eal-swá
ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so ⬩ simĭlĭter, sīcut
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ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so; simĭlĭter, sīcut Cristenum cyninge gebýreþ ðæt he sý ealswá hit riht is it is the duty of a Christian king to be as it is right, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 8, 22.
earm
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Add: an arm Se earm betweónan elnbogan and hand*-*wyrste cubitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 61. Sum man feóll on íse ꝥ his earm tóbærst, Hml. S. 26, 34. Wearð Pirrus wund on óþran earme Pyrrhus transfixo brachio saucius, Ors. 4, 1; S. 158, 2.
mæðel-hégende
Attending, holding or addressing an assembly or council ⬩ consulting ⬩ conversing
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Attending, holding or addressing an assembly or council, consulting, conversing Biscopas and bóceras and ealdormen mæðelhégende ( in council ), Andr. Kmbl. 1217; An. 609. Beornas cómon mæðelhégende . .
ge-swic
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Add: an offence Tó geswicum ad scandala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 4. cessation Sý hé betáht Satane meó helle grunde and ðǽr á cwylmie mid Godes wiðsacum búte geswice, C. D. iv. 107, 17
hár-ness
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Oþ þá grǽgan hárnesse usque cigneam (vetulae senectutis) canitiem, An. Ox. 1877. Hárnessa canos (suos cum dolore ducentes ad inferos ), 3367
hearpe-nægel
An instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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An instrument for striking the strings of a harp Hearpnægel plectrum, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 96; Wrt. Voc. 43, 27. Apollonius his hearpenægl genam Apollonius took his harp-nail, Ap. Th.17, 7
Linked entry: nægel
ge-rif
A seizing, taking away, a catching-as of fish, also that which is caught ⬩ raptura, captura
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A seizing, taking away, a catching-as of fish, also that which is caught; raptura, captura Án gerif fisca, oððe án snǽs fisca oððe óðra þinga one taking of fish, or one spear of fish, or of other things; una sorta, Mone A. 141; Recd. 37, 77; Wrt.
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stán-æx
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A stone axe; or(?) an implement for working stone [Halliwell gives stone-ax a stone-worker's axe] Stánæx bipennis, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 60. Stánex, 84, 68.
Linked entry: stán-bill
hlosnian
to listen
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Add: to listen with astonishment, listen spellbound Hlosnendum attonis. l. attonitis, Ald. 32, ii. see An. Ox. 2333 under hlosnere), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 21.
gást
breath ⬩ spirit, ghost, principle of life ⬩ spirit ⬩ the immaterial part of man ⬩ a person ⬩ soul ⬩ an incorporeal thing ⬩ an incorporeal being, a spirit, ⬩ divine spirit ⬩ the soul of a deceased person
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H. 203, 14. an incorporeal thing (fire, &c.) Líg ealle forswealg, gǽsta gífrost, B. 1123: Cri. 814. Þec gǽstas hergen, byrnende fýr and beorht sumor, Az. 94. an incorporeal being, a spirit, good Mid þreáte háligra gásta, Bl. H. 95, 7.
gærs-irþ
Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage
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Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan se gebúr sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .I. æcer . . .: tóeácan ðám .III. æceras tó béne, and .II. tó gærsyrðe.
fyrn-geweorc
An ancient work ⬩ priscum vel jam diu perfectum ŏpus
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An ancient work; priscum vel jam diu perfectum ŏpus Ǽr ðon endige fród fyrngeweorc before his wise ancient work shall end, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 14; Ph. 48: 57 a; Th. 204, 9; Ph. 95: Andr. Kmbl. 1473; An. 738.
hýf
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An. Ox. 307. Hýfa tuguria, i. cellulas, 253. Add
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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An old military weapon, with a hooked point, and an edge on the back, as well as within the curve, a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion.
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dreó-cræft
Magical art, magic ⬩ magĭca ars
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Magical art, magic; magĭca ars Simon se drý þurh dreócræft worhte ǽrene næddran, and ða hie styredan Simon the sorcerer made brazen serpents by magic, and they moved of themselves, Homl. Blick. 173, 21
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gild-scipe
A guild-ship ⬩ society ⬩ sodalitas
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A guild-ship, society; sodalitas Án gildscipe is gegaderod on Wudeburg lande a guild-ship is gathered at Woodbury land, Th. Diplm. 608, 30: 605, 8: L. Edg. C. 9; Th. ii. 246, 12
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fór
a hog
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a hog. Foor, fór porcaster, Txts. 88, 810. Foor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 30. Fór, An. Ox. 20, 4: porca (but the passage glossed is the same as in the preceding), 22, 3. Add
meolc-líþe
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Soft as milk, gentle Fram þám þe weg cynelicne beboda Drihtnes búton gylpes leahtre mealclíþe eádmódlíce stæppeð ab his qui uiam regiam mandatorum Domini absque iactantis uitio lactei humiliter incedunt, Angl. xiii. 369, 49
næss
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Add Næssas cautes (rupibus in celsis qua tundunt caerula cautes, Ald. 267, 24), An. Ox. 26, 56. add: Cf. Hí nyþer ge*-*feallað under neowulne grund descendant usque ad abyssos, Ps. Th. 106, 25
wiþ-innan
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Add Wé fundon dá weardas wiðútan standende, ac wí ne gemétton nǽnne wiðinnan, Hml. Th. i. 572, 35. Hé weardas wiðinnan and widútan gesette, 574, 3. Add Wiþinnan þan infra, An. Ox. 129: 1441