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pæþ

(n.)
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On ðone gréne pæð; of ðám paðe, C. D. iv. 98, 23. On þone smalan pæþ, of þám smalan pæþ, C. D. B. iii. 468, 15. Ofer herepað ðæt onsticelan pað, C. D. iii. 403, 18

Róm-pening

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-pening, es; m. A penny paid to Rome. v. Róm-feoh
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Gif hwilc túnes-man ǽnigne pænig forhæbbe, gilde se landríca ðone pænig, and nime ǽnne oxan (cf. the fine of 30 pence in the passages given under Róm-feoh, and the value of an ox, v. oxa) æt ðam men, L. N. P. L. 57-59; Th. ii. 298, 29-300, 7

Linked entry: Róm-feoh

sceam-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sceam-leás, adj.

Shameless, bold; impudent, wanton

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Ðone scamleásan mon mæg ðý bet gebétan ðe hine mon suíður þreáþ, Past. 31, 1; Swt. 205, 21-207, 5 . Ðú hine ongeáte swíðe sceamleásne búton ǽlcum gódum þeáwe, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 18. God ða sceamleásan ( the people of Sodom ) fordyde, Gen. 19, 24

slíf

(n.)
Grammar
slíf, sléf, slýf, e: slífe, an; f.

A sleeve

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Hé ðone hláf gedyde on his twá sléfan Blick. Homl. 181, 17

Linked entries: slífe slýf sléf

scín-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
scín-lǽca, -láca, an; m.

A magician ⬩ necromancer ⬩ sorcerer

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Hí gefetton Escolafius ðone scínlácan mid ðære ungemetlícan nædran ðe mon Epithaurus hét horrendum illum Epidaurium colubrum, cum ipso Aesculapii lapide advenerint Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140,9: 3, 10, tit.; Swt. 3, 19. Scínlǽcan magi, Wrt.

Linked entry: scín-lǽc

á-cennan

to produce, &c., ⬩ to attribute, assign

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Ox. 2316. of things Ðone cwyld ðe se súðerna wind ácænð, Lch. iii. 276, 7. Wið ðá wunda ðe on ðám men beóð ácenned, i. 158, 12. to attribute, assign.

Linked entry: on-cennan

marmstán-gedelf

(n.)
Grammar
marmstán-gedelf, es; n.

Marble-quarrying

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Marble-quarrying Má ðonne twá þúsend cristenra manna ðe tó marmstángedelfe gesette wǽron, Homl. Th. i. 560, 32

Linked entry: ge-delf

ge-drettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drettan, p. -drette; pp. -drett

To consume ⬩ consūmĕre

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[Or does gedrette = gedrehte?]

Linked entry: ofer-drettan

under-bæcling

(adv.)
Grammar
under-bæcling, adv.

Back

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Back Ðonne gecerraþ míne fýnd underbæcling tunc conuertentur inimici mei retrorsum, Ps. Lamb. 55, 10. Underbæclinc, Blickl. Gl

prím-sang

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Ðonne preóstas tó cyrcan cumon heora prím tó singienne, Chrd. 27, 37. Add

oret

(n.)
Grammar
oret, es; n. (?)

Struggle, labour

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Struggle, labour Ðonne ðú ðínes gewinnes wæstme byrgest etest oretes labores fructuum tuorum manducabis, Ps. Th. 127, 2

mǽsc-wyrt

Grammar
mǽsc-wyrt, máx-wyrt, e; f.

Mash-wort ⬩ the wort in the mash-tub

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Dó picce máxwyrt on gemang, 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 18

blǽc-ern

(n.)
Grammar
blǽc-ern, es; n.

Literally a lamp or candlestick, also the light itself ⬩ verbum de verbo, candelabrum, etiam candela, lucerna

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Ne menn blǽcern in beornaþ men do not light a candle [lucernam], Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 15. Blǽcern fótum mínum lucerna pedibus meis, Ps. Th. 118, 105

Linked entry: blác-ern

ge-met-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-met-fæst, adj.

Moderate, modest ⬩ moderatus, modestus

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Moderate, modest; moderatus, modestus Ne hie ðám geþyldegum and ðám gemetfæstum simble ne wuniaþ neither do they always dwell with the patient and moderate, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 34, 3. Sió is swíðe gemetfæst she is very modest, 10; Fox 28, 20.

glædlíce

(adv.)
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Add: with feelings of gladness, cheerfully, joyously Manna gehwylc tó weorðunge his Drihtne dó tó góde þæs þe hé mæge wordes and dǽde glædlíce ( hilariter ) ǽfre, Ll. Th. i. 424, 22.

íþe-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
íþe-lic, adj.
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easy to do Hú iéðelic bið tó forgiefenne sió geðóhte synn, Past. 419, 10.

Linked entry: eáþe-lic

yntse

(n.)
Grammar
yntse, yndse, an; and ynts (?), e; f.

An ounce

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Dó alwan áne yntsan tó, ii. 60, 5: 190, 9. Áne ynsan, iii. 74, 19. Ǽlc wífmon hæfde áne yndsan goldes uxores singulas auri uncias, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 196, 21. Fíftig yntsena seolfres quinquaginta siclos argenti, Deut. 22, 29.

Linked entries: entse yndse

under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subject ⬩ subjugate ⬩ render subject ⬩ to subject ⬩ cause to endure ⬩ render liable ⬩ to subjoin ⬩ add ⬩ to support

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Surt. 143, 2. where that to which there is subjection is not stated Ðonne hé underðiód quando summiserit, Kent. Gl. 1004.

ge-býgel

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-býgel, adj.

Subject ⬩ submissive ⬩ obedient ⬩ subjectus

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Subject, submissive, obedient; subjectus Gebýgle to dónne to make obedient, Chr. l091; Th. 358, 38 : 1105; Th. 367, 22

Linked entry: beógol

ge-hýpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýpan, p. de; pp. ed

To heap

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To heap Ðonne hit gehýpþ yfel ofer yfele when it heaps evil upon evil, Homl. Th. i. 410, 21

Linked entry: ge-heápod