scyld-hǽta
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One who demands a due or debt, a bailiff Sculthéta exactor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 70. Scyldlǽta (-hǽta?) exactor, i. postulator, 144, 54
Linked entries: scult-héta scyld-lǽta hǽta
bóc-cest
A book-chest, book-shop, tavern ⬩ taberna
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[cest, cyst a chest] A book-chest, book-shop, tavern; taberna Bóccest taberna, Ælfc. Gl. 17; Som. 58, 89; Wrt. Voc. 22, 7
ge-fégincg
A joining ⬩ composing ⬩ conjunction ⬩ compositio ⬩ conjunctio
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A joining, composing, conjunction; compositio, conjunctio Seó geþeódnys oððe gefegincg is conjunctio the joining is a conjunction, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 47
geoloca
A yolk ⬩ ovi vitellus
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A yolk; ovi vitellus Genim hænne æges geolocan take the yolk of a hen's egg, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 7
sund-reced
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A sea-house, a term for the ark Ðú ( Noah ) seofone genim on ðæt sundreced túdra gehwylces, Cd. Th. 80, 28; Gen. 1335
þeówincel
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A young slave, a slave Ðiówincelu familici (the word has been taken as if connected with famulus ), Ps. Surt. ii. p. 186, 15
wyn-gesíþ
A pleasant companion ⬩ a companion in whom one delights
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A pleasant companion, a companion in whom one delights Næs mé wyngesíð wiðerweard heorte non adhaesit mihi cor pravum, Ps. Th. 100, 3
bí-genge
attendant
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A female worshipper, attendant Bígencge (but cf. bígengcest, An. Ox. 2065, a gloss of the same passage) cultricem, ministraticem, Hpt. Gl. 455, 16
bord-ríþig
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a stream running in a channel made of planks (?) Of sandbróce on bordríðig; of bordríðig on horpyttes ríðig, C. D. iii. 82, 23
crypel
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A cripple Hé cuoeð ðǽm cryple ( paralytico ), Lk. L. 5, 24. [Heó creopeles wurðon, Hml. A. 177, 240. Sume wǽron crypeles, 180, 363.]
fin
a fin
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a fin. Finnum squamis the word occurs in a riddle on the cuttle-fish (loligo), Aid. 251, 281, An. Ox. 26, 10. Add
ge-hæft
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A captive Ðæt ðá bendas sumes gehæftes ( captiui ) tólýsende wǽron, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 454, 9. v. hæft a captive; ge-hæft; adj
ge-sǽlness
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A hap, chance, event Gesǽlnessum successibus, Hpt. Gl. 500, 21: 506, 10. v. ge-sǽligness; <b>I a</b>
grytte
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a spider Grytte aranea, Ps. Vos. . 89, 9. Gongeweafre, grytte, Ps. Srt. 89, 9. [v. N. E. D. grit a kind of crab.]
hilt-sweord
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a hilled sword, sword with a hilt Hiora þegnas bióþ mid fetlum and mid gyldenum hyltsweordum gehyrste Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 5
holding-stów
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A place where slaughtered animals are dressed, a slaughter-house Súð dorian oð hit cymð tó ðǽre holdingstówe, C. D. v. 184, 23
Linked entry: holdigean
leás-wyrcend
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A deceiver, a doer of what is false Deófol is yfeltihtend and leáswyrcend, synna ordfruma and sáwla bepǽcend, Hml. Th. i. 102, 1
Linked entry: wyrcend
þǽr-on
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add: with verbs of knowing, in respect to a matter Hig hym eall sǽdon ꝥ dæt hig þǽron wyston, Hml. A. 188, 41
mearca
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a mark, line. v. mearc; a territory. v. land-mearca (perhaps also Dene-mearca, the nominative of the weak form does not occur)
wealcere
A walker ⬩ a fuller
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A walker (v. E. D. S. Pub. Lancashire Gloss. s. v. walk-mill), a fuller Wealceres fullones (- is ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 3