weorþscipe
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Mid twám wurðscipum geglængde se ælmihtiga Scyppend ðæs mannes sáwle; ðæt is mid écnysse and eádignysse, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 150. <b>VIII a.
wǽpen
a weapon ⬩ membrum virile
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Ðá fór hé mid eallum his folce and mid eallum his wǽpnum omnis equitatus Pharaonis, currus ejus et equites, Ex. 14, 23. Gif man mannan wǽpnum bebyreþ ðǽr ceás weorð, L. Ethb. 18; Th. i. 6, 19.
Linked entries: wǽmn wǽpen-mann wǽpn wǽpned
hundred
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Icel. hundrað -= 120 yards of wadmal :-- Béte man ꝥ mid .vii. hundr. . béte man ꝥ mid .vi. hundr . . . béte man ꝥ mid hundr, Ll. Th. i. 292, 6-9. Lecge hé án . C. (unum hundretum) tó wedde . . . gilde án . C. 296, 7-11.
here-geatu
military equipment ⬩ heriot
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Ða beóþ mid gyldenum hyltsweordum and mid manigfealdum heregeatwum gehyrste septos tristibus armis, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 6: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 17; Met. 25, 9. as a technical term, heriot. The amount of the heriot for various ranks is given L. C.
munuc
A monk
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Hé beád, ðæt nán his bearna ðæt menster leng mid preóstan gesette, ac ðæt hit éfre mid munecan stóde, Chart. Th. 227, 17. Hé sende Godes þeów Agustinum and óðre monige munecas. Bd. 1. 23; S. 485, 27
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nett
a net ⬩ a mosquito-net ⬩ net- work ⬩ web
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Ne canst ðú huntian búton mid nettum? Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 15-21 : 22, 11. On feala wísan ic beswíce fugelas, hwílon mid nettum, 25, 11. Hí forléton hyra nett (netta, Lind.) relictis retibus, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 22 : Homl.
tiber
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Ðás ic mid múðe aspræc . . . ðæt ic ðé on tifrum forgulde ealle ða gehát ðe ic mid mínum welerum tódǽlde introibo in domum tuam in holocaustis . . . Haec locutum est os meum . . . : Holocausta offeram tibi, Ps. Th. 65, 12-13. Tiber, Cd.
un-lybba
poison ⬩ poison used for purposes of witchcraft ⬩ witchcraft ⬩ sorcery
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Gif heó mid hire unlybban man ácwelleþ si mulier artem magicam, et incantationes, et maleficia exerceat ... si maleficiis suis aliquem occiderit, L. Ecg. C. 29; Th. ii. 154, 8-11.
Linked entry: ge-unlybba
wirman
To warm ⬩ make warm
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Mid wyrmendum þingum lácnian, swilc swá pipor is, and óþra wermenda wyrta, Lchdm. ii. 62, 2-3
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wrixl
change ⬩ alteration ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ alternation ⬩ exchange ⬩ interchange ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ a loan ⬩ what is given in return ⬩ return ⬩ requital
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Hæfdon hí mid him gehálgode tabulan on wígbedes wrixle habentes secum tabulam altaris vice dedicatam, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 34. a loan Borge odde wrixle mutuo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 5.
boga
an arch ⬩ a vault
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Hé gebende his bogan and mid flán ðone fearr ofsceótan wolde, Hml. Th. i. 502, 18 : Bl. H. 199, 18. folded parchment [cf. Ger. bogen]: Cine quaternio, boga diploma, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 12.
boh
sprig
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Hyre (leechwort) stela byð mid geþúfum bógum, Lch. i. 248, 18. ꝥ óðer cyn (of southernwood) is greáton bógum and swýþe smælon leáfon, 250, 19. Wæs Aarones gyrd gemétt grówende mid bógum, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 15.
be-sleán
to strike ⬩ smite ⬩ to strike ⬩ dash ⬩ inflict ⬩ to strike ⬩ to strike
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M. 77, 13. fig. to strike with disease Hé gewende mid snáwhwítum hreóflan beslagen, Hml. Th. i. 400, 29. to deprive by a stroke (lit. or fig.) of something (gen. inst.)
ceorian
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A. 32, 207. to complain with just cause Be ðǽre gýmeleaste spræc se wítega mid ceorigendre stefne, Hml. Th. i. 404, 24
folgere
a successor ⬩ a follower ⬩ adherent
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Oft cymð sé bæftan ús þe ús mid swyftnysse gódre drohtnunge fore-stæpð; and wé earfoðlíce him filiað tó merigen, sé ðe nú tó dæg is úre folgere geðúht, Hml.
for-cirran
to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert
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Mid heora þám forcyrdan (-cerdan, forhwyrfedum) cræfte, 73, 32
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ge-recedness
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.) ; mid þǽre man áwrít and gerehð þá ðing and þá dǽda þe wǽron gedóne on ealdum dagum and ús dyrne wǽron.Ǽlfc. Gr. Z. 296, 8. [Æfter] gerecednesse, gástlicum angite . . . secundum kistoriam, allegoriam . . . An.
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ídel-ness
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R. 7, 7. idleness, lack of energy Nys eác mid ídelnysse tó forelǽtanne þæt wundor non me quoddam spiritale praesagium narrare piget, Guth. Gr. 159, l
ofer-cuman
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overpower, exhaust, render helpless Swongornes hí ofsit and hí mid slǽwþe ofercymþ, Bt. 36, 6; F. 180, 34.
gærs
herbage ⬩ a herb, plant ⬩ the blade ⬩ pasture, grazing ⬩ the grass-covered ground
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L. 4, 32. the blade of corn Mið ðý gewóx brord ł níwe gers, and wæstm worhte cum crevisset herba, et fructum fecisset, Mt. L. 13, 26. Eorðo wæstmas ǽrest gers (herbam), æfter ðon ðone ðorn, Mk. R.