cáfer-tún
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A hall, inclosure, court, vestibule; atrium, vestibulum Mycel and rúm heall vel cáfertún atrium, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 21; Wrt. Voc. 58, 61: Lk. Bos. 11, 21: Jn. Bos. 18, 15: Bt. 18, 1; Rawl. 38, 30.
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cyning-feorm
Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household ⬩ regis firma
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still to pay into the king's hand, from that portion, which was there left unfreed of the royal purveyance, whether in pure ale, or in beer, or in honey, or in oxen, or in swine, or in sheep, Cod.
CWACIAN
QUAKE, shake, tremble ⬩ tremere, contremere
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Heard ecg cwacaþ the hard edge shaketh, Elen. Kmbl. 1513 ; El. 758 . Céne cwacaþ the bold shall quake, Exon. 19b ; Th. 50, 8; Cri. 797 . Ða téþ cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cýle their teeth shall quake in the intense cold, Homl. Th. i. 132, 27: 530, 35.
íren
Iron ⬩ a sword ⬩ blade
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Heardes írenes grindlas gratings of hard iron, Cd. 19 ; Th. 24, 25; Gen. 383. Ðeáh hé wǽre mid írne ymbfangen, 224; Th. 297, 15; Sat. 513. Héht his sweord niman, leóflíc íren, Beo. Th. 3622; B. 1809.
efen-lic
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Ána God on ðrím hádum efenlices wuldres ( aequalis gloriae ), Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 432, 20. Wé sint emnlice on ðám ðe wé ongietað ðæt gé stondað aequales vobis sumus, in quo vos stare cognoscimus, Past. 117, 1.
gegninga
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Substitute: Directly, straightway, of motion, without deviating Hý gongað gegnunga tó Hierusalem, Gú. 785. of time, at once Embe hand, hrædlíce sóna þǽrrigte, génunga jam jam, cito, Germ. 388, 73.
ge-lufian
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R. 12, 43. to shew affection by gesture, to caress Þ hé gelufude mid his brádre hand þá nunnan and ofer þá sculdru geþaccode ut in terga sanctimonialis feminae blandiens alapam daret. Gr. D. 189, 22
forþ-genge
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Þæs cáseres hǽs wearð forðgencge the emperor's order was carried into effect, Hml.
gnídan
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</b> to rub one object against another :-- Beóres tácen is þæt þú gníde þíne hand on þá óþre, Tech. ii. 125, 21. <b>I b.</b> to rub a surface with material, cover a surface by rubbing :-- Reóde gnídan fucare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 49.
hringan
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tída þæs godcundan þeówdómes on rihte tíman hrincge, oþþe hé sylf ǽlce tíd getácnige, oðþe swylcum bréðer þá gýmene betǽce þe ǽlce tíd . . . mid beácne geswytelige nuntianda hora operis Dei sit cura abbatis, aut ipse nuntiare, aut tali fratri injungat hanc
níten
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Sé þe hǽme mid nétene (niétene, nýtene, v. ll. ) qui coierit cum jumento, 52, 11. Wið nýten, Ex. 22, 19. Bletsien þec deór and nýten ( wild beasts and cattle ), Az. 145. Be niétena misdǽdum. Gif neát mon gewundige, 78, 8.
ofer-stígan
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Hwenne so wil wit oferstieð ( gets the upper hand of), Misc. 192, 1.] add: with the idea of passing across or beyond Gewyrc ánne hring ymb þone slite útan, ne oferstíhð hit furðor, Lch. ii. 112, 1. Hé oferstáh ealle gesceafta, Hml. S. 15, 164.
spell
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Add Ðis spell (hanc historiam) mé sume þára sægdon, þá þe hit from þǽm sylfan were gehýrdon, Bd. 4, 21; Sch. 462, 15. <b>I a.
sceam-leás
Shameless, bold; impudent, wanton
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Selǽce biþ micles tó beald and tó scomleás ( praesumtione percussus ) ðe gǽþ lǽcnigende, and hæf þ on his ágnum nebbe opene wunde unlácnode. Past. 9, 2 ; Swt. 61, 3. Of ðysse scamleásan scylde geclǽnsa mé a delicto meo munda me Ps. Th. 50, 3.
H
hail
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The name of the Runic letter was hægl hail Hægl byþ hwítust corna, Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 4; the forms accompanying the poem and given by Kemble are these, RUNE RUNE RUNE (see printed page)
slíf
A sleeve
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H.) and beneoðan cneowe sio bót bið twýsceatte máre (cf. 45; Th. i. 92, 20 for this double compensation when a wound was not concealed by the hair) L. Alf. pol. 66.; Th. i. 96, 30.
á-sleán
to strike off ⬩ remove by a stroke ⬩ to strike ⬩ make a mark ⬩ (cut) by a stroke ⬩ to strike with the hand ⬩ to strike with a hammer:-- ⬩ to strike ⬩ paralyse ⬩ to strike out a path ⬩ make way
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S. 26, 162. to strike, make a mark (cut) by a stroke Ásleah þrý scearpan on, Lch. ii. 104, 7. to strike with the hand Áslógon ł ðurscon caedentes, Mk. L. 22, 63. to strike with a hammer:-- Gylden þel áslægen bratea, Wrt.
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bǽtan
to bait ⬩ worry with dogs, ⬩ to beat ⬩ make way against the wind or current
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[Icel. beita to bait, hunt with dogs] to beat, make way against the wind or current Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorðe, and hǽt fealdan ꝥ segl, anð eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst and lǽtan þá bǽtinge; gif hé ǽr þweores windes
hwilc
which ⬩ who ⬩ any one ⬩ any ⬩ some
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Wé gesáwon oft in cyrcean ǽgðer ge corn ge hig ge hwylce woroldlícn þing beón gehealdene we have often seen in churches corn and hay, and any kind of secular things kept, 8; Th. ii. 406, 31.