Lunden-ceaster
London
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London Is heora [East Saxons] ealdorburh nemmed Lunden-ceaster on ofre geseted ðæs foresprecenan streámes [the Thames ] ... Ðá hét Æþelbyrht on Lundenceastre cyricean getimbrian and ða gehálgian Sce. Paule, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 17-23. Se wæs Lundenceastre
ge-winfullíc
Laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ laboriōsus
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adj, Laborious, toilsome; laboriōsus Ðæt hí ne þorftan in swá frǽcne síþfætt, and on swá gewinfullícne, and on swá uncúþe ællþeódignysse féran ne tam periculōsam, tam incertam peregrinātiōnem adīre debērent, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 37. Ðæt hí nó má ne mihton
gráp
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Grasp, clutch Me fæste hæfde on grápe fast had me in his grasp, Beo. Th. 114; B. 555: 881; B. 438. Hond earm and eaxle Grendles grápe hand, arm, and shoulder, Grendel's grasp, 1676; B. 836. On grápum in the clutches, 1534; B. 765: 3088; B. 1542: Andr
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scirdan
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To hurt, injure Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde, ðæt hé tó sacerdan heáfod áhylde, . . . and hí hrædlíce siððan scyrde oððe scynde mid worde oððe weorce, L. , Eth. vii. 27 ; Th. i. 334, 35. Da ðe godcunde láre and woruldcunde rihtlage
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Streónes-halh
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Whitby On ðære stówe seó is gecweden Streónes-halh, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 2: 4, 23; S. 592, 37. Hild abbodesse on Streónesheale, Chr. 680; Erl. 40, 13. Tymbrend ðæs mynstres ðe ys nemned Steórneshealh, Shrn. 148, 40. For the forms streanæs, streunaes, strenes
west-sǽ
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A west sea, sea on the west coast of a country Hé ( a Norwegian ) búde on ðæm lande norþweardum wiþ ða westsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 3. Hí ( the Saxons in Britain) hergodon fram eástsǽ óð westsǽ (ab orientali mari usque ad occidentale ), Bd. 1, 15 ; S.
borian
to perforate ⬩ To bore into
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Add: trans. to perforate Ic borige terebro, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 64: [24, 8 in Dict.]. Þurhþýnde, bori[gende] transver-berans, An. Ox. 230. to insert into a hole bored Borige man on þám beáme stór and finol, Lch. i. 400, 19. intrans. To bore into : Dó
bróc
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Brooc suri-cus (cf. sura), Txts. 117, 256. Gyrdils vel broec lumbare, 72, 573. Gyrdel oððe bréc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 15. Brécena tácen is þæt þú stríce mid þínum twám handum up on þín þeóh, Tech. ii. 127, 8. Ðá þe on ýtinge farað níman him bréc (femoralia
búr-cote
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Substitute: <b>búr-cot,</b> es; n. A bedchamber Búrcot cubile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 39. Hé his módes scearpnesse eft gecierde tó ðám flǽsclican búrcotum ... hé wæs gecierred tó smeáganne hú flǽsclicum monnum gedafonode on hira búrcotum and
cugele
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Cugele, R. Ben. 92, 3. Þæt hé hæbbe cugelan (cúlan, v. l.) . . . sý on wintra seó cuhle (cúle, v. l. ) of þiccurn hrægle, R. Ben. 89, 11. Heó hire heáfod behylede mid hire cúlan, Hml. S. 33, 237: Angl. xiii. 443, 1115. Ofer þá cúlan super cucullam, 1116
dwǽs
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Se portgeréfa nam tó Malche graman, and him mid eallum hete cídde, and hine þus áxode: 'Þú stunta and se mǽsta dwǽs þe ǽfre on þissere byrig mǽst wæs ( the biggest blockhead that ever was in this town ), on hwilce wísan sceole wé þé gelýfan?,' Hml. S.
Eáster-wucu
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Gestód hine seó ádl þon Wódnesdæg néhst Eástron and þá eft þan ylcan dæge on þǽre Eástorwucan hé þæt líf of þám líchaman sende, Guth. 80, 7. Innon þǽre Eásterwucan on .xiiii. k̵. Mai, Chr. 1061; P. 190, 2. Ǽr þám hálgan Eástron and ealle þá Eásterwucan
efen-þrowian
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Ne beóð gé unróte . . . þanc ic dó for þon þás sceáp mé efenþrowiaþ, Bl. H. 191, 24. Qngan heó emþrowian his staþolfæstnesse, Hml. S. 23 b, 243. Eallum monnum efnðrowiende on hiora earfoðum singulis compassione proximus, Past. 97, 20, 23. Bið hé ús efenþrowiende
fiscian
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Ofer þone man becóm fǽringa godcund wracu for þám þe hé ficsode on Sunnandæg, Shrn. 126, 23. Hí mid nette fixodon on sǽlicum ýðum, Hml. Th. i. 576, 21. Ælcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf . . . getimbred hæfð, þæt hé hine móte . . . huntigan and fuglian
ge-þancol
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Add: mindful Hé þurh þæs gehátes myngunge swíþe geþancol on anginne his ríces began þá stówe tó fyrþrienne, eal swá hé ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe. Lch. iii. 438, 8. with gen. mindful of something Hí ná synd gemyndige ł geþancule handa his non sunt
hríman
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To cover with hoar frost Nis þæt feor heonon þæt se mere standeð, ofer þǽm hongiað hrímde (hrinde, MS.) bearwas (cf. wǽron . . . swíðe hrímige bearwas . . . and on ðǽm clife hangodan on ðǽm isgean bearwum manige swearte sáula, Bl. H. 209, 32-35), B.
liþ
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a joint, especially a finger-joint: Swilce ðǽr lǽge on ðám disce ánes fingres lið, Hml. Th. ii. 272, 27. Nim. viii. and sete hine on þám forman lyðe þæs þúman, Angl. viii. 326, 32 : 29. Liþo artus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 18. Liþa articci/los (palmae coelestis
mersc
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Híredes seota tó présta túne, and se mersc se tó ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc tó présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33. Hí wendon ofer Temese . . . and swá wið Caningan mærsces (mersces, v. l. ), Chr
dæg
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days, denoting a period of undefined extent On þám dagum cóm Ióhannes, Mt. 3, 1: Lk. 1, 39. Add Geloten dæg suprema (dies ), Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 14. ¶ Add Þú sealdest him langsumnyssa dagena, Ps. L. 20, 5. ¶ Árísed óðer cynning ... feá tíde hé bið
sand-corn
a grain of sand
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a grain of sand Gif míne synna and mín yrmþ wǽron áwegene on ánre wǽgan, ðonne wǽron hí swǽrran gesewene ðonne sandcorn on sǽ, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 24. Swá fela welena swá ðara sondcorna beóþ be ðisum sǽclifum quantas pontus versat arenas, Bt. 7, 4; Fox