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pyll

(n.)
Grammar
pyll, es ; m.
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A pool, pill ('Pill, a small creek, Hereford. The channels through which the drainings of the marshes enter the river are termed pills,' Halliwell. Pill, a pool, a creek, E. D. S. Publ. Cornish Gloss. See also Seebohm's English Village Community, pp.

Linked entry: pull

ge-blódegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blódegian, -blódgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, blódegian to make bloody]

To make bloody ⬩ cover with blood ⬩ cruentāre

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To make bloody, cover with blood; cruentāre He ge-blódegod wearþ sáwuldrióre he was made bloody with life-gore, Beo. Th. 5378; B. 2692. Swilce ðǽr lǽge on ðam disce ánes fingres liþ eal geblódgod as if there lay in the dish the joint of a finger all

un-cýðig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cýðig, adj.

Ignorant ⬩ unacquainted

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Ignorant, unacquainted Wittende sciens ... uncýðig ł unwittende ignorans, Lk. Skt. p. 7, 18. Ðá wundrade heó ymb ðæs weres snyttro, hú hé swá geleáfful on swá lytlum fæce ond swá uncýðig ǽfre wurde gleáwnysse þurhgoten she wondered at the man's wisdom

cófa

(n.)
Grammar
cófa, l. cofa.
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Add: ; cofu (-e), an; f. (v. bed-cofe.) a chamber, closet Cofa pistrimum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 30: 68, 15: pistrinum, i. 288, 62. Lytel cofa pistrilla, 63. On cofan in conclavi, ii. 46, 14. Gá in þíne cofan ( cubiculum ), Mt. R. 6, 6. In cofum in penetralibus

ge-blódegian

(v.)
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Geblódegude cruentabat, An. Ox. 4251. Ásleah .1111. scearpan mid brande; geblódga ðone brand, Lch. iii. 52, 2. Mid wunde hí geblódigian, Hml. Th. ii. 88, 24. Geblódgad cruentata, i. sanguinolenta, sanguinata, sanguined, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 19. þeáh hit

hand-bred

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Handbred vola, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 15. Of werlicum folman, handbrede uirili uola, An. Ox. 1549. Handbrede palmula, Germ. 399, 462. Ástrehtum handbredum tó heofenlicum rodore, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 10. Úpáwendum handbredum wiþ þæs heofones weard, Hml. S. 26,

port-geréfa

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Add: an official of a foreign town Se biscop árás and mid him se portgeréfa (of Ephesus), and þá yldostan portmen, Hml. S. 23, 749. II. an English official :-- Þes ceáp wæs geceápod on Wii ætforan ealra scýre. Þises is tó gewitnesse Eádrige arceb. .

sacu

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Add Swá micele hefigre sace geþanca flǽsclicra wé synd ofsette quanto graviore tumultu cogitationum carnalium premimur, Scint. 31, 18. Ne flít hé . . . ne sace ne ástyreð . . . þá beóð Godes bearn þá þe gesibsume beóð and sace ne ástyriað . . . Wé ne

sápe

(n.)
Grammar
sápe, an; f.

Soap, salve

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Soap, salve Sápe sapo (sopo, MS.), Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 12: lumentum, ii. 54, 4. Hé biþ ðonne áþwogen fram his synnum þurh ða untrumnysse, swá swá horig hrægl þurh sápan, Homl. Th. i. 472, 6. Monie of þas wimmen smurieð heom mid blanchet, þet is þes deofles

Linked entry: sáp

smeart

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
smeart, adj.

Smart, painful

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Smart, painful Ic wylle swingan eów mid ðam smeartestum swipum, ðæt is, ðæt ic wítnige eów mid ðam wyrstan wíte Wulfst. 295, 10. [Gif þi sulf one smerte discepline drauh þet swete likunge into smeortunge A. R. 294, 12. Stede and twei sporen and ane smearte

syferlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
syferlíce, adv.

with cleanliness, without impurity ⬩ soberly, purely, without excess or grossness ⬩ soberly, prudently, circumspectly ⬩ ad sobrietatem

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with cleanliness, without impurity Ðæt gé witen ðæt hit ( the preparation of the wafers for the mass) clǽnlíce and sýferlíce gedón sý, L. E. I. 5; Th. ii. 404, 36. soberly, purely, without excess or grossness Sidefulle on ðeáwum and sýferlíce lybbende

full

(adv.)
Grammar
full, adv.

full

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The two passages given here may be taken under full; see Gen. 50, 10 :Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 33 under full in Dict., and full; V. above; but see also ful-líce, 6.. The forms of adjectives and adverbs given in the Dictionary as compounds with full- (ful-)

mund-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
mund-bryce, es; m.

a breach of mund ⬩ the fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated

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a breach of mund (v. mund, ) Wé cwǽdon be mundbrice, se ðe hit dó, ðæt hé þolige ealles ðæs ðe hé áge, L. Edm. S. 6; Th. i. 250, 9. Gif hwá cynges mundbrice gewyrce, gebéte ðæt mid v. pundum, L. Eth. vii. II; Th. i. 330, 29. On Centlande æt ðam mundbryce

tihtan

(v.)
Grammar
tihtan, p. te
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To charge a person (acc. ) with an offence Tyhte intentabat, Hpt. Gl. 519, 76. Hé hæfþ gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hyne tihte he has completely cleared himself of the offence with which the bishop charged him, Chart. Th. 373

weoroldlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
weoroldlíce, adv.
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secularly, civilly Ne sind ealle cyricean ná gelícre mǽðe weoruldlíce wurðscipes wyrðe, þeáh hig godcundlíce hálgunge habban gelíce, L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 16. Worldlíce, L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 340, 26. after the manner of this world Weoroldlíce and

á-líman

(v.)
Grammar
á-líman, p. de.
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to come forth brilliantly Up álýman emersisse (the passage is: Illaesa venustate virgines e thermis emersisse leguntur Ald. 68, 9), Hpt. Gl. 516, 52. (In An. Ox. 4784 the form is álýmdan. In two other glosses emergere is rendered by ámýlan (? á-lýman

Linked entries: á-mylþ líman

blǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
blǽstan, p. te.

to blow ⬩ rush

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to blow [v. N. E. D. blast], Similar entries v. á-blǽst. to move impetuously, rush [or is this a different verb blæstan? cf. O. H. Ger. blesten descendere; ana-blesten, p. -blasta ingruere, inruere : ar-blesten erumpere; ana-blast (-blást?) impetus]

Linked entry: on-blǽstan

ge-þeówian

(v.)
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Add: ge-þýwian. to serve Is ánum Drihtne geþeówad and gehýrsumod uni domino servitur, R. Ben. 111, 2. to reduce to servitude Ne ǽnig man óðerne on unriht ne geþeówige, Wlfst. 70, 6. Halwun freóde Hægelflǽde hire wimman ... Críst him wurðe wráð þe hí

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, a piece of enclosed land, a ham (v.
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N. E. D.). Add: — Hæfde hió hire gebógod on ánan wyrtigan hamme, Hml. S. 30, 312. On brádan leá on énne ham; þurh út ðone leá súð út on óðerne ham ; of ðan hamme . . . on brádan ham westeweardne; of brádan hamme . . . of mǽde on flexhammas; of flexhamman

griþ-bryce

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Add: a breach of 'griþ' Griðbryce ( De militum rapinis ). Gif hwá on fyrde griðbryce fulwyrce, þolige lífes, Ll. Th. i. 408, 21. the fine for such breach, the revenue derived from such fines Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne