irnan
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Ox. 1580. of machinery (a mill or millstone) Þá orn seó cweorn ðurh godcunde miht, Shrn. 145, 23.
niht
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, Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 30.
irsigend-líc
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There is one part in her capable of desire; a second capable of anger, a third is rational [cf. Bt. 33. 4; Fox 132, 4], Homl. Skt. 1, 97
slídan
To slide, slip, fall ⬩ to slide, glide ⬩ to make a mistake, to fail, err ⬩ to fall into an unhappy condition ⬩ to pass away, be transitory or perishable
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[Þer on geð him one in one sliddrie weie, he slit falleþ sone; and ter monie goð togederes, . . . gif eni uoð on uorte sliden, be oðer breideð hine up er þen he allunge ualleA. R. 252, 10-12. Mony folk slod to helleH. R. 136 157.
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leóþ-wíse
verse
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A poetical manner, verse Mycel Englisc bóc on leóþwísan geworht a large English book composed in poetry, Chart. Th. 430, 24. Áwend of Lédene on Englisc on leóþwíson, Homl, Th. ii. 520, 10
beám
a beam ⬩ post ⬩ a beam of light
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Gewyrcean tor of treówum and of mycclum beámum, Bl. H. 187, 12.
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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Hitherto this word has only been found in poetry Ðá ic, on morgne, gefrægn mǽg óðerne billes ecgum on bonan stælan then on the morrow, I have heard of the other kinsman setting on the slayer with the edges of a bill, Beo. Th. 4963; B. 2485.
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swift
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Cf. rapid as applied to the slope of a hill Of ðǽm díce on swiftan beorh; of ðǽm beorhge, C.D. iii. 394, 3
hryre
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On myclum hryre seó heord wearð on sǽ besceofen magno impetu grex praecipitatus est in mare, Mk. 5, 13.
lang
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On þám lengestan treówe þe standeð on þám hýhstan sǽclife, Verc. Först. 110, 5. with reference to serial extent or duration. of a series of words, e. g. a long tale Mé ðincþ ꝥ þincen tó ǽlenge þás langan spell ...
fin
a heap
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: Fín cella lignaria, Txts. no, 1169. a heap of other material On cyniges límfíne; of ðǽre fíne, C. D. B. i. 518, 41
rúm
local, room, space ⬩ temporal, space of time ⬩ opportunity
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Þerh alle tído rúmo per omnium horarum spatia, 171, 41. time which allows unhindered or unhurried action, opportunity Rúm wæs tó nimanne londbúendum on hyra ealdfeóndum herereáf the men of the land had ample opportunity of taking the spoil from their
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penn
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A pen, fold On penn ; of ðam penne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 456, 3-4 : 25, 21. On hacapenn foreweardne, 412, 13
ge-got
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A shedding of tears On willsumnesse gebeda and on teára gegote in oraiionis et lacrimarum deuotione, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 536, 1
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lím-fín
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A lime-heap Ðanon on gerihte on cyncges límfíne, of ðǽre fíne niðer, C. D. B. i. 518, 41. Cf. wudu-fín
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well-will
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a spring Ǽrest on welwill; of welwyllæ . . . andlang streámes eft on wellwyll, C. D. v. 344, 29-345, 9. Cf. wille-wæter
burh-bót
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The repairing of fortresses, which was one of the burdens on all landed property; urbium vel castrorum instauratio, L. Eth. v. 26; Th. i. 310, 23: vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 31: L. C. S. 10; Th. i. 380, 27: L. R. S. l; Th. i. 432, 2
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be-delfan
to dig a grave ⬩ to dig about ⬩ to bury ⬩ put under ground, ⬩ to bury ⬩ put in a grave or tomb
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Th. ii. 408, 29. to bury, put under ground, of things Ágróf se mon on ærenum brede drýcræftes word and bedealf under þone þerscwold þæs húses, Shrn. 141, 16. Bedealf ús (thecrosses) man on deópan seáðe, Kr. 75.
bearo
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Be þysse wyrte ys sǽd ꝥ heó of dracan blóde ácenned beón sceolde on ufeweardum muntum on þiccon bearwum, Lch. i. 322, 25. Ðú ádydes ðá bearwas, Past. 355, 5: Nar. 12, 18: 26, 24. Add