mis-cenning
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A wrong declaration (v. cennan ; ), a shifting of the ground of an action after it has come into court; the fine for such variation, the right to accept such fines (often the subject of grant by the king) Icc kíðe ðat icc habbe geunnen . . . miskenninge
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searu-net
an armour-net ⬩ a net ingeniously wrought ⬩ a coat of mail ⬩ a net of treachery or guile ⬩ a net ⬩ a snare ⬩ wile
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an armour-net, or a net ingeniously wrought, a coat of mail On him byrne scán, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum, Beo. Th. 816; B. 406. a net of treachery or guile, a net (metaph.), a snare, wile Mé elþeódige inwitwrásne, searonet seóþaþ, Andr.
siftan
To sift ⬩ pass through a sieve
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Cott. MS.), Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 2. Sifte. cribraret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 3. Syfte, 15, 57
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slecg
A sledge-hammer ⬩ mallet ⬩ malleus
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Hwæt sylst ðú ús on smiþþan ðínre búton ísene fýrspearcan and swégincga beátendra slecgea (malleorum), Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 7. Wé hit uneáþe mid ísernum hamerum and slecgum gefyldon quam ferrets uix comminuimus malleis, Nar. 21, 5
þeóh
A thigh
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Þeóh femur, þeóh coxa, hype clunis, 71, 46-49. Þeóh femor, innewerd þeóh femina, þeóhscanca coxa, 283, 63-65. Þeóh vel hype femur, ii. 148, 18. Ðæt ðeóh getácnode his cynn, Hontl. Th. ii. 234, 33.
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hrædlíce
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And hrædlíce ( continuo) þá creów se cocc (immediately the cock crew ), Mt. 26, 74. Hrædlíce confestim, 21, 3. Úp ásprung[n]um leóman hrædlíce geondgeótað exorto iubare extimplo diffundunt, An. Ox. 89. Rædlíce, 3676.
strengu
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On færhæfdnesse strenge (strengeo, Cott.
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ícan
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Críst cwæð ꝥ hé ne cóme nó þás bebodu tó brecanne ac mid eallum gódum tó ícanne ( non veni solvere, sed adimplere, Mt. 5, 17), Ll.
gé
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Þæt gé healdan eów sylfe (uosmet) ǽnlíce, Coll. M. 35, 37. Gé dóþ eów sylfe wyrsan þonne eówre ágne ǽhta, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 36. Eáþmódgiaþ eów sylfe, Bl. H. 99, 3. Add
FÆT
A vessel, cup, VAT ⬩ vas, călix
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Fætes botm the bottom of a vessel; vāsis fundum, Cot. 92. Mid ðam fæte with the vessel, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 19. He oferwríhþ nán man mid fæte his onælede leóhtfæt nēmo autem lucernam accendens, opĕrit eam vāse, Lk. Bos. 8, 16.
mynecenu
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[Ealra ðare landa ðe intó ðæ mynechina lífe æt Wiltúne forgifene synt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 117, 25
niþer
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below
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Se ðe nyþer com of heofonum qui descendit de caelo, Jn. Skt. 3, 13. Ðú niþer færst ( descendes ) óþ helle, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 23. Niþer feallaþ procident, Ps. Lamb. 71, 9 : 94, 6. Niþer fylþ decidat, 89,6. Gá nyþer descende Mt. Kmbl. 27, 40.
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un-gemetlíc
immoderate ⬩ inordinate ⬩ excessive ⬩ too great ⬩ immense ⬩ very great ⬩ not of the same measure ⬩ diverse
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Ðá com se ungemetlíca unfriðhere, 1009; Erl. 142, 16. not of the same measure, diverse Ungemetlícra diversarum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 5
innoþ
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Cf. 1 Cor. 3, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 22. the stomach, womb, belly Se hálga innoð þǽre á clǽnan. Þone innoþ geceás Críst, Bl. H. 11, 20. Of innoþe uulua. An. Ox. 4086. Innoþas receptacula (viscerum), 105. <b>II a.
setl
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Add Þá ðá hé tó gange cóm and hé gesæt, þá gewand him út eall his innewearde æt his setle, Hml. Th. i. 290, 20. v. ceáp-, fore-, gang-, heofon-, hring-, on-, toll-, winter-setl
æcer
field, land ⬩ of arable land ⬩ the crop raised on the land ⬩ a definite quantity of land, an acre
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Icel. akr crop) :-- Ðá ðá ðæt án corn feóll, ðǽr árás þicce æcer (seges), Gr. D. 240, 3. Ne þolie hé ðára æcra (æcera, v. 1.) Ll. Th. i. 146, 5. a definite quantity of land, an acre.
brǽdan
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ To make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch out ⬩ dilatare, propalare, expandere ⬩ To be extended or developed, grow or rise up; ⬩ dilatari, adolescere
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Cot. Se wallenda lég hine brǽdde to ðam biscope the raging flame spread itself to the bishop, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 22.
spic
Bacon ⬩ lard ⬩ the fat flesh of swine ⬩ the mast on which the swine were fed ⬩ popa, ⬩ lardum ⬩ fat of seals, whales, etc., blubber ⬩ blubber, lard ⬩ lard
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Holan-spic, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. pp. 115, 137, 184, but its meaning here is not evident. Kemble suggests that it may refer to the mast on which the swine were fed
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tó-licgan
to lie or run in different directions ⬩ To lie between, ⬩ to lie and part, ⬩ to divide, ⬩ separate
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Ðǽr ða wegas tólicgaþ where the roads run in different directions, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 411, 21. trans. To lie between, to lie and part, to divide, separate Seó eá tólíþ Witland and Weonodland, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 6.
þanc-full
thoughtful ⬩ spirited ⬩ animosus ⬩ pleasing, ⬩ agreeable ⬩ thankful, ⬩ grateful ⬩ content, ⬩ satisfied
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Beóþ þancfulle grati estote (Col. 3, 15), Homl. Th. i. 606, 18. Wesaþ þancfulle þon Hǽlende eóweres andleofan, Blickl. Homl. 169, 16. content, satisfied Ðancful contentus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 6. Þancfull, 24, 66.