stæf
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</b> an official staff, staff emblematical of office :-- Cóm ƀ and forneáh man sceolde tóbrecan his stæf (stef, v. l.), for ðan hé ne cúðe dón his gerihte swá wel swá hé sceolde fere perdidit baculum suum, quia nescivit ministerium suum, Chr. 1047
windig
windy ⬩ windy ⬩ flatulent
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windy Ðá com windi (wyndig, v. l.) ýst descendit procella uenti Lk. Skt. 8, 23. Windig sumer, Lchdm. iii. 162, 30. Windig lengten, 164, 5. Wæs on ðam ofne, ðǽr se engel becwom, windig (breezy, airy) and wynsum, Cd. Th. 237, 33; Dan. 347.
ge-teorian
To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari
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Me is heorte geteorad defecit cor meum, Ps. Th. 72, 21. He sent on eów geteorigende eágan and módes gnornunge he shall send on you failing eyes and sorrow of mind, Deut. 28, 65. Geteorigende ateoraþ deficientes deficient, Ps. Spl. 36, 21.
Linked entries: ge-tiorian ge-tyrian
bed
a bed ⬩ couch ⬩ a surface on which something rests?
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Add: a bed, couch Bedd, bed culcites, Txts. 50, 243. Bed culcites, culcitatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 52, 53. Wolde beddes neósan gamela Scylding, B. 1791: Jud. 63. Bedde culcita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 14. Ic árás of mínon bedde (lectulo), Coll. M. 33, 23.
FREÓLS
freedom ⬩ immunity ⬩ privilege ⬩ lībertas ⬩ immūnĭtas ⬩ privĭlēgium ⬩ a time of freedom ⬩ a holy day ⬩ feast ⬩ festival ⬩ the celebration of a festival ⬩ festum ⬩ festi celebratio
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Win. 8; Th. i. 38, 15: Cod. Dipl. 925; Kmbl. iv. 263, 27. Ic forgyfe ðisne freóls to ðære hálgan stówe æt Scireburnan I give this immunity to the holy place at Sherborne, Th. Diplm. A. D. 864; 125, 5.
ge-lýfan
To believe, confide, trust, hope ⬩ crēdĕre, confīdĕre, spērāre
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To gelýfanne [-lýfenne, col. 1] to ðan leófan Gode to trust in the beloved God, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 10, col. 2. Of ðyssum lytlingum on me gelýfendum ex his pusillis crēdentĭbus in me, Mk. Bos. 9, 42.
múga
A mow
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A mow (as in barley- mow), a heap (of hay, corn) Múha aceruus, Wülck. 3, 10. Múwan acervum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 10. Múwan, hreácas acervos, 9, 55.
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portian
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To pound, bray in a mortar Ðeáh ðú portige ðone dysegan on pílan swá mon corn ðéþ mid piilstæfe ne meaht ðú his dysi him from ádrífan si contuderis stultum in pila, quasi ptisanas feriente desuper pilo, non auferetur ab eo stultitia ejus, Past. 37, 2
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rǽde-sceamol
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; a 'ready,' prepared bench, bench with furniture, a couch, cf. Icel. reiðu-stóll, and see rád On rǽdescamole in pulpito, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 3. Rǽdescamelas fulchra (cf. fulcra eal bedreáf, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 33 : fulcris, thoris, lectis, Wülck.
ge-weorþan
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</b> add Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ðe hió an geworden wæs ðæs ðe hió seulf geðafigan wolde A. has maintained H. in every bit of what she had come to feel she would herself consent to, C.D.B. ii. 146, 29
ge-deorfan
To labour
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To labour Micel ic gedeorfe mullum laboro, Coll. Monast. Th. 20,25. In Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3, Heora scipa gedurfon L and C perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf], and Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24, Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon
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gegninga
Plainly ⬩ wholly ⬩ altogether ⬩ certainly ⬩ directly ⬩ omnino
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Ðæt hit gegnunga from Gode cóme that it came directly from God, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 35; Gen. 683 : Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 27; Gú. 785
hǽl
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Icel. íllu heilli malo augurio ; m evil hour) did he come upon hall-thanes, B. 719. Add
wǽl-bed
The bed of the slain
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The bed of the slain Ic hine heardan clammum on wælbedde wríþan þóhte I had thought to bind him on the couch of the slain (i.e. to kill him ), Beo. Th. 1932; B. 964. Hwæt befealdest ðú folmum ðínum on wælbedd bróðor ðínne? Cd. Th. 62,8; Gen. 1011
ge-bróþor
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Se bróðor cóm eft hám, þá his gebróðro æt gereorde sǽton, Bd. 3, 2 ; Sch. 197, 6-18. Ic eóde to cyrcean and sang mid gebróþrum, Coll.
HEG
Hay ⬩ grass ⬩ fœnum
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Wé gesáwon oft in cyrcean ǽgðer ge corn ge hig beón gehealdene we have often seen both corn and hay kept in the church, L. E. I. 8; Th. ii. 406, 30
hwǽten
Wheaten
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Nim hwǽten corn, L. M. 1, 75; Lchdm. ii. 150, 8. cxx hwǽtenra hláfa, Chart. Th. 460, 15
swíge
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Ða ðe tó swíðe swíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) beóþ . . . ða suíðe suígean (swiggean, Cott. MSS.) taciturni. . . nimis taciti, 38; Swt. 271, 6-10. Ðá wæs swígra secg ( Hunferth ) on gylpsprǽce (cf.
temian
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Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 21, 25. Wilde deór temian, Lchdm. iii. 200, 1: 186, 21. Nýtenu temian, 184, 18. Temma domare, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 4
under-þeód
Subject ⬩ subordinate
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Ða underðiéddan (-ðióddan, Cott. MSS.) mon sceal lǽran ðæt hié elles ne sién genǽt aliter admonendi sunt subditi, atque aliter praelati. Illos ne subjectio conterat, Past. 28; Swt. 189, 14. Ðonne ðæt mód ðara underðiédra (-ðiéddra, Cott.
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