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scín-cræft

Grammar
scín-cræft, scinn-cræft, es: m.
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the art by which deceptive appearances are produced, magic Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde . . . scíncræft hae sunt vanitates hujus mundi . . . ars magica , L. Ecg. P. i, 8; Th. ii. 174, 34.

stæl-wirðe

(adj.)
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stæl-wirðe, adj.
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Þeo Þat beoð stalewurðe and warpeð mid strencðe ut of hare heorte hare unwreste wil, Jul. 44, 7. Þeo ꝥ stalewurðe beoð ant starke to ȝein me, Marh. 15, 32. Þou hart on staleworþe (hende, 1st MS.) gome, Laym. 3812.

tynder

(n.)
Grammar
tynder, e; tyndren (-in), e (?); tyndre, an; f.
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habbaþ ðone mǽstan dǽl ðære tyndran ðínre hǽle ... nú ðú ne þearft ðe náuht ondrǽdan forðam ðe of ðam lytlan spearcan ðe ðú mid ðære tyndran gefénge lífes leóht ðé onliéhte habemus maximum tuae fomitem salutis ... nihil igitur pertimescas; jam tibi ex hac

Linked entries: tender tyndre

á-rásian

(v.)
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Gif hwilc man forstolen þingc hám tó his cotan bringe and he árásod wurðe, 418, 18. Arásad interceptum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 79.

Linked entry: rásian

á-heardian

(v.)
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Th. i. 234, 4. to become hard, not to yield Éstfulle heortan áheardiað on stánes gecynde ongeán costnungum, Hml.

Linked entry: heardian

brýce

(n.)
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Sé ðe wíf hæfð for lícumlícre frófre, and ðeáh for ðǽm bryce (v. brúcan,(I c)) and for ðǽre lufe hine ne áwent from bettrum weorcum qui sic per uxorem carnali consolatione utitur, ut tamen numquam a melioris intentionis rectitudine ejus amore flectatur

ende-dæg

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Æfre hé him gehende endedæges wéne let him ever think his last day at hand, Wlfst. 75, 9. Hit nú swíþe neálǽceþ úrum endedæge, Bl. H. 51, 35. Heó becóm tó hire ændedæge (ende-, v. l.) ad diem pervenit extremum, Gr. D. 286, 17.

fóster

(n.)
Grammar
fóster, m. (not n.).
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the MS. has fost with a curl over the o. v. note, p. 249) he remained behind out of the care of his parents (?); remansit a suis, Lk. p. 4, 4. bringing forth progeny.

ge-beót

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Mid manna blódum þe ic þurh gebeót and þurh hát-heortnesse ágeát with men's blood that I shed through hot words and hot temper, Angl. xi. 113, 36. Ádwǽsc nú ðás gebeót and ðás wópas tóbrec, Shrn. 68, 9

ge-brocian

(v.)
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ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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Cf. ge-broc, Críst gehǽlde fela þǽra þe unhále wǽron, and Antecríst gebrocað and geuntrumað þá ðe ǽr hále wǽron . . . syððan hé þæne mann gebrocod hæfð, syððan hé mæg dón, swylce hé hine gehǽle . . . hé gebrocað mænigne man díhlíce and gehǽlð eft ætforan

Linked entry: brócian

girela

(n.)
Grammar
girela, gierela, am; m.: <b>girelu,</b> e; f.
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On lǽwedum háde and on lǽwedum girelan, 411, 35. Macheus his ágenne sunu gemétte mid purpurum gegieredne on biscepháde. Hé hiene for þǽm girelan gebealg, and hiene hét áhón, Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 32. Gyrlan cultu, An. Ox. 1194. Gyrle habitu, 3364.

Linked entries: gyrla gerela

hroden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hroden, pp. of hreóðan

Ladenornamentedadorned

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Ðá wæs heal hroden feónda feorum then was the hall burdened with the lives of his foes [filled with the slain ], Bec. Th. 2307; B. 1151. Hroden ealowæge the ornamented ale-cup, 995; B. 495: 2048; 1022

Linked entries: hreóðan fǽtan

bíd-steal

(n.)
Grammar
bíd-steal, -steall, es; m. [bíd an abiding, delay; steal a stall, place]

A stand, haltstatio, mora

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A stand, halt; statio, mora He, beald in gebéde, bídsteal gifeþ he, bold in prayer, maketh a stand, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 29; Jul. 388.

gemót-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
gemót-ærn, -ern, es; n. [gemót; ærn, ern a place]

A meeting-place, senate-house, hallconveniendi locus, aula

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A meeting-place, senate-house, hall; conveniendi locus, aula Ahleópon ðá ealle, and hine mid heora metseaxum ofsticedon on heora gemótærne [MS. gemóterne] then [the consuls and the senate] all jumped up, and stabbed him [Julius Cæsar] with their daggers

Linked entry: mót-ærn

efen-wiht

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, sometimes in that of the freedman or the half-free, Wlfst. 171, 4. Hí woldon efenwihte (-wyhton, -wyrhtan, v. ll. ) beón on sǽ and on lande, Chr. 972; P. 119, 11

wéde

(adj.)
Grammar
wéde, adj.

Furious, in a rage, mad, fierce,

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S.) wæs mé ðió widiua molesta est mihi haec vidua, 18, 5.widiua Wið wédes (wéde, MS. B. v.wéde-hund) hundes slite, Lchdm. i. 362, 23

Linked entries: woede wéde-hund

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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Ic freónda beþearf on láde ðonne ic sceal langne hám ána gesécan I need friends on my way, when alone I must seek my long home, Apstls. Kmbl. 183; Ap. 92: Andr. Kmbl. 551; An. 276.

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll,tax,custom,duty,duethat which is paid to the state. that which is paid to individualstaking toll

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The following passages give instances of the payment of toll Hér kýd on ðissere béc ðæt Leówine and his wíf gebohton Ælfilde tó feówer and sixtuge penegon and Ælfríc Hals nam ðæt toll for ðæs kynges hand, Chart.

hund-eahtatig

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

Eighty

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Heó wæs wudewe óþ feówer and hundeahtatig geára hæc vidua usque annos octoginta quatuor, Lk. Skt. 2, 37. Mid hundehtatigum scipum, Chr. Erl. 5, 2.

Linked entry: eahtatig

(n.)

hair

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hair Lǽ wíffex cæsaries, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 46. Perhaps we may compare here lee of threde, Prompt. Parv. 291, where the following note is given. 'Forty threads of hemp-yarn are termed in Norfolk a lea.