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CROCCA

(n.)
Grammar
CROCCA, an; m.

A CROCKpitcherearthenware pot or pan vas fictiletestaolla

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On ǽnne croccan ðone ðe sie gepicod útan in a crock that is pitched on the outside 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 26, 23 Ic gedó ðæt ðú hí miht swá eáðe abrecan, swá se croccwyrhta mæg ǽnne croccan tamquam vas figuli confringes eos Ps.

Linked entries: chroa crohh cryccen

snód

(n.)
Grammar
snód, e; f.

A snood, fillet, head-dress

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Ðá geseah heó licgan ðone hring on ðam wege mid snóde mid ealle . . . Ðá wénde heó ðæt se hring tóburste, oððe seó snód tóslupe, ac ðá ðá heó áfunde . . . ða snóde mid eallum cnottum fæste gewriðen . . . Homl. Th. ii. 28, 16-26. Snóda vittarum Hpt.

tíþ

(n.)
Grammar
tíþ, e; f.

Grantcessionconcession

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Ne hæfde wit monig óðer hors ðæt wé mihton ðearfum tó týþe syllan numquid non habuimus equos plurimos quae ad pauperum dona sufficerent? Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 27. Mid týþe and mid geþafunge Eádgáres cynenges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 400, 23.

Linked entry: tygþ

ge-gearwian

(v.)
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Án lufu is þe þú miht mé gegearwian there is one kindness that you may do me; unum est quod mihi impendere beneficium potes, 182, 6.

sægen

(n.)
Grammar
sægen, sæcgen, segen, e; f.

a saying, statement, assertiontradition, report, story a narration, relation

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a saying, statement, assertion Ðá sægde se Clitus ðæt Philippus máre hæfde gedón ðonne hé. Hé ðá Alexander áhleóp, and hiene for ðære sægene ofslóg, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 130, 30. Heora biscopas from hiora godum sǽden ðæt hié ðæt gefeoht forbuden.

Linked entries: segen sæcgen

FISC

(n.)
Grammar
FISC, es; pl. nom. acc. fiscas, fixas, fisceas; gen. fisca, fixa; dat. fiscum, fixum; m.

A FISHpiscis

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Kmbl. 586; An. 293: Exon. 116b; Th. 447, 14; Dóm. 39. Nim ðone ǽrestan fisc take the first fish, Mt. Bos. 17, 27: Jn. Bos. 21, 13.

Linked entry: fen-fixas

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Ðone ðe grund and sund, eorðan and hreó wǽgas, salte sǽstreámas ámearcode, Andr. Kmbl. 1494; An. 748. Hwá ðam sǽflotan sund wísode whoacted as pilot for the vessel, 762; An. 381: 976; An. 488

þweores

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
þweores, þwires, þwyres.

across as opposed to alongathwarttransverselycrosswise as opposed to lengthwayson the flankperverselywrongly

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Ðonon þweores ofér ðone beorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 353, 16. Adam wæs on lenge fíf and hundnigontiges fingra lenge ofer þweoras ða fingras (i.e. taking the breadth, not the length, of the fingers ), Anglia xi. 2, 28.

Linked entries: þwires þwyre

ge-beorg

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Begitað hí ðe máre gebeorh æt Godes dóme, Wlfst. 300, 14: Ll. Th. ii. 314, 16. Ne bið þǽr fultum nán ꝥ wið þá biteran þing gebeorh mæge fremman auxilium nullus rebus praestabit amaris, Dóm. L. 223 : Wlfst. 139, 14. saving from doing wrong (?)

un-samwrǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-samwrǽde, adj.

Not unitedopposedcontrary

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Not united, opposed, contrary Gif ða gódan ðonne simle habhaþ anweald, ðonne nabbaþ ða yfelan nǽfre nǽnne, for ðam ðæt gód and ðæt yfel sint swíþe unsamwrǽde nam cum bonum malumque contraria sint, si bonum potens esse constiterit, liquet imbecillitas

Linked entry: -wrǽde

gifu

(n.)
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Gife dote 71. Brýdlicere gyfe nuptiali dote An. Ox. 4552. what is given to obtain favour or to avoid injury, in a bad sense, a bribe Gefe tóbrét donum (hominis) dilatat (viam ejus ) Kent. Gl. 647.

widuwa

(n.)
Grammar
widuwa, an; m.
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A widower Ðæt bið rihtlíc líf ðæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde, óð ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige; and habbe ða syððan, ða hwíle ðe seó libbe: gif hire ðonne forðsíð gebyrige, ðonne is rihtost ðæt hé þananforð wydewa þurhwunige, L. I.

wering

(n.)
Grammar
wering, e; f.
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A dam Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit bið gepynd, hit fundaþ wið ðæs ðe hit ǽr from com . . . Ac gif sió pynding wierð onpennad, oððe sió wering wirð tóbrocen, ðonne tófléwð hit eall, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 8. v. werian, <b>I a</b>; be-werung

Linked entry: werung

ge-folgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-folgian, p. ode
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To reach, attain Ðonne hé him ǽr tíde tó tióððæt hí ne magon ne ne cunnon, ðonne is him tó ondrædanne ðæt him weorðe tó lore ðæt hié tó ryhtre tíde gefolgian meahton ne cum arripiunt intempestive quod non valent, perdant quod implere quandoque tempestive

blód-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
blód-wyrt, e; f.

BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stemsrumex sanguineus

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BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stems; rumex sanguineus, Lin

súþ-duru

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-duru, a; f.
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A south door Wæs seó súðduru hwæthwega háde máre, Blickl. Homl. 201, 15

til-fremmende

(adj.)
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doing good Tillfremmendra, Exon. Th. 440, 23; Rü. 60, 7. Cf. gód-fremmende

Linked entry: til

duru-healdend

(n.)
Grammar
duru-healdend, (dure (-a)-), es; m.
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A door-keeper Durehaldend (dura-. R.) ł dureueard ostiaria, Jn. L. 18, 17

stedig

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Oð stedigu cenð maniga donec sterilis peperit plurimos, Ps. Rdr. 279, 5. Add

un-forhæfedness

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Add: — Ðonne ðá gesinhíwan hí gemengað ðurh ungemetlice unforhæfednesse (incontinentiam), Past. 399, 16