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wulf-haga

(n.)
Grammar
wulf-haga, an ; m.
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An enclosure to protect flocks from wolves (? cf. Coll. M. 20, 15 (v. wulf; ) for need of protection) On ðone wulf-hagan midne; of ðám wulfhagan, C. D. iii. 78, 22. Tó ðæn ealdan wulthagan, vi. 9, 10

orleg-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
orleg-ceáp, es; m.

Battle-bargain, fighting

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Battle-bargain, fighting (?) Ðǽr wæs eáðfynde eorle orlegceáp se ðe ǽr ne wæs níðes genihtsum there might fighting be easily found for the man that before had not had enough of war, Cd. Th. 120, 13 ; Gen. 1994

deád-spring

(n.)
Grammar
deád-spring, es; m. [spring an ulcer]

A malignant ulcer, carbunclecarbuncŭlus

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A malignant ulcer, carbuncle; carbuncŭlus Wið wúnda and wiðdeádspringas for wounds and ulcers, Herb. 4, 2; Lchdm. i. 90, 5; 9, 2; Lchdm. i. 100, 1: 87, 3; Lchdm. i. 190, 24: 91, 7; Lchdm. i. 200, 17

eald-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
eald-gestreón, es: n.

An old treasure antīquus thēsaurus

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An old treasure; antīquus thēsaurus Ic ðé ða fǽhðe leánigeealdgestreónum I will recompense thee for the strife with old treasures, Beo. Th. 2766; B. 1381: Beo. Th. 2921; B. 1458: Exon. 31 a; Th. 96, 8; Cri. 1571

merian

(v.)
Grammar
merian, p. ede; pp. ed

To purifyrefine

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To purify, refine Ðam ðe his gást wile mergan (MS. B. merian) of sorge ásceádan of scyldum for him who will purify his spirit from the dross of care, separate it from guilt, Salm. Kmbl. 112; Sal. 55

ge-scafan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scafan, -sceafan; p. -scóf; pp. -scafen

To shave, scrape, planeradere, complanare

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To shave, scrape, plane; radere, complanare Wið innoðes fléwsan gáte horn gesceafen [gescafen, MS. B.] for flux of inwards a goat's horn shaven, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 9; Lchdm. i. 352, 15: 4, 12; Lchdm. i. 344, 23

Linked entry: ge-sceafan

seonoþ-stów

(n.)
Grammar
seonoþ-stów, e; f.
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A place for a synod or meeting, a place of assembly Sinaþstów conciliabulum, locus sinodalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 19. Geseóþ gé ðæt hé ǽrest tó ðære sinoþstówe ( ad locum synodi ) cymeþ, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 503, 9

þǽr-út

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-út, adv.
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Thereout, outside Moyses oft eode inn and út on ðæt templ, for ðæm hé wæs ðǽrinne getogen tó ðære godcundan sceáwunga, and ðǽrút (ðǽrúte, Cott. MSS.) hé wæs ábisgod ymb ðæs folces ðearfe, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 25

Linked entries: þǽr-inne út

un-feormigende

(adj.)

inexpiable

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inexpiable Ðá onhrán mín mód hǽlo andgit mid mé sylfre þencende ðæt mé ðone ingang belucen ða onfeormeganda mínra misdǽda the inexpiable circumstances of my misdeeds had closed the entrance for me, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 426

Linked entries: on-feormeganda feormian

weorold-afol

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-afol, (-el), es; n.
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Worldly power Ǽnigne man ðe hé ( the priest ) tó bóte gebígan ne mæge oþþe ne durre for worldafole, L. Edg. C. 6; Th. ii. 246, 2. Entas and strece woruldmen ðe mihtige wurdan on woruldafelum, Wulfst. 106, 1

Linked entry: afol

cyning-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
cyning-ríce, es; n.
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A kingdom For ælre ðére kynga sáwle ðe æfter mé ðyses kynyngríches wældeð, C. D. iv. 229, 26. [v. N. E. D. king-rick. O. H. Ger. chuning-ríchi sceptrum, res publica: Icel. konung*-*ríki.] Cf. cyne-ríce

dol-líce

(adv.)
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Oft mon rǽsð suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce, and wénað men ðæt hit sié for hwætscipe saepe praecipitata actio velocitatis efficacia putatur, Past. 149, 12. Seó beó dollíce hyre cynesetl gestíhð, Angl. viii. 324, 15. Add

mæsten

(n.)
Grammar
mæsten, n. (not m.).
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In 1. 5 for L. M. read L. In. and add Seó lǽs and ðæt mæsten is gemǽne tó ðám án and twéntigum hídum, C. D. v. 319, 28. Æceren oððe bóc oððe óðer mæsten, Chrd. 15, 10

sealting

(n.)
Grammar
sealting, e; f.
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Dancing Mæssepreóstas . . . ne beón an þám geférscypum . . . þǽr líchamana beóð fracodlice gebǽru mid saltingum and tumbincgum (choris ei saltationibus) (cf. sum bið swíðsnel, hafað searolic gomen, gleódǽda gife for gumþegnum, leóht and leoþuwác, Crä

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un-tólǽtendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tólǽtendlíce, incessantly.
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For' Gr. Dial. 2, 8' substitute Manie men untólǽtendlíce (unáblinnendlíce, v.l.) wǽron gelaðode tó staðole beteran lífes mid þǽre ylcan mǽrðe his hlísan multos ad statum vitae melioris ipso opinionis ejus praeconio indesinenter vocari, Gr. D. 117, 23

ge-stalu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stalu, e; f. [stalu theft]

Theft;furtum

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Theft; furtum Ylce gestale for every theft, L. Ath. iv. 3; Th. i. 222, 22. Oft gé in gestalum stondaþ oft ye are engaged in thefts [or gestalum from gestala?], Exon. 40 a; Th. 132, 31; Gú. 481

Linked entry: stalu

or-dál

(n.)
Grammar
or-dál, -dél; generally neuter, but an apparently fem. acc. pl. ordéla occurs,
  • L. Edg. C. 24
  • ;
  • Th. ii. 248, 28
  • .
(Cf.
O. H. Ger. which has fem. and neut. forms
.
)

judicial decision, judgmenta decision which follows an appeal to the Deity

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In the sense of judicial decision, judgment the word is used by O. Frs. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. (v. Richthofen, the Heliand and Graff), but in A. Sax. it is found only in the special sense, which belongs also to the O. Frs., of a decision which follows an

DRÉFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÉFAN, part. dréfende; p. dréfde; pp. dréfed

To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre

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To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble; commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre Uparǽr mód úre dréfende erĭge mentes nostras turbĭdas, Hymn. Surt. 127, 6. Ðonne ic wado dréfe when I disturb the waters, Exon. 103 a; Th. 389, 24; Rä

lǽððu

(n.)
Grammar
lǽððu, e; lǽððo; indecl.; f.

An injuryoffencehatredenmitymalice

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An injury, offence, hatred, enmity, malice Lǽððe livoris, Wt. Voc. ii. 50, 16. Mið lǽðo hæfe ðú fiónd ðínne odio habebis inimicum tuum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 43. Lǽððo odio, 24, 10. Seðe unlage rǽre oððe undóm gedéme heononforþ for lǽððe oððe for feohfange

el-þeódignes

exilebanishmentpilgrimage

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Add: absence from one's own country, generally that which is a result of compulsion or of a sense of religious duty, exile, banishment, pilgrimage Wræcsíð exilium, ælðeódignes peregrinatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 37. literal: In forsetenesse elþeódignesse