forðmest
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First Cueð tó ðǽm apostolum and biscopum æfter him forðmest, Mt. L. 10, 8 note
niþer-lang
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With the length stretching downwards Tó ðæs niðærlangan hlincæs eástænde, C. D. v. 243, 3
organ
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Ðæs hálgan cantices se gyldena organ, hé hý ealle oferhleóðrað, Sal. K. 152, 12. Add
un-geswenced
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Unwearied, unceasing Dǽr bið seó éce hǽl and syó éce lufu swíþe ungeswæncedu, Nap. 65
Linked entry: swencan
rest-hús
A sleeping-chamber
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; A sleeping-chamber; Hé ðǽr hæfde án resthús ( ;cubiculum; ), Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 23
fyxe
A she-fox, vixen
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A she-fox, vixen Ðǽr fyxan díc tó bróce gæð, C. D. ii. 29, 1
wíf-gemána
Mulieris consortium
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Mulieris consortium Wífgemánan to áwec*-*canne . . . ðæt áwecceþ wífgemánan lust, Lchdm. i. 336, 15 — 17
wíg-þreát
A military troop
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A military troop Ðæs hiofenlícan werodes wíg-þreátas coelestis exercitus militiae Lchdm. i. lxviii, 8
Linked entry: þreát
heáfod-getel
A principal, cardinal number ⬩ Cardinales numeros
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A principal, cardinal numberCardinales numeros ðæt synd ða heáfodgetel, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 49, 64
ofgangend-líc
derivative
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derivative Dirivativa, ðæt is ofgangendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 17, 4: 17; Som. 20, 35
of-gesleán
to slay
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to slay: — Hí ðǽr ofgeslógan (ofslógon, MS. E. ) micel wæl, Chr. 992; Erl. 130, 35
Linked entry: ge-sleán
orretscipe
Infamy, disgrace
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Infamy, disgrace Ðæs unhlíseádgan orretscipe infamis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 49. Orretscipe infamis, 85, 11
ofer-gán
to overspread ⬩ to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer ⬩ to pass a point or limit ⬩ to pass a moral limit, to transgress ⬩ to pass across, traverse, cross ⬩ to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end ⬩ To be over ⬩ to come upon, attack
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To be over (with anything) Ðæs ofereode ðisses swá mæg it is all over with that, so may it be with this, that trouble is over, so may this be Exon.
Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan
DÉMA
a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire ⬩ censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter ⬩ the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal
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Sceall ǽghwylc ðǽr riht gehýran dǽda gehwylcra, þurh ðæs déman múþ there shall every one hear the right of all his deeds, through the judge's month, Elen. Kmbl. 2564; El. 1283: Exon. 69 b; Th. 257, 33; Jul. 256.
saltere
a stringed musical instrument, a psaltery ⬩ the book of Psalms ⬩ a psalter, ⬩ to sing psalms
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Th. 430, 11. ¶ Saltere singan to sing psalms taken from the psalter :-- Hé gehát gehét. . . ðæt hé ǽghwylce dæge ealne saltere ásunge vovit votum quia quotidie psalterium totum decantaret, Bd. 3,27 ;S. 599, 11.
drohtnung
Conversation, condition, conduct, life, actions ⬩ conversātio, condĭtio, stătio, actio
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Of ðære munuclícan drohtnunge from the monastic life, 120, 12.
for-súwian
To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre ⬩ tăcēre ⬩ retĭcēre
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Hwí wæs ðæra engla syn forsúgod on ðære béc Genesis why was the angels' sin passed over in silence in the book of Genesis? Boutr. Scrd. 17. 19.
hyld
Favour ⬩ protection ⬩ grace ⬩ loyalty ⬩ allegiance
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Favour, protection, grace [of a superior to an inferior], loyalty, allegiance [of the inferior to the superior] Ic hálsige eów for ðæs cáseres helda ðæt gé mé secgon I adjure you by your allegiance to the emperor that you tell me, Nicod. 8; Thw. 4, 7
Linked entry: held
wana
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MS. ) bið ðæs ðe hié habban woldon hae cum desunt, Past. 18 ; Swt. 126, 22. Hit nan mon ne mæg eall habban, ðæt him ne sié sumes þinges wana, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 19.
gold
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Cnihtas cúþ gedydon ðæt hie him ðæt gold to gode noldon habban the youths made known that they would not have that gold [the golden image] as their god, Cd. 182; Th. 228, 4; Dan. 197: 183; Th. 229, 9; Dan. 216. Reád gold aurum obrizum, Ælfc.