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middæg-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
middæg-þegnung, e ; f.
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Midday-meal, dinner, v. þegnung; Sylle man tó middægþénunge ( ad sextam ) twám and twám án tyl cýssticce . . . and on ǽfen án cýssticce, Chrd. 15, 2

morþor-cwalu

(n.)
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murder Sumu ( one of the devil's arrows is made ) of reáfláce . . . and of morðorcwale, sumu of þeófunga and of feóunga, Nap. 46

Linked entry: cwalu

of-scotian

(v.)
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Wé þæt deór unsófte mid strǽlum and eác mid longsceaftum sperum ofscotadon and hit ofslógon bestia uix ipsis defixa est uenabulis, Nar. 15, 28. Add

rust

(n.)
Grammar
rust, m. n (?).
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Dele '(?)', and substitute: <b>rúst</b> (? and rust) Wé nyllað álǽtan from ús ðæt rúst ðára unnyttra weorca, Past. 269, 16

wafor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wafor-líc, adj.

Spectacular, theatrical

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Spectacular, theatrical Hí heora waforlícan plegan forléton and heora baða belucon, Ap. Th. 6, 12. Similar entries v.wæfer-líc, wæfer-sín, wafian, and following words

Linked entry: wæfer-líc

heáh-clif

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-clif, es; n.

A high, lofty cliff

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A high, lofty cliff Beorgas gemeltaþ and heáh-cleofu the hills shall melt and the lofty cliffs, Exon. 22 a; Th. 61, 3; Cri. 979

frem-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
frem-sum, fræm-sum; adj.

Kindbenigncourteousbenignus

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Kind, benign, courteous; benignus He þearfum and ellreordigum symble eáþmód and fremsum and rúmmód wæs paupĕrĭbus et pĕrĕgrīnis semper hŭmĭlis, benignus et largus fuit, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 11: Ps. Spl. 68, 20: Ps. Th. 134, 3. Syleþ us fremsum gód Drihten

Linked entry: fræm-sum

hund-twentig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-twentig, num.

A hundred and twenty

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A hundred and twenty Mid ðam ðe hé wæs on ylde hundtwentig wintra when he was a hundred and twenty years of age, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 1. Hé gean ðæra hundtwæntiga hída æt Wyrðæ He gives the hundred and twenty hides at Worth, Chart. Th. 526, 32

ge-deorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-deorfan, p. -dearf, pl. -durfon; pp. -dorfen

To labour

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To labour Micel ic gedeorfe mullum laboro, Coll. Monast. Th. 20,25. In Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3, Heora scipa gedurfon L and C perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf], and Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24, Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon

Linked entry: dorfen

þeów-hád

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-hád, es; m.
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The condition of a servant, service Heó háligryfte onféng and Godes ðeówháde she took the veil and accepted the condition of a servant of God; accepto velamine sanctimonialis habitus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 42. Hé Godes ðeówháde and sceare onféng accepta

be-hydig

Grammar
be-hydig, l. be-hygdig, -hýdig (big-, bí-, bi-),
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and add Wes þú behýdig and gemyndig Marian þinga, Bl. H. 67, 32. Heó wearð behý-dig be þissum, Hml. S. 33, 47. Mid behygdige móde solerti animo, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 355, 21. Behýdigne and sorhfulne be þisse wísan, Guth. 84, 24. v. big-hýdig in Dict

gristel

(n.)
Grammar
gristel, es; m.
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Substitute: <b>gristle,</b> an; f. Gristle cartilago, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 39: ii. 41, 23. Ic ondette míne synna for ealne mínne líchoman, for ... tungan and gristlan and góman, Angl. xi. 98, 49. For grislan and for tungan, Ll. Th. ii. 264,

liþ

(n.)
Grammar
liþ, a fleet.
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Þá lǽt Eádward cyng scypian xl. snacca, þá lágon æt Sandwíc . . . þá geáxedon ꝥ lið ꝥ on Sandwíc læg embe Godwines fare, setton þá æfter, and hé heom ætbærst, and ꝥ lið wende ongeán tó Sandwíc, and swá hámweard tó Lundenbyrig, Chr. 1052 ; P. 179, 13-22

óþer-hwílen

(adj.)
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occasional (?) Cuflan and tonican beón óðerhwilen (-hwíle ?) synd gewunede sunt habban æthwigan beteran cuculle et tonice sint aliquanto solitis quas habent modice meliores, R. Ben. I. 92, 16. The passage seems imperfect, and perhaps aliquando has been

rów

(n.)
Grammar
rów, e; f.

Quiet, rest

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Quiet, rest Ðǽr hý bídinge móstun æfter tintergum tídum brúcan, ðonne hý of waþum wérge cwóman restan ryneþrágum, rówe gefégon, Exon. Th. 115, 4; Gú. 184. Biteache mi gast and mi bodi baðen to ro and to reste, Marh. 20, 5. Cristess resste and Cristess

Linked entry: rów

heáhdeór-hund

(n.)
Grammar
heáhdeór-hund, es; m.

A stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game

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A stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game Twegen hafocas and ealle his heádórhundas two hawks and all his deer-hounds, Chart. Th. 501, 7. Twegen and twegen fédan ǽnne heádórhund duo et duo pascant unum molossum, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 20

toft

(n.)

a piece of ground, messuage, homesteada place marked out for a house or buildinga square piece of ground with walls but without roofan enclosed home-fieldcampusan elevated piece of grounda field where a house or building once stood.

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A word apparently of Scandinavian origin, Icel. topt, tuft a piece of ground, messuage, homestead; a place marked out for a house or building; in the special later Icelandic sense a square piece of ground with walls but without roof: Dan. toft an enclosed

tyslian

(v.)
Grammar
tyslian, p. ode
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To dress Ic secge ðé, bróðor Eádweard, ðæt gé dóþ unrihtlíce ðæt gé ða Engliscan þeáwas forlǽtaþ ðe eówre fæderas heóldon and hǽðenra manna þeáwas lufiaþ ðe eów ðæs lífes ne unnon and mid ðam geswuteliaþ ðæt gé forseóþ eówer cynn and eówre yldran mid

lim-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
lim-rǽden, The passage where this word is given as a gloss to chlamide is: Pro chlamide, quam angelicae puritatis liniamento . &#39;. . adsciscebat, Ald. 35, 10. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 47, which refers to the same passage, liniamento is glossed by lim-gelecg : it is probable, then, that lim-rǽden is a gloss to liniamento rather than to chlamide, and has the same meaning as lim-gelecg (q. v.

cealre

(n.)
Grammar
cealre, calwer, es; m.

calmaria, gabalacrum

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calmaria, gabalacrum; Pressed curds, a jelly made of curds or sour milk Cealre[MS. cealfre] calmaria, Wrt. Voc. 290, 33. Nim súr molcen, wyrc to cealre,and beþ mid ðý cealre take sour curds, work them to a jelly, and foment with the jelly, L. M. 1, 39

Linked entries: calwer celras