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.
be-cyme
A BY-COMING ⬩ an event or coming suddenly ⬩ eventus
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A BY-COMING, an event or coming suddenly; eventus Ðæs gehátes and ðæs wítedómes sóþ se æfterfyligenda becyme ðara wísena geséðde and getrymde cujus promissi et prophetiæ veritatem sequens rerum astruxit eventus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 35
leax
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Hé wearp út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormǽte leax, Hml. S. 31, 1275. Him mon þá mettas selle þá þe late melten, leax and þá fixas þá þe late meltan. Lch. ii. 176, 23. Add
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
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
smeá-gelegen
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Beclýsingca, smeáge legena (so in the MS, Napier takes smeáge as adjective (v. smeáh), so two separate words instead of a compound), An. Ox. 4142. Add
un-gefullod
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Ðá cóm án gecrístnod man tó Martine . . . ac æfter feáwum dagum hé wearð fǽrlíce seóc, swá ꝥ hé forðférde ungefullod sóna, Hml. S. 31, 210. Add
ymb-hwyrft
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On þreódǽlede emhwyrfte in triquadro (terrarum) ambitu, An. Ox. 1685. Engliscra and óþra þeóda wiðinnan embhwyrft (ambitum) Brittisces íglandes wunigendra cincg, Angl. xiii. 365, 4. Add
galdor-sang
An incantation
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An incantation Gif hwylc wíf wiccunga begá and þá deóflican galdorsangas (diabolica cantica magica), Ll. Th. ii. 154, 26. Ne wé galdorsangas onginnen, Wlfst. 253, 10
wil-boda
A welcome messenger
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A welcome messenger Mec meahtig Meotudes þegn ( an angel ) gesóhte, and mé sára gehwylc gehǽlde, wuldres wilboda, Exon. Th. 176, 34; Gú. 1220. Cf. wil-spell
hwæt-hwoegno
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Ðætte ne wyrsa ðé hwæthwoegnu bilimpe, 5, 14. ꝥ án gihwelc lytel hwæthwoegno onfóe, 6, 7. <b>II a.</b> with an adjective clause, v. hwæt-hwega; 3 a α Habbað gé hér hwæthwoegno ꝥte ettlic sié?, Lk. R. 24, 41
hlówan
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Dele passage from El. 54, for which see hleápan, and add: of animals or uncertain Gehlów hlówan mugitum reboasse, An. Ox. 1466. Hlówende mugitans (taurus), 36, 12. Hlówende, þútende bombosa, Wrt.
sealf-box
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A box for ointment Án wíf hæfde hyre sealfbox deórwyrþes nardes, and tóbrocenum sealfboxe ofer his heáfod ágét, Mk. Skt. 14, 3: Lk. Skt. 7, 37
ge-sém
Reconciliation, an agreement, a compromise ⬩ reconcĭliātio, comprōmissum
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Reconciliation, an agreement, a compromise; reconcĭliātio, comprōmissum Siððan áne neaht ofer ðæt gesém bíe postquam ūna nox supra comprōmissum prætĕriit, L. H. E. 10; Wilk. 8, 49
un-fæderlíce
In an unfatherly manner
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In an unfatherly manner Saturnus wæs swá wælhreów, ðæt hé fordyde his ágene bearn ealle bútan ánum and unfæderlíce macode heora líf tó lyre, Wulfst. 106, 6
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ed-staþelung
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Tó edstaþelungum ad lumina vitae, An. Ox. 2214
fird-láf
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The remnant of an army, the survivors of a battle Þǽr feóllon ðá hǽþenan fíf ðúsend ofslagene, and Lisias fleáh mid þǽre fyrdláfe. Hml. S. 25, 377
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friþ-áþ
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An oath confirming peace made between two hostile powers Ðá þet gafol gelést wæs and þá friðáðas gesworene, þá tóférde se here, Chr. 1012 ; P. 143, 5