fót-mǽl
A foot-mark or print ⬩ foot-space ⬩ signum vel mensūra pĕdis
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Ðæt he nolde fleógan fótmǽl landes that he would not flee a foot-space of land, Byrht. Th. 139, 57; By. 275. On twentigum fótmǽlum feor twenty feet deep, Elen. Kmbl. 1658; El. 831: Nar. 35, 2; 36, 12
leóþ-cræft
poetry ⬩ verse ⬩ a poem
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Hé biþ swá ðeáh on leópcræfte ǽgðer ge lang ge sceort it [i of the genitive in certain words] is however in poetry both long and short, 18; Som. 21, 51. Ða gemetu gebyriaþ tó lédenum leóþcræfte metres pertain to Latin poetry, 50; Som. 51, 66.
líne
a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon
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Ðǽr sceal wesan se torhta æsc án an línan ácas twegen hægelas swá some 'æ' must occur once, 'a.' and 'h' twice [in forming the words hæn, hana], Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 25; Rä. 43, 10
niþer-líc
low ⬩ low ⬩ humble ⬩ inferior
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Hé his eágan bígde on ðás nyþerlícan þing oculos in inferiora deflectens, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 8. low, humble, inferior In ðisse nyþerlícan worulde in this lower world, Shrn. 123, 10. Ða nyþerlícan humilia, Blickl. Gl.
ge-beót
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ boast ⬩ commĭnātio ⬩ mĭnæ ⬩ a promise ⬩ promissum
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Swá fela þeóda wurdon todǽlede æt ðæle wundorlícan byrig ðe ða entas woldon wircean mid gebeóte æfter Noes flóde, ǽr ðan ðe hí toferdon so many [of] nations were divided at the wonderful city which the giants would build with boasting after the flood
ge-ríman
To number, reckon ⬩ numĕrāre
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Ðæm feówer bearn, forþ gerímed, in worold wócon to him four children, numbered forth, were born into the world, Beo. Th. 118; B. 59
tán
Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family
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The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family Ic Ismael wille bletsian, swá ðú béna eart, ðæt feorhdaga on woruldríce worn gebíde tánum túdre ( with a family that has many branches.
weorold-wíte
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A punishment suffered in this world, a unishment on earth Forgield me ðín líf, ðæs ðe ic ðe mín þurh woruld- wíte weorð gesealde, Exon.
weorold-lust
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Worldly pleasure, pleasure that comes from things of this world Hú ne is ðé genóg openlíce geeówad ðara leásena gesǽlþa anlícnes; ðæt is ðonne ǽhta and weorðscipe and anweald and woruldlust.
andergilde
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.), hwæt unandergildes should render quod non vilescat; this would make andergilde; adj. = of little value, for which little is paid.
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bonda
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Án his manna wolde wícian æt ánes bundan húse, Chr. 1048 ; P. 172, 22. Swá þám bóndan sý sélost, Wlfst. 272, 1. ¶ A comparison of Wlfst. 172, 5: 181, 9 with L.
for-secgan
accuse
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Heó begann hí tó wrǽgenne and wolde forsæcgan, Hml. S. 2, 184. Add:
ge-mæstan
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Mid þyssere fǽtnysse wolde se sealmwyrhta beón gemæst, ðá dá hé cwæð, 'Beó mín sawul gefylled swá swá mid rysle and ungele,' Hml. Th. i. 522, 6-35. Tó bulluce gemæstum ad uitulum saginatum, Séint. 169, 15. Gemæstra swína, An. Ox. 23, 27
hilfe
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Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán, ac him forwyrnde sum óþer swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wið-hæfde ꝥ slege. Hml. S. 31, 154. Take here helfe; m. n. (?) ( l.n.) in Dict. and add
lippa
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Add: [Weler is generally used where modern English would have lip, e. g. in Ps. 51, 15 (quoted at R. Ben. 69, 9) labia is rendered by weleras in R. Ben. 62, 10, and in all the versions of the Psalter.]
of-spring
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The passage seems to have been freely translated as meaning there would not be wanting a leader among the descendants of Judah), An. Ox. 433. Add
hægtesse
A witch, hag, fury
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Gif hér inne sý ísenes dǽl hægtessan geweorc hit sceal gemyltan ... gif hit wǽre ylfa gescot oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot nú ic wille ðín helpan if herein there be a bit of iron, a witch's work, it shall melt ... if it were an elf's shot or it were
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smiþþe
A smithy, a smith's workshop ⬩ officina, fabrica
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Hé má gewunode on his smiþþan dæges and nihtes sittan and licgean, ðonne hé wolde on cyricean singan and gebiddan Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 16. Gáþ tó smiððan and fandiaþ ðises goldes and ðissera gymstána Homl. Th. i. 64, 6.
ge-þingan
To thrive ⬩ grow ⬩ become excellent
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Wát ic ðæt ðú wǽre on woruldríce geþungen þrymlíce I know that thou wert in this world exalted gloriously, Soul Kmbl. 328; Seel. 168
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ÁC
OAK ⬩ quercus ⬩ robur ⬩ The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a
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Grn. starting from Goth. ayuk in áiw-dup, i. e. áiw-k-dup nis εὶς τον αὶῶνα, supposes a form ayuks, contracted to áiks, the equivalent of which would be ác, which would, therefore, indicate a tree of long durability.]