líge-leóht
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Bright with flame; the neuter used substantively, as abstract noun Þis fýr is án lég, and hwæðre se an leg þreó þing on him hafað . . . Hé is hwít . . . þonne is þæt þridde þæt líhteð eall geond eorðærn . . . and þonne is hit hwæðre án lég, and ne mæg
riht-hamscyld
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Gif man rihthamscyld þurhstinð . . . Gif feaxfang geweorð, Ll. Th. i. 12, 1-3, [In the note to these laws a passage from the Lex Saxonum is quoted giving two articles: I. 6. Si gladio uestem seu scutum alterius incideret . . . 7. Si per capillos alium
swégan
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Add Swégdon sonauerunt (inimici tui, Ps. 82, 3), Bl. Gl. add Ne gehýre gé hú myrige lofsangas swégað on heofenum?, Hml. Th. ii. 98, 5. Benedicte ne mihte beón nán þing bedíglod, þá þá on his eáre swégdon eác þá word þæs munukes geþóhtes, Gr. D. 144,
wén
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The word is also m. (or n. ?). add: estimation Nolde God ꝥ þá ðe his gódan weorc gesáwon wǽron ungelýfende be þám wéne þára ælmessena þæs diácones ( de eleemosynarum illius aestimatione), Gr. D. 331, 28. Eác Ióhannes stefn geþwǽreþ þám ylcan andgyte
sǽt
An ambush,
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An ambush, a place where one lies in wait Hý sǽtiaþ mín and sittaþ swá gearwe swá seó leó déþ tó ðam ðe hé gefón wyle and swá swá his hwelp byþ gehýd æt ðære sǽte susceperunt me sicut leo paratus ad praedam, et sicut catulus leonis habitans in abditis
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gærs-irþ
Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage
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Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan se gebúr sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .I. æcer . . .: tóeácan ðám .III. æceras tó béne, and .II. tó gærsyrðe. Gyf hé
gyte
A pouring ⬩ shedding ⬩ inundation ⬩ flood
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A pouring, shedding, inundation, flood Beó his blódes gyte ofer úrum bearnum his bloodshed be upon our children, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 20. Gyte inundatio, Cot. 108, Lye. Ne mihton hí for ðam ormǽtan gyte heora fét of ðære cytan astyrian they could not move
hád-brice
An injury done to persons in holy orders, a violation of holy orders ⬩ ordinis infractura, sacri ordinis violatio
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An injury done to persons in holy orders, a violation of holy orders; ordinis infractura, sacri ordinis violatio Gif hwá hádbryce gewyrce, gebéte ðæt be hádes mǽðe if any one do an injury to a person in holy orders, let him make amends for it according
hæftnung
Captivity, fastening, confinement
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Captivity, fastening, confinement Hé hine gewráþ gelomlíce ac hine sic mihte nánes cynnés hæftnung gehealdan he often bound him, but no kind of fastening could hold him, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 20. On hæftnunge in captivity, 86, 3 : Ps. Spl. 13, 11. Ǽr hé
hǽtu
Heat ⬩ æstus, fervor
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Heat Hǽtu calor, Ælfc. Gr. 4, 26. Þridde ágennys is seó hǽtu the third property is the heat, Homl. Th. ii. 606, 13, 18. Þýstro and hǽto darkness and heat, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 6; Gen. 389 : Bt. Met. Fox 20,146; Met. 20, 73. Hǽto æstus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20,
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hatung
Hating, hate, hatred ⬩ æmulatio
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Hating, hate, hatred Hatung Godes beboda hate of God's commands, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 6. Mid ðære réðan ehtnysse hatunge with the hate of fierce persecution, i. 84, 12. Ða unrihtwísan ic hæfde on hatunge iniquos odio habui, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 61. Gé
gealpettan
to devour, eat greedily
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to devour, eat greedily [? v. N. E. D. galp to gape; D. D. gaup to gape, devour] Þá ðe hér swíðost galpettað and on unrihttídum on oferfyllo bióð forgriwene, þá bióð þǽr on mǽstum hungre forþrycced those that here eat most greedily and are steeped in
brǽd
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ BREADTH, width, latitude ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo
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BREADTH, width, latitude; latitudo, amplitudo Biþ se arc fíftig fæðma on brǽde the ark shall be fifty fathoms in breadth; quinquaginta cubitorum erit latitudo arcæ, Gen. 6, 15. On brǽdo his stealles latitudine sui status, Bd. 1, 1;S. 474, 29. Ic on brǽdu
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ge-þrǽstan
To twist ⬩ hurt ⬩ torment ⬩ afflict ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ afflīgere
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To twist, hurt, torment, afflict; contĕrĕre, afflīgere Gefeóll he semninga on his earm ufan, and ðone swýðe geþrǽste and gebræc repente corrŭens brachĭum contrīvit, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2. Se hǽleþ heortan geþrǽste qui sānat contrītos corde, Ps. Th. 146
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hóh
'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'
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a form occurring in local names whose meaning is thus given by Kemble: 'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,' Cod. Dipl. iii. xxvi, where see the references to the various forms
trod
A track
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A track Be trode gestolenes yrfes. Gif mon trode bedrífþ forstolenes yrfes of stæðe on óðer, ðonne befæste mon ðæt spor landes mannum . . . Gif mon secge ðæt man ðæt trod áwóh drífe, ðonne mót se ðe ðæt yrfe áh trodað (trod óð ?) tó stæðe lǽdan, L. O
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fugel-cynn
a kind or species of birds
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a kind or species of birds On ðǽre dúne bið ꝥ fugelcynn þe grifus hátte . . . On þǽre ylcan stówe byð óðer fugelcynn fénix hátte mons ubi est griphus auis . . . In eo etiam monte est auis faenix, Nar. 39, 1-3. On culfran híwe . . . On bócum is gerǽdd
scrift-bóc
a penitential ⬩ a book staling the penances to be enjoined after confession for various sins ⬩ a discourse referring to penance
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a penitential, a book staling the penances to be enjoined after confession for various sins i. scriftbóc on Englisc, Chart. Th. 430, 20; cf. L. Ælfc. P. 44; Th. ii. 384, 2. Swá hwylc swá ðás scriftbóc tilige tó ábrecanne quicunque Confessionale hoc violare
ge-tweógan
To doubt ⬩ hesitate ⬩ dŭbĭtāre
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To doubt, hesitate; dŭbĭtāre Ne getweóge ic náwuht be godes ǽcnessa I do not at all doubt about God's eternity, Shrn. 195, 4. Nó him treów getweóde his faith doubted not in him, Exon. 37 b; Th. 122, 25; Gú. 311: 40 b; Th. 134, 27; Gú. 515. Getuíga hæsitare
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ge-un-rétan
To make sorrowful ⬩ sadden ⬩ trouble ⬩ contristare
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To make sorrowful, sadden, trouble; contristare Ðá wæs se engel cweðende 'Ne beó ðú Maria geunréted' then the angel said 'Be not sorrowful, Mary,' Blickl. Homl. 139, 15. Hý wurdon geunrétt mid manncwealme they were troubled with pestilence, Ors. 3, 10