consula béc
Books of consuls ⬩ kings' annals ⬩ calendars ⬩ fastorum libri ⬩ fasti
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Books of consuls, or kings' annals, calendars; fastorum libri, fasti Cot. 92
heolstor
That which covers or conceals ⬩ darkness ⬩ a veil ⬩ covering ⬩ place of concealment
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Ðá com beácna beorhtost of heolstre then came the sun out of darkness, Andr. Kmbl. 485; An. 243: Elen. Kmbl. 2223; El. 1113.
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hǽmed
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</b> of the intercourse of animals :--- of illegitimate connexion Hǽmed incestum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 44. Nys mé þýnes weales hǽmed nǽfre þe leófre þe mé nǽdre tóslyte, Shrn. 154, 22. Hǽmedes, forligeres prostibule, An. Ox. 4219.
holc
A hollow, ⬩ cavity
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A hollow, cavity: Weaxeþ ðæt yfele blód on ðám holcum ðæs líchoman the evil blood increases in the hollow parts of the body, L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 148, 7. On ðám holcum ðære lifre in the hollows of the liver, Lchdm. ii. 160, 26
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steóp-
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deprived of a relative.
ofer-holt
a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them
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a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them(?)
smíte
A foul, miry place
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Ðis is ðære ánre híde landgemǽru tó Smítan . . . of ðæm sló tó Smítan; of ðære Smítan tó berge Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 166, 2-20. Of smítan on ðone stán . . . of ðære apoldran innan smítan v. 105, 13-36
un-wénlíc
Not giving grounds for hope ⬩ unpromising
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Hié oft gebidon on lytlum staþole and on unwénlícum ( a slight foundation and one that gave little hopes of success ), Ors. 4, 9; Swt, 192, 34.
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hord-weard
A guard of a hoard or treasure
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Hordwearda hryre [of the death of the first-born in Egypt], Cd. 144; Th. 179, 27; Exod. 35: [of the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea ], 169; Th. 210,6; Exod. 511.
Beornica ríce
The kingdom or province of the Bernicians ⬩ regnum vel provincia Berniciorum,
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The kingdom or province of the Bernicians, that part of Northumbria which lies between the river Tees and the Scottish sea or frith; regnum vel provincia Berniciorum, a Tesi ad fretum Scoticum olim pertingens Oswio ðone óðerne dǽl Norþanhymbra ríces
metend
One who measures or metes
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S. gloss seems to be intended as a translation of the title commonly given to Orosius' History, [H]Ormesta Mundi, and is the measurer or describer of the world, i. e. a general history of the world), Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 18
bréden
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praefiguntur') he made a wall of sods and a palisade on the top, Chr. 189; P. 10, 25.
ést-mete
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Add of food (lit. or fig.) Éstmet[tas] grata fercula, An. Ox. 56, 77. Éstmetta ferculorum, 3169. Hire þénian of his ágenum þénungum and his éstmetum dare illi de convivio suo, Hml. A. 110, 269.
ge-sceot
the collection of weapons necessary for shooting, a weapon that is shot or hurled, an arrow, dart ⬩ jaculum ⬩ an advance [of money], a contribution, tribute ⬩ a part of a building shut off from the rest
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Ðú of heofenum dóm mid gescote sendest de cælo judicium jaculatum est, Ps. Th. 75, 6. Ðǽr forwearþ micel Alexandres heres for geǽtredum gescotum there much of Alexander's army perished by poisoned arrows, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 38. [O. H.
friþ-geár
A year of peace or jubilee ⬩ pācis annus ⬩ jūblĭæus annus
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A year of peace or jubilee; pācis annus, jūblĭæus annus, Som. Ben. Lye
hunt
Hunting
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Hunting [Or is hunte for huntunge?]. Of hunte du venatione, Rtl. 117, 4
mǽg-cwealm
Murder of a father or kinsman
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Murder of a father or kinsman Mégcualm parricidio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 53
morþor-hof
A place of torment or extreme misery
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A place of torment or extreme misery (hell), Elen. Kmbl. 2603; El. 1303
be-scofen
thrust off, precipitated
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thrust off, precipitated, Mk. Bos. 5, 13.; Similar entries pp. of be-scúfan
bleowum
to or with colours
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to or with colours, Bt. 18; Fox 48, 11; dat. pl. of bleoh