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gild-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
gild-rǽden, gyld-rǽden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

The relation involved in membership of a guild

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The relation involved in membership of a guild Gif he nele to bóte gebúgan þolige he ðære gefér-rǽdene and ǽlcere óðre gyldrǽdene if he will not submit to make amends let him forfeit the fellowship and every other interest in the guild, Th.

stoppa

(n.)
Grammar
stoppa, an ; m.
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Voc. i. 25, 10 : bona (?), 288, 2 : botholicula, ii. 126, 55 : bothonicla, 11, 20 : bothonicula, Txts. 42, 122

Linked entry: stappa

stród

(n.)
Grammar
stród, (strod ?), es; n.
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Útt þurh Wynnawudu on stróð norðweard ( the reference is to the same place in both charters ), 334, 32. On secgláges stród; of secgláhes stróde, iii. 79, 17. The word occurs in local names, Stródwíc Strudwick (Northants), ii. 318, 30.

þeófian

(v.)
Grammar
þeófian, (and þeófan?
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The Lindisfarne gloss has ðæt ðú ne forstele ł ne forðiófe, Mk. 10, 19; the Kentish Glossary, diófende furtivus; but this might imply the form ðiófian, cf. tácnendi and tácnian: cf. also, for both force and form of the participle styrende agitatam, Mt

un-sceþþigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sceþþigness, e; f.

Innocenceharmlessness

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Ne funde hé on him náne synne ac unscæððignysse, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 25. Unsceaðþignysse, Ps. Spl. 36, 39

Linked entry: sceþþigness

geond-sprengan

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Mec ( a book) fugles wyn (a pen) geond[sprengde] speddropum (ink ), Rä. 27, 8. Bysn godcundre rihtwísnesse leornincgcnihta[s] geþancum geondsprenced (-sprecend, MS.) [sí] fermentum divine justitiae in discipulorum mentibus conspergatur, R. Ben.

hefelíce

(adv.)

grievouslyseriouslydullyseverelysadlymournfully

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Óðre syngodon hefelícor þonne þú, Wlfst. 299, 3: Past. 313, 3 (in Dict.). with slow action of mind or body, dully, Mt. 13, 15 (in Dict.). severely, in a way that is hard to bear Hefelícor steóre (ł) stýðlícor stíre hé sí underþeód districtiori discipline

líc-rest

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Add: a vehicle or bier in which a corpse is borne Man slóh án geteld ofer þá hálgan ban binnan þǽre lícreste (of. tentorio maiore supra carrum in quo reliquiae (þá bán ) inerant extenso, Bd. 3, ll), Hml.

sceón

(v.)
Grammar
sceón, de

To fall to a person's lot

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To fall to a person's lot Gif unc bán fordsíð scéet on Rómeweȝe if death be the lot of both of us on the journey to Rome, Chart. Th. 583, 29.

sceorp

(n.)
Grammar
sceorp, es; n.

Dress, apparel

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Of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne . . . scorp tó friðscipe (apparel for those on board?), L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 8

Linked entry: á-scirpan

Harþacnut

(n.)
Grammar
Harþacnut, Hardacnut, es; m.

Hardacnut, son of Cnut

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And he was at once received by both English and Danes, Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 17. Hér forþferde Hardacnut cyng in this year died king Hardacnut, 1041; Erl. 167, 30

on-gitenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-gitenness, e ; f.

understanding, knowledge

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Similar entries and-git. ) Ðeós ongitenys (þes ongitenysse, MS. ) mínre untrumnysse ys ðæt of ðisum líchaman sceal beón se gást álǽded the meaning of my illness is, that the spirit shall be taken away from the body, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 80, 22

Linked entry: -gitenness

BYSGU

(n.)
Grammar
BYSGU, bísgu, býsigu, bísigu, býsegu, bísegu; gen. e; dat. e; acc. u, o: nom. acc. pl. u; gen. a; dat. um; f.
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For ðǽm manigfealdum bísgum, ðe hine oft ǽgðer ge on móde ge on líchoman bísgodon [bisgodan MS.] on account of the manifold occupations, which often busied him [Alfred] both in mind and in body, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 5.

CLIF

(n.)
Grammar
CLIF, clyf, cleof, es; n.

A CLIFF, rock, steep descentpromon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium

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Nílus seó eá, hyre ǽwylme, is neáh ðæm clife ðære Reádan Sǽs the spring of the river Nile is near the promontory of the Red Sea, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 17, 19, 29

Linked entries: cleof cliof clyf

for-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-weorþan, -wurþan; ic -weorþe, ðú -weorþest, -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wyrþaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden

To become nothingto be undoneto perishdiead nihilum devĕnīrepĕrīreinterlredeficére

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Ealle nýtenu neáh forwurdon nearly all the cattle died, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 31: Chr. 593; Erl. 18, 33. Ðý-læs ðú forweorþe lest thou perish, Cd. 116; Th. 151, 3; Gen. 2503. Hí forweorþan ad nihĭlum devĕnient, Ps. Th. 57, 6.

gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
gearwian, gerwian, gerwan, girwan, gierwan, gyrwan, gyrian, girian, gierian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To make readyprepareprocuresupplyput onclothepărārepræpărārepræstāreinduĕrevestīre

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Bos. 1, 76 : Exon. 58 b; Th. 210, 21; Ph. 189 : 119 a : Th. 456, 27; Hy. 4, 73 : Elen. Kmbl. 1997; El. 1000. Wísdóm oððe snytro gearwiende lytlingum săpientiam præstans parvŭlis, Ps. Spl. 18, 8.

ge-wuna

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, an; m.

A customwontmanneruseriteconsuetudo

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Swá hit gewuna is ut adsolet Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 20. [Or do the two last belong to ge-wuna, adj.? (cf. ge-wunelíc.)]

Linked entries: -wuna ge-wun

blǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
blǽdre, blǽddre, an; f.

That which is blown outan inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustulepustula, papulathe BLADDER, receptacle for the urinevesica

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Eall folc wæs on, blǽdran, and ða wǽron swíðe hreówlíce berstende all the people had blisters [lit. was in blister], and they were very painfully bursting, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 37.

Linked entry: blǽddre

teáh

(n.)
Grammar
teáh, tǽh, téh, tíh (-g); gen. teáge; f.

a tie, banda case, coffer, casket, boxan enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)

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Gl. 514, 70. v. a case, coffer, casket, box Cest vel earc cistella, tǽg mozytia vel arcula, Wrt. Voc. i. 16. 38. Taeg mantega ( = mantica? ), Txts. 35, 19: 77, 1300. Tíg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 57.

Linked entries: tǽg tágum teág tége

á-búgan

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Add: to bow, bend, turn, of motion (lit. and fig. ) Hé tó eorðan ábeáh, Hml. S. 14, 134. Ðá ábeáh seó módor tó hire bearne, 25, 174. Hwæþer þé of móde ábeáh has it escaped your memory?, Gr.