friþ-splott
an asylum
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A place which is a sanctuary on account of the sacred character superstitiously attributed to it, an asylum Wé lǽrað ꝥ preósta gehwilc ǽlcne hǽðendóm ádwǽsce, and forbeóde. . . þá gemearr þe man drífð on mislicum gewíglungum and on friðsplottum and on
Linked entry: friþ-geard
Cilt-ern
The CHILTERN
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an upward course out through Chiltern, and so to Oxford, and burned that town, Chr. 1009; Th. 262, 21, col. 1
west-lang
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Se þridda sceáta is án hund and syfan and hundsyfantig míla westlang, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 9. v. preceding word
wan-hál
Imperfect as regards health or soundness of body ⬩ weak ⬩ sick ⬩ maimed ⬩ infirm ⬩ unsound
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Hé wolde gehelpan þearfum and wanuhálum, 26, 276: Elen. Kmbl. 2057 ; El. 1030. Clypa þearfan and wanhále and healte and blinde uoca pauperes, debiles, clodos, caecos, Lk. Skt. 14, 13, 21
Linked entry: wan-hǽle
flocc
a company ⬩ a troop ⬩ band ⬩ legion ⬩ a band ⬩ a flock ⬩ herd
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Add: of people. a company Hé sóhte his gelícan, ac hé ne mihte hine findan on ðám flocce he looked for his match, but could not find him in that company, Ap. Th. 12, 25.
rád-stefn
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Substitute: A summons carried by a mounted person.
earg
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Add: cowardly, timid, spiritless Earh tremibundus, i. pavidus, An. Ox. 1865: 4896. Þone ungemetlíce eargan þe him ondrǽt máre þonne hé þurfe pavidus ac fugax non metuenda formidat, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 21. Earge ignavi, Wrt.
Linked entry: fræt
þrág
a time ⬩ season ⬩ time
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Nis seó þráh micel, ðæt hí ðé swencan móton, Andr. Kmbl. 214; An. 107. Ða æfterwritenan lǽcedómas ne sculon on áne þráge tó lange beón tó gedóne, Lchdm. ii. 186, 12.
Linked entry: wód-þrág
ge-tellan
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Th. i. 68, 35. where a total which is formed by two or more objects is given as so and so Wæs geteald ǽfen and merigen tó ánum dæge evening and morning were reckoned a day, Lch. iii. 232, 11. to consider Hwæt is bearn mannes þet þú getelest (reputas
gínung
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Geonung garrulitas, 40, 24. an opening of the mouth to bite Gynung morsus, Germ. 399, 271
hwearf
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[He þer wærf makede he made an assembly there (cf. oƀarmódie man ( the chief priests and Pharisees, v. Jn. 11, 57) an iró hwarƀe gisprákun (cf. colligerunt concilium, Jn. 11, 47), Hél. 4172), Laym. 17485. (Wace has 'feste tiut')]. Add
hýf
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D. 229, 12 ; Angl. ix. 264, 15. ¶ the following glosses belong to passages referring to bees :-- Hýfe gurgustio, i. cellula. An. Ox. 307. Hýfa tuguria, i. cellulas, 253. Add
sand
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Add Sand sablum, An. Ox. 18 b, 35. add Forð be sande oþ norðmúþan, C. D. iii. 429, 1. On ceoslynum sandum in glarigeris litoribus, An.
stilness
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Add Se tíma hyra reste and stillnysse hora quietis, Gr.
wód
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Þá cóm þǽr fǽrlíce yrnan án þearle wód cú . . . þá geseah se hálga wer ꝥ þǽr sæt án deófol on þǽre cú hrycge, Hml. S. 31, 1040
ór
beginning, origin ⬩ front, van
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Heriges on óre, Andr. Kmbl. 2213 ; An. 1108
ge-manigfildan
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[For] gemænigfyldre ofermódnesse propter publicatam insolentiam, An. Ox. 8, 389. Gemaeniflydre, 7, 380. as an arithmetical term Gemænigfyld þá þreó þurh feówer, þriwa feówer beóð twelf, Angl. viii. 328, 20.
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on-sendan
to send off, despatch (an emissary) ⬩ to send forth or out, ⬩ to emit (an odour, etc.) ⬩ to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)
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to send off, despatch (an emissary) Onsende direxit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 19. Him his sunu hám onsende filium remisit, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 2. Hine God ús onsende, Beo. Th. 770; B. 382. Se ðisne ár hider onsende, Andr. Kmbl. 3207; An. 1606.
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CAMP
A contest, war, battle ⬩ certamen, pugna, bellum
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Th. 5003; B. 2505; Chr. 937; Th. 202, 2, col. 1, 2; Æðelst. 8; Andr. Kmbl. 2651; An. 1327. Mec gesette Crist to compe Christ has placed me in battle, Exon. 102b; Th. 389, 3; Rä. 7, 2; Andr. Kmbl. 468; An. 234.
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égh-þyrl
An eye hole, a window ⬩ fenestra
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An eye hole, a window; fenestra Ðæs leóhtes scíma þurh ða cýnan ðære dúra and þurh ða éghþyrla ineóde the glare of the light entered through the chinks of the door and through the windows, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 20