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stóc

Grammar
stóc, stoc ?. l. stoc,
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and add Ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúneweard . . . and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, and ꝥ þonne wǽre hryre ealles þæs stoces (stówes. v. l.) and forwyrd ealra þǽra bróðra ingentis saxi moles erupta est, quae . . . veniens

earnian

(v.)
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Th. i. 178, 8. to obtain as the reward of labour, to earn wages (with acc. or clause) Ðú miht ongitan be þám þe nánne mon ne lyst þæs þinges þe hine lyst, ne þæs þe hé déþ, ac þæs þe hé mid þám earnaþ . . .

ge-fleard

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Micle betere is ǽlcum crístenum men þæt hé náne wæccan æt cyrican næbbe, þonne hé þǽr wacyge mid ǽnigan geflearde, Wlfst. 279, 13. Beón hí ( bishops ) á ymbe wísdóm, and ǽghwylc gefleard unwyrð lǽtan, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 27.

cól

(n.)
Grammar
cól, coal. l. col,
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Þæt fýr wearð ácwenced ꝥ þǽr án col ne gleów, Hml. S. 7, 240

strengþu

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Add Hé wæs þǽr áseted, þǽr hit gesewen wæs ꝥ þæs líges mægn and strengð (strencgeo, v. l.) mǽst wæs in eo loco positus est, ubi tota vis flammae videbatur incumbere, Gr.

corn

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Add: a grain Þǽre lenticula, ꝥ syndon pysan, heó on hire múð sende þreóra corna gewyrde, Hml. S. 236, 716. Hwá gemenigfylt þæt gerip of feáwum cornum, Hml. Th. i. 184, 32. corn Beren gebered corn tipsana, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 27.

ceald-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ceald-ness, e; f.
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Coldness, cold Ic mænigfeald earfeðu dreáh, hwílum þǽre ísihtan cealdnysse þæs wintres, hwílum þæs unmǽtan wylmes þǽre sunnan hǽto; ic wæs beswǽled for þám micclan byrne and eft for þǽre micclan forstigan cealdnysse þæs wintres, Hml. S. 23 b, 571-5

ilca

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Ne sý him nánre óðere þigene getíðod búton þæs ilican (ilecan, ilcan, v. ll. ) þe hé ǽr forsóc, R. Ben. 69, 22. Dauid sang þysne sealm ymb swýðe lang þæs þe hine God álýsed hæfde . . . for þǽm ylcan hine sang Críst þonne hé álýsed wæs . . . Ps.

tyllan

(v.)
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Ælfríc nam þæt toll for þæs kynges hand, 31), Cht. E. 253, 16

for-stoppian

(v.)
Grammar
for-stoppian, p. ode
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To stop up Mid þǽre wulle forstoppa þæt eáre, Lch. ii. 42, 12

ge-þeóde

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Out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation, Rev. 5, 9) Þæt is mid Estum þeáw þæt þǽr sceal ǽlces geðeódes man beón forbærned, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 11. Add

á-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
á-teorian, l. á-teórian,
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and add: of material, to end, not to be continued -Ymbe þæt útan þe þæs scapularæs handstoca áteóriað ( where the cuffs end), Tech. ii. 127, 20

hlæder

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder, e; f.: hlæddre, an (?). l. hlǽder; e: hlǽdre, an; f.

a ladder ⬩ flight of steps ⬩ stairs

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Þǽr wæs gewuna þǽm folce ... ꝥ hié æfter hlǽddrum úp tó ðǽm glæsenum fæte ástigon (cf. þæs folces gewuna is ... þæt hí ... stæpmǽlum tó ðám fæte ástígað, Hml. Th. i. 510, 3), Bl. H. 209, 7.

fandung

trial ⬩ testing ⬩ trial ⬩ experiment

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God ne costnað nǽnne mannan; ac hwæðere nán man ne cymð to Godes ríce, búton hé sý áfandod; for ðí ne sceole wé ná biddan þæt God úre ne áfandige, ac wé sceolon biddan þæt God ús gescylde, þæt wé ne ábreóðon on ðǽre fandunge . . .

ge-félness

Grammar
ge-félness, sensitiveness, sensation.
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Gif ꝥ líc tó þon swíþe ádeádige ꝥ þǽr gefélnes on ne sý, Lch. ii. 8, 14: 82, 26. Welmes hǽto mid gefélnesse ... áheardung þæs magan mid gefélnesse and mid sáre ... heardung þǽre lifre bútan gefélnesse and bútan sáre, 198, 11-14.

efen-gelíca

(n.)
Grammar
efen-gelíca, an; m.
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A coequal, fellow Þúhte him ( Lucifer ) þæt hé mihte beón þæs efengelíca ðe hine gescóp, Wlfst. 84, 4. Godes euengelíca, 306, 26. Þæt ungesǽlig man mǽðe ne geseó on his under*-*þeóddum ne on his efengelícan, 53, 25: Mt. 11, 16.

Linked entry: ge-líca

ísiht

(adj.)
Grammar
ísiht, ísihte; adj.
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Icy Ic earfeðu dreáh, hwílum þǽre ísihtan ceald-nysse þæs wintres, hwílum þæs unmǽtan wylmes þǽre sunnan hǽto, Hml. S. 23 b, 572

eást-portic

(n.)
Grammar
eást-portic, es; n.
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An east porch or portico Þæt eástportic wæs on lenge twéntig fæðma be þæs temples wídnysse and wæs týn fæðma wíd, Hml. Th. ii. 578, 12

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i

Linked entry: six-hynde

stán-torr

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Add Þæt áborstene clif hreás ofdúneweard . . . ac þá þá se hálga wer geseah þone stántorr ufene tóweardes him farende . . . hé áwrát Crístes róde tácen and þone stántorr swá feallende gefæstnode on þǽre sídan þæs muntes ingentis saxi moles erupta est

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