fúl-líce
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Add: in a physical sense Gif heora hwylc fúllíce oðþe gýmeleáslíce mynstres þing behwyrfe si quis sordide aut negligenter res monasterii tractaverit, R. Ben. 56, 11. Etan fúlíce on gangsetlum, E. S. viii. 62, 13. Similar entries v. fúl-lic. in a moral
þegen-lagu
Thane-law, ⬩ the legal rights and privileges which attached to the rank of thane
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Thane-law, the legal rights and privileges which attached to the rank of thane Se (the priest) ðe ðæs (concubinage) geswícan wille and clǽnnesse healdan, hæbbe hé Godes miltse, and tó woruldwurðscipe sí hé þegenlage wyrðe as regards worldly dignity let
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hægtesse
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Add: <b>hægtiss, hægtess, e: hætse, an ; hǽts, e.</b> afury of the classical mythology Haehtes furia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 47. Hægtesse 36, 29. Hægtes erenis, hægtesse eumenides, 29, 41, 42. Haehtisse, hegitisse eumenides, filiae noctis, Txts
huntaþ-faru
hunting
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A hunting expedition, hunting Cýpinga and folcgemóta and huntaþfara and woroldlícra weorca on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne let people diligently abstain from marketings and folk-moots and hunting expeditions and secular employments on the holy
mǽg-leás
Without kinsmen
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Without kinsmen Gif hé sí mǽgleás if he have no kinsmen, L. Eth. ix. 24; Th. i. 344, 28: L. In. 23; Th. i. 116, 16: L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 24. Fædrenmǽga mǽgleás mon a man having no kinsmen on the father's side, L. Alf. pol. 27; Th. i. 78, 20
wordlung
discourse ⬩ conversation ⬩ idle talk ⬩ babbling ⬩ chattering
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in a good sense, discourse, conversation His wordlunc sermocinalio ejus (cum simplicibus, Prov. 3, 32), Kent. Gl. 61. in a bad sense, idle talk, babbling, chattering Ðæt sidefulle wíf wordlunge ne lufaþ (cf. idele weord ne luuað, III. 21), O. E. Homl
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dǽge
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Pistrilla lytel cofa, pristris dǽge, panis hláf, . . . sparrum daag, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 63-67. Godwíg hæfð geboht Leófgife þá dǽgean (dágean, C. D. iv. 271, 16) æt t Áne dǽgan, Cam. Phil. Soc. 1902, p. 15. [v. N. E. D. dey. Icel. deigja a dairy maid. Cf
ge-hlyttrod
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Substitute: <b>ge-hlyttran, gehlyttrian;</b> p. (e)de, ode To make clear, clarify, purify Genim wín and fearres geallan . . . gemeng wiþ þý leáce, dó on ǽrfæt, lǽt standan nigon niht, áwring þurh cláþ, and gehlýttre wel. Lch. ii. 34, 7. Gehlýttrod
-hǽme
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This form is found in many words denoting the inhabitants of places whose names end in -hám, e, g. Æschǽma gemǽru, C. D. iv. 70, 26.lt;i>For a list ofswch words see Cht. Craw. 116. Also the form -hǽmingas Wanhǽminga gemǽre,C. D. v. 264, l. Wealthǽminga
ofen-raca
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Add: <b>-racu,</b> e ; f. For 'an instrument for clearing out an oven or furnace' substitute: 'A fork for stirring the fire in a furnace for cooking,' [Cf. rotabulum furca vel illud lignum cum quo ignis movetur in fornace causa coquendi, Migne
scír
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Add: <b>I b.</b> morally clear, pure. [v. N. E. D. shire; adj. 4] Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan, scír in leóhte geríseð, Gn. Ex. 67. <b>II f.</b> add :-- Scírre clarior (limpida sum Titanis clarior orbe, Ald. 272, 18
gang-setl
A stool
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Add: A stool (of a privy) Þás úplendiscan wíf wyllað oft drincan and furþon etan fúllíce on gangsetlum . . . hit is bysmor þæt ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gange þæt meox út fram, and drince þonne ǽgðer ge þæt
oftrǽd-líc
Frequent
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Frequent Ðis syndon ða wǽpena ðe deófol mid oferswíðed biþ, ofthrǽdlíce rǽdinga háligra bóca and gelómlíce gebedu, L. E. I. 2; Th. ii. 404, 2. Hié Alexander uneáðe oferwonn ǽgðer ge for ðære sumorhǽte ge eac for ðǽm oftrǽdlícan gefeohtum, Ors. 3, 9;
and-efn
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Substitute: <b>and-ef(e)n</b> (v. evene in N. E. D.), e: pl. -ef(e)nu; f. Measure Neáh andefene prope modum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 73. of persons, quality, capacity, nature For ðǽre ungelícnesse ðára hiéremonna sculun beón ungelíc ðá word
æ-gilde
Without compensation ⬩ sine compensatione
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Without compensation; sine compensatione Gif he gewyrce ðæt hine man afylle, lícge ægilde if he so do that any man fell him down, let him be without compensation, L. Eth. vi. 38; Th. i. 324, 24: L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170,13: L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 14:
freót
Freedom ⬩ liberty ⬩ an enfranchisement ⬩ a setting a man free ⬩ lībertas ⬩ mănūmissio
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Freedom, liberty, an enfranchisement, a setting a man free; lībertas, mănūmissio Þolie his freótes let him forfeit his freedom, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 170, 17. We scylon todǽlan freót and þeówet we ought to distinguish between freedom and slavery, L. C.
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lim-lǽweo
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Maimed or injured in the limbs Gif limlǽweo (other MS. -læpeo) lama ðe forworht wǽre weorþe forlǽten and hé æfter ðam þreó niht álibbe siððan man mót hylpan if a criminal that has been mutilated be left, and he live after that three days, then he may
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ge-dwol-godas
False gods ⬩ idols ⬩ falsi dei ⬩ īdōla
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False gods, idols; falsi dei, īdōla To gedwolgoda weorþunge īdōlōrum cultui, Lupi Serm. i. 4; Hick. Thes. ii. 100, 3. Ne dear man gewanian on hǽðenum ǽnig ðæra þinga ðe gedwolgodum [MS. -an] broht biþ ne ausus est quispiam e păgānis eōrum quidquam commĭnuĕre
súre
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Sorrel; rumex acetosa (v. E. D. S. Pub., Plant Names, for terms in which sour is used to denote this plant) Súrae salsa, Txts. 98, 974. Súre, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 54: saliunca, ii. 119, 64. Wiþ cancerádle, súre, sealt . . ., Lchdm. ii. 108, 9: 266, 16. Wensealf
wróht-stafas
Accusations
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Accusations Ic eom fáh and freóndleás, gén ic findan ne can þurh wróhtstafas wiðercyr wið ðam I am proscribed and friendless; still I can by accusations (cf. w. 1813-1830, where the devil complains of unfair treatment (nis ðæt fæger síð)) devise no resistance