hengen
a cross ⬩ a rack
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Ses Andreas wæs áhangen on róde, Shrn. 153, 12). Þáhét se déma dón hine of þǽre hencgene, Hml.
mancus
A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence
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Cf. for an instance of the manner in which this might be paid the will of an ealdorman where the heriot included feówer beágas twegen on hundtwelftigum mancosum and twegen on hundeahtatigum, Chart. Th. 500, 3.
twi-bóte
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Se ðe stalaþ on Gehhol oþþe on Eástron oþþe on ðone Hálgan Ðunresdæg . . . ðara gehwelc ( the offence in each of these cases ) wé willaþ sié twybóte, swá on Lenctenfæsten, L. Alf. pol. 5 ; Th. i. 64, 25.
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hege-stów
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On ðá hegstówe; of ðǽre hegstówe, 77, 27. Ofer ðǽre strǽte in ðá hegestówe, 263, 25
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wǽg-þel
A wave-plank ⬩ a ship
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A wave-plank, a ship Hé álǽdde of wǽgþele (the ark) wráðra láfe, Cd. Th. 90, 16; Gen. 1496. Nóe tealde ðæt se hrefn hine sécan wolde on wǽgþele, 87, 9; Gen. 1446. On wǽgþele on board, Andr. Kmbl. 3418; An. 1713.
binde
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Þæt þú [stríce] mid foreweardum fingrum þín forewearde heáfod fram þám ánum eáran tó bon óþrum on bindan tácne (cf. strícan on róde tácne, 2) trace out a fillet on the forehead with the tips of the fingers from ear to ear, Tech. ii. 129, 20. Add
á-wrítan
to write out or down ⬩ write words ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ copy in writing ⬩ to state in writing ⬩ to write a book, letter, ⬩ to write of or about something ⬩ to write to ⬩ to write an account of ⬩ describe ⬩ to inscribe the name of a person ⬩ to write on material ⬩ cover with writing ⬩ to make a symbol other than a letter
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Add: to write out or down, write words Áurítteð (scribebat) ł áurát on eorðe, Jn. L. 8, 6. Heora ǽlces naman áwrít (superscribes) on his girde, Num. 17, 2. Áwrítt, eádgo deádo scribe, beati mortui, Rtl. 48, 5.
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midde
The middle
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The middle (only in the phrase on middan) Se fugel hafaþ iiii heáfdu ... and hé is on middan hwælan hiwes the bird hath four heads ... and in the middle it is of a whale's shape, Salm. Kmbl. 526; Sal. 262. Forwrát hé wyrm on middan, Beo.
ge-gán
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</b> of movement. movement irrespective of the point of departure or destination. to go on foot, walk Gif hwelc gigæs (gegaas, L.) on dæg si quis ambulauerit in die, Jn. R. 11, 9. Árás ꝥ mægden and geeóde ( ambulabat ), Mk. L. 5, 42.
hefe
Weight
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On gemete and on hefe and on getale in mensura et pondere et numero, 586, 32. Hé micelne hefe gefrét æt hys heortan he feels a great weight at his heart, Lchdm. iii. 126, 10. Áwend hefas leahtra evente moles criminum, Hymn. Surt. 23, 7
bred
a board ⬩ plank ⬩ a tablet
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Ic ðé bidde ðæt ðú mé on ðǽm scipgebroce ðisses lífes sum bred gerǽce, ðæt ic mæge on sittan, oð ic tó londe cume, Past. 467, 24. Legs bred þweores ofer þá fét, Lch. ii. 342, 6. Ðá ungesewenlican brega (breda? cf. (?)
wearg-brǽde
Some form of disease; ⬩ impetigo, ulcus, carcinoma
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.; the Latin has ulcus) weaxe on þám nosum oððe on ðám hleóre, Lchdm. i. 86, 1. Wið ðæt wearhbrǽde ( the Latin has carcinomata) hwam on nosa wexe, 116, 11.
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lid-weard
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One who guards a ship Lidweardas on merebáte, Andr. Kmbl. 487; An. 244
murcnere
One who murmurs
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One who murmurs On écum wíte mid ðám murcnerum, R. Ben. 21, 5
scrippa
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Of dære díc on ðone midmestan scrippan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 78, 27. ?
wíþig-rǽw
A row of willows
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A row of willows On ða wíðigréwe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 48, 5
eást-rihtes
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Due east Of fótmǽle éstrihtes on wulfputt, C. D. iii. 449, 31, 27
rysciht
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Rushy, full of rushes On ðone ricsihtan mere, C. D. vi. 214, 18
rysc-bedd
A bed of rushes
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A bed of rushes On ðæt riscbed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 428, 31
piþa
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Pith, the soft inner part of the stem of a plant Eall se ðǽl se ðe ðæs treówes on twelf mónþum geweaxeþ, hé onginþ of ðám wyrtrumum, and swá upweardes gréwþ óþ ðone stemn, and siððan andlang ðæs piþan and andlang ðære rinde óþ ðone helm, Bt. 34, 10;