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big-spell

(n.)
Grammar
big-spell, bí-spell; g. -spelles; pl. nom. acc. -spell, -spellu; n. [big, bí, spell a history]

A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, story ⬩ parabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio

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He him rehte bíspell bí ðære sunnan he related to him a parable of the sun, Bt. titl. vi; xFox x. 12.

Linked entries: an-lícnes bí-spell

un-lybba

(n.)
Grammar
un-lybba, (and un-lybbe, an; f., or un-lybb; dat. -lybbe ; n.?), an; m.

poison ⬩ poison used for purposes of witchcraft ⬩ witchcraft ⬩ sorcery

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Hé ðygde unlybban on his mete, 504, 14. Hé ðone unlvbban hálsode, and hine ealne gedranc, i. 72, 24, 19: L. Pen. 7; Th. ii. 280, 6: 6; Th. ii. 280, 2: Wulfst. 150, 5.

Linked entry: ge-unlybba

wís-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-fæst, adj.

wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ wise ⬩ having knowledge ⬩ skill ⬩ learned ⬩ intelligent ⬩ rational

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Hé wile on dómes dæg on ðysne middangeard cuman, and hé wile eallum wísfæstum gesceaftum écn[e] dóm gesetton (he will pass an eternal sentence on all intelligent creatures), Blickl. Homl. 121, 20. v. next word

ofer-cuman

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Hé eallne þone here áhtlíce ofercóm, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 3. Besing and ofercum ealle yfele wilddeór, Lch. i. 202, 13.

stæf

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.), for ðan hé ne cúðe dón his gerihte swá wel swá hé sceolde fere perdidit baculum suum, quia nescivit ministerium suum, Chr. 1047; P. 171, 13. Hé þám ƀ his stæf benam, 1094; P. 229, 4.

liþ

(n.)
Grammar
liþ, a fleet.
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Þá lǽt Eádward cyng scypian xl. snacca, þá lágon æt Sandwíc . . . þá geáxedon ꝥ lið ꝥ on Sandwíc læg embe Godwines fare, setton þá æfter, and hé heom ætbærst, and ꝥ lið wende ongeán tó Sandwíc, and swá hámweard tó Lundenbyrig, Chr. 1052 ; P. 179, 13-22

biter-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
biter-líce, bitter-líce; adv.

BITTERLY ⬩ amare

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BITTERLY; amare He weóp biterlíce [Bos. bityrlíce] he wept bitterly, Mt. Jun. 26, 75. He ongan biterlíce [Smith, 600, 29, bitterlíce] wépan he began to weep bitterly, Bd. 4, 25; Whelc. 337, 43

Linked entries: bitter-líce bityr-líce

un-druncen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-druncen, adj.

Not drunk ⬩ sober

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Not drunk, sober Hé suá micle bet his ágen dysig oncnéw suá hé undruncenra wæs he recognized his own folly so much better as he was more sober, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 8

Englisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Englisc, Ænglisc; adj.

ENGLISH ⬩ Anglĭcus

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ENGLISH ; Anglĭcus Hér syndon on ðis íglande [Britene] fif geþeóda [MS. þeóda], Englisc, and Brytisc, . . . and Scyttisc, and Pihtisc, [and Bóc-Lǽden] here are in this island [Britain] five languages, English, and British, . . . and Scottish, and Pictish

Linked entries: Anglisc Ænglisc

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assault ⬩ assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus ⬩ viæ obstructio ⬩ the fine for an assault ⬩ mulcta pro assultu

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Switelige ic hér hwæt se eáca is ðe ic ðǽrto ge-unnen hæbbe ... ðæt syndan fórsteallas I here declare what the augmentation is which I have thereto granted ... that is the fines for assaults, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1035; 333, 32: A.D. 1066; 411, 32.

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

weorold-sorh

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sorh, gen. -sorge; f.
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Bæd heó ðæt heó móste weoruldsorge and gýmenne forlǽtan postulans ut saeculi euros relinquere permitteretur, Bd. 4. 19 ; S. 587, 38

corn

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Heó sealde þǽm munucum corn genóg, Ors. 6, 4; S. 260, 11. v. bere-, lyb-, mold-, pipor-corn

Syrisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Syrisc, adj.

Syrian

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Hí bǽdon Godes gescyldnysse wið ðone Syriscan here, Homl. Ass. 107, 170

fird-wíte

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Take here fyrd-wíte, and add

friht

(n.)
Grammar
friht, freht, es; n.
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Take here passages under <b>fyrht</b> in Dict., and add:

Linked entries: firht fyrht

ge-werian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werian, to clothe.
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Take here the passages from the charters given in the Dict. wider ge-werian; to defend

limb-stefning

(n.)
Grammar
limb-stefning, The gloss at Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 46 is:
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Comparison with 26, 6, limbus stemning vel hem, suggests (?) that the gloss should read, peripetasma, limbus stefning

hearding

(n.)
Grammar
hearding, es; m.

A brave man, warrior, hero

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A brave man, warrior, hero, Elen. Kmbl. 50; El. 25: 260; El. 130: Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 1; Rún. 22

LUST

(n.)
Grammar
LUST, es; m.

LUST ⬩ desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ voluptuousness

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Hé hine ætbrǽd ðám flǽsclícum lustum, Homl. Th. i. 58, 19. Hé fulgǽþ his lustum and his plegan he follows his desires and his pleasure, 66, 12. Tó ðám upplícan lustum ad superna desideria, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 15.

Linked entry: lustume

ánhund-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
ánhund-wintre, adj.
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A hundred years old Hé áxode hyne hú eald hé wǽre. Þá andswarode hé: ' Ánhundwintre and þrítigwintre,' Gen. 47, 9

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