galdor-cræftiga
One crafty or skilful in enchantments ⬩ an enchanter ⬩ incantātor
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One crafty or skilful in enchantments, an enchanter; incantātor Ða fǽmnan, ðe gewunniaþ [MS. gewunniah] onfón galdorcræftigan, ne lǽt ðú ða libban the women, who are wont to receive enchanters, suffer thou not to live, L.Alf. 30; Wilk. 31, 26
land-sceap
A district ⬩ land
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A district, tract of country, land Swá hé on landsceape stille stande ðǽr hine storm ne mæg wind áwecgan as if it [the vessel] stand still on land, where storm or wind cannot move it, Andr. Kmbl. 1002; An. 501
martyr-hád
Martyrdom
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Martyrdom Se ðe rǽdeþ bóc mínes martirhádes, Nar. 47, 11. Hé martyrhád gelufade, Exon. 39 b; Th. 130, 24; Gú.443. Ne heora martyrháda wona wǽron heofonlícu wundru nec martyrio eorum cælestia defuere miracula, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 4
mynster-munuc
A monk who lives in a monastery
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A monk who lives in a monastery Ne þearf ǽnig mynstermunuc mid rihte fǽhþbóte biddan, L. Eth. ix. 25; Th. i. 346, 1. Ða mynstermunecas urnon tó. Homl. Th. ii. 176, 23. Benedictus mid his mynstermunecum, 178, 33: i. 532, 33
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self-ǽta
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An eater of those belonging to its own species, (applied to man) a cannibal, anthropophagus Ðú scealt féran . . . ðǽr sylfǽtan eard weardigaþ . . . swá is ðære menigo þeáw, ðæt hié uncúðra ængum ne willaþ feores geunnan, Andr. Kmbl. 350; An. 175
ge-býrgan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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To taste; gustare Nó he fóddor þigeþ, nemne mele-deáwes dǽl gebýrge it touches not food, except that of honey-dew it tastes a portion, Exon. 59 b; Th. 215, 30; Ph. 261 : Cd. 24; Th. 31, 10; Gen. 483
Linked entry: ge-bírigan
tigel-geweorc
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brickmaking Ne sylle gé nán cef tó tigelgeweorce ( ad conficiendos lateres ), Ex. 5, 7. work at making bricks Ásettaþ him ðæt ilce tigelgeweorc ðe hig ǽr worhton mensuram laterum, quam prius faciebant, imponetis super eos, Ex. 5, 8.
un-gewisness
Uncertainty ⬩ ignorance
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Uncertainty, ignorance Ða ðe ðurh ungewisnysse ( per ignorantiam) synne fremmaþ ... ða ðe him ne ondrǽdaþ witende (sciendo ) syngian, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 36.
wóþ-cræft
The art of poetry ⬩ song
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Ne wéne ǽnigðæt ic lygewordum leóð somnige, write wóðcræfie, 234, 30 ; Ph. 548. Ic wille wóðcræfte wordum cýþan bi ðam hwale, 360, 7 ; Wal. 2
á-hleápan
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Seó mycelnes þæs stánclifes swá áhleóp ( saltum dedit ) ꝥ hit ná gehrán þæs scræfes hrófe, 213, 28. Ðá áhleóp se líchoma up of ðám wætere, Shrn. 143, 27. Add
burg-gemet
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Measure used in a town Ne sceall bisceop geþafian wóh gemet, ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽlc burhgemet (cf. gange án gemet swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, i. 270, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20
fore-bod
preaching ⬩ prohibition
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Him forebod cóm fram eallum Rómánum ꝥ hé ꝥ fær beginnan móste, ne him swá gecwéme folc gefaran, Lch. iii. 434, 3
ge-lisfullíce
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Eagerly, zealously, earnestly Nán þínra þegna neódlícor ne gelistfullícor (-lisfullícor ?
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ge-snid
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Cf. sníþan ; Beóð oft ðá wunda mid ele gehǽlda, ðá ðe mon mid gesnide ( incisione ) gebétan ne meahte, Past. 271, 2. killing. Cf. sníþan; Swá swá sceáptð gesnide, R. Ben. 27, 10
healtian
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Gangas rihte dóð mid fótum eówrum þæt ná healtigende (claudicans) worige (Heb. 12, 13), Scint. 186, 3. Add
heáh-helm
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Having foliage high up; of a light, having far-reaching rays þone heáhhelman leóman iubar alticomum (the passage is: Modio lateat ne tecta lucerna, sed iubar alticomum Domini diffundat in aedem, Vita S. Cudbercti c. 21, 50), Hpt. 33, 238, 1
medum-ness
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Seó gyfu ne bið oncnáwen of þǽre medem*-*nysse, ac gewuna hí is tó getácnigenne of þǽre sáwle dǽdum, Hml. S. 23 b, 240. Ða medomnesse ðǽre strengio se salmscop ongeat hanc dignitatem fortitudinis Psalmista considerat, Past. 85, 22. Add
mis-lár
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Gif forman misláre (suggestioni) ná byþ wiðstanden, 210, 10. Onþæslice gewilnunga flǽsclicra mislára inportunas desideriorum carnalium suggestiones, 33, 20. Misl[ára ?] inlecebras, An. Ox. 56, 323
moþþe
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Ne behýde gé eówerne goldhord ... þǽr ðǽr moððan hit áwéstað, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 30. Mohþ[um] tineis, An. Ox. 50, 37. Add
sigor-fæst
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Add: as an epithet of men Ne byð nǽfre nǽnig leán þæs sigores búton hit sý mid gewinne gecampod. Hwanon beóð hálige men sigorfæste (victores), nymðe hí campian wið þám searwum þæs ealdes feóndes?, Gr. D. 221, 9: 234, 2