hrycg
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Add: the spine of man or animal Hryg dorsum, bæc terga, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 43. Hricges spinę (draconis ), An. Ox. 2467. Geseah hé ꝥ þǽr sæt án deófol on þǽre cú hrycge, Hml.
on-spannan
literally, to unfasten, unclasp ⬩ to open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts
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literally, to unfasten, unclasp Þegn wine-dryhten his wætere gelafede, and his helm onspeón, Beo. Th. 5440; B. 2723. metaph. to open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts Ongan reordigan, wordlocan onspeónn, Andr. Kmbl. 940; An. 471.
Linked entry: un-spannan
lǽs
A pasture ⬩ leasow
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A pasture, leasow [still found in local names] Lǽs pascua; gemǽne lǽs compascuus ager, Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 44, 47; Wrt. Voc. 53, 51, 54. Se wudu and seó lǽs is gemǽne tó ðám án and twentigum hídum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 319, 28.
sealmsang-mǽrsung
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Celebration by psalm-singing, the service of the canonical hours Án weorc hé hæfde unforswigod and nǽfre geleórod, þæt wæs sealmsangmǽrsung and háligra gewrita smeágung he never failed to sing the hours and was never tired of studying the Scriptures,
feorh-ádl
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Hé læg on his feorhádle and hit wæs swíðe neáh hís lífes ænde ad extreme, vitae veniens, 314, 3. Add:
teám
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</b> add :-- Toll and teám sý ágifen intó þám mynstre, bútan hé hit geearnian mæge tó þám ðe þænne áh mynstres geweald, Cht. E. 236, 4. efen-teám. Add
on-wealcan
To roll
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Th. 193, 25; Az. 127. Cf. Sóna swá ðú geseó ðæt ðú hyre ( the mandrake ) geweald hæbbe, genim hý sóna on hand, swá andwealc hí, and gewring ðæt wós of hyre leáfon, Th. An. 116, 22
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scrætte
An adulteress ⬩ a harlot
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Angl. 325; and in this sense Halliwell gives scrat as a word in dialects of the North. Scritta is the form glossing hermaphroditus in Ælfric's Glossary, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 28
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þeów-weorc
Servile work ⬩ work to be done by a slave
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Servile work, work to be done by a slave Gif hwá freót forwyrce ... sý hé ðæs þeówweorces wyrðe ðe ðǽr tó gebyrige if any on forfeit his freedom ... let him have such servile work assigned him as pertains thereto, L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 12.
eardung
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Wið nǽddrena eardunge and áflygennysse to prevent snakes living in a place, and to drive them away, Lch. i. 366, 8. concrete, a dwelling-place, an abode. of men (or spirits) Þú, mínes wuldres eardung, Bl. H. 157, 12.
ceahhetan
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Substitute for the citation Hié on þon swíðe blissedon and ceahhetton(-heton v. l.) turba multum exultans et cachinnans, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 620, 14: and add :-- Cæh[hetende] cachinnantes, An. Ox. 5234. [Ceahhe]tendum cachinnanti, 4499
þúsend
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</b> add Ágefen Alchhere and Aeðelwold hire twá ðúsenda, and fón him tó ðém londe, C. D. i. 310, 24. Ic gean án þúsend werð fen . . . ꝥ healfe þúsend fen, iv. 59, 17-23
rǽde-gafol
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and tó gafole ne þearf hé him onfón gif hé him nán botl ne selþ if a man takes a yard of land or more at a fixed rent and ploughs it, if the lord wants to get service as well as rent, the tenant need not take the land, if the lord does not give him a
ge-brýdian
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To marry Wæs óðres cempan wíf . . . seó wæs án geár gebrýdod and feówer mónað, Shrn. 84, 31. Seó wæs twám werum gebrýdad, and hwæþre heó wæs clǽne fǽmne. Ǽrest heó wæs gebrýdad Tondberhte and æfter þǽm heó wæs seald Ecgferðe tó cwéne, 94, 18-21
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gleáw
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Glǽw, 7, 234. clever in a special department, skilled in an art, pursuit, having knowledge of a subject Gleáw gnarus (culter vineae ), An. Ox. 8, 143. Se gleáwa argutus (poeta, Ald. 137, 9), Wrt.
ge-þafa
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is consent to an action or a condition, acquiescence in an arrangement. with gen.
a-stondnes
An existence ⬩ a subsistence ⬩ subsistentia
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An existence, a subsistence; subsistentia Ána God on þrým astondnessum one God in three subsistences; unum Deum in tribus subsistentiis, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 38
hunig-swéte
mellifluous
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Sweet as honey, mellifluous Hé hlód ðá mid þurstigum breóste ða flówendan láre ðe hé eft æfter fyrste mid hunigswéttre þrotan bealcette, Th. An. 45, 4
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heáh-weg
A highway
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A highway, main road Hiis terminibus circumcincta. Ab oriente cyninges héiweg; a meritie strét tó scufelingforde . . . an cyninges stréte, C. D. ii. 66, 31-67, 2
hell-cniht
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An infernal servant, a devil as servant Stód se earming ætforan þám árleásan deofle þǽr hé heálíce sæt mid his hel-cnihtum, Hml. S. 3, 372