ymb-clyppan
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To embrace, clasp, of persons Ic ymbclyppe ðé complector te, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 122, 4: amplector, 36; Zup. 214, 5. Ic ymbclyp[p]e obunco, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 31.
myntan
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D. 12, II. <b>I d.</b> add: to mean something for a person :-- Ic hit ágnian wille tó ágenre ǽhte ꝥ ꝥ ic hæbbe, and nǽfre þé myntan plot ne plóh, ne turf ne toft, Ll. Th. i. 184, 6.
scilling
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Th. ii. 176-8 the amount owed is healf pund, and the additional sum provided is twéntig penega), Gr. D. 157, 16-158, 21
on-lǽnan
of the loan ⬩ to lend, grant ⬩ to lease, let
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Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 3: L. In. 29; Th. i. 120, 10, 12, 14. Hí ðé onlǽnde wǽron, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 6. to lease, let Denewulf and ða hýwan on Wintanceastre ænlǽnaþ Ælfréde his deg XL. hída landes, Chart. Th. 147, 27
smǽte
Refined, pure
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On smǽtum in obrizum Hpt. Gl. 449, 10. Hé hét smiðian of smǽtum golde áne lytle róde Homl. Th. ii. 304, 16: Homl. Skt. i. 2, 113
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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Voc. i. 202, col. 2. See also Strutt's Sports, Bk. iv, c. 2. The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game.
Linked entry: tebl
ge-rýman
To extend, enlarge, make room, open, manifest, expand ⬩ dīlātāre, amplĭfĭcāre, lŏcum dāre, apĕrīre, expandĕre
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Ic him lífes weg gerýmde I opened the way of life to them, Rood Kmbl. 175; Kr. 89: Elen. Kmbl. 2496; El. 1249. Ðú me gerýmdes dīlātasti mihi, Ps. Th. 4, 1. Octauianus gerýmde Rómána ríce Octavianus extended the Roman empire, Homl. Th. i. 32, 18.
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dreám
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On dríme in jubilo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 15. <b>II a.</b> musical sound of voice or of instrument :-- Efenhleóþrung vel dreám concentus, i. adunationes multarum vocum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 8. Dreámes melodiae, An. Ox. 402: psalmodiae, 982.
gearo
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Ic beó gearo sóna willan þínes I am ready to do what you wish, Jul. 49. <b>III a.
wudu
wood ⬩ the substance of growing trees ⬩ a tree ⬩ (hewh) wood ⬩ the material obtained from trees ⬩ wood which forms something ⬩ something made of wood ⬩ wood ⬩ wood ⬩ the wood ⬩ woods ⬩ a wood ⬩ wild
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Kmbl. ii. 64, 29. Wuda, iii. 390, 4. Ðonne mon beam on wuda forbærne. . . . Gif mon áfelle on wuda wel monega treówa, L. In. 43 ; Th. i. 128, 17, 20. Hé rǽsde intó ðam wudu, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 31. Of ðam wudu, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 390, 1.
mál-dæg
An agreement ⬩ covenant ⬩ settlement ⬩ a day on which terms are fixed ⬩ a day when the dowry was settled
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(Icel. mál-dagi) or a day on which terms are fixed(?) (O. H. Ger. mahal-tag dies sponsionis) a day when the dowry was settled Ic an míne wífe al þe þing þe ic haue on Norfolke so ic hire gaf tó mund and to máldage, Chart. Th. 574, 1
CYTEL
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On niwum cytele in a new kettle, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 44, 2. On cyperenum citele in a copper kettle, 1, 15; Lchdm. ii. 56, 19. On micelne citel on læssan citel in a large kettle, in a smaller kettle, 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 10, 12.
óþ-ferian
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Se ðe ðis feoh ðþfergean (carry off, steal ) þence, Lchdm. i. 384, 9-15. Hi willaþ óþfergan, ðæt ic friþian sceal; ic him ðæt forstonde, Exon. Th. 398, 13; Rä. 17, 7. Cf. æt-ferian
flǽsc-mete
Flesh
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Flesh (as opposed to fish and vegetables) as food Þonne mé hingrigan ongan, þonne wǽron mé þá flǽscmettas on gewilnungum; ic gyrnde þára fixa þe on Egyptum wǽron; ic gewilnode þæs wínes, Hml. S. 23 b, 533.
hiw
shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species
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Iacintus is lyfte onlícusð on híwe, Past. 85, 5. form, kind, nature, character Ðá ælðeódegan weras ðe on cuman híwe him mid wunedon (peregrines viros in hospitalitatem receptos, Gr. D. iv. 14), Hml. Th. ii. 96, 35.
med-trum
not strong in health ⬩ infirm ⬩ weak ⬩ ill ⬩ of inferior position
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not strong in health, infirm, weak, ill Hwá biþ medtrum ðæt ic ne síe for his þingum seóc quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor? Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 4. Se mettruma líchoma debile corpus, 61, 2; Swt. 455, 27.
morgen-sprǽc
The periodical assembly of a guild held in the morning, or on the morrow after the guild-feast
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See also the Glossary for other references to the word, and Introduction, pp. xxxii-xxxiii, for remarks upon it. In the Promptorium morow-, morwe-, mor-speche = crastinum colloquium; cf.
þri-feald
Threefold ⬩ triple
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Threefold, triple Ic cwæþ ðæt sió sáwul wǽre þriofeald, Bt, 33, 4; Fox 132, 2. Þriefald, Met. 20, 183. Ðrifald trinus, Rtl. 111, 8: Mt. Kmbl. p. 14, 6. Ðryfeald, Homl. Th. ii. 606, 24. Ðryfeald triplex, Ælfc.
ge-dyrstig
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Voc. ii. 7, 44. in a favourable sens having courage, confidence Ne gidyrstig wæs ǽnig hine gefregna neque, ausus fuit quisquam eum interrogare, Mt. L. 22, 46. Be þǽre wísan þe ic nǽfre ǽr næs gedyrstig þé tó áxianne, Guth. 84, 20.
wil-cuma
One whose coming is pleasant ⬩ a welcome person (or thing)
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Ic hæleþum bodige wilcumena fela ( many welcome things ) wóþe mínre, Exon. Th. 391, 4 ; Rä. 9, II