ander-gilde
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In repayment, in compensation Ne weorðe ðé nǽfre tó þæs wá, ðæt ðú ne wéne betran andergilde never let things come to so ill a pass for you, that you don't hope for better times to make amends, Prov. K. 41. (Cf. án- gilde, ¶.)
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repan
To reap
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Manig men rǽpon heora corn onbútan Martines mæssan and gyt lator, Chr.1089; Erl. 226, 19. [I gaf hem red þat ropen sykel Þat I ne sewe neure, To seise to me with her Piers P. 13, 374.]
sǽ-fise
A sea-fish,
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A sea-fish, fish that lives in the sea Fleógende fuglas and sǽfiscas volucres coeli et pisces maris, Ps. Th. 8, 8. Swelaþ sǽfiscas, wǽgdeóra gehwylc swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 19; Cri. 987. Óðre sǽfisca cynn, 363, 19; Wal. 56.
cliwen
A clew ⬩ a ball of thread, ball ⬩ glomus, globus
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Án cliwen gódes nettgernes one ball of good net-yarn, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 461; A. D. 956; Kmbl. iii. 451, 7. Cliwenes globi, Mone B. 560.
hreóh-ness
storm ⬩ tempest
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On ðissere cealdan hreóhnysse in this cold storm, Homl. Swt. 11, 187.
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limpan
To befall ⬩ happen ⬩ pertain ⬩ belong ⬩ affect ⬩ concern
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To befall, happen, fall (to one's share), pertain, belong, affect, concern Ða yfelan habbaþ gesǽlþa, and him gelimpþ (Cott. MS. limpþ) oft æfter heora ágnum willan, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 5.
lind
a shield
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In ða greátan lindan; of ðære lindan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 24. On ða gemearcodan lindan; of ðære gemearcodan lindan, vi. 182, 2.
lof-sang
hymn ⬩ psalm
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Ic sang úhtsang æfter ðá wé sungon dægrédlíce lofsangas cantavi nocturnam, deinde cantavimus matutinales laudes, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 27; Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 5
munuc
A monk
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Swá swá dafnaþ munuce, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 5. Ic eom geanwyrde monuc professus sum monachum, 18, 28. Godes þeówas, biscopas, abbudas, munecas, preóstas, L. Eth. v. 4; Th. i. 304, 26.
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nett
a net ⬩ a mosquito-net ⬩ net- work ⬩ web
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Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 15-21 : 22, 11. On feala wísan ic beswíce fugelas, hwílon mid nettum, 25, 11. Hí forléton hyra nett (netta, Lind.) relictis retibus, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 22 : Homl. Th. i. 578, 21. a mosquito-net Nette, fleógryfte conopio, Wrt.
ge-fetian
To fetch ⬩ bring ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ accīre ⬩ afferre
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Gefetod accītus, Cot. 7. Gefotad accersitus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 44
under-gitan
To understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know
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Undergitende heortan cor intelligens, Dent 29, 4. Beón undergiten colligi, cognosci, intelligi, Hpt. Gl. 460, 13. Þe beóð undergitene noscuntur, intelleguntur, 430, 11
wergild-þeóf
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uel principis sit terra in perpetuam libera, ita ut nec pontem nec arcem facere debeant, nec de furtis aliquam poenam soluere, nec etiam fures illo quos Saxonice uuergeldtheouas alicui foras reddant; sed si capiantur, in illorum dominio sunt habendi, Cod
wrixl
change ⬩ alteration ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ alternation ⬩ exchange ⬩ interchange ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ a loan ⬩ what is given in return ⬩ return ⬩ requital
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God, ðú ðe gimetgaþ giscæfta wrixla (rerum vices), Rtl. 164, 12. where there is alternation, alternation, exchange Mid ðý hí ðysse ungesǽligan wrixle (hac infelici vicissitudine, i. e. the passing from heat to cold and vice versa) ðrǽste wǽron.
ge-recedness
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II. explanation, exposition, interpretation :-- Hé sylð his gife ðám ðe hé wile . . . sumum men he forgifð gereccednysse mislicra sprǽca ( ali datur interpretatio sermonum, l Cor. 12, 10), Hml. Th. i. 322, 29.
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stæf
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</b> an official staff, staff emblematical of office :-- Cóm ƀ and forneáh man sceolde tóbrecan his stæf (stef, v. l.), for ðan hé ne cúðe dón his gerihte swá wel swá hé sceolde fere perdidit baculum suum, quia nescivit ministerium suum, Chr. 1047
ge-teorian
To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari
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Me is heorte geteorad defecit cor meum, Ps. Th. 72, 21. He sent on eów geteorigende eágan and módes gnornunge he shall send on you failing eyes and sorrow of mind, Deut. 28, 65. Geteorigende ateoraþ deficientes deficient, Ps. Spl. 36, 21.
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windig
windy ⬩ windy ⬩ flatulent
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windy Ðá com windi (wyndig, v. l.) ýst descendit procella uenti Lk. Skt. 8, 23. Windig sumer, Lchdm. iii. 162, 30. Windig lengten, 164, 5. Wæs on ðam ofne, ðǽr se engel becwom, windig (breezy, airy) and wynsum, Cd. Th. 237, 33; Dan. 347.
stípel
A tower
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Þá com se fír on ufenweard þone stépel, and forbearnde ealle þe minstre, 1122; Erl. 249, 6
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bed
a bed ⬩ couch ⬩ a surface on which something rests?
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Ic árás of mínon bedde (lectulo), Coll. M. 33, 23. Swalt hé fǽringa on his bedde, Chr. 1054; P. 185, 29. Hié restað búton bedde and bolstre quiescentes sine ceruicalibus stratisque, Nar. 31, 11.