ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Hierusalem winþ for rihtwísnysse and Babilonia winþ ongeán for unnhtwísnysse seó óðer for sóðfæstnysse óðer for ýdelnysse Jerusalem fights for righteousness, and Babylon fights in opposition for unrighteousness : the one for truth, the other for falsehood
Linked entry: ídel-gild
here-pæþ
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Tó herepade;swá west on herepaðe anlang hrygges; ðæt of herepaðe on rúgan díc . . . ; ðonne forð ofer herepað, C. D. iii. 403, 15-17: 416, I. Andlang weges oð ðæt hit cumð tó ðám herpaðe; ðonne ofer ðone herpað, 414, 23.
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sand
A messenger, envoy
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Ðá com Xp̃es cyrc̃ sand tó ðám ƀ and hé forð (fór ?) ðá tó ðám kincge bishop Lyfing was then with the king. . . Then came a messenger (or message? ) from Christchurch to the bishop, and he (the bishop) went then to the king, Chart. Th. 339, 26.
ge-rýman
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To make or leave the way clear to (tó) a place, condition, object, make way for a person :-- Hé óðtrum gerýmeð wyrmum tó wiste he leaves the way clear for other worms to get food, Seel. 123.
a-riddan
To rid ⬩ deliver ⬩ liberare ⬩ repellere
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To rid, deliver; liberare, repellere For hwý me ðú ædrífe oððe ariddest quare me reppulisti? Ps. Spl. T. 42, 2
cyric-wǽd
A church-garment ⬩ ecclesiæ vestimentum
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-wædan] for church-garments, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 8
ele-seocche
A vessel for straining oil, an oil-strainer?
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A vessel for straining oil, an oil-strainer?—Eleseocche fisclum? Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 85; Wrt. Voc. 41, 38
erfeðe
Difficult, troublesome ⬩ diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus
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Difficult, troublesome; diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus For hwon erfeðo sindon gé ðæm wífe quid mŏlesti estis mŭlieri? Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 10
hwǽte-land
Wheat-land
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Wheat-land, land for growing wheat upon Ðæt hæft se arcebisceop genumen tó hwǽtelande, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 159, 23
hýre-gilda
a mercenary
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pay for service, a mercenary Hýregildan mercedarii, Ælfc. Gl. 8; Som. 56, 96; Wrt. Voc. 18, 46
lást-word
Report ⬩ reputation
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Report, reputation Eorla gehwam lástworda betst the best reputation for every man, Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 12; Seef 73
Mǽs
The Maes or Meuse ⬩ Mosa
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The Maes or Meuse; Mosa Hér fór se here up onlong Mǽse feor on Fronclond, Chr. 882; Erl. 82, 7
rád-hors
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A horse for riding, a saddle-horse Man sceal Jǽtan hine rídan on ðæs cyninges rádhorse, Anglia ix. 35, 235
bryne-ádl
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Substitute for Cot. 92 Bryneádl febris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 51. Febris a fervore nominatur, id est bryneádl, 39, 9
cwic-seolfor
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For Cot. 16 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 54, and add Cwicseolfor vel mæstling electrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 77
clifer-féte
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Cloven-footed Hara wæs unclǽne, for ðan ðe hé nis cliferféte, Hml. S. 25, 79. v. clyfer-féte in Dict
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deófol-scín
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For the citations see under scín, scinn in Dict., and add Utan wið deófolscín scildan ús georne, Wlfst. 188, 34
dirne-leger
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Adultery, fornication For dernelegere ob fornicationem, Mt. L. 19, 9. Derneleger adulterium, Mk. L. 10, 11. Dernelegero adulteria, 7, 21
dreám-lic
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For Cot. 133 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 6: 56, 65, and add Dreámlic swinsung organica armonia, An. Ox. 3923
holt-hana
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Substitute for 'acegia . . . 138' Holthana, holtana, holthona acega Txts. 38, 41. Holthana, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 28. Cf. wudu-hana