of-spring
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The passage seems to have been freely translated as meaning there would not be wanting a leader among the descendants of Judah), An. Ox. 433. Add
scilling
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Se Godes wer þá sealde þám biddere and cwæð ꝥ hé ágeáfe his maniendum þá .xii. and þone ǽnne hǽfde him tó his ágenre nytte (In the story as told in Hml.
hám-fæst
Resident, dwelling at home
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Gif mon becume on his gefán and hé hine ǽr hámfæstne ne wite si quis superveniat in hostem suum, et eum antea residentem nesciat, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 15
hefe
Weight
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Swilce hé búton hefe wǽre as if he were without weight, ii. 164, 35. 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.
wind
Winding ⬩ wrapping
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Gif preóst searwaþ be winde, gebéte ðæt if a priest do not conduct an ordeal rightly, let him make 'bót,' If a priest uses deceit in respect to the wrapping up of the hand or arm exposed to the ordeal (cf. in the descriptions 'of the proceedings at the
ildu
an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ age ⬩ ætas ⬩ age ⬩ senectus
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Mid ðí ðe heó bicom tó giftelícre yldo when she arrived at a marriageable age, Th. Ap. 1, 10.
méd-sceatt
payment in reward of service done ⬩ a reward ⬩ wages ⬩ fee ⬩ payment for service or favour expected ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ a bribe
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payment in reward of service done, a reward, wages, fee Ne onféng hé ðæt tó médsceatte he did not accept it as a fee, Shrn. 135, 4. Hé ne sealde Gode nánne métsceat for his sáule ...
hálwende
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Add: hálwynde. <b>A</b>. adjective. conducive to physical health Hálwende cleoþan medicinale, i. salutiferum cataplasma, An. Ox. 1972.
gremian
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Add Gremið, graemid, gremid lacessit, Txts. 73, 1170. Grema lacesse, An. Ox. 46, 52. Gremman lacessere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 50. Gremmende lacessiens, 50, 56. to irritate, provoke. the object a person Hý ðé gremiað exacerbaverunt te, Ps.
á-dreógan
to bear off ⬩ suffer, endure ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to pass, spend time ⬩ to carry out, perform
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Add: to bear off Ic ádreóge digero, An. Ox. 18 b, 22. with the idea of pain :-- Hárnessa ádreóhende canos (suos) ducentes (ad inferos), 3368. to bear what is painful, suffer, endure :-- Ic ádreáh mycel broc, Bl. H. 175, 12.
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feor
Far ⬩ distant ⬩ remote ⬩ longinquus ⬩ remōtus
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Kmbl. 2348; An. 1175: 382; An. 191: 504; An. 252
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inne-cund
Internal ⬩ inward
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intentione mergantur ... ab intimo amore frigescunt, Past. 18, 7; Swt. 139, 5-8
ELN
the Royal
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inch and 1/12 of an 8th, δάκτυλος a finger's breadth = about 75/100 of an inch, that is 3/4 of an inch and 1/12 of an 8th = 3/4 + 1/96 = 72/96 + 1/96 = .76] .76 = 20-50/100 [ = 20-1/2 inches, and 2/100 or 1/50 of an inch] Se weall Babilónes is fíftig
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ge-writ
Something written ⬩ writing ⬩ scripture ⬩ inscription ⬩ a writing ⬩ letter ⬩ treatise ⬩ writ ⬩ charter ⬩ book
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Án oxe ne án cú ne án swín ðæt næs gesæt on his gewrite and ealle ða gewrita wǽron gebroht to him syððan there was not an ox nor a cow nor a swine that was not put in his book [Doomsday Book], and all the writings were brought to him afterwards, 1085;
searu-net
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an armour-net, or a net ingeniously wrought, a coat of mail On him byrne scán, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum, Beo. Th. 816; B. 406. a net of treachery or guile, a net (metaph.), a snare, wile Mé elþeódige inwitwrásne, searonet seóþaþ, Andr.
hlítere
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Similar entries v. tán-hlítere. one who has a share of an inheritance Hí preóstas an Crécisc clericos (cf. Clericus, sors Dei (cf. Dominus est hereditas eorum (the Levites), Deut. 18, 2), Corp. Gl. H. 4, 61.
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enneleác
An onion ⬩ cæpe, ūnio
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An onion; cæpe, ūnio Enneleác an onion, Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 19; Wrt. Voc. 67, 34. Enneléc cæpe, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 106; Wrt. Voc. 30, 54
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túnincel
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A small tún, small farmstead or estate Túnyncel butiuncula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 82. Tó his túningclum ad praediolum suum, túnincle ad villam, Hpt. Gl. 515, 63, 64
here-rǽs
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An inroad by an army, a raid by the Danes Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð, beón hit hererǽsas, beón hit fǽrcwealmas, beón hit miswyderu, Wlfst. 271, 2
stæf-cræft
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Add Stæfcræft grammatica, An. Ox. 3114. Add Stæfcræftes brede (æthralis) literaturae albo (descriptos), An. Ox. 3031. Stæfcræftas, Hpt. Gl. 477, 49. (Both glosses refer to the same passage. )