Coshám
COSHAM or CORSHAM ⬩ Wilts ⬩ loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
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COSHAM or CORSHAM, Wilts; loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Læg se cyng seóc æt Coshám the king lay sick at Corsham Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 13
á-ýtan
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Áýtte eliminarat, i. expelleret, An. Ox. 4080. Ðonne áríseð þeód wið þeóde and hié beóð þonne áýtte fram heora gemǽrum (quoted in note to preceding). Add
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a-gyltan
To fail in duty ⬩ to commit ⬩ become guilty ⬩ offend ⬩ sin against ⬩ delinquere ⬩ committere ⬩ admittere ⬩ peccare
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To fail in duty, to commit, become guilty, offend, sin against; delinquere, committere, admittere, peccare Ic agyite ego deliqui, Ps. Th. 118, 67. Agyltan, 74, 4: Ex. 10, 16: Hy. 7, 114: Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 39, 41. Ðæt he agylte on him sylfum ut
Linked entry: a-giltan
Dún-holm
DURHAM ⬩ Dunelmia
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DURHAM; Dunelmia Hér forlét Ægelríc bisceop his bisceopríce æt Dúnholm in this year [A. D. 1056] bishop Ægelric left his bishopric at Durham, Ch. 1056; Erl. 191, 14. Ða menn hine befóron innan ðære burh æt Dúnholme the men surrounded him in the burgh
lícham-
Bodily
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Bodily, in the body Ðeáh ðe hé líchamlíce on heora slege andwerd nǽre though he was not present in the body at their slaughter, Homl. Th. i. 82, 33. Líchamlíce corporaliter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Sam. 41, 6. Seó stów ðe Drihten líchomlíce néhst on stód on middangearde
slǽtan
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To slate [Halliwell quotes from a book of 1697 to slate a beast is to hound a dog at him; and in Ray's North-country Words (1691), E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss. B. 17 the form
swinglung
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Giddiness, dizziness, vertigo [cf. swingan, though the verb does not seem much used in the sense of modern swing. For the idea of turning round, seen in vertigo, cf. the following: He dude fore of his cnihtes forte turnen þat hweol . . . ant het swingen
swaþul
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That which swathes or wraps (? v. sweþel) Ðæs ne wéndon witan Scyldinga ðæt hit (the hall) manna ǽnig tóbrecan meahte nymþe líges fæðm swulge on swaþule unless the flame's embrace swallowed up the house in its swathing fire, i.e. unless the house were
ufan-weard
top of
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The word may be translated by top of (the noun with which it agrees) Sóna wǽron wit on his heánesse on ðam wealle ufanweardum statim fuimus in summitate ejus (i. e. muri), Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 18. On ðysse dúne ufanweardre in hujus (montis) vertice, 1,
á-hwanon
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from anywhere Ic nolde ꝥ ðú wéndest ꝥ him áhwonan útane cóme his gódnes I would not have you suppose that his goodness came to him from anywhere without, Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 23. Óhwonan, Rä. 36, 8. in any direction, anywhere Mid þý ic on þám wealle
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á-ídan
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To dispossess (? cf. eád), to turn out, expel Áídeþ eliminat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 23. Áýdan eliminare, An. Ox. 8, 108. Út áídan eliminare, 7, 109: Angl. xv. 208, 12. [The rarity of the verb (the three last instances are glosses in different MSS. of the
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dwellan
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Dele 'p. dwelede,' and (see dwelian, 1 a), and add: trans. To lead astray, lead into error Unwærlicu sprǽc menn dweleð incauta locutio in errorem pertrahit, Past. 89, 8. Ðæt hí mid ðǽre lícettunga óðre men ne dwellen, 449, 24. intrans. To go astray,
ge-leáflíce
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credibly, in a manner that commands or allows belief Hí heofenan ríce mid Hǽlende ástigon swá swá wíse láreówas geleáflíce secgað ( as we are credibly informed by learned doctors ), Hml. Th. ii. 258, 29. Ús is tó witonne þætte ꝥ wæs geleáflíce gestihtod
geong-lic
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Take here <b>iung-lic</b> in Dict., and add For geonglices (geonlices, v. l. ) mǽdenes plegan, Mart. H. 156, 18. Iunglices cildhádes nascentis infantie, An. Ox. 966. On iunglicere in tenero, i. iuuenili, 3360. Hé féng tó ríce on iunglicre
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ge-wǽgnian
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to condemn Nelle wé ná ꝥ man gewǽgnige subdiácon ... ne rǽdere ... bútan ... mid vii tungon. And ne mæg man nánne diácon gewǽgnian bútan .xxxvi. sum nolumus ut subdiaconus ... vel lector a quopiam damnetur, nisi in .vii. linguis. Nec potest diaconus
Iclingas
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The original Latin describing Guthlac's family is: Hujus viri progenies per nobilissima illustrium regum nomma antiqua ab origine ICLES digesto ordine cucurrit. Icel is mentioned in Mercian royal genealogies Cnebba wæs Iceling, Icel Eámǽring, Chr. 626
log
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(?) water: Mid lande and mid loge cum terra et cum aqua, C. D. iv. 202, l.[The grant in which this phrase occurs is of land that had been held by a ' húskarll' of king Edward. The alliterative phrase ' land and lögr' is common in Icelandic, so perhaps
sceadd
a shad
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a shad Ic geann Ælfhelme and Wulfáge ðæra landa betwux Ribbel and Mærse and on Wirhalum . . . on ðæt gerád ðonnesceaddgenge sý ðæt heora ǽgðer sylle .iii. þúsend sceadda intó ðære stówe æt Byrtúne I grant to Ælfhelm and Wulfeah the lands between the
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cneów
a knee ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation; ⬩ generatio
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a knee; genu Cneów genu Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 87; Wrt. Voc. 44, 69: 71, 52. Heó on cneów sette she knelt down Elen. Kmbl. 2270; El. 1136; Ps. Th. 94, 6. Hí bígdon heora cneów befóran him they bowed their knees before him Mt. Bos. 27, 29. a generation
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hláford-swica
A betrayer of his lord, ⬩ a traitor to his lord
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A betrayer of his lord, a traitor to his lord Se man ðe ðis gefæst ne þearf hé him ná ondrǽdan hellewítan bútan hé beó hláfordswica the man that keeps this fast need not fear the pains of hell, unless he be a traitor to his lord, Lchdm. iii. 228, 24.