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teáh

(n.)
Grammar
teáh, tǽh, téh, tíh (-g); gen. teáge; f.

a tie, banda case, coffer, casket, boxan enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)

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Hí ðás hálgan martyrrace on ánum leádenum tabulan mid stafon ágrófon, and ðæt gewrit mid twám inseglum on ánre teáge geinsegledon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 344. Gemétton hí áne teáge, seó wæs geinsæglod mid twám insæglum ... Man bær út ða teáge ...

Linked entries: tǽg tágum teág tége

sneówan

(v.)
Grammar
sneówan, p. sneáw (?), sneówde (?)

To proceed, go, come, hasten to go, come sudden

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Kmbl. 484; An. 242: 3333; An. 1670

wíd

Grammar
wíd, I.
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Scs Petrus cyrice is þreó hund fóta lang and twá hund wíd, Salamones templ ys sixtig fæþma lang and sixtig heáh and þryttiges wíd, Angl. xi. 4, 5-10. Add

hwer

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An. Ox. 4115. Man sceal habban . . . hwer, leád, cytel, hlædel, pannan, crocca, dixas, Angl. ix. 264, 9. Hét hé feccan ǽnne ǽrene hwer, and hine ealne áfyllan mid weallendum leáde and lecgan Georium innon ðone hwer, Hml. 8. 14, 104-107: 25, 117.

ge-dýre

Grammar
ge-dýre, l. <b>ge-dyre,</b>
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and add On heora gedyrum and oferslegum, Hml. Th. i. 310, 29: 40, 12.

wuldor-gesteald

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-gesteald, pl. n.

glorious possessionsglorious mansions

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Th. 408, 22; Rä. 27, 16. glorious mansions Fæder and Sunu and frófre Gást on þrinnesse wealdeþ wuldorgestealda, Andr. Kmbl. 3369; An. 1688. God bescyrede his wiðerbrecan wuldorgestealdum, Cd. Th. 4, 36; Gen. 64

cyfel

(n.)
Grammar
cyfel, (cýfel?), es; m.
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A tub vi. bidenfate and .ii. cuflas and þrý trogas, C. D. B. iii. 367, 39. Man sceal habban cyflas, Angl. ix. 264, 11

Linked entry: cufel

ofer-tæl

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-tæl, es; n.

An odd number

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An odd number Ðæra pipercorna sý ofertæl, ðæt ys ðý forman dæge án and þrittig, and ðý óðrum dæge seofontýne, and dý þriddan dæge þreótýne, Lchdm. i. 288, 8

cantel

(n.)
Grammar
cantel, a piece of wood placed obliquely to support a rafter ( ? v. cantle, cant
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Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð, and þá syllan man fægere gefegð, and þá beámas gelegð, and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað and mid cantlum underwriðað, Angl. viii. 324, 10. [From Low Lat. cantellus.]

hors-camb

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Hé sceal habban horscamb and sceára, Angl. ix. 263, 8. Add

hlid

fencea gatedoor

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Hí gemétton áne mǽre þrúh . . . and ꝥ hlid (hlyd, v.l.) ðǽr tó gelimplíce geféged, 20, 82. Þrýh hlid sarcophagi tumbam, i. tumulum An. Ox. 3970. Ðonne þú cuppan wylle . . .

bóc-cræftig

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Bóccræftige weras (scholars) secgað ꝥ ꝥ syxféte vers sceal habban feówer and twéntig tíman, Angl. viii. 335, 13. Dele 'learned in the Bible,'and add

citel

(n.)
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Hé hét mycel fýr onǽlan and ǽnne cytel þǽrofer gesettan, and bǽd þǽre fǽmne fét and handan innen þone weallende cetel gesetton, Hml. A. 178, 286-9. Cytelas lebetes, An. Ox. 7, 319. Add

Linked entry: cytel

wæl-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-wulf, es; m.

a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolfa fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf

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Th. 134, 38; By. 96. as an epithet of a cannibal, a fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf Wælwulfas bánhringas ábrecan Jóhton, tólýsan líc and sáwle, and ðonne tódǽlan werum tó wiste fǽges flǽschoman, Andr. Kmbl. 297; An. 149

for-lácan

(v.)
Grammar
for-lácan, p. -léc, -leólc; pp. -lácen

To seducebetraydeceivesedūcĕredecĭpĕre

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To seduce, betray, deceive; sedūcĕre, decĭpĕre Ðú leóda feala forleólce and forlǽrdest thou hast deceived and seduced many people, Andr. Kmbl. 2727; An. 1366. Forléc hie mid ligenum he seduced her with lies, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 30; Gen. 647.

écan

(v.)
Grammar
écan, ǽcan, ícan, iécan, ýcan, ýcean, ic éce, ðú écest, he écþ, pl. écaþ; p. écte, pl. écton, éhton; pp. éced [eáca an addition]

EKE, increase, prolong, addaugēre, appōnĕre

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Andr. Kmbl. 2767; An. 1386. Gé écaþ eówre ermþe ye increase your poverty. Bt. 26, 2; Fox 94, 9. Ðæt écþ his ermþa that augments his misery, 29, 1; Fox 102, 19. Écte ðæt spell mid leóþe he prolonged the speech with verse, 12; Fox 36, 6: Ps.

Linked entries: ǽcan ge-ícan

fiscere

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Add: Wæs ðǽm cyninge (Xerxes) swíþe ange on his móde . . . þæt hé ofer ðá eá cuman ne mehte . . . Him þá tó cóm án fiscere and hiene ánne ofer bróhte piscatoria scapha trepidus transit, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 10.

glæd-scipe

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Þæt wé magon cuman tó þám eásterlican dæge þe aa byð mid fullum glædscipe and wynsumnysse and écere blisse, Angl. viii. 323, 40. Add

þigen

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Add Þæs hálgan húsles þigene underfón, Angl. xii. 514, 6. Ofet hine fédde, and wudehunig, and óðre wáclice ðigena, Hml. Th. i. 352, 8

mealt-ealu

(n.)
Grammar
mealt-ealu, n.
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Malt-ale Hwerhwettan moran and áne handfulle sperewyrte . . . wylle on mealtealoð, Nap. 44