sceáta
a corner,angle ⬩ bosom, lap ⬩ a cloth, napkin
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Ðone norþsceátan man hǽt Polores . . . and se súþsceáta hátte Bachinum . . . and ðone west*-*sceátan man hǽt Libeum . . . se þridda sceáta is án hund and syfan and hund syfantig míla westlang, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 2-9. the lower corner of a sail (cf. sheet
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ge-bendan
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Gebænde, Wlfst. 14, 6. xi síðan hund þúsenda hí lǽddon gebende, 296, 26. Add
hangian
To hang, be suspended, depend
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Wíde sceós hangodan on hira fótum and bogan hangodan on hiora eaxlum wide shoes hung on their feet and bows hung on their shoulders, Shrn. 38, 8. His loccas hangodon tó ðám anccleowum his locks hung down to his ancles, Homl. Th. i. 466, 25.
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leód-mǽg
tribe ⬩ people
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A kinsman as being one of the same race, tribe or people, a man of the same nation with one's self Hí fundon fíf hund leódmǽga they found five hundred of their race, Elen. Kmbl. 759: El. 380.
ondrysnlíce
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Terribly, dreadfully God slóh þysne preóst ondrysnlíce (swíðe ondryslíce, v. l.) hunc Deus terribiliter percussit, Gr. D. 119, 24
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forþ-here
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Dele <b>-herge,</b> and substitute: A host that marches forth Hié getealdon on ðám forðherge féðan twelfe ... on ánra gehwám ... fíftig cista, hæfde cista gehwilc gárberendra týn hund ( the passage corresponds with Exodus12, 37: Profecti
wrǽsnan
To twist ⬩ change the character of
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To twist, change the character of something Ic (a woodpecker) eom wunderlícu wiht, wrǽsne míne stefne, hwílum beorce swá hund, hwílum blǽte swá gát, hwílum grǽde swá gós (cf.
feówertig
alone
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Þǽr wǽron twá hund and eahta and feówertig wera and nigon and feówertig wífa, Bl. H. 239, 14. the forty days of Lent On þám þrím feówertigum per tres quadragesimas, Ll.
bi-hongen
behung, hung round
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behung, hung round, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 1; Seef. 17; Similar entries pp. of bi-hón
Bedan ford
BEDFORD ⬩ oppidi nomen
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BEDFORD; oppidi nomen Ða yldestan men to Bedan forda hyrdon the first men belonged to Bedford, Chr. 918; Ing. 133. 2. Eádweard cyning fór to Bedan forda king Edward went to Bedford, 919; Ing. 133. 13. Hie gedydon æt Bedan forda pervenirent ad Bedanfordam
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sporu
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a spike, v. hand-, hún-sporu
á-wídlian
to contaminate ⬩ defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ to profane ⬩ pollute
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of physical impurity, to contaminate, defile, pollute Sé ðe áwiht þicge þæs ðe hund áwídlige (inquinaverit), Ll. Th. ii. 216, 10.
norþ
In a northerly direction or position
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In a northerly direction or position Ðæt is norþ ehta hund míla lang, Bd. 1,1; S. 473, 11. Hié Baldred norþ ofer Temese ádrifon, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 20. Hié fóron norþ ymbútan, 894; Erl. 91, 6.
tíd-dæg
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Skt. 19, 42) Enoses sunu ealra nigon hund wintra hæfde, ðá hé woruld ofgeaf, and týne eác, ðá his tíddæge rím wæs gefylled when for his lifetime the number of years was completed, Cd. Th. 71, 4; Gen. 1165
fræfel-líce
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Frefelíce hiene gesóhte seó cwén mid þrím hund wífmonna tó þon þæt heó woldon wið Alexander ... bearna striénan regina, excitata suscipiendae ab eo subolis gratia, cum trecentis mulieribus procax invenit. Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 9
hetelíce
violently ⬩ furiously ⬩ fiercely ⬩ malignantly ⬩ with ill-will
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Þá gestódon hine hundas hetelíce swýðe dogs attacked him furiously. Hml. S. 12, 52. Hé sǽde ꝥ sum hund burce hetelíce on ánne man, 31, 1132. Manega hús hetelíce feóllon many houses fell with great violence, 15, 94.
for-clingan
To shrink up ⬩ marcescĕre
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To shrink up; marcescĕre Wǽron sume on forclungenum treówe ahangene some were hung up on a shrunken tree, Nath. 8
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HWELP
A WHELP, ⬩ catulus
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A WHELP, a young dog, the young of other animals; catulus Hund canis, hwylp catulus, Wrt. Voc. 78, 53. Hwelp catulus [leonis ], Ps. Th. 16, 11.
west-lang
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Se þridda sceáta is án hund and syfan and hundsyfantig míla westlang, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 9. v. preceding word
þǽr-tóeácan
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Ðreó hund daga and fíf and syxtig daga and þǽrtóeácan syx týda, Lch. iii. 246, 13. Add