hús-bót
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House-repair; wood for the repair of a house; the right to cut such wood Ðis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte and húsbót, C. D. vi. 243, 13. [v. N. E. D. house-bote.]
repan
To reap
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Surt. 125, 5. Manig men rǽpon heora corn onbútan Martines mæssan and gyt lator, Chr.1089; Erl. 226, 19. [I gaf hem red þat ropen sykel Þat I ne sewe neure, To seise to me with her Piers P. 13, 374.]
gúþ-cyst
Warlike excellence ⬩ bravery
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Warlike excellence, bravery Sunu simeones sweótum cómon þridde þeódmægen gúþcyste onþrang the sons of Simeon came in troops, a third great force bravely pressed on [or or cyst = troop, band, and gúþcyste onþrang = pressed on in phalanx,Cf. sweótum cómon
riht-híwa
A legitimate consort
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A legitimate consort Monige beóþ ðara ðe hié gehealdaþ wið unryhthǽmed and swáðeáh his ágenra ryhthíwena ne brýcþ swá swá hé mid ryhte sceolde multi sunt, qui scelera quidem carnis deserunt, nec tamen in conjugio positi usus solummodo debiti jura conservant
Linked entry: híwan
of-sníðan
to kill by cutting, to slaughter
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Swilce se sunu wǽre geoffrod and se ramm ofsniden, Homl. Th. ii. 62, 27
Linked entry: sníðan
torr
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H. 207, 20) tó gelícnysse sumes scræfes, Hml. Th. i. 508, 17. <b>II a.</b> a tor :-- On eofede tor; of eofede torre on heán dúne, Cht. E. 266, 18
a-ginnan
To begin ⬩ to set upon ⬩ undertake ⬩ take in hand ⬩ incipere
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To begin, to set upon, undertake, take in hand; incipere And agynþ beátan hys efenþeówas cœperit percutere conservos suos, Mt. Bos. 24, 49. Hí agynnon hine tǽlan incipiant illudere ei, Lk. Bos. 14, 29: 23, 5.
mann-menigu
A multitude of people
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[Grein reads mán menio but there seems no reason to apply such an epithet to the menio in question.] Ðéh ðe Sciþþie hæfdon máran monmenie cum Scythae numero praestarent, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 24
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ge-dréme
Melodious ⬩ harmonious ⬩ joyous ⬩ cănōrus ⬩ consŏnus ⬩ lætus
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Melodious, harmonious, joyous; cănōrus, consŏnus, lætus Beóþ on heora húsum blíðe gedréme lætābuntur in cubīlĭbus suis, Ps. Th. 149, 5.
Linked entry: ge-drýme
ge-neát-riht
The conditions regulating the tenure of the 'geneát-land :'
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On sumon he sceal land-gafol syllan ... villani rectum est varium et multiplex secundum quod in terra statutum est. In quibusdam terris debet dare land-gablum ..., LL. Th. i. 115, note
un-rótlíce
Gloomily ⬩ sadly
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Unrótlíce dóþ exterminant (but perhaps the word is adjective, as the passage to which the gloss belongs is Mt. 6, 16: Nolite fieri sicut hypocritae tristes: exterminant facies suas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 21: 30, 64
Linked entry: rót-líce
un-sceaþfulness
Innocence
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Surt. 17, 25. Unsceðfulnisse, 7, 9: 40, 13: 100, 2
ymb-swápan
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Surt. Spl. C. 44, 10, 15. Emswápen circumamicta, circumdata Hpt. Gl. 430, 45
forþ-here
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Dele <b>-herge,</b> and substitute: A host that marches forth Hié getealdon on ðám forðherge féðan twelfe ... on ánra gehwám ... fíftig cista, hæfde cista gehwilc gárberendra týn hund ( the passage corresponds with Exodus12, 37: Profecti sunt
ge-hirdness
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Take here <b>ge-heordnes, ge-hyrdnes</b> in Dict. and add On hú mycelre Godes gehyrdnysse beóð þá þe cunnon hý sylfe forseón on þysum lífe in quanta custodia sunt qui in hoc vita seipsos despicere noverunt Gr. D. 39, 29
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ge-drysnan
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Sune selenis gedrysned ł geendod filio proditionis extincto. Lk. p. 3, 4. Léhtfato úsræ gedrysned biðon (extinguuntur), Mt. L. 25, 8. Add
hlacerung
Scoffing ⬩ mockery ⬩ scorn
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Scoffing, mockery, scorn Þú gesettest ús tále ł bysmur ł on hlacerungum and hleahter þǽm þá þe synt onbútan ús posuisti nos subsannationem et derisum his qui sunt in circuitu nostro, Ps. L. 43, 14.
Linked entry: hlacerian
on-gelíc
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Ongelíc sint cnæhtum similes sunt pueris, 7, 31: 12, 36. Ongelícum, Mt. p. 10, 14. Ongelíca similia, 12, 5
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spere-hand
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line in speaking of inheritance Ic cýþe mínan leófan hláforde þæt ic on mínan suna þæs landes þe ic tó þé geearnode æfter mínan dæge tó habbanne his dæg, and æfter his dæge tó syllanne þǽm þe him leófast seó, and þæt sió on þá sperehand, C.
ýfer
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Haec sunt nomina pastuum porcorum . . . heánýfre, i. 258, 11. Þis syndon þá landgemǽru . . . þæt is ǽrest heáhýfre; of heáhýfre, C. D. B. i. 117, 26