mete-cú
A cow that is to furnish food
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A cow that is to furnish food Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge xii pund gódes cornes and i gód metecú, L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27. v. preceding word
earfoþ-tǽcne
Difficult to be shewn ⬩ diffĭcĭlis demonstrātu
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Difficult to be shewn; diffĭcĭlis demonstrātu Eorþe and wæter earfoþtǽcne wuniaþ on fýre earth and water dwell in fire difficult to be shewn, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 294; Met. 20, 147
Linked entry: -tǽcne
ge-lómlǽcan
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Add: <b>II b.</b> reflex. to apply one's self frequently to Uton ús on gebedu gelómlǽcan let us continue instant in prayer, Verc. Först. 132, 7
ge-swinc
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the produce of labour Ic háte ꝥ gé gangen, tó mínum cyricum, and þǽr gé eówer geswinc sellað (cf. ꝥ gé ágeofan ðá teóðunge tó Godes cyrican, 16), Wlfst. 229, 7
ge-mannian
To man, supply with men, garrison ⬩ vĭris vel mīlĭtĭbus instruĕre
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To man, supply with men, garrison; vĭris vel mīlĭtĭbus instruĕre He hét ða burg gemannian he commanded to man the city, Chr. 923; Erl. 110, 2, 5 : 924; Erl. 110, 13
stífian
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To be or to become stiff Ic stífige rigeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Zup. 154, 15. Ic stífie obrigesco, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 32. Stífodan rigebant, durescebant, Hpt. Gl. 483, 68
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þroht
Oppression ⬩ affliction ⬩ hardship
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Oppression, affliction, hardship Ic hit leng ne mæg helan for hungre, is ðes hæft tó ðan strang, þreánýd ðæs þearl, and ðes þroht tó ðæs heard, Elen. Kmbl. 1405; El. 704
weorold-gewinn
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Earthly war Hit bið swýðe derigendlíc, ðæt Godes þeówan Drihtnes þeówdóm, forlǽtan, and tó woruldgewinne (weoruld-, worold-, v. ll. ) búgan, ðe him náht tó ne gebyraþ. Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 832
fore-seón
to foresee ⬩ to despise
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Add: to foresee Be þám sáwlum þe foreseóð and forewiton monige wísan de animabus quae multa praenoscunt, Gr. D. 301, 14. Grammar fore-seón, = for-seón; P. 217, 7. to despise
fore-gehátan
to order ⬩ to promise
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to order Foregehéht praecipit, Mt. p. 14, 11: praecepit, 18, 9. to promise Hiá foregehéhton him feh þte hiá sealla walldon promiserunt ei pecuniam se daturos, Mk. L. R. 14, 11
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ge-brytnian
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To distribute, dispense Ðá eorðlican hláfordas sint tó ðǽm gesette ðæt hié ðá endebyrdnesse and ðá ðegnunga hiora hiérédum gebrytnige terrence domus dominus famulorum ordtnes mini-steriaque dispertiens, Past. 319, 20
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mǽd-æcer
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A meadow Þæne hagan þe Eádwerd áhte, and þæne mǽdæcer þe þǽr tó hýrð, Swt. A. S. Rdr. ii. 203, 13. .viii. rnǽdæceras. . . gebyriað tó Cenelmestúne, C. D. vi. 33, 28
níwian
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Add: to repeat Wið foredum lime, lege þás sealfe on ꝥ forode lira, and forlege mid elmrinde, dó spilc tó; eft simle níwa oþ ꝥ gehálod sié, Lch. ii. 66, 23
swinsian
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Swynsiendum adtonito (adtonito is found Vit. Cuth. poet. C. 31, 4, and five lines later dulcisonis occurs, to which word swynsiendum seems more properly to belong), Hpt. 33, 238, 9. Add
syll
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Þreó gyrda tó þillianæ, and .iii. sylla tó lyccanne tres virgatas plancas ponere, et tres suliuas, id est, ires magnas trabes supponere, C. D. B. iii. 659, 5, and often. Add
wíg-gild
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Se ealdorapostol ǽrest ús gesette tó healdanne ðás dagas and tó beganganne for hǽðenra manna gedwilde, for þan þe hié hiera wíggild and deófulgild on ðás dagas weorðedon, Nap. 69. Add
Colne-ceaster
COLCHESTER, Essex, so called from the river Colne ⬩ Colcestria, in agro Essexiæ, ad ripam Colnii fluvii
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COLCHESTER, Essex, so called from the river Colne; Colcestria, in agro Essexiæ, ad ripam Colnii fluvii Hí fóron to Colneceastre they went to Colchester Chr. 92i; Erl. 107, 9; 108, 5
ge-wácian
To grow weak ⬩ lose energy ⬩ to flinch ⬩ languescere ⬩ obtorpescere
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To grow weak or lose energy, to flinch; languescere, obtorpescere Gif hý ðǽr ne gewácodan [gewícadon, Laud] if they had not there lost energy [stopped], Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 11
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wín-líc
Of wine
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Of wine Hé wæter áwende tó wínlícum drence, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 37. Hé gemét ðæt wæter tó wínlícum swæcce áwend (cf. 1. 16), Homl. Th. ii. 58, 31: 64, 29
rǽdan
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Add Þá rédon (rǽddan, v. l.) hí him betweónum and cwǽdon consultatione habita, Ors. 1, 14; S. 56, 20. Hí heom betweónan rǽddon and þus geþwǽrlíce cwǽdon, Hml. S. 23, 201. <b>II b.</b> add: to say in consultation :-- Ðeáh ðé mon hwylces hlihge