folc-getæl
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Ia) Wæs on ánra gehwám álesen under lindum on folcgetæl fíftig cista in each tribe were picked out for service, elected into the number of the folk that should fight, fifty troops, Exod. 229. Substitute:
mete-rǽdere
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The brother appointed for the week to read aloud to the others at meals. Cf. Be ðǽre wucan rǽdere. Gebróðra gereorde æt hyra mýsum ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge, R. Ben. 62, 2-4, Gyf þú meterǽdere fyldstól habban wille, Tech. ii. 122, 20
niht-hwíl
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9
on-lecgende
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For 'on-lying' substitute 'that is to be laid on, that is to be applied to a wound', and add: — Wiþ sweórcoþe, wyrc onlecgende sealfe, Genim fearres gelyndo and beran smeru and weax, ealra emfela, wyrc tó sealfe, smire mid, Lch. ii. 48, 5
sceáf
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</b> add :-- 'Gebindað þá weód tó scǽfum (sceáfum, v. l. in fasciculos) tó forbærnenne,' Gr. D. 316, 2. Weóda sceáfas, 11. Bunda ł byrðenno ł sceáfa, Mt. L. 13, 30
sǽ-cocc
A cockle
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Th. 24, 11. a farthing-worth of muscles were a feste for suche folke, oþer so fele Cockes (cokkys, MS. G. : cokeles, MS. I.), Piers P. C text x. 95
sopp-cuppe
A sop-cup, a cup into which sops were put
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A sop-cup, a cup into which sops were put Ic ann mínæn cinæhláfordæ ánræ sopcuppan Chart. Th. 553, 31: 554, 4. Ic ann Ælfwerdæ ánræ sopcuppan and Æþelwerde ánæs drincæhornæs 555, 4. Ánæ soppcuppan an þrým pundum 527, 7. Twá sopcuppan 522, 22
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twi-fyrclede
Having two prongs ⬩ forked
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Cf.Wæs gesæwen swilce se beám (the tail of a comet) ongeánweardes wið ðes steorran ward fyrcliende wǽre as if the tail were dividing in two, getting forked (?), Chr. 1106; Erl. 240, 34
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forþ-dǽd
Profit ⬩ advantage
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Þá munecas náht syllan ne móston búta þám ánum þe heora bigleofan forð dydon ( were of service to their sustenance ), Hml. S. 31, 325
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sláwlíce
Slowly ⬩ sluggishly ⬩ pigre
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Ic wéne ðæt hé hiene snide sláwlícor (sláulícor, Hatt. MS.) pigrius fortasse incideret, 26, 3; Swt. 186, 3
cáf-líce
Quickly, hastily, stoutly, manfully, valiantly ⬩ velociter, viriliter
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Quickly, hastily, stoutly, manfully, valiantly; velociter, viriliter Ðám gemettum wæs beboden ðæt hí sceoldon cáflíce etan the partakers were commanded to eat quickly, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 3; i. 494, 11; Glos. Prudent. Reed. 146, 38; Byrht.
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ge-wrecan
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Hú hé his hláford gewrecan mehte, 6, 36; S. 292, 24: By. 208. to avenge a wrong Beón geornran ꝥ wé Godes bebodu healdan þonne wé úrne teónan gewrecan, Bl. H. 33, 24. Gewrǽce, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 36. Gewrǽcen, 1, 11; S. 50, 12.
Englisc
ENGLISH ⬩ Anglĭcus
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Ic [Ælfríc Abbod] gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella on Engliscum gereorde I [Abbot Ælfric] have composed about forty sermons in the English tongue, Ælfc. T. 27, 17.
FÆGEN
FAIN, glad, joyful, rejoicing, elate ⬩ lætus, gaudens, hĭlăris, elātus
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Ferdon forþ ðonon, ferhþum fægne they went forth thence, rejoicing in their minds, Beo. Th. 3270; B. 1633. Wǽron ealle fægen in firnum they were all glad in their sufferings, Cd. 223; Th. 292, 3; Sat. 435 : Andr. Kmbl. 2084; An. 1043.
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frécennes
Danger ⬩ peril ⬩ hazard ⬩ mischief ⬩ harm ⬩ perīcŭlum ⬩ discrīmen ⬩ mălum
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Se hálga wer in ða ǽrestan ældu gelufade frécnessa fela the holy man in his early age loved much mischief, Exon. 34 a; Th. 108, 31; Gú. 81
gæst
a GUEST ⬩ hospes ⬩ sŏcius ⬩ a stranger ⬩ an enemy ⬩ vir aliēnĭgĕnus ⬩ hostis
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fulne if the sea shall bear it [the vessel] full of guests, Exon. 101 b; Th. 384, 20; Rä. 4, 30. a stranger, an enemy; vir aliēnĭgĕnus, hostis Wæs se grimma gæst Grendel háten, wonsǽlig wer the grim enemy was called Grendel, the unblest man, Beo.
lind
a shield
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Scyldas wégon, linde bǽron, Byrht. Th. 134, 45; By. 99: Beo. Th. 4719; B. 2365. Hwíte linde, Cd. 158; Th. 107, 4; Exod. 301
nett
a net ⬩ a mosquito-net ⬩ net- work ⬩ web
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Voc. ii. 19, 18. net- work, web Swá tedre swá swá gangewifran nett, Ps. Th. 38, 12. Ðonne hió ( the spider ) geornast biþ ðæt heó áfǽre fleógan on nette, 89, 10. Folc gescylde hálgan nette ( with a net-work of clouds ), Cd. Th. 182, 11; Exod, 74
unriht-hǽmed
Unlawful cohabitation ⬩ illicit intercourse ⬩ adultery ⬩ fornication
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Gif wer unrihthǽmed fremeþ wiþ óþer wíf, Blickl. Howl. 185, 25. Unrihthǽmedu adulteria, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 19: Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 1
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wirp
A change for the better ⬩ recovery ⬩ improvement
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Lege on lǽcedómas ða ðe út teón ða yfelan wǽtan, ðonne biþ ðǽr wyrpe wén hope of recovery, Lchdm. ii. 46, 27. Gé frófre ne wénaþ, ðæt gé wræcsíða wyrpe gebíden ye look not for comfort, that ye may live to see redemption from exile, Exon.