cyrr
A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair ⬩ versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium
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A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair; versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium Æt ðam feórþan cyrre [sǽle, q. v.] at the fourth turn or time, Herb. 100, 3; Lchdm. i. 214, 5, 6, 7, 8: Gen. 38, 18.
fóster-land
FOSTER-LAND ⬩ land assigned for the procuring of provisions ⬩ fundus cĭbāriis emendis assignātus
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A.D. 1032; 329, 27. Se cyning ðæt land geaf into Cristes cyrcean ðan híréde to fósterlande the king gave the land to Christchurch as foster-land for the convent, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1052; 368, 17
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stefning
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Cornwall Glossary stemming is given as 'a turn in succession, as when in dry seasons people have to take their regular turn for water at the common pump') Hié (seó fyrd) hæfdan heora stemninge (steminge, another MS.) gesetene, Chr. 894; Th. i. 166, col
ceósan
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Add Ceóseþ legit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 34. to choose a person as lord Ic eom fyrmdig tó þám híwum ꝥ hý hine ceósan, Cht. Th. 487, 28.
on-scyte
an attack, assault ⬩ an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting
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Th. ii. 578, 23. an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting Mǽst ǽlc óðrum derede wordes and dǽde; and húru unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan [and mid wróhtlácan, MS. E.], Wulfst. 160, 5.
eórod
A band, legion, troop ⬩ turma, légio
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A band, legion, troop; turma, légio Wíse men tealdon án eórod to six þúsendum, and twelf eórod sind twá and hundseofontig þúsend wise men have reckoned a legion at six thousand, and twelve legions are seventy-two thousand, Homl.
twisled
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Forked On ðone twisledan beám; of ðam twisledan beáme on ceorla geat; andlang mearce on ða twysledan ác, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 14, 1-4.
wyn-dæg
A day of gladness ⬩ a joyous time
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A day of gladness, a joyous time Wǽrun wudubearwas on wyndagum exultabunt omnia ligna sylvarum, Ps. Th. 95, 12. Ne móstun gé á wunian in wyndagum, ac scofene wurdon in éce fýr, Exon. Th. 140, 3; Gú. 604.
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fíftig
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.), 16, 6. with other numerals, and the number treated as singular Þǽra wæs hundteóntig and ðreó and fíftig, Jn. 21, 11. as plural Wǽron gesomnode hundteóntig and fíftig bisceopa, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 433, 14.
tíman
to teem, ⬩ be productive. ⬩ to be with child, ⬩ bear, ⬩ bring forth young ⬩ to beget, ⬩ have intercourse with (wið) a woman ⬩ to have offspring, ⬩ bring forth ⬩ to vouch to warranty ⬩ to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possession ⬩ to refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its support ⬩ to betake one's self to a place, ⬩ go to ⬩ to resort to ⬩ appeal to in reverence or for help ⬩ to lead to
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Ghe sulde sunen and timen, and clepen it Smael, Gen. and Ex. 982.
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for-cirran
to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert
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Barbarismum hig forbúgað, and eác barbara lexin hig forcyrrað, Angl. viii. 313, 19. Hý wǽron mid strǽlum scotode, ac ðá strǽlas forcyrdon hý and slógon ðá hǽðnan, Shrn. 135, 29.
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mǽþ
Math in after-math ⬩ mowing ⬩ hay-harvest
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ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre síþe tó rípe free from every secular service except three things; one is church scot, and (the other two) that he [work] with all his might twice a-year, once at hay-harvest, the other time at corn-harvest, Cod. Dip.
ge-frægen
Heard of ⬩ known
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Ðara ðe ic ofer foldan gefrægen hæbbe of those that I have heard of on earth, Exon. 85 a; Th. 319, 25; Víd. 17 : Beo. Th. 2397; B. 1196 : Andr. Kmbl. 1374; An. 687 : 2122; An. 1062. Gefregen, Exon. 53 b; Th. 188, 14; Az. 45
slǽtan
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To slate [Halliwell quotes from a book of 1697 to slate a beast is to hound a dog at him; and in Ray's North-country Words (1691), E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss.
þæran
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to dry, wipe Hé ðá hét geótan wæter on mundleów and ongan his þegna fét þweán and þæran (other MSS. have þar an, þær ana; the Latin in Jn. 13, 5 is extergere.
híred-cniht
a domestic
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Add: a domestic, Similar entries v. híred; III. Oncneów Philippus, swá swá fæder, Eugenian, and Auitus and Særgius hyra ágene swyster, and hyra hýredcnihtas hí eádmódlíce cyston, Hml. S. 2, 249.
fýran
To furrow, cut with a ploughshare
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To furrow, cut with a ploughshare (lit. and fig.) Fýreð obliquat (ferri stimulus. . . sulcos obliquat ad instar aratri, Ald. 263, 12. The passage occurs in a riddle, 'De pugillaribus'), Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 67.
ge-tácnung
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Add: a sign, mark. a mark made on an object Bóceras habbað on heora cræfte tácna . . . and mé þingð wynsumlic ꝥ ic þǽra preósta notas þám bócerum gekýðe þe lǽs þe hig witan þá rímcræftige weras sýn bútan cræftigum getácnungum, Angl. viii. 333, 19. a