be-smítan
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R. 14, 34. moral þæt ic ne sié besmiten ne violer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 63. of the action of a person Ic mín fǽmnhád besmát, Hml. S. 23b, 328. þúwoldest þone besmítan þe þú nánwiht yfles on nystest. Bl. H. 85, 36.
ge-þeaht
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Th. 88, 6. Ðæt geþeaht the counsel, Ps. Th. 9, 6. Hie ðære geþeahte wǽron they were of the resolution, Cd. 182; Th. 228, 21; Dan. 205.
galdor
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Th. i. 474, 21. the sound of a trumpet. Cf. galan, Hié Hygeláces horn nad býman gealdor ongeáton, B. 2944. v. sigge-, wyrm-galdor
lǽn
a loan ⬩ grant ⬩ gift ⬩ lease ⬩ fee ⬩ fief
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Seó fóstormódor weóp for ðære áwyrdan lǽne the sieve broke in two during the loan. The foster-mother wept for the injured loan, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 16.
þanne
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Then, when. Generally if the subject follows the verb the word is to be rendered by then, if the subject precedes the verb, by when.
CORN
CORN, a grain, seed, berry ⬩ frumentum, granum, bacca ⬩ a hard or cornlike pimple, a corn, kernel on the feet ⬩ pustula, clavus
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Se Déma gegaderaþ ðæt clǽne corn into his berne the Judge will gather the pure corn into his barn Homl. Th. ii. 68, 18; Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 11. Hý heora corn ripon they reaped their corn Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 90, 33; Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 6; Past. 52; Hat.
a-rǽfnan
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Se líchoma geunlustaþ þá geoguðlustas tó fremmenne, þá þe him swéte wǽron tó áræfnenne. Bl. H. 59, 10
land-geweorc
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The principal stronghold of a country, one which it has been the work of the country to build [cf. Beo. Th. 135-152; B. 67-76], Beo. Th. 1880; B. 938
teón-hete
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Harmful or wrongful hate, dire hostility Wið ðam teónhete ( the hostility of the Egyptians in pursuit of the Israelites ), Cd. Th. 191, 34; Exod. 224. Wið teónhete, Ps. Th. 147, 2
dreórgian
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Dele 'to fall, perish,' and add Hí dreórigende þóhton and mid heora módes un*-*rótnysse teáras áléton they grew dismal as they thought and in the sadness of their hearts shed tears, Hml. S. 23, 445
here-hýþ
Spoil ⬩ booty ⬩ plunder
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Ða mycele herehúþe tó scipon brohton they brought the great booty to the ships, 1001; Erl. 137, 15. Ða herehýhþ ðe on helle genumen hæfde the spoil that he had taken in hell, Blickl. Homl. 89, 33. Genimon myccle herehýþ to take great spoil, 95. 2.
Dorce-ceaster
DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln ⬩ Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma
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Hér wæs Cwichelm gefullod onDorceceastre b[Dorces ceastre, Th. 46, 10, col. 1] in this year [A. D. 636] Cwichelm was baptized at Dorchester, 636; Th. 47, 9, col. 1: 639; Th. 46, 18, col. 2; 47, 17, col. 1.
lyþre
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Wé sceolon forseón þone lýðran deófol ( the foul fiend ), Hml. Th. i. 270, 13. Hwæt synt þá wyrmas búton lýðre men?, Angl. viii. 323, 31. Hwǽr syndon þá wiðersacan eówre lýðran mágas ( your vile kinsmen ) ?, Hml. S. 23, 296.
á-pundrian
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to estimate Eów sceal þæt leás ápundrad (printed á-wundrad, but the facsimile has p not þ) weorðan tó woruldgedále that falseness shall be accounted to you as just cause for parting with life, El. 581
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gleáw
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Swá swá þá gleáwestan desertissimi, Wrt.
for-molsnian
To putrefy ⬩ corrupt ⬩ make rotten ⬩ decay ⬩ putrefăcĕre ⬩ tabefăcĕre ⬩ macĕrāre
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Th. i. 218, 25. Se ylca God, ðé ealle þing of náhte geworhte, mæg arǽran ða formolsnedan líchaman of ðam duste the same God, that wrought all things from naught, can raise up the decayed corpses from the dust, Homl. Th. ii. 608, 6
tropere
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One of the service books of the Church, that which contained the tropes (tropus cantus ecclesiastici genus); tropariurn. v. Maskell's Monutnenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae, 1. p. xxxvii .i.tropere, Chart. Th. 430, 10.
mynet-slege
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Striking of coin, minting, coining Wæs þæs feós ofergewrit ðæs ylcan mynetsleges þe man ꝥ feoh on slóh sóna þæs forman geáres þá Decius féng tó ríce, Hml. S. 23, 475. v. frum*-*mynetslege
stranglíce
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Add Ǽfre þe óðer man wearð on þám wyrrestan yfele, and þet swá stranglíce, ꝥ mænige menn swulton on þám yfele, Chr. 1086; P. 217, 30
weorc-níten
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A beast wsed for work; — Restað eów, þú and þín sunu and þíne dohter and þín þeówe and þíne wylne and þín weorc-nýten, Ll. Th. i. 44, ll n
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