for-gnagan
To gnaw or eat up ⬩ corrōdĕre ⬩ comĕdĕre
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To gnaw or eat up; corrōdĕre, comĕdĕre On eallum grówendum þingon hig forgnagaþ omnia quæ nascuntur corrōdent, sive comĕdent, Ex. 10, 5. Gærstapan forgnógon swá hwæt swá se hagol belǽfde locusts gnawed up whatsoever the hail had left, Homl.
stán-geweorc
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Working in stone, stone-work Bæd hé ðæt hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces architectos sibi mitti petiit, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 1. On hire wurðmynte is árǽred mǽre cyrce mid wundorlícum stángeweorce, Homl. Th. i. 440, 18. Cf. stán-weorc
un-gníðe
Not scanty ⬩ liberal ⬩ abundant
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Not scanty, liberal, abundant Monigfealde sind geond middangeard gód ungnýðe (-gnyde, MS.) ðe ús dǽleþ tó feorhnere Fæder ælmihtig manifold and abundant are the goods which for our life's support the Father almighty gives on earth, Exon.
un-land
What is not land
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Tó ðam unlonde ( the whale, by whose side seamen,'deeming him some island,' moor their bark ), Exon. Th. 361, 3; Wal. 14
west-healf
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The western side On westhealfe ab occasu, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 13: ad occidentem, Num. 3, 23. On westhealfe ðære cyrican ad occidentalem ecclesiae partem Bd. 3, 17 ; S. 543, 34 : Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 17: Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 10
an-mitta
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Habbaþ rihtne anmittan and emne wǽgan statera justa et aequa sint pondera, Lev. 19, 35. On anmittum in stateris, Bl. Gl
be-hóflic
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Ðá ðe behóflico sint qui necessari sunt, Lk. L. 14, 28. Add
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ciric-hád
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Ecclesiastical order, holy order Sind on ánum háde se biscop and se mæssepreóst, ꝥ is on ðám seofoðan ciricháde, Ll. Th. ii. 378, 14. For þám seofon cirichádan (cyriclicum ande*-*byrdnyssum, v. l. ) þe se mæssepreóst geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde, i. 182, 15
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dínor
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A coin Denarius is se dínor þe áwehð decem nummos þæt sind týn penegas, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 285, 2. Þá mǽstan digneras folles, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 2. Dínra beorh (a hill where money had been found? ), C. D. v. 332, 18
god-webben
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Ástreht mid godwebbenum (godewebnum, v. l.) pællum strata palliis, 176, 1. of silk or cotton Godwebbenum olosericis, Hpt. Gl. 480, 61. Godwebbenum, sidenum bombicinis, 66
lǽwe
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ge-fére, ge-síþ for declension
land-mearc
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Þis sind þá landmearca tó Byligesdýne, C. D. iii. 274, 31. Þegnas and ceorlas habbað landmearke, hú mycele má geríst hyt ꝥ seó tíd hæbbe mearke, Angl. viii. 326, 12. Add
hlóþ
spoil, ⬩ booty ⬩ a band, ⬩ troop, ⬩ company, ⬩ gang, ⬩ crew, ⬩ body of robbers ⬩ the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ
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Seðe hlóþe betygen síe geswicne se hine be cxx hída oððe swá béte, L. In. 14; Th. i. 110, 15
Linked entries: hlóþ-bót hlóþ-sliht
frófor
- Shrn. 202, 16
consolation ⬩ the action of consoling ⬩ the state of being consoled ⬩ alleviation of distress ⬩ comfort ⬩ freedom from distress ⬩ a consolation ⬩ a particular action that consoles ⬩ a person, thing or circumstance that affords consolation or comfort ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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Sió án frófer erminga æfter ðám ermðum þisses lífes, 34, 8; F. 144, 29. Frófor, Hy. 7, 9: Gú. 1184. Ðú in unrótnisse fróffer (solatium ), Rtl. 105, 7. Hé nánre frófre beinnan þám carcerne ne gemunde, Bt. 1; F. 4, 2.
þríste
Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless
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Th. 275, 14; Jul. 550. in a bad sense, bold, presumptuous, audacious, shameless Ðý læs hé tó ðríste sié for ðý underfenge his láreówdómes ne doctrinam praesumtio extollat, Past. proem.; Swt. 23, 23.
first
time ⬩ respite ⬩ (additional) time ⬩ in time
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Swá sint hié tó beweorpanne ǽrest . . . tó ðǽm ðæt hí sién eft on firste (postmodum) árǽrde, 443, 35. Se deófol wile on fyrste, gif hé æt fruman ne mag, þone man beswícan, Scrd. 20, 19
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ǽg-þer
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Hú ne hæfdon wé ǽr gereht ðæt ðá gesǽlþa and sió godcundnes án wǽre? Sé ðe ðonne ðá gesǽlþa hæfþ, ðonne hæfþ hé ǽgþer; sé ðe ðon(n)e ǽgþer hæfþ, hú ne bið sé ðonne full eádig?, Bt. 34, 5; F. 138, 33. On ǽgðer þǽra bóca sind feówertig cwyda, Hml.
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ge-þingian
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Hé nát hwæðer him selfum geðingod bið utrum sibi sit placatus ignorat, Past. 63, 10. to obtain by intercession Geþingedon repropitiarent (deorum favorem ), An. Ox. 4724. to make terms, settle. absolute Geðingadon paciscitur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 54.
án-rǽdlíce
Unanimously ⬩ resolutely ⬩ constantly ⬩ unanimiter ⬩ constanter
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Ðe ánrǽdlíce wile his sinna geswícan who resolutely desires to abstain from his sins, L. Pen. 17; Th. ii. 284, 17. Ánrǽdlíce wrégendé constanter accusantes, Lk. Bos. 23, 10
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esne-wyrhta
A hireling, mercenary ⬩ mercēnārius
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Eallum frióum monnum ðás dagas sién forgifene bútan þeówum mannum and esnewyrhtum to all freemen let these days be given, but not to slaves and hirelings, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 3