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twi-snæcce

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-snæcce, -snæce, -snece; adj.

Double-pointed ⬩ cloven

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Ang. 346 and see note. Sneck a latch; a piece of land jutting into an adjoining field, Halliwell's Dict. See also Jamieson's Dictionary sneck.)

Linked entry: þri-snæcce

hreð-mónaþ

Grammar
hreð-mónaþ, hréd-mónaþ, es; m.

March

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March On ðæm þriddan mónþe on geáre biþ án and þrittig daga and se mónþ is nemned on lǽden martius and on úre geþeóde hrédmónaþ in the third month in the year are one and thirty days, and the month is called in latin martius, and in our language hrédmónaþ

Linked entry: hlýda

Burgende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
Burgende, gen. a; dat. um; m.

The Burgundians, inhabitants of Burgundy ⬩ Burgundiones

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The Burgundians, inhabitants of Burgundy, an old province in the east of France; Burgundiones Profentse hæfþ be norþan hyre ða beorgas, ðe man Alpis hǽt, and be súþan hyre is Wendel-sǽ, and be norþan hyre and eástan synd Burgende, and Wascan be westan

þreágan

(v.)
Grammar
þreágan, þreán, and þreáwian (v. þreápian); p. þreáde [in Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 7 a form occurs that might be a strong past of þreán, on the analogy of þweán, sleán Ðæt gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for ðám ermþum ðe hí ðrógan; cf. the rendering of the same passage in the metres: Ðæt mód wæs swíðe sorgum gebunden for ðǽm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton,
  • Met. 26, 97.
But, perhaps, drugon should be read, as, Latin is:]; pp. þreád.

to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproach ⬩ to punish one who deserves punishment ⬩ to chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amend ⬩ to chasten ⬩ correct ⬩ to torture ⬩ torment ⬩ afflict ⬩ distress ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress

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Wé sculon men ðreágean swá swá ða gódan fæderas gewuniaþ heora bearn ða hí for heora synnum ðreágeaþ and swingaþ and hwæðere ða sylfan ðe hí mid ðám wítum ðreágeaþ and swenceaþ lufiaþ eác sic nos fidelibus tenere disciplinam debemus, sicut boni patres

Linked entries: þreán þreiga ðrogan

flicce

(n.)
Grammar
flicce, es; n.
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Flicci feusa (perna, quod rusticae fiosa dicunt), An. Ox. 53, 44 (and note). Mon selle .IIII. scép and tuá flicca, C. D. i. 293, 9. Feówer swín and feór fliccu, 164, 31. Add

under-wedd

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Ic onborgede .xxx. mancsa goldes æt Beorhaóðe and ic gesealde hym áne gyrde landes tó underwedde, Cht. Crw. 9, 119. Add

rægiming

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Dele, and see fægiminge ( = fægnunge) plausu, An. Ox. 2, 399

wǽr-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽr-leás, adj.

Faithless, false

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Th. 98, 27; Cri. 1614: (the cannibal Mermedonians), Andr. Kmbl. 2139; An. 1071

ymb-scínan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-scínan, p. scán

To shine round, surround with brightness

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Kmbl. 2034; An. 1019

DEÁF

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÁF, adj.

DEAF ⬩ surdus

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Eálá deáfa and dumba gást surde et mute spīrĭtus, Mk. Bos 9, 25. Deáfe gehýraþ surdi audiunt, Mt. Bos. 11, 5: Mk. Bos. 7, 37: Lk. Bos. 7, 22: Andr. Kmbl. 1154; An. 577.

Linked entry: a-deáf

sceád

(n.)
Grammar
sceád, scád, es; n.

Shed ⬩ a division ⬩ distinction ⬩ reason ⬩ reckoning

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Snæd and skill, Orm. 5534. Niss bitwenen ȝutmc and hemm nan snæd i manness kinde, 6229, Schead ba of god and of uvel, Kath. 240

meagol-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
meagol-mód, adj.

Of earnest mind ⬩ earnest ⬩ strenuous

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heortan meagolmód gemynd and gedéfe hreówe and sóðe ondetnesse ealra mínna synna I, sinful, pray that thou send into my heart an earnest mind, and suitable penitence, and the true confession of all my sins, Wanley Cat. 246, 9

ag-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
ag-lǽca, -lǽcea, -léca, an; m. [ah-lǽca, æg-, æc-; ag-lác, -lǽc misery; a the m. of personal noun]

A miserable being ⬩ wretch ⬩ miscreant ⬩ monster ⬩ fierce combatant ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum ⬩ bellator immanis

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A miserable being, wretch, miscreant, monster, fierce combatant; miser, perditus, monstrum, bellator immanis Ne ðæt se aglǽca yldan þohte nor did the wretch [Grendel] mean to delay that, Beo. Th. 1482; B. 739. Earme aglǽcan miserable wretches, Exon.

híwisc

(n.)
Grammar
híwisc, hígwisc, es; n.

A family, ⬩ household, ⬩ house; ⬩ also a hide of land

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God bebéad Moyse ðæt hé and eall Israhéla folc sceoldon offrian æt ǽlcum híwisce Gode án lamb ánes geáres God commanded Moses that he and all the people of Israel should offer a lamb of the first year to God from every family [a lamb for an house, Ex.

Linked entries: -isc híw-scipe

declínung

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Þá naman and þá bínaman and heora declínunga, Angl. viii. 313, 5. Add

leóf-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
leóf-wende, adj.

Pleasing ⬩ gracious ⬩ acceptable ⬩ amiable ⬩ estimable

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Ðeáh hit gód seó and deóre ðeáh biþ hlíseádigra and leófwendra se ðe hit selþ ðonne se ðe hit gaderaþ and on óðrum reáfaþ though it (gold) be good and precious, yet will he be of better repute and esteem who gives it, than he who collects it and robs

stígend

(n.)
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One who goes on board a ship, a sailor Sanctus Michael se æþela nówend and se gleáwa frumlida and se þancwirðesta stígend, An. Ox. 32 note

sib-leger

(n.)
Grammar
sib-leger, es; m.

An incestuous person

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An incestuous person Be siblegerum. And æt siblegerum ða witan gerǽddan, ðæt cyng áh ðone uferan and bisceop ðone nyðeran, L. E. G. 4; Th. i. 168, 13-15

Linked entry: -leger

friþ-splott

an asylum

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ellenum . . . and on stánum, Ll.

Linked entry: friþ-geard

on-scyte

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

an attack, assault ⬩ an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting

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Th. ii. 578, 23. an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting Mǽst ǽlc óðrum derede wordes and dǽde; and húru unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan [and mid wróhtlácan, MS. E.], Wulfst. 160, 5.

Linked entry: scyte