á-sceamelic
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Shameful Tó áscamelicum (but cf. áscunelicum, An. Ox. 4016) ad detestabilem, Hpt. Gl. 500, 58
ciric-lec
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Cyrclicre áwrigenesse ecclesiasticae traditionis, An. Ox. 178. Cyrclice tídsang[as] canonicas horas, 56, 317. Add
scrudnere
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An examiner, investigator Strec déma . . . weorca, ac eác swylce geþóhta scrudnere ( exactor), Chrd. 88, 33
wíl
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Dele: v. flige-wíl, and add (?) Wocia, wýla catenarum, An. Ox. 3560. Wíla, 7, 257
Linked entry: wyla
æcern-spranca
An acorn-sprout
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An acorn-sprout Æcernspranca (æcer-, v. l.) oððe ác ilex, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 69, 15
Linked entry: spranca
beán-scealas
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and add Beánscalu quisquiliarum, An. Ox. 608. Bénsceala (printed -sæala), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 16
bearhtm
A twinkling of an eye ⬩ an instant
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A twinkling of an eye, an instant:Add: On breahtme in atomo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 27: 46, 60. Þonne (at the last day) englas bláwað býman on brehtme (cf. 1 Cor. xv. 52), Cri. 882
bodian
to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief
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Ben. 22, 17 note. of religious or moral teaching, to preach, a person Scyppend ealra gesceafta, þone ic bodige, Bl. H. 187, 9. a doctrine, belief, & c. Manige men þá godcundan láre gehýrað, and him mon þá oft bodaþ and sægþ, Bl. H. 57, 19.
bolt
A bolt ⬩ an arrow
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A bolt, an arrow þǽr is ǽlc treów swá riht swá bolt there is every free as straight as a bolt (cf. bolt-upright), E. S. viii. 477, 13. Speru, boltas catapultas (cf. An. Ox. 4238 (where the same passage is glossed)arewan, gauelucas) Wrt.
wíg-bed
An altar
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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51.
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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An old military weapon, with a hooked point, and an edge on the back, as well as within the curve, a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion.
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mearc
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S. 23, 436. a sign affixed or impressed for distinction, a device, stamp, &c., placed on an article as an indication of ownership, as a means of identification, &c. Man mid mearce gecýþe ꝥ man riht drífe, Ll.
blícan
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Blícan, glitenian rutilare, An. Ox. 1196. In bracket dele: Laym. blikien: O. Nrs. blika, and add
fénix
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Án fugel fæger Fénix geháten, E. S. viii. 475, 21 (and see pp. 474-477). Add
for-démend
An accuser
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An accuser Wíf ne from fordoemendum gedoemedo mulierem nec ab accusatoribus condemnatam, Jn. p. 5, 9
Linked entry: démend
fremiendlic
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Beneficial Fremiendlic profuturum, An. Ox. 5199. Hyt bið hyre nytlic and fremgendlic, Lch. i. 300, 19
tó-gelaþung
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An assembly On þám synt engla weredu and rihtwísra tógelaðung þǽr symle wuniendra, Verc. Först. 173
Linked entry: ge-laþung
gást
breath ⬩ spirit, ghost, principle of life ⬩ spirit ⬩ the immaterial part of man ⬩ a person ⬩ soul ⬩ an incorporeal thing ⬩ an incorporeal being, a spirit, ⬩ divine spirit ⬩ the soul of a deceased person
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H. 203, 14. an incorporeal thing (fire, &c.) Líg ealle forswealg, gǽsta gífrost, B. 1123: Cri. 814. Þec gǽstas hergen, byrnende fýr and beorht sumor, Az. 94. an incorporeal being, a spirit, good Mid þreáte háligra gásta, Bl. H. 95, 7.
mancus
A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence
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Ath. v. 6, 2; Th. i. 234, 1 :-- Oxan tó mancuse compared with Th. i. 232, 7 where an ox is rated at thirty pence, be xxx pænega oððe be ánum hrýðere. The word occurs not unfrequently in the charters.
ge-fylce
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Dele Nar. 19, 22 at end, and add Gefylce commanipulares, commilitones, socii, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 51: An. Ox. 859. Harold cyningc and Tostig eorl and heora gefylce wǽron áfaren of scipe, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 19. Fram gefylce a manipulo, An.