steall
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a standing position Setl gedafenaþ déman, and steall fylstendum ... Stephanus hine ( Christ ) geseah standende, forðan ðe hé wæs his gefylsta, Homl. Th. i. 48, 29. Syle hát drincan in stalle stonde góde hwíle give him the medicine hot to drink in a standing
un-rótness
Sadness ⬩ sorrow ⬩ trouble ⬩ gloominess
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Sadness, sorrow, trouble, gloominess Unrótnys tristitia, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 42. Ðætte sió unrótnes, ðe hé for ðæm yflan weorcum hæbbe, gemetgige ðone gefeán ðe hé for ðǽm gódan weorcum hæfde, Past. proem.; Swt. 24, 3. Unrótnyss ( tristitia ) gefylde eówre
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breóst
the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla
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Add: the front of the chest Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen . . . hé silf wæs begird æt his hálgum breóste (praecinctus ad mamillas zona aurea, Rev. l, 13), Ll. Th. ii. 370, 4-7. Oþ mannes breóst (cf. swyran, Shrn. 81, 13) heah, Bl. H. 127
eáca
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Add: addition, increase Ðonne ys ðis se eáca on landum ðæt hé hæfð of his ágenum ðæt mynster mid gegódod, C. D. iv. 274, 32. Hwæt se eáca is ðe ic geunnen hæbbe, 51, 23. Nán nis swá welig ꝥ hé sumes eácan ne þurfe, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 16. Seó gnornung
earnian
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Add: to labour for, strive after (with gen., or prep, or clause) Eádig eorl écan dreámes, heofona hámes earnað on elne, oð þæt ende cymeð dógorrímes, Ph. 484. Ǽlc hæfð be þám andefnum þe hé hǽr æfter æarnað, Solil. H. 65, 27. Gé earnigaþ (-iaþ, v. l.
ge-hild
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a watch, guard Gé habbað gehæld ( custodiam ); gǽþ and haldeþ swá gé cunnun, Mt. R. L. 27, 65. Gesett gehæld muðe mínum, Rtl. 182, 16. Ne mihte ic gangan tó eástdǽlum for Rómwarena cempena neáhhergunge and for [Persisc]ra gehældum, Hml. A. 200, 174.
geat
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Take here <b>gæt</b> in Dict. and add : the gate of an enclosure, the opening in a fence or wall to allow passage, and provided with a movable barrier, the enclosure a field Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne . . . gán þá þe ꝥ geat ágan,
hærfest
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Add: I. autumn, the third ofthe four seasons. [It began on August 7 and November 6 was its last day Þæs (after Lammas day) hærfest cymð ymb seofon niht bútan ánre wonan . . . Syþþan (after All Saints' day) wintres dæg on syx nihtum genimð hærfest mid
niht
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Add Leóht niht þǽr on sumera bið, Bd. 1. 1; Sch. 9, 16. Ðú settes ðeóstru and geworden wæs naeht (nyht, Ps. Rdr.), Ps. Srt. 103, 20. Nípende niht, B. 649. Niht helmade, brúnwann oferbrǽd beorgas steápe, An. 1307. Niht bið wedera þeóstrost, Sal. 310.
ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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Add: of space, empty, void, vacant Seó stów ne bið nóht longe ǽmettugu, Shrn. 82, 24. Ǽmettig, ǽmtig, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 537, 6. Ǽmtig innoþ, Scint. 57, 4. Gyt is rýmet ǽmtig, Hml. Th. ii. 376, 9. Ǽlc beód ǽmtig vacua byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33. Ðæt ǽmtige
gást
breath ⬩ spirit, ghost, principle of life ⬩ spirit ⬩ the immaterial part of man ⬩ a person ⬩ soul ⬩ an incorporeal thing ⬩ an incorporeal being, a spirit, ⬩ divine spirit ⬩ the soul of a deceased person
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Add: breath Oroþ oððe gást flamen Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 12 : An. Ox. 18, 43. spirit, ghost, principle of life Ic eallunga unástyrigendlic bútan gáste læg, Hml. S. 23 b, 576. Sóna swá hé þás word gecwæð, hé his gást onsende, Bl. H. 191, 29. Heó ágeaf hire
HORS
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A HORSE Geþracan hors mannus vel brunnicus : hors of stéden vel of asrenne burdo, Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 18, 19; Wrt. Voc. 17, 23, 24. Hors hófum wlanc, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 5; Rún. 19. Ne beó gé ná swylce hors nolite fteri sicut equus, Ps. Th. 31, 10
slǽd
A slade ⬩ slade ⬩ a breadth of greensward in ploughed land ⬩ a flat piece of grass ⬩ a broad strip of greensward between two woods, generally in a valley ⬩ Narrow strips of boggy ground running into the hard land at Rockland ⬩ breadth of greensward in ploughed land, or in plantations ⬩ valley ⬩ vallis ⬩ low, flat, marshy ground, with a broad bottom ⬩ a valley
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A slade in local names, e. g. Waterslade, v. W. Somerset Words, E. D. S. Pub., and in some dialects. 'Slade a breadth of greensward in ploughed land; a flat piece of grass; but now most commonly applied to a broad strip of greensward between two woods
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ge-mynd
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Add: I. the faculty of memory Seó sáwul is memoria ꝥ is gernynd, þonne heó gemanð, Hml. S. I. 185. Gé hwæthwega godcundlices on eówerne sáule habbaþ, þæt is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwísa willa, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 25. Ǽghwilc ungemyndig hine sceolde
gildan
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Add: to pay. to discharge an obligation, debt, &c. Wið hé gulde ꝥ scyld donec redderet debitum Mt. L. 18, 30: 34. (l a) with dat. of person paid Ryhtlícor wé magon cweðan ðæt wé him gielden scylde ðonne wé him mildheortnesse dón, Past. 335, 19
ge-bídan
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Add: to remain in the same place or condition, continue, abide Gif se áþundena swá áswollen gebít oþ þone fíf and twéntigeþan dæg, Lch. ii. 200, 23. Gebúge hé hengenne and þǽr gebíde oþ þæt hé gá tó Godes ordále, Ll. Th. i. 396, 28. Betere is tó gebídanne
god-cund
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Add: of or pertaining to God Godcund andgit and godcund foretiohhung, Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 31. Se godcunda anweald, 16, 4; F. 58, 13. Ðá ðe sió godcundde stefn ðreáde, Past. 91, 7. Þæs godcundan mægenþrymmes, Bl. H. 103, 3. On þǽre godcundan dǽde ( the
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sceatt
property, goods, wealth, treasure ⬩ price, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods ⬩ a coin
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property, goods, wealth, treasure Scaet bona, Txts. 44, 157. Scet bona, scettas bon [i ], Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 22-23. Scættas bo[n]i, 126, 45. Hé cwæð ðæt ðé ǽniges sceatesþearf ne wurde on worulde, Cd. Th. 32, 15; Gen. 503. Nys unc sceattes wiht tó mete
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wén
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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supposition, opinion, thought, idea Hí fleóð swá hrædlíce swá is wén ðætte hí fleógen longe fugiunt quasi putes eos volare Nar. 37, 15. Ðú (Joseph) fæder cweden woruldcund bi wéne (cf. Jesus erat, . . . ut putabatur, filius Joseph, Lk. 3, 23) Exon. Th
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heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc. In reference to running water, the head is exactly converse to the gemýðe or mouths. In the Saxon charters the word is of frequent occurrence