híred-preóst
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a domestic chaplain. Similar entries v. hírd-preóst in Dict. a member of a religious house, Similar entries v. híred; VI. Þys sint þára manna naman ðe man freóde ... on Wynstánes gewytnysse mæssepreóstæs and on ealra þára híredpreósta, Cht. E. 255, 14
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Lunden
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Add: e; f. Nam man ðæt wíf and Sdrencte hí æt Lundene brigce, C. D. iii. 125, 14. Innan Lundene fenn; andlang súð on Temese, 73, 20. Lundéne ware biscop, iv. 291, 33. Lundene waru griðede wið þone here, Chr. 1016 ; P. 153, 8. Tó Lundene weard, P. 148
leóf
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Add: to one person 'Hæfst þú ǽnig gedeorf?' 'Geá, leóf, ic hæbbe,' Coll. M. 20, 11. 7. Ealra manna hláford . . . wé biddað þínne cynescipe . . . hí under ðé, leóf, on yfele þurhwunedon, Hml. S. 23, 284. Leóf, ic ðé cýðe hú hit wæs ymb ðæt lond, C. D.
tó-sceádan
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2 d. add: to separate by means of characteristics Byþ tósceáden discernitur, i. diiudicatur, An. Ox. 1405. (2 e) add :-- Tósceádene, tósendrede discretas, i. segregatas, An. Ox. 207. (2 h) of the function of the conjunction :-- Hé hwílon geþeót óðre
weg-bráde
Way-bread
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Way-bread (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) Wegbráde, uuegbrádae, uegbrádae arnaglossa, Txts. 43, 213. Uuegbráde plantago, uuaegbrádae plantago vel septenerbia, 87, 1601. Wegbrǽde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 21. Wegbráde arnaglosse, i. 67, 10. Wegbrǽde, 286, 22
ádl
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Add: [f. and] n. Ádl morbus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 60. Ne seó ádl ðám deáðe ne forestæpð, ac se sylfa deáð ðǽre ádle yldinge forhradað, Hml. Th. ii. 124, 10. Ádle tabo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 55. Hé læg on ádle, Cht. E. 255, 2. Hé gehǽlde ðone cnapan fram ðǽre
æfstigian
to envy, be envious of ⬩ to took with envy or ill will on, have envy towards
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with acc. to envy, be envious of Hié æfestigeað óþera, monna góddǽde, Gr. D. 117, 4. Ðá æfestgodon ð æt sume men, Shrn. 74, 28. Se ealda feónd ongan æfstigian invidens ðæs óðres lufan, Gr. D. 99, 7. with prep. to took with envy or ill will on, have envy
ge-ǽtrian
to poison
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to poison (lit. and fig.). Take here ge-ǽtred, and add Ondrǽd þé þone ðrowend þe geǽttrað mid þám tægle . . . biþ his hiht geǽttrod mid þæs ðrowendes tægle, Hml. Th. i. 252, 9. Nǽddran fela manna tó deáðe geǽttrodon, ii. 238, 12. Wæs án cnapa geǽttrod
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heáf
Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing
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Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing Ðǽr is se ungeendoda heáf there is the never-ending lamentation, L. E. I; Th. ii. 394, 10: 400, 7. Wóp and heáf micel ploratus et ululatus multus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 2, 18. Ðǽr biþ heáf illic erit fletus, 24, 51.
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horh
A clammy humour, phlegm, rheum
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A clammy humour, phlegm, rheum Hrog [ = horg] phlegma, Wrt. Voc. 64, 51. Horg flegma, 282, 67. Sió gíferness áríst of ðæs hores wǽtan the voracity arises from, the humour of the phlegm, L. M. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 196, 3. Wið langum sáre ðara tóþa þurh horh
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tó-cínan
To break (intrans.) into chinks, ⬩ split ⬩ crack
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To break (intrans.) into chinks, split, crack Tócínit, tecínid dehiscat, Txts. 57, 653. Tócíneþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 27: dehiscit, 27, 15. Gif hit (an egg) ne tócíne, tósleah hwón if it will not crack of itself, crack it slightly with a tap. Lchdm. iii
swíðrian
to become or be stronger, to prevail ⬩ to avail
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to become or be stronger, to prevail Ðæt wæter swíðrode swíðe ofer ða eorðan aquae praevaluerunt nimis super terram, Gen. 7, 19. Se hunger þearle swíðrode praevaluerat fames in terra, 12, 10. Hé swýðrode on ídelnysse his praevaluit in vanitate ejus,
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þeóstrian
to make dark or dim, ⬩ to make the eye less capable of seeing, ⬩ dim the sight ⬩ to grow dark or dim
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to make dark or dim, to make the eye less capable of seeing, dim the sight Se dæg bletit and ðióstraþ hiora eágan, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5. to grow dark or dim His eágan þýstrodon caligaverunt oculi ejus, Gen. 27, 1: 48, 10. Ðýstrodan, Bd. 4, 10; S. 578
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seonoþ
A synod ⬩ council ⬩ meeting
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A synod, council, meeting Sinoþ sinodus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 76. mostly used of the councils of the Christian Church Seonod (sinoþ) wæs æt Ácleá, Chr. 782; Erl. 57, 6. Wæs senoþ (sinoþ, MS. E.) æt Heorotforda, 673; Erl. 36, 2: 822; Erl. 62, 13. Hér wæs
twelf-hynde
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As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance
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a-byrgan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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To taste; gustare We cýðaþ eów ðæt God ælmihtig cwæþ his ágenum múðe, ðæt nán man he mót abyrgean nánes cynes blódes. Ǽlc ðæra ðe abyrgþ blódes ofer Godes bebod sceal forwurþan on écenysse we tell you that God Almighty said by his own mouth, that no
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cyre-áþ
The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge ⬩ juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566]
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The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge; juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis
húsel-gang
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Attendance upon or partaking of the sacrament Fulluht and synna forgyfenys húselgang sind eallum gemǽne earmum and eádigum baptism and forgiveness of sins, attendance at the sacrament, are common to all, to poor and rich, Homl. Th. i. 64, 32: ii. 48,
inn
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Add: ing [cf. (?) ingang where other MSS. have innan, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 19]. Of motion or direction, inwards Inn introrsum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 18. Móyses oft eóde inn (in, v. l. ) and út on ðæt templ. Past. 101, 24. Nán mann ne mihte ne inn (ing, v.
strídan
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Add: to mount a horse Hé him sylf sóna strád (ástáh.v. l.) upon his hors ipse statim ascendent equum, Gr. D. 81, 20. [Wiche strides he makede dunward and eft uppard, ꝥ seið Salomon . . . 'Ecce uenit saliens in montibus et transiliens colles' 'here he