níw-slícod
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Newly-glossed, with the gloss fresh on it (a garment) Swá scýnende sunne oððe nígslýcod hrægel, Shrn. 149, 8
rýht
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rough growth on land (?) Gif fýr sié ontended rýht (rýt, v. l. ) tó bærnenne, Ll. Th. i. 50, 27
Linked entry: rýt
sorhlíce
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Wé ne sceolan ceorigan ne sorhlíce bemǽnan þeáh ðe ús ungelimp on ǽhtum getíme, Hml. S. 13, 286. Add
swǽp
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enticement, deceit Syþþan þonne ǽnig yfel geþóht þurh deófles swǽp ( suadente diabolo ) on úre heortan cume, Chrd. 38, 15
timber-land
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Land on which to grow timber .x. hýde æt Ercecombe tó tymberlonde, C.D. v. 236, 12. Cf. wudu-land
twi-fingre
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Substitute: Two fingers thick, a term applied to fat on swine Æt twyfingrum spic, Ll. Th. i. 132, 19
west-ende
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Tó ðæs clifes westende, C. D. iii. 419, 6: 449, 14. On ðæs hlincæs wæstændæ, v. 242, 32. Add
and-ǽges
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(Against the reading Þæt hire an dæges eágum starede, it may be noted thai on (starian) takes the accusative.)
rest-bedd
A bed, couch
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; A bed, couch; Ðeáh ic on mín restbedd gestíge ;si ascendero in lectum stratus mei,; Ps. Th. 131, 3
riht-scytte
Sure of aim?/
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Sure of aim?/ Sum biþ ryhtscytte sum leóþa gleáw, sum on londe snel, Exon. Th. 296, 15 ; Crä. 51
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Brǽden
Bredon Forest
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Bredon Forest On Brǽdene ge ðǽr onbútan in Bredon and thereabout, Chr. 905; Th. 181, 23, col. 1, 2
hlystend
A hearer, ⬩ listener
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A hearer, listener On móde ðære >hlystendra in the mind of the hearers, Homl. Th. i. 362, 18
tó-hlystend
A listener
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A listener On ðara tóhlystendra heortan... Hé gedéþ ða sprǽce unnytte ðǽm tóhlystendurn. Past. 15; Swt. 96, 8, 18
twelf-nihte
Twelve days old
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Twelve days old On xii-niht[n]e mónan byþ gód tó féranne ofer sǽ, Lchdm. iii. 178, 26
frum-tíd
The first part of a period
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The first part of a period On þǽre frumtíde his inbetýnednesse inclusionis suae tempore primo, Gr. D. 212, 5
gedwild-mann
A heretic
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A heretic Þá gedwyldmen man hǽt on Grécisc Nictales (= Nyctages, haeretici qui superfluas existimabant sacras vigilias), Nap. 60, 21
acan
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Æceð ðæt ofer eall, Lch. iii. 8, 21. Wið ðon ðe mon on heáfod ace, ii. 304, 25. Add
á-secgendlic
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On cwyde ásecgendlic dictu affabilis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 135, 12. Nán ásecgendlic fracodlicnysse híwung. Hml. Skt. 23b, 382. Add
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ÁR
An OAR ⬩ remus
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An OAR; remus Drugaþ his ár on borde his oar becomes dry on board, Exon. 92 a; Th. 345, 15; Gn. Ex. 188. Sume hæfdon lx ára some had sixty oars, Chr, 897; Th. 174, 43, col. 1. Sǽrófe árum bregdaþ ýþbord [MS. yþborde] neáh brave seamen draw the vessel
dóm-dæg
DOOMSDAY, judgment-day
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DOOMSDAY, judgment-day; dies jūdĭcii-Ǽr he dómdæges dyn gehýre before he shall hear doomsday's din, Salm. Kmbl. 545; Sal. 272. Æt dómdæge, Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 3; Cri. 1619. On dómdæge, 99 b; Th. 372, 19; Seel. 95: Cd. 227; Th. 302, 15; Sat. 600. On ðam