spell-bóc
a book of homilies
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a book of homilies .i. full spelbóc wintres and sumeres, Chart. Th. 430, 21
þædres
Thither
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Thither Hidres ðædres (ðidres, Cott. MSS.) hither and thither, Past. 22; Swt. 169, 13
Linked entry: þideres
for-þindan
To swell up
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To swell up Gif men sié maga ásúrod and forþunden, Lch. ii. 356, 11
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á-steóran
To steer ⬩ guide ⬩ govern
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To steer, guide, govern Þú ástýrst and wildest æallum þís middangearde, Shrn. 168, 9
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áweg-ádrífan
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In this verb and in others with the same prefix áweg should be separated
ge-læccan
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Add Ic gelæcce arripio, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 275, 12. without sense of violence. to take, take hold of, catch Þá árás hé and gelæhte hine be þám swuran, and cyste and clypte, Hml. S. 30,335. to take, catch fish, &c. On ðám ǽrran fixnoðe wurdon swá
habban
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For I and IV substitute: to have, hold in or with the hand (lit. or fig. ) Hé hafað in hondum heofon and eorðan, Gú. 619. Hine se mǽg Higeláces hæfde be houda, B. 814. Wit hæfdon swurd nacod on handa, 539. Þá mǽdenu hæfden hí sylfe be handa heom betweónum
Æðel-wulf
Æthelwulf ⬩ Æthelwulfus
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Æthelwulf; Æthelwulfus; eldest son of Egbert and father of Alfred the Great. Æthelwulf was king of Wessex, from A. D. 837 (v. Ecg-bryht) -855 A.D. 837 [MS. 836], hér, Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, and féng Æðelwulf his sunu to Westseaxna ríce here, A. D
FÝST
A FIST ⬩ pugnus
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A FIST; pugnus Fýst pugnus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 71, 3; Wrt. Voc. 43, 57. Gif men cídaþ and hira óðer hys néxtan mid ýste slicþ si rixāti fuĕrint vĭri et percussĕrit alter proxĭmum suum pugno, Ex. 21, 18. On ðone eádgan andwlitan helfúse men hondum slógun
mis-
diversely ⬩ variously ⬩ in different ways ⬩ in an irregular manner
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diversely, variously, in different ways Godwine his geféran mislíce ofslóh Godwine killed his companions in different ways, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 33; Alf. Tod. 2: Exon. 107 b; Th. 411, 13; Rä. 29, 12. Hí his mistlíce (Cott. MS. mislice) willnigen, Bt.
popig
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poppy Paprg papaver, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18 ; Som. 9, 62. Popig, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 7 : 68, 56. Popei, ii. 116, 48. Baso popig astula regia, i. 66, 65. Popaeg, Txts. 90, 824. Popeg cucumis, 52, 253. Popig, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15. 54. Popi cucumus, 17, 27. Wilde popig
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port-geráfa
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A port-reeve (v. port, II) Portgeréfa oððe burhwita municeps, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 41. Ðes portgeréfa hic prefectus urbis, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 16, 56. Man cýððe ðam portgeréfan ( the case is one of buying in the market at Ephesus ), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 643.
Scride-finnas
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A people who, according to Jornandes and Procopius, seem to have inhabited the present Russian Lapland and other tracts thereabouts, and even to have extended into the present Swedish Finnland. [Procopius, sigma;κριθίφινοι; Adam of Bremen, Scritefinni
weornian
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To wither, fade, pine away Ic eom hége gelíc ðam ðe hraðe weornaþ, ðonne hit byð ámówen, Ps. Th. 101, 4, 9. Ða blóstman blówaþ ðonne óþre wyrta scrincaþ and weorniaþ, Lchdm. i. 204, 13. Ic weornede tabescebam, Ps. Spl. 118, 158. Seó wlitige fægernes
burg-geat-setl
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Substitute (for entry under burh-geat-setl): If burg-geat is used in the sense given under burg-geat, I. the word would mean 'jurisdiction over those belonging to the "burg," the owner's family and tenants'; if as in burg-geat, II, it would mean 'a seat
for-lǽran
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Se feónd ðæt mód ðurh ðá bisuiculan olicunga for*-*lǽred animum per blandam inquietudinem exerit, Past. 239, 16. Monigo hiá forlǽræþ multos seducent, Mt. 24, 5, 11. Far nú geond þǽra manna hús ðe þú mid þínum drýcræfte forlǽrdest, and gebíg hí eft tó
ge-spelia
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Add: ge-speliga a vicar Crístes gespelia hé (the abbot) is and his note and spelinge on mynstre healt abba Christi agere vices in monasterio creditur, R. Ben. 10, II. Þ hé (the king) sý on ware and on wearde Crístes gespeliga. Ll. Th. ii. 304, 24. Hé
mǽst
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add: very much Þæt orþancum ealde reccað, þá þe mǽgburge mǽst gefrúnon, Exod. 360. Alexandreas ealra rícost monna cynnes and hé mǽst geþah þara þe ic ofer foldan gefrægen hæbbe, Víd. 16. Þeáh leahtras bysigen monna módsefan mǽst and swíðost. Met. 22,
swica
a deceiver ⬩ one who fails in fidelity or fealty, a traitor
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a deceiver Swica planus vel seductor, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 51. Se swica ( se ductor ille ) sǽde: 'Æfter þrým dagon ic áríse,' Mt. Kmbl. 27, 63. Seó smyltnys is stulor and dígele swica, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 25. one who fails in fidelity or fealty, a traitor
Linked entry: ǽ-swíca
hyldu
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Add: held, heldu. kindness, affection, good will For hylde arid lufe affectu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 65. <b>I a.</b> good will towards a benefactor, gratitude :-- Ðonne hé his ælmessan dǽld. . . ne giéme hé hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexl