wundor-cræft
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Swylce eác seó heáfodstów sundorcræfte (wundorcræfte (?), but note seorsum; sundurcræftiglíce (wundorcræftiglíce(?)), v.ll.) gemeten and geworht and gescyrpendlíce gehíwod ætýwde tó þám gemete hyre heáfdes et locus quoque capitis seorsum fabrefactus
wǽg-pundern
a steel-yard ⬩ weighing-machine
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a steel-yard, weighing-machine Ǽlc burhgemet and ǽlc wǽgpundern beo be his (the bishop's) dihte swíðe rihte, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 20. Hé sceal habban wǽipundern, Anglia ix. 263, 9. Similar entries Cf. pundern perpendiculum, Hpt. Gl. 476, 77, and
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wéden-heort
Madness, frenzy, fury
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Madness, frenzy, fury Lǽcedómas wið feónd-seócum men . . . and wiþ bræcseócum men, and wiþ wédenheorte, Lchdm. ii. 14, 7: 138, 14. Drenc wiþ wédenheorte, 356, 4: 304, 15. Ðæt hrýðer him þúte on wédenheorte the beast seemed to him mad, Blickl. Homl. 199
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æ-gilde
Unpaid for, applied to a slain man for whom wergild was not paid
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Unpaid for, applied to a slain man for whom wergild was not paid :-- Gyf þrǽl ðæne þegen áfylle, licge ǽgylde (-gilde, v. l. ) ealre his mǽgðe; and gyf se þegen ðæne þrǽl ðe hé ǽr áhte áfylle, gylde þegengylde, Wlfst. 162, 8. and add
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Windles-óra
Windsor
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Windsor Æt Windlesóran, Chr. 1061; Erl. 194, 3. Wæs se cyng on Windlesóran, 1095; Erl. 231, 22. Ðis writ wæs gemaced æt Windlesóran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 209, 27. Ic habbe gegefan Criste and Sancte Petre intó Westmynstre Windlesóran and Stáne, 227, 6:
ge-þungennes
Increase ⬩ growth ⬩ piety ⬩ excellence ⬩ gravity
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Increase, growth, piety, excellence, gravity Ðæt wæs ðæt templ ðære geþungennesse and ealre clǽnnesse that was the temple of piety and all purity, Blickl. Homl. 5, 20: Shrn. 40, 2: 44, 9. Geþungennis incrementum, Mk. Skt. p. 2, 6. Geþungennes perfectio
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ge-tillan
To touch ⬩ reach ⬩ attain ⬩ tangere ⬩ attingere
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To touch, reach, attain; tangere, attingere Astrece ðíne hand and getill ealle ða þing ðe he áh extende manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, Job Thw. 165, 15. Weras blóda and fácenfulle ná healfe getillaþ viri sanguinei et dolosi non dimidiabunt,
swearcian
to make or to become dark ⬩ to make or to become troubled, to dismay,
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to make or to become dark Seó swearcigende sunne and ða gesceafta samod ealne middaneard áðeóstrodon mid sweartre nihte for heora Scyppendes ðrowunge, Homl. Th. ii. 258, 15. to make or to become troubled, to dismay, Similar entries v. á-swarcian, and
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ælmes-georn
Diligent in giving alms ⬩ benevolent ⬩ beneficus ⬩ liberalis
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Diligent in giving alms, benevolent; beneficus, liberalis Sum biþ ár-fæst and ælmesgeorn one is honest and diligent in giving alms, Exon. 79a; Th. 297, 13; Crä. 67. Sum man Tobias geháten, swíðe ælmesgeorn a man, whose name was Tobias, very diligent
a-gimmed
Gemmed ⬩ set with gems ⬩ gemmatus
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Gemmed, set with gems; gemmatus Agimmed and gesmiðed bend a gemmed and worked crown, a diadem; diadema, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 12; Wrt. Voc. 40, 46. Agimmed gerdel, vel gyrdel, vel angseta, vel hringc a gemmed girdle or ring; strophium, 64; Som. 69,
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beorhtian
to shine ⬩ brighten ⬩ clarere ⬩ to sound clearly or loudly ⬩ clare sonare
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to shine, brighten; clarere Ðǽr his geearnunge oft miclum mægenum scínaþ and beorhtigaþ there his earnings often shine and brighten, with great virtues Bd. 3, 19; S. 550, 17. to sound clearly or loudly; clare sonare Beorhtode bencswég the bench-noise
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cehhettung
a laugh of scorn, scorn ⬩ cachinnus, contemptus
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A laughing in a cackling manner, a laugh of scorn, scorn; cachinnus, contemptus Hwelce cehhettunge ge woldon ðæs habban, and mid hwelcum hleahtre ge woldon beón astyred what scorn ye would have at this, and with what laughter ye would be moved, Bt. 16
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dryht-líce
In a lordly manner, divinely ⬩ nobĭlĭter
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In a lordly manner, divinely; nobĭlĭter God leóht and þýstro gedǽlde dyhtlíce God divinely parted light and darkness, Exon. 11 a; Th. 14, 32; Cri. 228. Abraham fór eorlum driht-líce spræc Abram spoke in a lordly manner before the people, Cd. 98; Th.
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emb-sittan
To sit round or about, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumsĕdēre, obsĭdēre
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To sit round or about, surround, beset, besiege; circumsĕdēre, obsĭdēre Porsenna and Tarcuinius embsǽton Róme burh Porsenna and Tarquin surrounded Rome, Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 42, 11. He besirede ðæt folc ðe hi embseten hæfdon he deceived the people who had
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Gafol-ford
Camelford ⬩ Cornwall ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Cornubiensi
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Camelford, Cornwall; lŏci nōmen in agro Cornubiensi Hér wæs Weala gefeoht and Defna æt Gafolforda [Gafulforda, Th. 110, 111, 17, col. 1] here [A. D. 823] there was a battle of the Welsh and Devonians at Camelford, Chr. 823; Th. 110, 17, col. 2; 111,
leásing
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A false person [cf. earming] Nǽfre ðú gelǽrest ðæt ic leásingum dumbum and deáfum deófolgieldum gaful onháte never shall thou persuade me to promise tribute to false creatures, to dumb and deaf idols [or is leásingum = with lies, falsely. v. leásung]
bisceopian
To exercise the office of a bishop, to oversee, visit, confirm ⬩ episcopali munere fungi, visitare, confirmare
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To exercise the office of a bishop, to oversee, visit, confirm; episcopali munere fungi, visitare, confirmare Se bisceop biþ gesett to hádigenne preóstas, and to bisceopgenne cild the bishop is appointed for the ordaining of priests, and confirming of
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ge-eán
Yeaning ⬩ enītens ⬩ pariens
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Yeaning; enītens, pariens Ðú wást ðæt ic hæbbe hnesce litlingas, and ge-eáne eówa mid me thou knowest that I have tender infants and yeaning sheep with me, Gen. 33, 13; tu scis [MS. nosti = novisti], quod parvŭlos hăbeam tĕnĕros et oves fētas mecum,
scúr-heard
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Made hard by blows (v. scúr, <b>I b;</b> and cf. heoru hamere geþuren, Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285) Sweordes ecg, scerp and scúrheard, Andr. Kmbl. 2267; An. 1135. Ðæt him féla láf ( the sword ) ne meahte scúrheard sceþþan, Beo. Th. 2070; B. 1033
slápolness
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Somnolence, sleepiness Seó slápolnys byþ gescrýdd mid wácum tætticum dormitatio vestietur pannis, Homl. As. 9, 237. Ádrǽf slápolnyssa expelle sompnolentiam, Hymn. Surt. 18, 13. Ásol-cennys ácenþ ídelnysse and slápolnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 25. Ic syngede