spearcian
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For sparcendum (Hpt. Gl. 501, 5) probably spircendum should be read
stól
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In the compounds dele gebed, and for fealde l. fild(e)
þrístlǽcness
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Tó forgifnesse for þǽre þrístlǽcnesse (praesumtione), Gr. D. 341, 37. Add
un-sægd
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For 'Wanl. Cat. 6, 13' substitute Hml. Th. ii. 466, 24
weard-wíte
A fine for neglecting to keep guard,
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A fine for neglecting to keep guard, Chart. Th. 411, 31
fýr-scofl
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For Cot. 24 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 16, and add:
á-þrowen
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Similar entries v. á-dreópan in Dict. for a suggested emendation
gang-weg
A gang-way ⬩ way ⬩ road ⬩ via
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A gang-way, way, road; via Ánes wǽnes gang-weg a road for one vehicle; actus, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 50; Wrt. Voc. 37, 38. Twegra wǽna gangweg a road for two vehicles; via, 56; Som. 67, 51; Wrt. Voc. 37, 39
mis-weorþan
to turn out badly
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to turn out badly (for a person, dat.) Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4
dirige
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Ps. 5, 8) at Matins in the Office of the Dead, used as a name for that service Dirige for forþférdum vigilia pro defunctis, Angl. xiii. 433, 975: 444, 1131. [v. N. E. D. dirge.]
á-stihting
Instigation
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Gl. 469, 65.Napier (v. note) takes the word as an error for átihtinge, but cf. Paulus for his líchaman stihtunga bæd, (de carnis suae stimulo) Gr. D. 166, 25.]
weorþan
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Ic nó ne wearþ of ðam sóþan geleáfan nec umquam fuerit dies, qui me ab hac sententia depellat, 5, 3; Fox 12, 6. Hwí ðæt ís for ðære sunnan scíman tó his ágnum gecynde weorþe, 39, 3; Fox 216, 1.
C
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Ahsian for acsian or axian to ask; séhþ for sécþ seeks, from sécan to seek. In words immediately derived from Anglo-Saxon, k is frequently substituted for the Anglo-Saxon c ; as, cyning a king; cyn kin or kindred.
béd-hús
A chapel ⬩ an oratory ⬩ a place for prayer ⬩ oratorium
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A chapel, an oratory, a place for prayer; oratorium, Fulg. 43
ciellan
wooden tankards, leather bottles ⬩ obbæ
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Vessels for drink, wooden tankards, leather bottles; obbæ, Dial. 1, 5
setl-hrægl
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A covering for a seat vii. setlhrægel, Chart. Th. 429, 28
Linked entry: set-hrægl
sulh-æcer
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A strip of land for ploughing. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. s
tíd-genge
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Current or lasting for a time Tídgenge menstruam, Germ. 392, 10
bláte
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In first passage for Helle fýr, substitute Hit (Etna) óðra stówa
be-scítan
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For Cot. 189 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 71, and add: