hýrig-mann
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A person hired to work Ðá gewearþ ðam hláforde and ðam hýrigmannum wið ánum peninge an agreement to work for a penny was made between the lord and the workmen he had hired, Th. An. 73, 30
un-gewunelíc
unusual ⬩ unwonted ⬩ unfrequented ⬩ uninhabitable
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Fela fægera þinga ðe ðam folce ungecnáwe[n] wæs and ungewunelíc, Ap. Th. 17, 14. Hwílum gebyrede swíþe ungewunelíc and ungecyndelíc yfel, ðæt ða bearn sieredon ymbe ðone fæder, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 12.
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bréman
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Bletsien þec fiscas and fuglas, ealle þá þe onhrérað hreó wǽgas brémen Dryhten, Az. 142 : 116. Brémed celebratur, honoratur. Hpt. Gl. 470, 67. Add:
emitte
An emmet, ant ⬩ formīca
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An emmet, ant; formīca Emittan formīcæ, Prov. 30
mǽg-cynren
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Dele, and cf. mid cynrene, An. Ox. 1297
á-scunelic
Detestable
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Detestable Tó áscunelicum ad detestabile, An. Ox. 4016
egþ-wirf
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Hundehtetig æcera gesáwen and án egþwirf and vi. bidenfate, C. D. B. iii. 367, 38
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of-féran
to overtake
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to overtake (an enemy) Pharao tengde æfter mid eallum his here and offérde hí æt ðære Reádan Sǽ Pharaoh pressed after with all his host, and overlook the Israelites at the Red Sea, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 16: Chr. 948; Erl. 118, 19.
Linked entry: of-faran
fær-riht
fare
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Then said I to him : " Brother, I haven't any fare to give, but I want to go and to embark on one of those ships, " Hml. S. 23 b, 352
sumer-lida
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[Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving women, children, and goods behind there; but if Asser may be trusted, the reinforcement was from abroad.
edre
Immediately, at once, forthwith ⬩ stătim, prōtĭnus, illĭco
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Immediately, at once, forthwith; stătim, prōtĭnus, illĭco Edre him ða eorlas agéfon ondsware the earls gave answer to him immediately, Andr. Kmbl. 801; An. 401: 1285; An. 643: 1900b; An. 952: Invent. Crs. Recd. 1300; El. 649
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mynian
To have as the object of desire or purpose ⬩ to intend ⬩ direct one's course to an object
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To have as the object of desire or purpose, to intend, direct one's course to an object Ðǽr mín hyht myneþ tó gesécenne my heart's desire is to visit there, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 17; Gú. 1601 : Andr. Kmbl. 583; An. 294.
Linked entry: menian
mǽþ
Math in after-math ⬩ mowing ⬩ hay-harvest
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ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre síþe tó rípe free from every secular service except three things; one is church scot, and (the other two) that he [work] with all his might twice a-year, once at hay-harvest, the other time at corn-harvest, Cod. Dip.
tíd-sceáwere
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An observer of times and seasons, an astrologem Tídsceáwere horoscopus (horoscopus astrologus, qui horas, maxime natales, inquirit vel considerat, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 18
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hindan
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Add: where there is movement towards the back of an object, of the direction of an action Hé hét Mathéum hindan mid sweorde þurstingan, Shrn. 131, 33. þ á Engliscan hí hindan hetelíce slógon, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 15. with verbs of pursuit Hé ofi nþ þá
fiþer-scíte
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Take here feper-scótte, -scíte,. fýþer-scíte in Dict., and add
manig-feald
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Ǽlc deáþlic man swencþ hine selfne mid mistlicum and manigfealdum ymbhogum, and þeáh willniaþ ealle þurh mistlice paþas cuman tó ánum ende omnis mortalium cura, quam multiplicium studiorum labor exercet, . . . ad unum finem nititur pervenire, 24, 1 ;
íg-land
An island
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An island Brittene ígland is ehta hund míla lang and twá hund brád. And hér sind on ðis íglande fíf geþeóde the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred broad.
fleard
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Wicked folly, absurd error Unwemme flearde immunis (ab illecebrarum) colludio, An. Ox. 1517. Gif friþgeard sí on hwæs lande ábúton stán oððe treów oððe wille oððe swilces ǽnige fleard (any wicked follies of a like kind), Ll. Th. ii. 298, 17.
býsnian
an example ⬩ To give or set an example ⬩ exemplum dare
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[ Similar entries býsen, býsn an example] To give or set an example; exemplum dare We lǽraþ, ðæt preóstas aa wel býsnian we enjoin that priests always set a good example, L. Edg. C. 52; Th. ii. 254, 28.
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