folc-gesíþas
The nobles of a country ⬩ păres ⬩ nōbĭles ⬩ gentis cŏmĭtes ⬩ pŏpŭlāres
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Wið ðám néhstum folcgesíþum with the nearest rulers of the people, Cd. 193; Th. 241, 29; Dan. 412
án-tíd
The first hour ⬩ hora prima
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The first hour; hora prima Ymb án-tíd óðres dógores about the first hour of the second day, Beo. Th. 443; B. 219
fót-sceanca
The leg from the knee downwards ⬩ the shank
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The leg from the knee downwards, the shank Nim blæces hundes deádes þone swýþran fótscancan (fóten (fótes?) sceancan, v.l.), Lch. i. 362, 27
BEÁTAN
to BEAT ⬩ strike ⬩ lash ⬩ dash ⬩ hurt ⬩ percutere ⬩ tundere ⬩ verberare ⬩ cædere ⬩ pulsare ⬩ quatere ⬩ lædere ⬩ to tread ⬩ trample ⬩ tramp ⬩ calcare ⬩ proculcare
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Ne se bryne beót mæcgum nor did the burning hurt the youths, Cd. 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265. to beat with the feet, - to tread, trample, tramp; calcare, proculcare Se mearh burhstede beáteþ the steed tramps the castle-place, Beo.Th.4522; B. 2265
hyrst
An ornament ⬩ a decoration ⬩ jewel ⬩ trapping ⬩ equipment ⬩ armour ⬩ implement
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Íren byrnan heard swyrd hilted and his helm háres hyrste the iron byrnie, the hard and hilted sword, and his helm, the hoary one's equipments, 5968; B. 2988.
díc
DIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditch ⬩ vallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est
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On ðone díc to the dike, 494. 37
Linked entry: fæsten-díc
blíð-heort
BLITHE of HEART, merry, joyful ⬩ lætus corde, hilaris ⬩ kind of heart, merciful ⬩ benignus corde, misericors
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Gefégon beornas, blíðheorte, burhweardes cyme the men, blithe of heart, rejoiced in the coming of the prince [lit. the city-guardian ], Andr.
hleahtor
a laugh
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Ic (the devil) þá róde ne þearf hleahtre herigean, El. 920: An. 1705. as an expression of contempt, scorn Gif þú mid þan þeáwe tǽlendra mé hleahtrige, warna þé sylfne þǽr þú þé hleahtres (leóhtes ?)
Linked entry: hleahtrian
ge-riht
What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, direction ⬩ rectum, jus, ratio, officium
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Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on Wessexan these are the rights which the king has over all men in Wessex, L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 12. Cynescipes gerihta rights of royalty, L. Edg.
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hran-mere
the sea
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The whale-mere, the sea Hronmere, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 19; Met. 5, 10
mæsse-gierela
Vestment used at the celebration of the mass,
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Vestment used at the celebration of the mass, Past. 14, 6; Swt. 87, 19
ǽ-swice
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Failure in the keeping of the law Þurh lahbrycas and ǽswicas, Wlfst. 164, 3
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bræcce
trousers
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trousers Braeccę (the second c is added above the line) sarabare, Txts. 95, 1788
Liger
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the Loire Wið þá mycclan eá þe menn hátað Liger, Hml. S. 6, 159
ceaster-leód
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The people of a city, the citizens God wæs yrre þǽre ceasterléóde, Nap. la
healf-heáfod
The fore part of the head ⬩ sinciput
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The fore part of the head; sinciput Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78; Som. 14, 24
hearp-swég
The sound of the harp
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The sound of the harp Sealmleóþ and hearp-swég psalterium et cythara, Blickl. Gloss
twi-fyrede
Two-furrowed ⬩ bisulcus
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Two-furrowed; the word renders the Latin bisulcus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 11
streám-wilm
The boiling of the waters, surge ⬩ aestus
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The boiling of the waters, surge; aestus Streámwelm hwíleþ, Andr. Kmbl. 990; An. 495
weoloc-telg
The scarlet dye got from the weoloc
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The scarlet dye got from the weoloc Wiolctælges conquilini, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 41