fyrd-weard
An army-guard ⬩ a military watch ⬩ mīlĭtāris custōdia
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An army-guard, a military watch; mīlĭtāris custōdia Sǽweard and heáfodweard and fyrdweard sea-guard and head-guard and army-guard, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 5
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mete-þearfende
Wanting food
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Wanting food Hié ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra dydon him tó móse meteþearfendum they made every foreigner food for themselves in want of meat, Andr. Kmbl. 54; An. 27: 272; An. 136
mold-græf
A grave
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Wæs lǽded líc tó moldgræfe, Exon. 75 b; Th. 284, 1; Jul. 690. Ǽnra gehwylc from moldgrafum séceþ Meotudes dóm, 63 b; Th. 233, 13; Ph. 524
ge-mǽn-scipe
Communion, fellowship ⬩ communio
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Grn. ii. 294, 52 : Wanl. Catal. 49, 16
sundor-genga
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-Sum fearhrýþer ðæs óþræs ceápes geférscipe oferhogode, and him gewunode ðæt hé wæs geond ðæt wésten sundorgenga, Blickl. Homl. 199, 5. Cf. án-genga
un-sceandlíce
Shamelessly
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Shamelessly Ic mé unsceandlíce [ the un- has been erased (properly. v. sceandlíce) in one MS. ], swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tómiddes heora gemengde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 372
ánga
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Dele <b>II,</b> and add Ic wæs mínra yldrena ánuga bearn, Shrn 36, 22. Mine ángan sáwle unicam meam animam, Ps. Th. 34, 17
dæg-steorra
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Hé wæs ásend tóforan Drihtne, swá swá se dægsteorra gǽð beforan ðǽre sunnan, Hml. Th. i. 354, 33. Ðú geworhtest dægsteorran ( auroram ) and sunnan, Ps. Spl. 73, 17. Add
ge-lícweorþ
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Pleasing, agreeable to Enoch wæs Gode gelícwurðe, Hml. S. 16, 17. Ðonne mæg hé eówian ðǽr Gode suíðe gelícweorðe (lícwyrðe, v. l. ) forhæfdnesse, Past. 315, 19. v. wel-gelícwirþe
gram
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Hé beforan þone graman cyning ( tyrannum ) gelǽd wæs, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 22. See next word. Add
þiderweardes
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Þá sæt se Godes wer feorron lóciende on þone þe þiderweardes wæs gangende (behealdende þone cumendan Riggo, v.l.) vir Dei sedebat eum venientem conspiciens, Gr. D. 131, 25. Add
ge-swæðrung
A failing ⬩ a want ⬩ delĭquium
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A failing, a want; delĭquium Se mon geswógunga þrówaþ and módes geswæðrunga the man suffers swoonings and failings of the mind, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 206, 9
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tó-twǽmedness
Division ⬩ want of union
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Division, want of union Awyrgede gástas beóþ his látteówas and his geféran bútan ælcere tótwǽmednesse accursed spirits will be his guides and comrades in close fellowship, Wulfst. 194, 22
mann-cwealm
Death of men ⬩ pestilence ⬩ mortality ⬩ slaughter
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On ðǽm dagum wæs se mǽsta mancwealm ( pestes plurimas dirosque morbos ), Ors. 1, 6; Swt. 36, 15. Se micla moncwealm ingens pestilentia, 3, 3; Swt. 102, 4. Ðý ilcan geáre wæs micel mancwealm, Chr. 664; Erl. 34, 21.
on-styrian
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Ic wæs swîðe mid hleahtre onstyred magno risu sum dissolutus, Nar. 19, 7.
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd (Thrupp, p. 388) :-- Tefil, tebl, teblae alea, Txts. 36, 6. Tæfl, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 7. Incipit de alea. Tæfl alea, ic tæfle tæflum cotizo tesseris, i. 284, 28, 31.
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holh
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Of ðám ylcan stáne, in þám wæs þæt holg þæs nearwan scræfes ex petra eadem, quae in semetipsa concava angustum specus fecerat Gr. D. 211, 7.
BORD
a BOARD, plank ⬩ tabula sectilis, tabula ⬩ what is made of a board, - A table, shield ⬩ mensa, clypeus ⬩ the board, covering or deck of a ship, the ship itself ⬩ tabulatum, stega ⬩ constratum, navis ⬩ at home and abroad ⬩ domi et foris ⬩ a foot-stool
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Ðǽr wæs borda gebrec there was clash of shields, Elen. Kmbl. 227; El. 114: Beo. Th. 4510; B. 2259. Beraþ bord fór breóstum bear shields before their breasts Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 16; Jud. 192: 12; Thw. 26, 9; Jud. 318.
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ofer
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Þá wæs se ele wexende ofer ealne þone weg (all the while they were carrying it ), Hml. S. 31, 1123.
líðe
Lithe ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ meek ⬩ mild ⬩ serene ⬩ benign ⬩ gracious ⬩ pleasant ⬩ sweet
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Óðer [wæstm] wæs swá wynlíc wlitig and scéne líð the other [fruit] was so delightful, beauteous and fair, delicate, Cd. 23; Th. 30, 17; Gen. 468. Hwæðer him cume ðe réþu wyrd ðe líðu whether fortune foul or fair come to him, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 9.
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