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mitta

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Ne scyle nán mon blǽcern ǽlan under mittan ( sub modio), Past. 43, 3. Ðé ele ne áteórað ne melu on þínum mittan (hydria farinae non deficiet, nec lecythus olei minuetur, l Kings xvii. 14), Hml. S. 18, 63.

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.
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Ic ǽlcne mínra freónda lufige swá mycele má þonne ðone óðerne swá ic ongyte þæt hé betran willað þonne se óðer and his gesceádwisnesse nyttran willan tó dónne tanto magis amo amicos meos, quanta magis bene utuntur anima rationali, vel certe quantum desiderant

weallan

Grammar
weallan, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> of natural forces Man dráf út his módor bútan ǽlcre mildheortnesse ongeán þone weallendan winter, Chr. 1037; P. 160, 16

ælmes-mann

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-mann, es; m.

An alms-manone supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar

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Ðonne wille ic ðæt man nime tó ǽlcan ðissa háma twelf ælmesmen, and gif hwæt hera ǽnigan getíde, sette man ðǽr óþerne tó, C. D. B. iii. 75, 38

fylst

(n.)
Grammar
fylst, e; f.
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Gefultuma mé nú ánegra ǽlces óðres fylstes bedǽled, Hml. S. 23 b, 442. Bútan Godes fylste, 11, 314: 21, 345. Mid freónda fylste, Ll. Th. i. 248, 3. Mid biscopes filste, ii. 290, 3. Hé gehét ꝥ hé him on fylste beón wolde, Chr. 1050; P. 169, 18.

gærs-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-irþ, e; f.

Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage

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Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan se gebúr sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .I. æcer . . .: tóeácan ðám .III. æceras tó béne, and .II. tó gærsyrðe.

Linked entries: irþ gærs-yrþ

FALS

(n.)
Grammar
FALS, es ; n.

FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit falsum

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A FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit; falsum Bútan ǽlcon false without any fraud, L. Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 29: L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 16.

(n.)
Grammar
tá, gen. tán; f.

a twig, shoot

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Ðá dǽldon ða cwelleras Cristes reáf on feówer, heora ǽlcum his dǽl, swá him démde seó tá, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 31. Hí wurpon ðá tán betweox him, and bǽdon ðæt God sceolde geswutulian hwanon him ðæt ungelimp becóme.

Sunnan-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-niht, e; f.
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-Ǽlcum gesinhíwum gebyreþ ðæt hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnannihte (nocte diei Dominici), L. Ecg. P. ii. 21; Th. ii. 190, 18. His líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht . . . and hé árás of deáðe on ðone Eásterlícan Sunnandæg, Homl.

Linked entry: Wódnes-niht

brýd-lác

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S. 7, 61. in pl. marriage ceremony, nuptials Is ǽlcum preóste forboden, þæt hí beón ne móton on þá wísan, þe hí ǽr wǽran æt þám brýdlácum, þǽr man óðre síðe wífað where a man marries a second time, priests are forbidden to attend in the way they did

huntian

(v.)
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Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf. . . getimbred hæfð, þæt hé móte . . . huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil. H. 2, 10. Hwæþer gé nú eówer hundas and eówer net fit on ðá sǽlǽdon ðonne gé huntian willaþ?, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 14.

rihtlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtlǽcan, p.-lǽhte

To make right, rectify, correct, amend

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Úton wé nú ǽlces yfeles geswícan and rihtlǽcan ús sylfe on eallan þingan, 174, 30.

á-wyrtwalian

(v.)

to pluck up or out by the rootto extirpateeradicateexterminateto pluckdraw away

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Sió slǽwð ús áwyrtwalað from ǽlcre lustbǽrnesse gódra weorca, Past. 283, 4

hád

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Ǽlces hádes men . . . húruþinga Godes þeówas, Ll. Th. i. 304, 24. Betre him wǽre ðæt hé on lǽssan háde (as a layman) his líf geendode, Past. 31, 25.

for-seón

to despisehold in contemptto rejectto rejectto refuse

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Hé sǽde ꝥ se abbot him heafde forsegon he said that the abbot had treated him with contempt, 1066; P. 199, 7. to reject with scorn. to reject what is offered Hér bræc se here þone frið, and forsáwon ǽlc frið þe Eádweard and his witan him budon, Chr.

hweogol

(n.)
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, an; m. a wheel of any kind Ǽlc gesceaft hwearfað on hire selfre swá swá hweól, Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 33.

Linked entries: sceard-hweogol hwegl

spor

(n.)
Grammar
spor, es; n.

a trace, track, spoor a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. a woundtracing, tracking

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Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull ge æt spore ge æt midráde, L. Ath. v. 4; Th. i. 232, 11. Befæste mon ðæt spor landes mannum, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 5

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Ðæt ǽlc stán ne sý fram óðrum ádón, 79, I. Heora ongon ǽlc cweðan tó óðrum, 149, 29. Ða lǽstas on óðerne mǽgwlite oncyrran, 127, 19. On óðre wisan, 205, 21. Nú hæbbe wé broht óðer sylfor ( aliud argentum ), Gen. 43, 22.

flíma

(n.)

a run-awaydeserteran apostatean outlawexilean outcastwretch

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Ǽlc flýma beó flýma on ǽlcum lande þe on ánum sý, 296, 21. Pastio latronum latitantium in siluis qui spoliant et occidunt alios, quos Angli uocant fléman, Ll. Lbmn. 614, I.

Linked entry: flýma

HÚSEL

(n.)
Grammar
HÚSEL, húsul, húsl, es; n.

The HOUSELthe Eucharist

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Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 15-24. Ðæm folce húsl syllan Eucharistiam populo dare, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507,13. Hé frægn hwæðer hí ǽnig húsel ðǽrinne hæfdon. Ðá andswaredon hí hwylc þearf is ðé húsles . . .

Linked entry: húsl