ðé for ðý wlátige, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 20

weorold-gilp

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gilp, es; m.
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Largitas . . . ðæt is ðæt man wíslíce his ǽhta áspende, ná for woruld-gylpe, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 327, 330