ród
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a rod, pole. v. segl-ród. a measure of land Se haga is fram ðære eá eástwardes .xxviii. róda lang and súþwardes .xxiiii. róda brád and eft ðanon westwardes on sæferne .xix. róda long, Cod. Dip.
Linked entries: róde-tácen coc-ród
BLÓSTMA
A BLOSSOM, bloom, flower ⬩ flos
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He dysegaþ se ðe wintregum wederum wile blósman [Cot. blostman] sécan he is foolish who will seek flowers in wintry weather, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32. Ðænne wangas blóstmum blówaþ then [i.e. in summer] the fields bloom with flowers, Menol.
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á-ídlan
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Ðí hé com þæt hé áídlige ealle ðá hǽðengyld, Hml. Th. i. 456, 14. Ðisne geleáfan woldon ge*-*dwolmen áídlian and of Crístes gelaðunge mid ealle ádwǽscan, Hml. S. 23, 361. Áídlian frustrari, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 35.
clǽne
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Ðǽm folce ðe on clǽnum felda ( in campo ) sige gefeohtað, 227, 24. fit for food Ic genime mé clǽne fixas tó mete, Coll. M. 23, 17.
ge-nyhtsum
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Add: abundant, plenteous, being in great quantity Cóm reng micel and genihtsum descendit pluuia copiosa, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 419, 10. Eówer lufu is suíðe genyhtsumu caritas vestra abundat, Past. 213, 12.
ge-camp
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Ǽlc ðǽra þe on gecampe winð ( in agone contendit, I Cor. 9, 25), forhæfð hine sylfne fram eallum þingum, Hml. Th. ii. 86, 22. non-physical Hú micel wǽre ꝥ gecamp ( certamen ) þe wann on þæs rihtwísan mannes breóstum, Gr. D. 18, 4.
tó-faran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately, ⬩ part ⬩ to disperse (intrans.) ⬩ scatter ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass off, ⬩ depart, ⬩ become extinct.
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Ðá hié tógædere woldon, ðá com swá ungemetlíc rén, ðæt heora nán ne mehte nánes wǽpnes gewealdan, and for ðæm tófóran, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 194, 19. Tófóran on feówer wegas ætfelinga bearn they went off in four different directions, Cd.
trendel
a circle ⬩ ring ⬩ a disk ⬩ orb ⬩ a round place ⬩ a circus
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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 343, 344
twiwa
Twice
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Tweowa on dæg bis in die, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Twuwa, Scint. 80, 11. Hú ne mynegodest ðú mé nú tuwa? Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 14. Tuwa (twiga,Bd. M.), Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 16. Tuwa (twigea, Bd. M.) on geáre, 4, 5; S. 573, 6. Tuwa (tuiga, Lind.), Mk.
seldan
Seldom ⬩ rarely
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Hwílon ic dó ac seldon aliquando facio, sed raro, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 3. Se ðe him ealneg wind ondrǽt, hé sǽwþ tó seldon, Past. 39, 2; Swt. 285, 18. Seldun, 9; Swt. 57, 16. Seldum ǽfre, Salm. Kmbl. 540; Sal. 269.
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þeód-scipe
A people
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An hé (king Eadred) his sáwla tó anliésnesse, and his ðeódscipe tó þearfe sixtýne hund punda, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 75, 1. On ðam þeódscipe (the people of Sodom) Cd. Th. 116, 27; Gen. 1942. Wið þeódscipe Assiriæ, 15, 11; Gen. 231.
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hǽte
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Him cóm on swá micel hǽte and swá micel þurst ꝥ hié him heora feores ne wéndun they got into such a state of heat and thirst that they gave up hope of life, 6, 13; S. 268, 12. <b>IV a.
sittan
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Þá þá seó mætetíd cóm and eallinga seó læteste tíd þæs dæges on sæt cum tempus refectionis incumberet atque dies hora tardior excrevisset, 277, 25.
a-brecan
To break ⬩ vanquish ⬩ to take by storm ⬩ to assault ⬩ destroy ⬩ frangere ⬩ effringere ⬩ expugnare
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Hú ǽnig man mihte swylce burh abrecan how any man could take such a town, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 16
meahtig-líce
Mightily ⬩ powerfully ⬩ with might
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Mihtiglíce hé mihte mid his worde hine gehǽlan búton hrepunge by an exercise of power he could have healed him with his word, without touching, Homl. Th. i. 122, 8.
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un-sceaþfull
Innocent
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Innocent Se ðe æfter ðæm higaþ ðæt hé eádig sié on ðisse worulde, ne biþ hé unsceaþful (-full, Cott. MSS.) qui festinat ditari, non erit innocens, Past. 44; Swt. 331, 15. Hé ðe unscæðfull byð mid his handum innocens manibus, Ps. Th. 23, 4.
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á-gangan
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H. 119, 1. to come to pass, happen Þá forebeácno þá þe. . . geweorþan sceoldan, ealle þá syndon ágangen. . . fífe þára syndon ágangen on þisse eldo. Bl. H. 117, 30-36
bród
a brood ⬩ breeding ⬩ hatching
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Substitute: a brood: Beócere apiarius, beóbreád favum, bród gratis (cf. grates (e over i which is struck out), cellae apium, Corp. Gl. H. 61, 170), Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 71: ii. 41, 26. Of ðám hunige beón brédað heora bród, Hml. Th. ii. 10, 17.
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cólian
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Fram þám fíftigoðan geáre cólað seó hǽte þæs líchaman, Gr. D. 102, 23. Cólaþ seó lufu þe wé tó úrum Hǽlende habban sceolde, Bl. H. 109, 3: Wlfst. 82, 9.
hlýd-mónaþ
a maple
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Dele: Add: (Could this be the word which in M. E. becomes lyn in lyntre tilia, and later linn. v. N. E. D. linn, a linden or lime ?)