sweor
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A column, pillar (lit. or fig.), that which is shaped like a pillar Swer columna, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 32: 81, 15. Ufeweard swer epistilia, ii. 30, 29. Ðú eart leóhtes swer, Blickl. Homl. 141, 1. Drihten swutelode him ðone weg on dæg þurh swert tácn on sweres
telgor
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A plant, shoot, twig On ðam dæge ðe God geworhte ǽlcne telgor on eorðan ( omne virgultum agri ), Gen. 2, 5. Telgre vimen, Engl. Stud. xi. 67, 95. Gif hwá mid him ðysse wyrte ( verbascum ) áne tealgre byrþ, ne biþ hé bréged mid ǽnigum ógan, Lchdm. ii.
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þearme
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the entrails Tharme viscera, Txts. 107, 2140
trod
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A track Be trode gestolenes yrfes. Gif mon trode bedrífþ forstolenes yrfes of stæðe on óðer, ðonne befæste mon ðæt spor landes mannum . . . Gif mon secge ðæt man ðæt trod áwóh drífe, ðonne mót se ðe ðæt yrfe áh trodað (trod óð ?) tó stæðe lǽdan, L. O
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turtur
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A turtle-dove Speara gemoeted him hús and turtur nest passer invenit sibi domum et turtur nidum, Ps. Surt. 83, 4. Twégen culfran briddas and twégen turturan gemæccan, Blickl. Homl. 23, 27. Tuoe (twoege, Rush.) turturas par turturum, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush
þyrnet
A place full of thorns ⬩ a thicket of thorn-bushes
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A place full of thorns, a thicket of thorn-bushes Þirnetum spinetis, of ácynnendlícum ł fexedum þyrnetum de spinetis nascentibus (gignentibus), Hpt. Gl. 463, 32-36. Of þiccum þyrnetum senticosis, spinosis, 436, 47
wróht
accusation ⬩ a false accusation ⬩ slander ⬩ calumny ⬩ fault ⬩ crime ⬩ offence ⬩ a quarrel ⬩ strife ⬩ cause of complaint ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt
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accusation Wróht accusatio (ex-, MS. ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 15. Wróhte insimulatio, 44, 74. Hic susurro ðes rúnere oððe wróht, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 217, 3. Leásere wróhte strophosae accusationis, Hpt. Gl. 505, 55. Wróhte insimulatione, accusatione, 517,
Linked entries: wróht-bora wróht-dropa wróht-georn
ýst
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a storm, tempest, whirlwind Mycel ýst windes procella magna uenti, Mk. Skt. 4, 37. Windi ýst, Lk. Skt. 8, 23. Métte hié micel ýst on sǽ, Chr. 877; Erl. 78, 18. Án mycel ýst atrocissimus turbo, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 104, 22. Hé sǽde ðæt ðǽr tó cóme ðæs strongestan
crismal
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A chrisum-cloth Mid þám crismale þe man him on utan þæt heáfod déð, man tácnað þæne cristenan cynehelm þe hé on heofenum áh, Wlfst. 36, 17
-heort
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múþ-hǽl
wǽpen-gewrixl
A passage of arms ⬩ an exchange of blows ⬩ a conflict, fight
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A passage of arms, an exchange of blows, a conflict, fight Gif hit geweorðe, ðæt wǽpngewrixl weorðe gemǽne þegene and þrǽle, Wulfst. 162, 7. Ðæt heó beaduweorca beteran wurdun on campstede, gármittinge, gumena gemótes, wǽpengewrixles, Chr. 937; Erl.
ǽ-lǽte
A desert
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A desert Ǽlǽtan (á-, Wrt.) deserta, s. vocata quae mm seruntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 14. Wéstensetlan ðe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ǽlǽtu lufiaþ, R. Ben. 134, 12
hæft-noþ
Custody, keeping, imprisonment
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Custody, keeping, imprisonment On hæftnoþe biþ gehæfd he will be imprisoned, Lchdm. iii. 200, 34. On hæftneþe gebringan to imprison, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 21. Ðǽr hé on hæftneþe wæs where he was imprisoned, 1101; Erl. 237. 40
hǽðen-mann
A heathen
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A heathen Hǽðinmonn samaritanus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 33
hálig-mónaþ
Holy month, September
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Holy month, September On ðæm nigoþan mónþe on geáre biþ xxx daga se mónaþ hátte on léden septembris and on úre geþeóde háligmónaþ for ðon ðe úre yldran ðá ðá hí hǽðene wǽron on ðam mónþe hí guldon hiora deófolgeldum in the ninth month in the year there
hand-gang
Laying on of hands ⬩ laying on of hands
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Laying on of hands Handgang manus impositio, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 94; Wrt. Voc. 60, 3
hand-sliht
A slaying with the hand
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A slaying with the hand Ne meahte hé ealdum eorle hondslyht giofan he could not give a deadly blow to the old warrior, Beo. Th. 5937: B. 2972: 5851; B. 2929
brigd
to change ⬩ A change ⬩ variety ⬩ varietas
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A change, variety; varietas Ðæs deóres hiw brigda gehwæs wundrum lixeþ the animal's hue of every variety wondrously shines, Exon. 95 b; Th. 357, 9; Pa. 26
brydel-þwang
A bridle rein ⬩ frenum
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A bridle rein; frenum. Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 35