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friþ-scipe

(n.)
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[Thorpe would read fird-scipe.] Cf. unfriþ-scip

mǽg-lic

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Sume for mǽiglicre sibbe hí bebyrigan woldon some would have buried them because they were kinsmen 404, I. Add

mid-gesíþ

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Goth. miþ-gasinþa) on the ground that mid as preposition here would be unsuitable. But if the construction with verbs similar to emhlenned is noted (e. g. ymb-gyrdan, -habban, -hegian, -hípan) it will be seen that (?)

wǽg-þel

(n.)
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wǽg-þel, es; n.

A wave-planka ship

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Nóe tealde ðæt se hrefn hine sécan wolde on wǽgþele, 87, 9; Gen. 1446. On wǽgþele on board, Andr. Kmbl. 3418; An. 1713. Under earce bord eaforan lǽdan, weras on wǽgþel, Cd. Th. 82, 6; Gen. 1358

oll

(n.)

contempt, insult, contumely

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contempt, insult, contumely (in the phrase mid olle) Se deófol cwæþ mid olle ðæt hé wolde æt ðam weorce gecuman. Homl. Th. i. 166, 15. Hé áxode ðá mid olle (contemptuously) Eart ðu lá God ? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 72.

cráw-leác

(n.)
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cráw-leác, es; n. [cráwe a crow, leác a leek]

Crow-garlic allium vineale, Lin

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Crow-garlic; allium vineale, Lin Nim hermodactylos = ἑρμο-δάκτυλος[MS. datulus] ða wyrt ... ðæt is on úre geþeóda ðæt greáte [MS. greáta] cráwleác[MS. crauleac] take the wort attium vineale ... that is in our language the great crow-garlic Lchdm. i.

bearg

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Worn berga . . . in ðá bergas (ðám bergum, L.) grex porcorum . . . in porcos, Mk. R. 5, 11, 12, 13. Sunor bergana grex porcorum, Lk. L. 8, 32. Ðá bergas porcos, 15, 15. Berg, Mt. L. 7, 6. Add

sprǽc

(n.)
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sprǽc, spǽc, spréc, e; f.

Speech.speech, talking speech, the faculty of speaking skilful speech, speaking with art, eloquencewhat is said, a speech, saying, collection of words speech, language, talk, discourse, wordsa speech, languagespeech, e.g. to have speech of or with a person, conversation, consultation, conference, discussiona question, case that requires explanationa sentence, decision, agreement, termsa case, cause, suit, claimtalk about a person or thing, report, fame words denoting places where there is speakinglingua, loquelacolloquium, eloquium, ratio, judicium, consilium, senatus

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Wiste sprǽca fela, wóra worda, 29, 5; Gen. 445. Ðá se Hǽlend geendode ðás sprǽca, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 1; 26, 1. Spécce, Kent.

a-rǽran

(v.)
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a-rǽran, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [a, rǽran to rear, raise]

To rear upraise uplift upexaltset upbuild upcreateestablisherigereexcitareresuscitareextollereædificarecreare

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Weá wæs arǽred woe was raised up, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 26; Gen. 987. Se ðe fóre duguðe wile dóm arǽran who desires before his nobles to exalt his dignity, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 2; Wid. 140: Beo. Th. 3411; B. 1703.

fóre-mǽre

(adj.)
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fóre-mǽre, def. se fóre-mǽra; sup. -mǽrost, -mǽrest; adj.

Fore-greatvery honourableillustriouseminentfamouscelebratedpræclārusillustrisexcellensfāmōsusceleberrĭmus

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Fore-great, very honourable, illustrious, eminent, famous, celebrated; præclārus, illustris, excellens, fāmōsus, celeberrĭmus Ic nǽfre ne geseah ne gehýrde nǽnne wísne mon ðe má wolde bión wrecca, and earm, and ælþiódig, and forsewen, ðonne wélig, and

leóf

(n.)
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Seó gegaderung his leorningcnihta cwæþ Drihten leóf wilt ðú nú gesettan ende ðysre worulde the assembly of his disciples said, Lord, wilt thou now put an end to this world, Homl. Th. i. 294, 24.

sealt

(adj.)
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sealt, salt; adj.
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Moises áwearp ða .x. word in ða sǽ, and his teáras ágeát in ða sǽ; for ðam wearð seó sǽ sealt, Salm. Kmbl. 188, 15-19. Sealt wæter the sea, Ps. Th. 68, 2: Cd. Th. 13, 6; Gen. 198. Brim sceal sealt weallan, Menol. Fox 552; Gn. C. 45.

stig-weard

(n.)
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stig-weard, es ; m.
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[The word, which is found generally with the form stí-ward and in late documents, occurs in Eadred's will, and in a connection which seems to shew the relative importance of the officer denoted by it.

Linked entry: stí-weard

un-týnan

(v.)
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un-týnan, p. de.

to uncloseopento discloselay opensolvereinhiare

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Th. 72, 5. the word is used to gloss solvere and inhiare in the following Se ðe untýnes ł tóslittes ( solverit ) énne of bebodum ðissum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 19. Hé untýnde ( solvebat ) ðone Sunnadæg, Jn. Skt. Rush. Lind. 5, 18.

Linked entries: an-týnan on-týnan

Eást-Engle

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Add: (the word may often be translated by) East Anglia Norþhymbre and Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde cyninge áþa geseald, and Eást-Engle foregíslas .vi., Chr. 894; P. 84, 20.

feórþa

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Similar entries v. next word Feórþan dǽles aldor tetrarca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 37. Eall moncynn and ealle nétenu ne notigað náwer neáh feórþan dǽles ðisse eorþan þæs þe men gefaran magon . . .

ginian

(v.)
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Se wóda man stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 538. Geoniendum bile hiulco rostro, i. aperto ore, An. Ox. 2409. Draca mid giniendum (geniendum, v. l. ) múðe, Gr. D. 156, 11.

hǽs

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Hé gehýrde þá word þæs hátendan, ac hé yldode ꝥ hé þá hǽsa gefyllan nolde audivit jubentis verba, sed implere distulit, Gr. D. 159, 16. Hé bead þæs apostoles hǽsa (-e, v. l. ) Dyonisie, Hml.

hóh

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hóh, (applied to land).
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. ¶ the word occurs mostly in local names, from one of which (Clofes-hóh) the declension may be shewn :-- Seó stów is nemned Clofeshooh (-hóh, v. l.) locus appellatur Clofeshoch Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 378, 12. Clofeshóh, C. D. i. 227, 8. Cloueshó, v. 58, 9.

innoþ

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Voc. ii. 89, 22. the stomach, womb, belly Se hálga innoð þǽre á clǽnan. Þone innoþ geceás Críst, Bl. H. 11, 20. Of innoþe uulua. An. Ox. 4086. Innoþas receptacula (viscerum), 105. <b>II a.