hulu
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For 'Gl. Prud. ... 439' substitute Hulu siliqua, Germ. 390, 63. Cornbǽrum eára scale, hule, egle granigera spicarum glumula, An. Ox. 1412. Hulæ, 2, 41
nergend-lic
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For þám micel gód ( the MS. lias the accent) and nergendlic swýðe, and þú fintst blisse, Hpt. 21, 189
tyllan
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Ælfríc nam þæt toll for þæs kynges hand, 31), Cht. E. 253, 16
wæfer-geornness
Eagerness to see sights
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Eagerness to see sights Mæssepreóstas ne sceolon fremdra manna túnas, ne hús, for nánre waefereornnysse sécan, L. E. I. 13; Th. ii. 410, 19
heals-mene
A necklace, chain for the neck
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A necklace, chain for the neck Hé dyde gyldene healsmyne ymbe his swuran he put a gold chain about his neck, Gen. 41, 42
Linked entry: mene
tó-cweþan
To forbid, ⬩ prohibit
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To forbid, prohibit Wé nellaþ secgan . . . for ðan ðe hyt tócwǽdon ða wísan láreówas, and . . . ða hálgan bóceras forbudon tó secgenne, Homl. Ass. 24,7
tó-þundenlíce
Proudly ⬩ arrogantly
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Gif hwylc cræftigra manna for ðæs cræftes þingon hine tóþundenlíce onhefþ, R. Ben. 95, 5
Linked entry: -þunden-líce
a-byrgan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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Every one who tastes blood against God's command shall perish for ever, Homl. intitul. Her is hálwendlíc lár, Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Junii 99, fol. 68. Se wulf for Gode ne dorste ðæs hæfdes abyrian the wolf durst not, for God, taste the head, Homl. Brit.
ge-myntan
To determine, resolve ⬩ stătuĕre, decernĕre
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Him wæs gesǽd ðæt hí wǽron gemynte ánum sutere he asked for whom those buildings were intended. He was told that they were meant for a shoemaker, 354, 35. Hæfdon hie gemynted to ðam they had resolved thereon, Cd. 153; Th. 190, 10; Exod. 197.
Linked entry: myntan
brant
High, deep, steep, difficult; ⬩ altus, arduus
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Ymb brontne ford about the deep ford, 1140; B. 568. Léton ofer fífelwǽg scríðan bronte brimþísan they let the high ships go over the ocean-wave, Elen. Kmbl. 475; El. 238
Linked entry: bront
cyne-helm
A crown, diadem ⬩ corona, diadema
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For cynehelme for a royal diadem, Homl. Blick. 23, 34
Linked entry: helm
eóh
The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree ⬩ taxus
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The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree; taxus, — hence this Rune not only stands for the diphthong eo, but for eoh a yew-tree, as, — RUNE [Eóh] biþ útan unsméðe treów, heard, hrusan fæst yew is
lár-leást
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Wé sceolon bodigan ðám lǽwedum ðý læs ðe hý for lárlýste losian sceoldan we must preach to the laymen, lest for lack of instruction they should perish, L. Ælfc. C. 23; Th. ii. 352, 1: Wulfst. 79, 19
munuc-cild
A boy that is being brought up to be a monk
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Swíðor for ðære sibbe ðonne for Godes dǽle wearþ ðá oflangod, and arn of mynstre tó his mágum, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 33. An munuccild wunode on Mauricius mynstre... hæfde ðæt munuccild swíðe mǽrlíce stemne, Wulfst. 152, 7-11 : 22
rempan
to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?), ⬩ be precipitate
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Voc. ii. 15, 68 be precipitate Oft mon biþ suíðe rempende and rǽsþ suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce and ðeáh wénaþ men ðæt hit síe for arodscipe and for hwætscipe saepe praecipitata actio velocitatis efficacia creditur, Past. 20, 1;Swt. 149, 12
earmian
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[For constructions cf. of-hreówan.] used impersonally with gen. of cause Hwám ne maeg earmian swylcere tíde to whom will there not be pity for such a time?
wandung
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</b> Sé þe man for ylde oððe for sumre wandunge swingan ne mæg, si etas out qualitas personę prohibet, Chrd. 61, 34
reónig-mód
Sad at heart, weary
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; Sad at heart, weary; Wæs him reste neód reónig-módum ;need of rest was there for him weary-hearted,; Exon. Th. 167, 32; Gú. 1069.
Linked entry: reomig-mód
slic
A hammer
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A hammer Sleánde slicc(slicc for slecg?) mallei percutientes Kent. Gl. 723, see the note Hé sceal habban . . . slic (in a list of weaver's implements; slíc (?) an implement for smoothing what is woven, a sleek-stone, cf. slykston amethon Wülck.
Linked entry: sliccan
gearwian
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Hine forcuoede gearuande se excusare studentes, Lk. p. 8, 13. to make ready. a thing for use, a place for occupation Ic gearuwe byrnende blácern paravi lucernam, Ps. Th. 131, 18.