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hoppe

(n.)
Grammar
hoppe, an; f.

An ornament suspended from the neck, a bell [?] hung from a dog's neck

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hung from a dog's neck Hryðeres belle and hundes hoppe ǽlc biþ ánes sciłł. weorþ and ǽlc is melda geteald an ox's bell and that on a dog's collar, each is worth a shilling and each is reckoned an informer, L. Edg. H. 8; Th. i. 260, 16.

Linked entry: ge-hopp

burne

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Voc. ii. 112, 39: An. Ox. 1714: fons, Kent. Gl. 633. Ondlong ðǽre burnan, C.D. iii. 32, 29, Hé eóde tó þǽre burnan accessit ad torrentem, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 24, 6. In ðá burnan, C.D. iii. 33, 8. v. wæter-, wǽðe-burne. Add

cumb

(n.)
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Add:to cumb, Cumb dolium, An. Ox. 56, 30

of-sníþan

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Ger. aba-snídan amputare: Ger. ab-schneiden.]

heáh-diácon

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-diácon, es; m.
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An archdeacon-Næs ná ðám ánum ðe Gode sylfum underþeódde syndon mid myclum hádum, biscopas and cyningas and mæssepreóstas and heáhdiáconas not to those alone who are subject to God himself in high positions, as bishops and kings and archdeacons; Blickl

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. swór (but a weak swerede occurs; cf.
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Ðá ásweartode eall se king and swór under God ælmihtine and under ealle hálgan ðártó, ðæt hit næs ná his rǽd, Chart. Th. 340, 1. where noun and clause both occur Swerige hé ðone áð, ðæt hé sý unscyldig, L. Ath. i. 73; Th. i. 210, 31.

Linked entry: fore-swerian

ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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An hió ðám híwum ðára gebúra ðe on ðám gafollande sittað, and ðéra þeówra manna hió an Eádgyfe, 132, 30

Linked entry: ge-býr

weorþness

(n.)
Grammar
weorþness, e; f.
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Tó lífes wyrþnysse ad vite honestatem Anglia xiii. 368, 48. dignity, nobility, honourable or honoured condition Werðnes dignitas, Kent. Gl. 582. Æþele æfter ðysse worulde wurþnysse ad saeculi hujus dignitatem nobilis, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 2.

manigfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Add: cf. manig-feald; Ðeáh ðe hié mon manigfealdlíce and mislíce styrede eos per tot varietatis latera mutabilitatis aura versaret. Past. 306, 5. Ætforan ódrum gyldum þe man myslíce geald, and men mid menigfealdlíce drehte, Chr. 1052 ; P. 173, 23.

of-stingan

(v.)

to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce

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to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce His ealdgefána sum hiene ofstang a Pausania occisus est, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 34. Hé hiene (the elephant) on ðone nafelan ofstang, 4, 1; Swt. 156, II.

Linked entry: of-stician

ge-mǽte

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Besceáwige se abbod þǽra reáfa gemet, þæt hý ne synd tó scorte, ac gemiéte þám þe hyra notiað (uestimenta uténtibus ea mensurata), R. Ben. 89, 19. meet, suitable for a purpose, fitted, apt: — Gemǽte gewrixl apta uicissitudo, An. Ox. 4271.

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewisealsoaspariter

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Elpendes hýd wyle drincan wætan gelíce án spinge deþ an elephant's hide will imbibe water as a sponge doth, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 11.

cyrr

(n.)
Grammar
cyrr, cerr, cirr, cierr,es ; m.

A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium

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A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair; versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium Æt ðam feórþan cyrre [sǽle, q. v.] at the fourth turn or time, Herb. 100, 3; Lchdm. i. 214, 5, 6, 7, 8: Gen. 38, 18.

Linked entries: cerr cier

fóster-land

(n.)
Grammar
fóster-land, fóstor-land, es; n.

FOSTER-LANDland assigned for the procuring of provisionsfundus cĭbāriis emendis assignātus

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A.D. 1032; 329, 27. Se cyning ðæt land geaf into Cristes cyrcean ðan híréde to fósterlande the king gave the land to Christchurch as foster-land for the convent, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1052; 368, 17

Linked entry: fóstor-land

stefning

(n.)
Grammar
stefning, stemning, e; f.
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Cornwall Glossary stemming is given as 'a turn in succession, as when in dry seasons people have to take their regular turn for water at the common pump') Hié (seó fyrd) hæfdan heora stemninge (steminge, another MS.) gesetene, Chr. 894; Th. i. 166, col

ceósan

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Add Ceóseþ legit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 34. to choose a person as lord Ic eom fyrmdig tó þám híwum ꝥ hý hine ceósan, Cht. Th. 487, 28.

on-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
on-scyte, es; m.

an attack, assaultan attack in words, a calumny, backbiting

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an attack, assault Salomon ðæt mǽre hús Godu betǽhte, him and his folce tó gescyldnysse wið ǽlces yfeles onscyte as a protection against the assault of every evil, Homl.

eórod

Grammar
eórod, es; a.

A band, legion, troopturma, légio

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A band, legion, troop; turma, légio Wíse men tealdon án eórod to six þúsendum, and twelf eórod sind twá and hundseofontig þúsend wise men have reckoned a legion at six thousand, and twelve legions are seventy-two thousand, Homl.

ynce

(n.)
Grammar
ynce, es; m.
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An inch Wund ynces (inces, v. l. ) lang, L. Alf. pol. 45; Th. i. 92, 18, 19. Gif ofer ynce scilling; æt twám yncum, twégen; ofer þrý, .iii. scill., L. Ethb. 67; Th. i. 18, 17. Hé ( Adam ) wæs vi and cx ynca lang, Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 20

Linked entry: FÓT

cos

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