bláwung
inflation
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Similar entries v. bláwan, I. 1 Ðǽra winda naman and bláwunge (-a, v. l.) wé mihton secgan, Lch. iii. 276, 2. blowing of a trumpet. Similar entries v. bláwan, II. 2 Hwæt is se hreám búton ðǽra engla bláwung?, Hml. Th. ii. 568, 21.
dweorg
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Duerg nanus vel pumilio, Txts. 80, 686. Duerh, 110, 1176. ¶ Dwarfs were supposed to be able to injure living creatures. v. Grmm. D. M.
godspellere
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Feówer godspellara naman, Lch. ii. 140, 17. Þá lára þára feówer godspellera, Bl. H. 35, 11
hése
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[The character of the land to which this name is applied seems marked by the fact that a denbǽre is called hése] Adiectis quatuor denberis . . . heáhden, hése, helmanhyrst, C. D. i. 317, 20. Adiectis denberis in commune saltu . . .
ilding
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Næs þá nǽnig ylding tó þám nec mora, Guth. Gr. 129, 135. Gif fǽrunga cymð se ýtemesta dæg, þonne bið losod seó yldi[n]g if the lost day comes suddenly to the man who has deferred his conversion, the time during which he has delayed will be lost (?)
seolh
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Þæs nama is Seólesíg (Sýleseá, v. l.) quod dicitur Latine insula uituli marini, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 521, 10.
hæftnung
Captivity, fastening, confinement
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Captivity, fastening, confinement Hé hine gewráþ gelomlíce ac hine sic mihte nánes cynnés hæftnung gehealdan he often bound him, but no kind of fastening could hold him, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 20. On hæftnunge in captivity, 86, 3 : Ps. Spl. 13, 11.
orgel-líce
Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently
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Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently Hé hine swá orgellíce up áhóf and bodode ðæs ðæt hê úþwita wǽre ne cýðde hé hit mid nánum cræftum ac mid leásum and ofermódlícum gilpe hominem, qui non ad verae virtutis usum, sed ad superbam gloriam falsum
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bearhtm-hwíl
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Þá hraðe on þá ylcan tíd næs án brehtmhwíl tó ðon ꝥ se cniht gewearð geswænced hora eadem ac momento puer vexatus est, 242, 30. Gif hé mihte on ánre bearhtmhwíle (berhtm-, v. l.) swá feorr gefaran si tam longe potuit sub momento ire, 150, 12.
ge-hlýd
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</b> a tumult, uproar, disturbance :-- Næs ná on freólsdæge þe lǽs þæs folces gehlýd wurde non in die festo ne forte tumultus fieret populi Mk. 14, 2. the noise made by an animal Eosola gehlýd ruditus asinorum Gr.
út-gang
A going out ⬩ exit ⬩ egress ⬩ Exitus ⬩ finis ⬩ effectus ⬩ terminus ⬩ egressus ⬩ a going out of a place ⬩ egress, exit ⬩ the right of egress ⬩ a coming out from a position within a body ⬩ evacuation of the body ⬩ the going out of a period ⬩ the conclusion ⬩ end ⬩ an exit ⬩ passage ⬩ a privy ⬩ an evacuation
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Næs þurh ða micgean áne ac eác þurh óþerne útgang, 250, 11
tó-stregdan
To disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ destroy ⬩ spargere ⬩ aspergere ⬩ dispergere ⬩ disperdere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ dispertire ⬩ destruere ⬩ To be dispersed ⬩ not to keep within proper bounds
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Fægere weras tóstrédaþ ðone líg ðæt hé ne mæg ná sceðþan ðisse fǽmnan fair men scatter the flame, so that it cannot harm this virgin, Shrn. 130, 31. Ðú tó-strugde úsic dispersisti nos, Ps. Surt. 43, 12. Tóstregdyst, Ps. Spl. C. 43, 13.
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Ealle míne ládþeówas ðe mec on swelc earfeðo gelǽddon locorum demonstratores qui nos in insidias deducebant, Nar. 16, 25. In Mt. Kmbl.
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ende-byrdnes
a row ⬩ series ⬩ a rank ⬩ grade ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ position ⬩ degree ⬩ an order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ method ⬩ regulation ⬩ ordering ⬩ an injunction ⬩ ordinance
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Th. i. 220, 24. where superiority is marked by position, order; place in a series or company On nánum stówum ne sý endebyrdnes be nánre ylde gefadod . . .
HÚSEL
The HOUSEL ⬩ the Eucharist
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Ðæt húsel is Cristes líchama ná líchamlíce ac gástlíce ná se líchama ðe hé on þrowode ac se líchama ðe hé embe spræc ðá ðá hé bletsode hláf and wín tó húsle . . . and cwæþ be ðam gebletsodan hláfe Ðis is mín líchama and be ðam gehálgodan wíne Ðis is mín
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un-þanc
disfavour ⬩ displeasure ⬩ anger ⬩ ill-will ⬩ an unpleasing act ⬩ a displeasure ⬩ an offence ⬩ annoyance ⬩ not thanks ⬩ displeasure expressed in words ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ without consent ⬩ on compulsion ⬩ ingratis ⬩ without (a person's) consent ⬩ not of (one's own) accord ⬩ against (one's) will
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Hé nam sume mid him, sume þances, sume unþances, Chr. 1066; Erl. 198, 37.
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lǽce-finger
The leech-finger
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P. 291 note the reason for the name is given differently.
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Wéland
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.), and a trace of the legend is preserved in the name Wayland Smith's Cave, in Berkshire (v. infra). Perhaps, too, the same may be said of the river-name Welland (but see Weolud), which occurs in Latin charters as aqua de Uueeland, Cod. Dip.
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tilian
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Se ðe him sylfum teolaþ, ná Gode, ne com se ná gyt binnon Godes wíngearde. Ða tyliaþ Gode, ða ðe ne sécaþ heora ágen gestreón ðurh gýtsunge, ii. 76, 32-34.
andetnes
A confession ⬩ acknowledgment ⬩ profession ⬩ giving of thanks or praise ⬩ praise ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ confessio
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Ðe his naman neóde sealdon him andetnes ǽghwǽr habban ad confitendum nomini tuo, Ps. Th. 121, 4. Is upp-ahafen his andetness, heáh ofer myclum heofone and eorþan confessio ejus super cælum et terram, 148, 13: 95, 6.