wíteg-dóm
prophecy ⬩ divination
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prophecy Ðæt sié gefylled wítigdóm (prophetia) Essaies, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 14. Ðæt uítgadóm and allra canóne cuido ða ðe ymb Cristes ðroung ácueden uæs ł wéron, Jn. Skt.
á-lífedlíce
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Lícað him ðæt hié ðæt unáliéfede dóð áliéfedlíce libet ut licenter illicita faciant. Past. 145, 11. Þæt hé his ǽwe healde, and álýfedlíce for folces eácan bearn gestreóne, Hml. Th. ii. 94, 20. Álífed*-*lícur expedius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 42
wintrig
Wintry ⬩ winter
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On ðǽm wintregum tídum wyrþ se muþa fordrifen foran from ðǽm norþernum windum tempestivis aucius incrementis, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 34
sorh-leóþ
A sorrowful song ⬩ a lay of grief
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A sorrowful song, a lay of grief Gesyhþ sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne . . . nis ðǽr hearpan swég, gomen in geardum swylce ðǽr iú wǽron. Gewíteþ ðonne, sorhleóð gæleþ, Beo. Th. 4912; B. 2460.
CORN
CORN ⬩ a grain ⬩ seed ⬩ berry ⬩ frumentum ⬩ granum ⬩ bacca ⬩ a hard or cornlike pimple ⬩ a corn ⬩ kernel on the feet ⬩ pustula ⬩ clavus
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Hie wǽron benumene ǽgðer ge ðæs ceápes ge ðæs cornes they were deprived both of the cattle and of the corn Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 18; Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 10, 8; Lchdm. iii. 254, 4.
a-manian
To demand ⬩ exact ⬩ exigere
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Amanige ðære scíre bisceop ða bóte to ðæs cynges handa let the bishop of the shire exact the compensation into the hands of the king, L. Edg. ii. 3; Th. i. 266, 19
DÍGOL
Concealment, a secret place, secret, darkness, the grave, mystery ⬩ secrētum, abscondĭtum, sepulcrum, mystērium
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He ðý þriddan dæge of dígle arás he rose the third day from the secret place [the grave], Exon. 96 a; Th. 359, 13; Pa. 62
feorr
Far ⬩ at a distance ⬩ prŏcul ⬩ longe
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Seó sunne gǽþ eall swá feorr adúne on nihtlícre tíde under ðære eorþan swá heó on dæg bufan up astíhþ the sun goes quite as far down under the earth in the night time as it rises above it in the day, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 2, 22; Lchdm.
fore-spreca
One who speaks for another ⬩ an advocate ⬩ prolŏcūtor ⬩ advŏcātus
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One who speaks for another, an advocate; prolŏcūtor, advŏcātus Ðæt he beó mín freónd and forespreca, and ðære [MS. ðara] hálgan stówe freónd and forespræca that he be my friend and advocate, and the friend and advocate of the holy place. Th. Diplm.
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rípere
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Má is ðæra rýpera ðonne rihtwísra, and is earmlíc þing, ðæt ða syndon rýperas ðe scoldan beón hyrdas folces, L. I. P. 12; Th. ii. 320, 14-16.
un-fyrn
not long ago ⬩ before long
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Nú ic fundige tó ðé of ðisse worulde; nú ic wát ðæt ic sceal ful unfyr[n] faca, Exon. 454, 32; Hy. 4, 42. [Cf. Icel. ú-forn not old.]
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ge-cígnes
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Substitute: A call, summons Oð ðæne dæg his gecígnesse of middangearde usque ad diem suae uocationis, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 634, 7.
ge-tácnian
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Mid ðǽm ðe hé fleáh ðá birnendan Sodoman, hé getácnode ðæt wé sculon fleón ðone unliéfedan bryne úres líchoman quod bene Loth in semetipso exprimit, qui ardentem Sodomam fugit. . .
seldan
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Ðæt dysie folc ðæs hit seldnor gesihþ swíðor wundriaþ, Met. 28, 66
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ég-þyrl
a window
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a window Þurh ðæs húses égþyrl through the window of the house, Jos. 2, 15
ísig
Icy
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Icy, covered with ice Ðǽr stód hringedstefna ísig and útfús, Beo. Th. 65; B. 33
míl-gemet
A mile-measure ⬩ a mile-stone
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A mile-measure, a mile-stone On ðæt mílgemæt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 252, 21
myndgiend
One who reminds
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One who reminds Gyf Frysna hwylc ðæs morþorhetes myndgiend wǽre, Beo. Th. 2215; B. 1105
neáh-dún
A neighbouring hill
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A neighbouring hill Of ðǽm neáhdúnum and scrafum ex vicinis montium speluncis, Nar. 14, 6
neáh-wæter
A piece of water that is near
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A piece of water that is near Wé gewícodon be ðǽm neáhwætrum, Nar. 22, 24