fur-lang
'the length of the drive of the plough before it is turned,' ⬩ the eighth of a mile ⬩ stadium ⬩ an area of land a furrow-long in width
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Add: as a lineal measure, originally 'the length of the drive of the plough before it is turned,' usually 40 rods, the eighth of a mile Of ðone forda úp on ðá ríðe án furlang wið súðan ðá cyrican; andlang ríðe, C. D. vi. 1, 25.
arce-stól
An archiepiscopal see or seat ⬩ sedes archiepiscopalis
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An archiepiscopal see or seat; sedes archiepiscopalis Æt his arcestóle on Cantwara byrig at his archiepiscopal see in Canterbury, Chr. 1115; Th. 371, 5: 1119; Th. 372, 32
a-wehtnes
An awaking ⬩ a stirring up ⬩ excitation ⬩ quickening ⬩ encouraging ⬩ excitatio
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An awaking, a stirring up, excitation, quickening, encouraging; excitatio To awehtnesse lifiendra monna of sáule deáþe ad excitationem viventium de morte animæ, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 627, 5
un-átemedlíc
Untameable
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Untameable Forðon ðe ða men wǽron unátemedlíce and heardes módes and ellreordes eo quod essent homines indomabiles et durae ac barbarae mentis, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 25
Linked entry: á-temedlic
ge-unclǽnsian
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Add: to defile Ne geunclǽnsað ( coinquinat ) ðæt nó ðone mon ðæt on his múð gáð, ac ðæt ðæt of his muðe gǽð, ðæt hine geunclǽnsað, Past. 317, 14
tapor-æx
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The word seems Slavonic as to its first part, cf. Russian topor an axe, and to have come from Scandinavia to England
hwæt
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Hwæt ic þínra bysna ne mæg wuht oncnáwan, Gen. 533. somewhat, any, at all. Cf. á-wiht Gif hit hwæt elles gesélde if it happened at all differently, Cht. Th. 166, 20. Gif hit hwæt ælcor (elles, v. l.) bið sin alias, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 519, 7
wreccan
to raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ to take up ⬩ undertake ⬩ to rouse
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Ne sceal hé nó ðæt án dón ðæt hé ána wacie, ac hé sceal eác his friénd wreccan non solum ut ipse vigilel, sed etiam ut amicum suscitet, admonetur, Past. 28; Swt. 193, 21. Héht hé mid ǽrdæge wígend wreccan, Elen. Kmbl. 211; El. 106
Linked entries: a-wreccan ge-wreccan wræccan wrehtend
of-stingan
to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce
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to wound or kill by a thrust, to stab, pierce His ealdgefána sum hiene ofstang a Pausania occisus est, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 34. Hé hiene (the elephant) on ðone nafelan ofstang, 4, 1; Swt. 156, II.
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brýd-gifta
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Espousals, nuptials Ǽr ðám dæge mínra brídgifta ic eom besmiten, Ap. Th. 2, 14. Brýdgifta, 17. Brídgyftum (beweddedum brédgiftum, Hpt. Gl. 439, 20) pactis sponsalibus, An. Ox. 1398
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eorl-dóm
EARLDOM, the province or dignity of an earl, the same as ealdor-dóm, v. Turner's Hist. b. viii. c. 7 ⬩ cŏmĭtis mūnus
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An EARLDOM, the province or dignity of an earl, the same as ealdor-dóm, v.
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ge-wyrdelíce
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Substitute: Historically, as if recording events Gewyrdelíce historialiter (sententia historialiter quadrare videatur, quam-vis secundum anagogen vaticinata credatur, Ald. 59, 29), An. Ox. 4261.
ge-þeódan
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Srt. 67, 26. to join together so as to form a whole Geþiód concinnat, Kent. Gl. 419. to join so as to form an integral part of a whole, to insert into. Cf.
a-blendan
To blind ⬩ make blind ⬩ darken ⬩ stupify ⬩ cæcare
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Ablended in burgum blinded as I am in these dwellings, Andr. Kmbl. 155; An. 78. Wæs ablend was blinded, Mk. Bos. 6, 52 : Num. 14, 44
hyge-leás
Thoughtless ⬩ careless ⬩ foolish
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G.] wíse ac wísdóm and weorþscipe gedafenaþ heora háde a too thoughtless manner is not seemly for bishops, neither at home nor when travelling, but wisdom and dignity are becoming to their rank, L. I. P. 10, note; Th. ii. 318, 41.
wíd-land
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Kmbl. 395; An. 198. Hé ús giefeþ welan ofer wídlond. Exon. Th. 38, 11; Cri. 605. II. a broad, spacious land :-- Geaf ic welan ofer wídlonda gehwylc, Exon. Th. 85, 2 ; Cri. 1385. [Cf. Icel. víð-lendr having broad lanids.] Cf. síd-land
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seolh
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Haec anhelitu suo pedes ejus fovere coeperunt, ac villo satagebant extergere (Vit. Cuth. c. x.), Hml. Th. ii. 138, 11. Seólas simones, An. Ox. 41, 2. .vii. fiscas sélaes fyllu, sifu sélas hronaes fyllu, 54, 1. Add
réwet
Rowing ⬩ a ship ⬩ navigium
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Hwílon ic dó, ac seldon, forðan micel réwyt mé ys tó sǽ quia magnum navigium mihi est ad mare, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 3. On réwette swincende laborantes in remigando, Mk. Skt. 6, 48. Hí wǽron on réwute, Homl. Th. i. 162, 10.
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freó-sceatt
Property entirely at the owner's disposal ⬩ property of which the owner has absolute possession
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and for þám ánum foroft gefreóde not those only that are free, but still more those that are born chattels and the absolute property of other men, and for the particular purpose are very often freed; non solum liberi, sed etiam plerumque et ex conditione
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wil-síþ
A desired journey, ⬩ a wished for, welcome journey
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Kmbl. 2093; An. 1048. Elene ne wolde ðæs síð-fætes sǽne weorðan, . . . ac wæs sóna gearu wíf on wilsíð, Elen. Kmbl. 445; El. 223. Sunnan wilsíð, Exon. Th. 2, 29; Cri. 26