cycgel
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Ná mid cygclum ne mid criccum ne mid stafum ( nec cum baculis aut cambuttis aut fustibus ) ne cumon preóstas binnan chore, Chrd. 34, 6. Add
mirrelse
A hindrance ⬩ stumbling-block
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A hindrance, stumbling-block Gif sóþfæstra þurh myrrelsan mód ne óðcyrreþ if the mind of the righteous, through rock of offence, turn not aside, Exon. 70 b; Th. 262, 25; Jul. 338
gim-wyrhta
A worker in gems ⬩ jeweller
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A worker in gems, jeweller Ðás gymwyrhtan secgaþ ðæt hí nǽfre swá deórwurþe gymstánas ne gemétton the jewellers say that they never met with such precious jewels, Homl. Th. i. 64, 9
þweorian
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Add: to be different Hí ne sceoldon þone gyrlan him tó teón, þá hwíle þe hí þurh þá drohtnunge þwuredon illorum habitum usurpare non debent a quorum proposito distant, Chrd. 63, 23
ágen-slaga
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Add: A suicide Nán sylfcwala, ꝥ is ágenslaga, ne becymð tó Godes ríce, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 14. Ǽlc ágenslaga on écnysse ðrowað. Hml. S. 19, 230: Hml. Th. ii. 250, 22
el-reord
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Mid þý hí þá ellreordan (elreordigan, ell-, v. ll.) ongéton qui cum cogniti essent a barbaris, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 601, 10. Ne myhton ælreorde þeóde hergian on þá, Shrn. 156, 24. Add
ge-latian
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to grow torpid Gilattia torpescit, Rtl. 125, 27. to be slow about a matter (gen.), be dilatory Smeáge gehwá georne hine sylfne, and þæs ná ne gelatige ealles tó lange, Wlfst. 165, 24
nam-cíging
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A calling by name, naming An þǽre nam*-*cýginge ne sý nánon álýfed ꝥ heora ǽnig óðerne sindrium naman nemne in ipsorum appellaiione nominum nulli liceat alium puro nomine appellare, Chrd, 9, 25
swefecung
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Sleep, slumber Se hopa þæs tóweardan ǽrystes, þonne þá rihtwýsan swylce of slǽpes swæfcunge (a sopore somni ) árísað, Chrd. 26, 25. Ic ne sylle swefcunge ( somnum ) mínum eágum, 31, 4. See preceding word
hæfting
A fastening
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A fastening Belúcaþ ða ǽrenan gatu and ða hæftinga gehealdaþ ðæt wé ne beón gehæfte close the brazen gates and keep the fastening that we be not captured, Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 16
unriht-lyblác
Sorcery
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Sorcery Ne galdorsangas ne unrihtlyblác wé onginnen, Wulfst. 253, 11
druncen-willen
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Drunken Ne ðá giétseras, ne ðá druncenwillnan, Past. 401, 29
scrífan
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To decree, appoint (cf. ge-scrif) Scribun promulgarunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 74. Scriben decerni, 106, 22. to decree to a person as his lot, to allot, assign Swá missenlíce Dryhten eallum dǽleþ, scyreþ and scrífeþ, Exon. Th. 331, 10; Vy. 66. Him ( God
Linked entry: be-scrifen
in-fær
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Add: m. an entrance, a way by which a place is entered His folce ðú scealt heofenan ríces infær geopenian. Hml. Th. ii. 134, 15. Þæt se ungesewena wulf infær ne geméte hwanon hé in tó Godes eówde cume ne lupus inuisibilis aditum inueniat, quo ouile Domini
þrǽl-riht
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Thrall-right; in pl. the legal rights and privileges which belonged to the thrall Freóriht wǽron fornumene and ðrǽlriht generwde ... Frige men ne mótan wealdan heora sýlfra, ne faran ðár hí willaþ, ne áteón heora ágen, swá swá hí willaþ; ne þrǽlas ne
ǽþm
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Add Ǽþm alitus, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 71. Æthm, ii. 99, 78. Æthme vapore, 123, 14. breath of a living creature Ǽlces fisces sciell bið tó óðerre geféged ðæt ðǽr ne mæg nán ǽðm út be-twuxn una squama uni conjungitur, et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per
sceár
A pair of shears or scissors;
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A pair of shears or scissors; but the word is generally used in the plural (dual?) as the modern shears, scissors Scér forfex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36,65. Scéroro, scérero forices, Txts. 60, 401. ísern*-*scéruru forfex, 65, 903. Sceára forfex, Wrt. Voc. i.
Linked entries: scér secg-gescére feax-sceára
wǽpen-mann
A male ⬩ a man
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A male, a man Wǽpnmann mas, Anglia xiii. 366, 23. Éghuelc hé ł woepenmon (wépenmon, Rush. wæpned, W.S.) omne masculinum, Lk. Skt. 2, 23. Wer oððe wǽpman vir, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 11. Ðes wǽpman hic mas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 50, 15. Ne scríde nán wíf hig
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brosnian
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Heó (Rome) weosnath; and brosnaþ (marcescet) in hire sylfre. Gr. D. 134, 2. Nǽfre his líchama ne fúlode ne ne brosnode, Angl. xi. 1, 6. Add