land-leód
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Add: a native of a country Landleód i[n]digena Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 69. Londleód incola Ps. Srt. 38, 13: 118, 19. Londleóde incolae 104, 12. Þá landleóde hí hátað Parcoadras, Ors. I, i; S. 14, 9. Þá landleóde on þǽre stówe incolae Gr. D. 97, 31. Ealle þá
sum-dǽl
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somewhat, some portion Gelamp hit ꝥ Scotta sumdǽl gewát of Ybernian on Brittene and þes landes sumdǽl geeódan, Chr. pref.; P. 3, 18-5, 1. In þám glæsfæte wæs gesewen sumdǽl (hwæthwega lytel dǽl, v.l.) eles tó láfe in vase vitreo parum olei remansisse
swegle
Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly,
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Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly, in a physical sense Ðonne sió reáde ród ofer ealle swegle scíneþ on ðære sunnan gyld, Exon. Th. 68, 13; Crl. 1103. Scíneþ sunna swegle hát, sóna gecerreþ ísmere ǽnlíc on his ágen gecynd (cf. ðæt is for ðære sunna[n]
ge-béd
a prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ supplication ⬩ ōrātio ⬩ prĕces ⬩ supplĭcātio ⬩ a religious service ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ verbum legĭtĭmum ⬩ cærĭmōnia
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a prayer, petition, supplication; ōrātio, prĕces, supplĭcātio Gebéd mín on bósme mínum sý gecyrred ōrātio mea in sĭnum meum convertētur, Ps. Spl. 34, 16. Gehýr mín gebéd exaudi orātiōnem meam, Ps. Th. 54, 1. Ðú mínes gebédes béne gehýrdest exaudīvisti
dolh-swæþ
A trace of a wound, a scar ⬩ cicatrīcis vestīgium, cĭcātrix
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A trace of a wound, a scar; cicatrīcis vestīgium, cĭcātrix Dolhswæþ [MS. -swað] cĭcātrix, Ælfc. Gl. 85; Som. 73, 115; Wrt. Voc. 49, 22. Forrotodon gewemmede and híg sync dolhswaðu [dolcswaþu MS: dolhswaðo, Spl.] míne putruērunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrīces
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un-gedafenlíc
Unbecoming ⬩ unseemly ⬩ unmannerly
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Unbecoming, unseemly, unmannerly Ungedafenlíc indecens, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Zup. 87, 12. Ðæt hit ungedafenlíc sig quod indecorum sit, L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 22. Ðæt man intó circan ǽnig þingc ne lógige, ðæs ðe ðártó ungedafenlíc sí, L. Edg: C. 27; Th
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ciric-sceat
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in Dict., and add Gange ǽgðer ge cyricsceat ge teóðunge intó þám hálgan mynstre, Cht. E. 236, 2. Freoh ǽlces weoruldcundes þeówetes búton þreóm þingum, án is circsceat, C. D. ii. 400, 29. On þæt gerád þe hé ǽlce geáre of þám lande geerige twégen æceras
cliwen
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Add: (? clíwen, cleówen; v. N. E. D. clew) Cleowen glomer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 72. Clywen (printed clywe; but see Angl. viii. 452), i. 59, 35. Swilce án byrnende cliwen, Hml. S. 31, 937. Cliwenes globi, An. Ox. 492. Cliwene glomere, 457: 3736. Gewint
ge-stal
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Substitute: <b>ge-stál,</b> es; n. a charge, an accusation In þám dæge (doomsday) ús byð æteówed . . . se réða wealdend and se rihta dóm, úre fyrena edwit and þǽra feónda gestál, Wlfst. 186, 17. Gestálum objectionibus (for meaning of objectio
láreów
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Se æðele þeóde lárðeáw, Angl. xi. 374, 59. See N. E. D. lorthew, and Verc. Först. 167] Héhfæder, láreów archimandrita An. Ox. 3720. Ǽs lárwu (láruw, R.) doctor Mt. L. 22, 35. Ðú láruu (láreu, R.) magister 36. Lá láruua (lárwa, R.), Mk. L. 9, 17. Hál láruwa
mis-fón
to fail to take ⬩ to mistake
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to fail to take, to mistake Ic hwílum gecoplíce funde ac ic nú gerádra worda misfó once I readily invented, but now I fail to get appropriate words, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 9. Be ðǽm ðe on cyricean misfón. Gif hwylc bróðor wǽgþ and misféhþ ( makes a mistake )
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cynd
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Substitute: <b>cynd,</b> e; f.: es; n. nature Nis nán gesceaft ðe hé tiohhige ꝥ hió scyle winnan wiþ hire Scippendes willan, gif hió hire cynd (gecynd v. l.) healdan wile nihil est quod naturam servans Deo contraire conetur, Bt. 35, 4; F.
eargian
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Substitute: To grow timid, turn coward, lose heart Dumbe beóð þá bydelas þe for ege oððe ǽnigre worldscame eargiað and wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 5. Þá eargode heora án for þám ormǽtum cyle, Hml. S. 11, 156. His geféran eargodon bútan
egl
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Add: <b>egle,</b> an; f. an ail, awn, beard of barley Egle, eglae, egilae glis, Txts. 67, 973. Glis fonfyr (furfur? ) oððe egle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 71. Egle aresta, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 21. Egle (-a, MS.) arista, 38, 48. Eára scale (hule, egle
hana
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Hana gallus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 16. Sumes wífes gást wunode mid hire oð hana sang, Shrn. 30, 29. Hana (gallus) þá licgenda[n] áwecð and þá slápolon hé þreáð, cocc (gallus) þá wiþsacen*-*dan cít; hanan (gallo) cráwendon hopa gehwer[f]þ, Hy. S. 6, 36-7,
mylen-gear
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A mill-yair (yair an enclosure for catching fish. v. D. D. yair) Þæs hagan gemǽre æt Wintanceastre líð úp of þǽm forda on þone westmestan mylengear westeweardne; þæt eást on þone ealden welig, and þonan úp andlanges þæs eástran mylengeares . . . on þone
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
tó-beátan
To beat to pieces, ⬩ destroy by beating
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To beat to pieces, destroy by beating Hig gebundon ðone bysceop be ðám fótum on sumne fearr and ðone gegremedon, ðæt hé hleóp on unsméðe eorðan and ðam bysceope ðæt heáfod tóbeót, Shrn. 152, 2. Com him swilc wind ongeán, swilce nán mann ǽr ne gemunde
BEALO
BALE ⬩ woe ⬩ harm ⬩ evil ⬩ mischief ⬩ malum ⬩ calamitas ⬩ pernicies ⬩ damnum ⬩ noxa ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ wickedness ⬩ depravity ⬩ malities ⬩ nequitia
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BALE, woe, harm, evil, mischief; malum, calamitas, pernicies, damnum, noxa, tribulatio Hæfdon bealo they had woe, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 10; Sat. 71. Bealowes gást spirit of evil [diabolus], Cd. 228; Th. 307, 19; Sat. 682. Oft heó to bealwe bearn afédeþ often
módig-ness
Pride ⬩ Highmindedness ⬩ magnanimity ⬩ greatness of mind which does not resent injury
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in a bad sense, Pride Módignys superbia, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 26. Se eahteoða heáfodleahter is módignyss (þe ehtuðe sunne is ihatan superbia, þet is on englisc modinesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 33), Homl. Th. ii. 218, 22. Flǽsces tóbryte módignesse carnis terat