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word-snotor

(adj.)
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word-snotor, adj.

Expert in speecheloquentlearned

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Ne weorþeþ on worulde ǽnig wordsnotera ne on wordum getingra, ðonne hé (Antichrist) wyrðeþ, Wulfst. 54, 21

blótan

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Swelce hwá wille blótan ðǽm fæder tó ðance and tó lácum his ǽgen bearn quasi qui victimat filium in conspectu patris sui, Past. 393, 9. Add: [a weak past seems used (ofredon and blótten (-on. Th., blóten, S. 162, 30)) in Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 18; cf.

dol

(n.)
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dol, es; n.
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Folly, stupidity Ne geríseð ǽnig unnytt ǽfre mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 31. Sé ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse and tó dole qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluit, Past. 73, 12.

ge-méde

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II l ; S. 24, 9. of things, that satisfies requirements, adequate, suitable Heó hit Ósulfe on ǽht gesealde wið gemédan feó ( the land was sold for a fair price, or (?) a price that had been agreed on ), Che. Th. 170, 21

in-lenda

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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe blód ytt sceal losian of his folce, beó hé inlenda beó hé ælðeódig ( homo quilibet de domo Israel et de advents qui peregrinaniur inter eos,. si comederit sanguinem, disperdam animam illius de populo suo, Lev. 17, 10), E.

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll,tax,custom,duty,duethat which is paid to the state. that which is paid to individualstaking toll

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Hé hine geseah sittan æt tolle, 18.

dómere

(n.)
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dómere, es; m.

A judge jūdex

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Ælf. 18; Th. i. 48, 18. Heretogan and dómeras hæfdon mǽstne weorþscipe consuls and judges had most honour, Bt. 27, 4; Fox 100, 13. Settaþ ða to dómerum, appoint them judges, Past. 18, 2; Hat. MS. 26 a, 6

ge-andettan

(v.)
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ge-andettan, -ondettan; p. te; pp. ed

To confessconfĭtēri

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Ælf. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 28 : L. Alf. pol. 14; Th. i. 70, 15, note 38. Gif he hine geandette if he confess himself, L. Alf. pol, 5; Th. i. 64, 22 : L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 3, note 4

Linked entry: ge-ondettan

lád-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
lád-leás, adj.

Innocentharmless

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H. ladleas] beó séce swylcne hláford swylcne hé wille forðý ðe ic an ðæt ǽlc ðara ðe láðleás [MS. H. ladleas] beó folgie swylcum hláforde swylcum hé wille, L. Ath. iv. 1; Th. 1, 220, 24-222, 1. Láðleáse immunes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 68

plantung

(n.)
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plantung, e; f.
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Voc. i. 39, 5. what is planted, a plant Ǽlc plantung ( plantatio ) ðe mín heofenlíca fæder ne plantode byþ áwurtwalod, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 13. Plontung rósæs plantatio rosae, Rtl. 65, 35. Ðara bearn swá swá æðele plantunga, Ps. Spl. 143, 14 : Blickl. G1.

ge-dwol-godas

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dwol-godas, pl. m.

False godsidolsfalsi deiīdōla

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Ne dear man gewanian on hǽðenum ǽnig ðæra þinga ðe gedwolgodum [MS. -an] broht biþ ne ausus est quispiam e păgānis eōrum quidquam commĭnuĕre quæ deōrum simulacris allāta fuĕrant, i. 4; Hick. Thes. ii. l00, 6, 11

weorc-mann

(n.)
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weorc-mann, es; m.
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Ǽlc riht cynestól stent on þrým stapelum . . . laboratores syndon weorcmenn, Wulfst. 267, 14. Cyning sceal hæbban gebedmen, and fyrdmen, and weorcmen, Bt. 17 ; Fox 58, 33

heáfod-hebba

(n.)
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heáfod-hebba, an ; m.
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Cf. heáfod; Ðá bisceopas swíðost ǽlces gedweldes tiledon, and ǽlc gedwyld hí upp árǽrdon. Twégen ðǽr wǽron bisceophádes men þe ǽlces yfeles heáfodhebban wǽron, Hml.

Linked entry: hebba

ge-sión

(v.)

to seebeholdvidere

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to see, behold; videre Wénaþ ða dysgan ðæt ǽlc mon síe blind swá hí sint; and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón [gesión, note] ðæt hí gesión ne mágon the foolish think that every man is blind as they are; and that no man is able to see what they cannot see, Bt

tinen

(adj.)
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tinen, adj.

Of tin

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Ǽlc calic gegoten beó, gylden oððe seolfren (oððe) tinen, ðe man húsl on hálgige, L. Edg. C. 41; Th. ii. 252, 21 note. Tynen, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, note 2. On tinum ( = tinenum) fæte, Lchdm. ii. 236, 5. With tynnen tonges, Pall. 152, 99

cneóres

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Cniórisse, cneórissa (-æ) sanguinis, Txts. 95, 1780. Cneórisse cneórissa nationis nationum, Ps. Srt. ii. 192, 5. Cneóresse genesi, An. Ox. 2629. In cnérisse in generations, Ps. Srt. 88, 2. Cneúresu, Mt. p. 12, 10. Cneóresse posteritatem, An.

ge-hende

(adj.; prep.)
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ge-hende, prep.
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Þá Judéiscan ðe on Críst gelýfdon wǽron him gehendor ðurh cýððe. þǽre ealdan ǽ. Hml. Th. i. 106, 19

beó-breád

(n.)
Grammar
beó-breád, bió-breád, bí-breád, es; n.

BEE-BREADapum panishoney-combfavus

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Þynceþ bíbreád swétre; gif he ǽr bitres onbyrgeþ bee-bread seems sweeter, if he before has had a taste of bitter Bt. Met. Fox 12, 17; Met. 12, 9.

Dorce-ceaster

(n.)
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Dorce-ceaster, Dorces ceaster, Dorca-ceaster, Dorceaster; gen. -ceastre ; f. [Bd. Dorcinca, Dorcic: Hunt. Dorecestre: Brom. Dorkecestre: Matt. West. Dorcestre]

DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma

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Æt Dorceceastre [Dorceastre, Th. 175, 28, col. 2] at Dorchester, 897; Th. 174, 31, col. 1, 2; 175, 27, col. 1.

fǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽle, adj.

Faithful, true, dear, good fĭdēlis, constans, cārus, bŏnus

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Nafaþ æt gefeohte fǽlne helpend he has not a faithful helper in battle, Ps. Th. 88, 36: 113, 18: 120, 1. Ðone fǽlan geþanc the true thought, 138, 20. Ne afyr ðú me fǽle spræce take not away from me true speech, 118, 43.

Linked entry: fælsian