þengel
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A prince Segncyning, manna þengel, Cd. Th. 188, 24; Exod. 173. Hringa þengel ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 3018; B. 1507. [Icel. þengill a prince (only in poetry).] Cf. fengel, strengel
west-lang
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Lying in a westerly direction On ðone westlangan hlinc; of ðes westlangan hlinces ende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 135, 25. Ða westlangan díc, v. 334, 22. v. next word
westnorþ-lang
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With the length lying north-west (and south-east) Þonne is Italia land westnorðlang and eástsúðlang Italiae situs a circio in eurum tenditur Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22; 17
á-birgan
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Add:to á-byrgan (in Dict.): with gen. Heora ǽlc ábyrige ðæs háligwæteres. Ll. Th. i. 226, 24. with acc. Hé ábyrgde ðá forbodenan fictreówes blǽda, Sal. K. 182, 34
Linked entry: a-byrgan
bises
bissext
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The intercalary day in leap year, bissext (v. N. E. D.) Bútan þænne bises geboden weorðe feórðan geáre except when bissext is ordered every fourth year, Men. 32. Substitute:
bítel
a beetle ⬩ A beetle ⬩ insect
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a beetle.A beetle, insect Bitela mordiculus (in a list of insects), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 18: ii. 58, 11. Bitelum blatis, 127, 10. Bitulum blattis, Txts. 45, 307. Substitute:
declínian
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To decline (in grammar) Mæg man on ǽgðrum ende hine ( a compound noun ) declínian, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 88, 6. Wé habbað nú declínod þá eahta frumcennedan pronomina, 100, 6
disme
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Add: moss (?) Peregrino pulvere, i. musco. Muscus est mus peregrinus ꝥ is disme ( muscus, in the sense of moss, seems to be rendered by disme), An. Ox. 46, 4
drohtnoþ
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life, way of life Seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoð (drohtoð, v. l. ) habban in morðre and on máne, Wlfst. 187, 18. Nǽfre ic geférde heardran drohtnoð, An. 1404
eard-wunung
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Living in one's native land Þolige sé ðe hit on gelang sý ǽlcere eardwununge and wræcnige of earde, oððon on earde swíðe deópe gebéte, Wlfst. 120, 13: 300, 24
fédels
a fatling ⬩ feeding
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Add: a fatling Foedils altilia, Txts. 39, 134. feeding. The word occurs as a technical term in the following Cyninges fédesl .xx. scillinga forgelde, Ll. Th. i. 6, 8
ge-drehtness
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Affliction, contrition Hé on swá micelre þrǽstnesse (gedrehtnessum, v. l.) and forhæfednesse módes and líchaman áheardode in tanta mentis et corporis coniritione duravit, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 615, 3
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gifig
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Possessing as the result of gift or grant Gifine com-potem Angl. xi. 171, 7 (v. note there in which the word is compared with Goth. gabeigs: Icel. gǫfugr)
heorþa
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Herþa (is the reading of the MS. given in) Ælfc. Gr. Z. 321, 5. Ǽlce geáre tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan (pelles buccinas), Chrd. 48, 26. Add
heort-scræf
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The heart-cavern, the heart with its dark recesses Ne þǽr ówiht inne ne belífe on heortscræfe heánna gylta nec lateat quidquam culparum cordis in antro, Dóm. L. 39
hrif-wund
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For passage substitute Gyf mon rifwund (on hrife wund, gewundod v. ll.) bið . . . gif hé ðurhwund bið si quis in ilibus uulneretur . . . si transforatus sit, Ll. Lbmn. 82, 23
hof
a temple
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a temple Hof sacellum, templum Germ. 391, 21. On háligum hofe þínum in sanctuario tuo Ang. .xi. 118, 50. Hofa edes, i. templum Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 32. Add:
lengþ
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Add: height, v. lang; 2 a Ðone munt ðe sý in ðǽre lengoðe seó líne ðe wile .xxxiii. síþa ealne eorðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Sal. K. p. 152, 5
on-sand
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Insende on him . . . ǽbylgðe and eorre and geswinc, onsonda þurh engla yfle inmisit in eis indignationem et iram et tribulationem, inmissiones per angelos malos, Ps. Vos. 77, 49. Add
swǽsende
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In l. 11 insert a comma after ælmessum, and add: cf. tó ælmessum ad agapem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 57: tó feorme ad agapem i. deliciem, An. Ox. 4834