ofer-sprecan
to say too much, use too many words ⬩ to say too much, more than is just ⬩ blasphemare
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to say too much, use too many words Ne flýt ðú wið ánwilne man ne wið ofersprecenne don't dispute with an obstinate man, or with one using too many words, Prov. Kmbl. 5. to say too much, more than is just Ofersprecendes obloquentis, Ps.
ealdor-leás
Lifeless ⬩ vita prīvātus
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Lifeless; vita prīvātus Hie gefricgeaþ freán úserne ealdorleásne they shall hear our lord [is] lifeless, Beo. Th. 5998; B. 3003
Linked entry: aldor-leás
be-hóf
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behoof, need, use ꝥ hé ǽnne scylling hæfde tó his ágenum behófe (nytte,v. l.) ut unum solidum in expensis propriis haberet, Gr. D. 158, 23.
Linked entry: -hóf
gefóg-stán
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A stone hewn so as to be ready for use in building Wé scylen beón on ðisse ælðeódignesse útane beheáwene mid swingellan, tó ðǽm ðæt wé eft sión geteald and geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre bútan ðǽm hiéwete ǽlcre suingean nunc foris per
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BED
a BED ⬩ couch ⬩ pallet ⬩ stratum ⬩ lectus ⬩ a bed in a garden ⬩ pulvillus ⬩ areola in hortis
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To ðínum bedde to thy bed, Gen. 16, 2. a bed in a garden; pulvillus vel areola in hortis : used in compounds, as Wyrt-bedd a wort bed, Herb, 7, 1; Lchdm. i. 96, 22 : Hreód-bedd a reed bed, 8, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 13
big-gyrdel
A belt, girdle ⬩ a purse, public purse, treasury ⬩ zōna = ζώνη, saccus = σάκκos, fiscus
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A belt, girdle, and as girdles were used to carry money, hence, a purse, public purse, treasury; zōna = ζώνη, saccus = σάκκos, fiscus Næbbe ge feoh on eówrum bígyrdlum nolite possidere pecuniam in zonis vestris, Mt. Bos. 10, 9.
swinglung
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Giddiness, dizziness, vertigo [cf. swingan, though the verb does not seem much used in the sense of modern swing.
þæran
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The word intended seems to be one corresponding to Icelandic þerra, which, as well as the form mundlaug, the equivalent of the rather uncommon mundleów, the modern version in that language uses in this passage) mid ðý líne, ðe hé wæs begyrded, Homl.
geong-lic
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. ¶ used substantively, a young person, a juvenile :-- Understand þú geonglic ꝥ ic wyð þé nu gerímige, Angl. viii. 307, 39
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-ing
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The use of this suffix is well shown by the genealogies in the Chronicle, e.g. pref; Erl. pp. 2, 4 : 855; Erl. 68, 69, with which may be compared similar lists in Icelandic where -son is used. See also Lk. Skt.
tíd-dæg
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The period of a person's life(cf. the use of dæg=time, e. g. Gif ðú wistest on ðysum ðínum dæge, Lk.
ofer-lǽfan
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to leave over, not to use up Étun alle and gifylde wérun, and ginimen wæs ðætte oferlǽfed wæs (quod superfuit), Lk. R. 9, 17. [ȝe shulen ouerleeuen hem to the aftercomers transmittetis ad posteros, Wick.
leoþu-cræft
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Bodily skill, skill in the use of the limbs Se gedǽleþ missenlíce leoþucræftas londbúendum, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 6; Crä. 29.
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nyttian
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Eald man sceal þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum, mid gongum . . . and hý sculan nyttian lytlum metum (they must use these remedies very moderately), Lch. ii. 30, 30. Add
hearra
A lord
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The use of this word, which occurs only in poetry, is noticeable.
Linked entry: herra
wé
We. ⬩ used of more than one person, ⬩ dual ⬩ plural ⬩ used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors ⬩ used of one person, ⬩ by a writer or speaker ⬩ by a prince
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We. used of more than one person, dual Ic and ðæt cild gáð unc tó gebiddenne and wé syððan cumaþ eft tó eów, Gen. 22, 5. Wé willaþ ðæt ðú ús dó swá hwæt swá wé biddaþ (cf. wyt magon, v. 39), Mk. Skt. 10, 35. plural Hwí fæste wé (woe, Lind.)? Mt.
Linked entry: ús
gærs-tún
A grass-enclosure ⬩ a meadow ⬩ prātum ⬩ pascuum
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A grass-enclosure, a meadow; prātum, pascuum : hence GERSTON, now used in Surrey and Sussex, in the same sense Be ceorles gærstúne : gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne, oððe óðer gedálland to týnanne of a churl's meadow : if churls have a common meadow
hrycg-hrægel
A dorsal ⬩ mantle
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A dorsal is also a wall-hanging of tapestry, used chiefly in the church at the back of the stalls.' vii setlhrægel and iii ricghrægel and ii wahræft, 429, 28
slá
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Gloss. slacen-, slaun-bush are given as used of the blackthorn. O. H. Ger. sléha, sléa prunella, agacia: Ger. schlehe: Dan. slaaen
til
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prep, (used only in the North) To Fúsæ fearran kwómu æþþilæ til ánum (cf. fúse feorran cwómon tó ðam æðelinge, Rood Kmbl. 115; Kr. 58), Txts. 126, 13. Hé scóp ælda barnum heben til hrófe (cf. tó hrófe, Bd. 4, 24; M. 344, 11), 149, 6.