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glædlíce

(adv.)
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Add: with feelings of gladness, cheerfully, joyously Manna gehwylc tó weorðunge his Drihtne dó tó góde þæs þe hé mæge wordes and dǽde glædlíce ( hilariter ) ǽfre, Ll. Th. i. 424, 22.

hád-bryce

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hád-bryce, Dele ' a violation of holy orders'.
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This is the rendering in the 'Instituta Cnuti', which gives the first clause of the law thus: Qnicnmque uiolauerit ordinem, sicut est aut monachum aut presbyterum aut aliquem ordinatum uerberauerit aut aliquid huiusmodi fecerit). For Swt. A. S.

ilce

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Weaxe sió bót. . . swá ilce swá sió manbót déð, Ll. Th. i. 150, 15. Swá ilce (same, v. l. ) swá, 17 : 19. And swá ylce be þǽre óðerre sunnan, 45, 13. Add

land-leód

(n.)
Grammar
land-leód, a people.
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Ꝥ cynebót tó þám landleód (leódum, v. l. ). [The passage seems very corrupt and should read (?) : Seó cynebót tó þám landleódum], Ll. Th. i. 186, 18. Add

líc-rest

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Add: a vehicle or bier in which a corpse is borne Man slóh án geteld ofer þá hálgan ban binnan þǽre lícreste (of. tentorio maiore supra carrum in quo reliquiae (þá bán ) inerant extenso, Bd. 3, ll), Hml.

mæsse-steall

(n.)
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mæsse-steall, es; m.
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, the altar (cf. gif preóst búton gehálgodon weófode mæssige, Ll. Th. ii. 292, 18. Se Geearnian wé mid gódum dǽdum. 'þæt is mid clǽne ælmessan and mid leóhte tó úrum ciricean and tó úrum mæssesteallum, Nap, 43. pápa hét hine mæssian at S.

ríca

(n.)
Grammar
ríca, an; m.

A powerful person ⬩ ruler

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A powerful person, ruler Feórðan dǽles ríca tetrarcha, Lk. Skt. 3, 1 : 9, 7. Nán ðara cyninga ðe cumaþ æfter mé, oððe ealdorman oððe óðer ríca, Chart. Th. 243, 13. Wulf biþ se unrihtwísa ríca ðe bereáfaþ ða eádmódan, Homl. Th. i. 242, 3.

rýne

(n.)
Grammar
rýne, es; n.

A mystery, mysterious saying

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Clǽno rýno ł gesægdnise ł diópnise mysteria, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 11

Linked entry: ge-rýne

sacc

(n.)
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sacc, es; m.

A sack, bag

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A sack, bag Ne bere gésacc ne codd sacculum neque peram, Lk. Skt. 10, 4. Sæc sacculum, Kent. Gl. 208. Hig fyldon hira saccas ( saccos) and lédon hira ǽlces feoh on his sacc ...

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heald

(adj.)
Grammar
heald, adj.

Bent, inclined ⬩ leaning, sloping ⬩ clivus, obliquus, pronus

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Ða men lágon áþænede on ðære eorþan mid of dúne healdum ondwleotan the men lay stretched out on the ground with faces turned downwards, Shrn. 81, 26

COS

(n.)
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COS, coss, es; m.

A Kiss ⬩ osculum

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Coss ðú me ne sealdest osculum mihi nan dedisti Lk. Bos. 7, 45. Mannes sunu ðú mid cosse sylst osculo filium hominis tradis 22, 48. Betwux ðám cossum between the kisses Homl. Th. i. 566, 19.

sóþ

(prefix)
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In sóð (sóðe, Rush.) cneóreso in progenies, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 50. Sóð cymes procedit, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 15, 26. Sóðcuom processit, Rtl. 2, 37: procedit, 57, 6. Sóðfylga prosequere, 29, 36. Sóð gistrýnd progeniem, 29, 28.

screádung

(n.)
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screádung, e; f.

pruning ⬩ trimming ⬩ what is cut off ⬩ a shred ⬩ cutting ⬩ fragment ⬩ paring ⬩ leaving of food

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Screádungo reliquias, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 24, 43

Linked entry: scrádung

gnyrn

(n.)
Grammar
gnyrn, es; m.

Grief ⬩ sorrow ⬩ evil ⬩ wrong

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Grief, sorrow, evil, wrong Lác weorþade ðe hire brungen wæs gnyrna to geóce the gift she honoured that was brought to her as a consolation of sorrows, Elen. Kmbl. 2275; El. 1139.

þeófend

(n.)
Grammar
þeófend, þeófent, e; f. (the word seems to occur only in the plural)

Theft

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Ne dóe ðú ðiófonto ł stalo non facies furtum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 18: Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 20. Ðiáf[]nto, Rtl. 103, 3

winn

(n.)
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winn, es; n.

labour ⬩ strife ⬩ conflict

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labour Nédðarf woerces ł ðæs wynnes necessitas laboris, Lk. Skt. p. 2, 8. Ðæt hí gemǽne win (v. l. gewin, M. 98, 18) onfénge godcunde láre tó lǽranne on Angelðeóde ut communem evangelizandi gentibus laborem susciperent, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 9.

Linked entry: win

á-bryrdan

to instigate, stimulate, incite ⬩ to make contrite, remorseful

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L. 34, 16. Ðám ábryrdum contritis, An. Ox. 4122

stirc

(n.)
Grammar
stirc, stiorc, styric, es; n.

A stirk, calf, a young bullock ⬩ a heifer

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Bringaþ án fǽtt styric adducite vitulum saginatum, Lk. Skt. 15, 23

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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L. 54; Th. ii. 298, 19

ge-wit

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<b>I a.</b> a a]um cunnan? familiarem tuum sensu vis nosse?, Solil. H. 18, 18, 20. <b>I b.