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mund-leów

(n.)
Grammar
mund-leów, (-leáw ?), -laú, -leú, e; f.

A basin for washing the hands

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A basin for washing the hands Mundlaú vescada (among things belonging to the table). Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 68. Mundleú ii. 123, 22 : conca (cf. Ital. conca a laver : Span, cuenca a wooden bowl), 105, 7. Mundleów conca, coclea, 136, 15

Linked entry: leów

sealt-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-fæt, es; n.
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A vessel for salt, a salt-cellar Sealtfæt salinare vel salinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 59: vas salis, 290, 23: Anglia ix. 264, 18. Se Hǽlend bestang ðone hláf on ðæt sealtfæt ðe him beforan stód, Homl. As. 163, 254

scip-gild

(n.)
Grammar
scip-gild, es; n.
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A ship-tax, a tax to supply funds for the maintenance of a fleet Swá fela sýðe swá menn gyldaþ heregyld oððe tó scipgylde quotiens populus universus persolvit censum Danis, vel ad naves seu ad arma, Chart. Th. 307, 24

ge-mundbyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mundbyrdan, p. de; pp. ed [mundbyrd protection]

To protect, defend, patronizeprotĕgĕre, tuēri

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To protect, defend, patronize; protĕgĕre, tuēri Ða is fór God wille gemundbyrdan whom I will protect before God, Cd. 113; Th. 149, 11; Gen. 2473. Ðæt he hine gemundbyrde that he would protect him, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 21

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stód-fald

(n.)
Grammar
stód-fald, es ; m.
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An enclosure for a stud of horses Tó ðam aldan stódfalde ; and ðonne fram ðam stódfalde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 21. Of ðam wylle on ðone stódfald ; of ðam stódfalde, vi. 213, 21. Be norðan stódfaldan, iv. 66, 8

wyrþe-land

(n.)
Grammar
wyrþe-land, es; n.
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Land that has lain fallow, land ploughed for the first time, a cultivated field Wyrðelandum novalibus (tellus millenos animarum manipulos in fructiferis ecclesiae novalibus protulit, Ald. 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 26: 77, 50: 59, 56. v. worþ, and next word

Linked entry: worþ

clif-stán

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Substitute Clifstánas cautes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 16. Neólnes tóweaxen mid mycelnessum þára clifstána praecipitium saxorum molibus asperum, Gr. D. 159, 26. Hé sceolde beón tósliten for þám clifstánum ( scopulis ) þe þǽr gehwǽr út sceoredon of þám munte

ciric-hata

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hata, an; m.
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An enemy of the church, a persecutor Lá, hwæt fremað cyrichatan crístendóm on unnyt; for ðám ǽlc þǽra bið Godes feónd þe bið Godes cyrcena feónd, Wlfst. 67, 18. Godes wiðersacan and cyrichatan hetole, 164, 11. Cyrchatan and sácerdbanan, 298, 14

Linked entry: hata

ge-módsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-módsum, adj.
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In agreement, in accord For ðon swá micle swí hié gemódsumeran (-sumran, v. l. ) bióð betwux him, swí hié beóð bealdran ðá gódan tó swenceanne quia, quo sibi in malitia congruunt, eo se robustius bonorum afflictionibus illidunt, Past. 361, 13

ge-bréman

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Substitute for the passage Drihten wolde gebréman and geweorðian þá ludéiscan æfter þǽre wísan þe on ðǽre ealdan ǽbeboden wæs, Hml. A. 152, 18. Nónsanges on ðǽre endebyrdnesse sí gebrémod gebed none eo ordine celebretur oratio, R. Ben. 1. 47, 11

ge-wosa

Grammar
ge-wosa, ge-wesa.
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Dele -wesa, and for 32, 32; 74, 35 substitute: Ꝥte ðæs giwosa ué lifiga ut illius conversatione vivamus, 32, 32. Ꝥte ðá wé worðiga giuossa' ( = giuossana?) symle ué ðerhfylga bisine ut quos veneramur, conversationis semper sequamur exemplo, 74, 35. ge-wesan

gnirran

(v.)
Grammar
gnirran, to snarl, gnash or
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chatter (with the teeth) Hwýlon þá téð for mycclum cyle manna þǽr gnyrrað (gryrrað, Dóm. L. 195) nunc nimio stridentes frigore dentes, Wlfst. 138, 29. Hlihhan oððe gnyrende gesihð unrótnyssa getácnað ridere aut stridentes uiderit tristitiam significat

Linked entry: gnyran

hosp-word

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Sǽde se deófol him hospword and mid manegum tálum hine týnde, ac hé næs gestirod for his leásum tálum, Hml. S. 31, 723. Se Hǽlend ðǽra Iúdéiscra hospword gehýrde. . . . 'Wé oncnáwað þæt þú eart wód,' Hml. Th. ii. 232, 16. Add

nefa

Grammar
nefa, <b>. I.</b>
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for other examples see ge-nefa. add: in a general sense, a descendant, pl. children's children Nefena nefen[a] prone-potum (qui nepotum et pronepotum piacula abolere potuisset), An. Ox. 5029. Æftergengcum, nefenum nepotibus (haeredibus et futuris nepotum

riht-gefég

(n.)
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a proper joining Eall þæs scipes fæt wæs ácweht and for ðám mycclum ýþum tólýsed and tósloþen fram eallum his rihtgefégum (rihtgefongum, v. l.) totum vas navis quassatum nimiis fluctibus, ab omni fuerat sua compage dissolutum, Gr. D. 248, 26

Linked entry: ge-fég

un-geriht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geriht, adj.
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Uncorrected, unrefortned Gif hig þonne gýt eallunga ungerihte and ungecyrrede (inemendabiles et incorrigibiles ) beón, Chrd. 62, 6. Gif þonne ǽgber ge sé þe man swang, ge sé þe man for ylde swingan ne mæg, bégen beón ungerihte (incorrigibiles), 61, 35

Linked entry: ge-rihtan

wela

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wela, <b>. II.</b>
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Sume hé bereáfaþ hiora welan swíþe hraþe þæs ðe hí ǽrest gesǽlige weorþaþ, þý lǽs hí for longum gesǽþum hí tó úp áhæbben, and ðonan on oferméttum weorðen quosdam remordet, ne longa felicitate luxurient, Bt. 39, II; F. 228, , 22. Add

un-witod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-witod, un-wiotod; adj.

Uncertain

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Uncertain Unwuted incertus, Rtl. 6, 5: 106, 15. Wel mon sceal wine healdon on wega gehwylcum; oft mon féreþ feor bí túne, ðǽr him wát freónd unwiotodne (where he cannot look for a friend), Exon. Th. 342, 23; Gn. Ex. 146

ge-teóþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teóþian, p. ode; pp. od

To tithegive a tenth part

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To tithe, give a tenth part Ic ealle ða landáre ðe ic on Angla þeóde hæfde Gode into hálgan stówon geteóðode I gave a tenth part of all my landed property to God for holy places, Chart. Th. 116, 27

hláford-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-sócn, e; f.

The 'seeking' a lord for the purpose of being in his service, and under his protection

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The 'seeking' a lord for the purpose of being in his service, and under his protection Ne dominus libero homini hlafordsoknam interdicat si eum recte custodierit, L. Ath. ii. 4; Th. i. 216, 25: iii. 5; Th. i. 218, 25

Linked entry: sócn