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á-sceamelic

(adj.)
Grammar
á-sceamelic, adj.
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Shameful Tó áscamelicum (but cf. áscunelicum, An. Ox. 4016) ad detestabilem, Hpt. Gl. 500, 58

ciric-lec

Grammar
ciric-lec, -lic.
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Cyrclicre áwrigenesse ecclesiasticae traditionis, An. Ox. 178. Cyrclice tídsang[as] canonicas horas, 56, 317. Add

scrudnere

(n.)
Grammar
scrudnere, es; m.
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An examiner, investigator Strec déma . . . weorca, ac eác swylce geþóhta scrudnere ( exactor), Chrd. 88, 33

wíl

(n.)
Grammar
wíl, a wile.
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Dele: v. flige-wíl, and add (?) Wocia, wýla catenarum, An. Ox. 3560. Wíla, 7, 257

Linked entry: wyla

æcern-spranca

(n.)
Grammar
æcern-spranca, an; m.

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

(n.)
Grammar
beán-scealas, l. -scealu, e; f.
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and add Beánscalu quisquiliarum, An. Ox. 608. Bénsceala (printed -sæala), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 16

bearhtm

A twinkling of an eyean 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

(v.)

to declareproclaimto foretellprophesycelebratepraiseto preacha persona doctrinebelief

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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

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bed, wí-bed, wió-bed, -bud, wié-bed, weó-bed, -bud, weófod (-ed, -ud), wéfod, es, also -beddes; n. (generally, but se weóbud, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 21, and pl. wíbedas, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 42)

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

(n.)
Grammar
BIL, bill, es; n.

a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchionfalx, 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.

Linked entry: bill

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, a mark, <b>mearc</b> a limit. [These may be taken under one head, see N. E. D. mark.]
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S. 23, 436. a sign affixed or impressed for distinction, a device, stamp, &amp;amp;c., placed on an article as an indication of ownership, as a means of identification, &amp;amp;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

(n.)
Grammar
for-démend, es; m.

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

(adj.)
Grammar
fremiendlic, fremigendlic; adj.
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Beneficial Fremiendlic profuturum, An. Ox. 5199. Hyt bið hyre nytlic and fremgendlic, Lch. i. 300, 19

tó-gelaþung

(n.)
Grammar
tó-gelaþung, e ; f.
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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

breathspirit, ghost, principle of lifespiritthe immaterial part of mana personsoulan incorporeal thingan incorporeal being, a spirit,divine spiritthe soul of a deceased person

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H. 203, 14. an incorporeal thing (fire, &amp;amp;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

(n.)
Grammar
mancus, es; m.

A mancusthe eighth of a poundthe 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.