ge-bendan
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Hiene þá burgleóde gebundon . . . Ac hé fealh of þǽm bendum þe hiene mon gebende (lapsus e vinculis), Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 13. Man þá hálgan hæfte and gebende, Hml. S. 23, 105. Gebænde, Wlfst. 14, 6. xi síðan hund þúsenda hí lǽddon gebende, 296, 26.
éþ
More easily
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More easily Ðæt ic ðý éþ mǽge ðæt sóþe leóht on ðé gebringan that I may the more easily bring upon thee the true light, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 20: 19; Fox 70, 3. Ðú meaht éþ gecnáwan thou mightest more easily know, Bt. Met.
sceand-full
Shameful, infamous, vile
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[Him wule þunche swiðe strong and swiðe scondful þet he scal al aȝeuen and seodðan bisechen milce et þan ilke monne þe he haueð er istolen, O. E. Homl. i. 31, 2.]
grǽg-hama
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Add: If the word denotes a living creature the verb gylleð would point to a bird rather than to the wolf. The verb þeótan (q.v.) and the noun geþot are the words used for the howl of the wolf, while gellan (q.v.) is used of the scream of a bird.
cyrc-weard
A churchwarden, sacristan ⬩ ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius
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Se bisceop befran ðone cyrcweard hwǽr ðæs hálgan wǽpnu wǽron the bishop asked the sacristan where the weapons of the saint were, Homl. Th. i. 452, 2. Ðá wæs án cyrce weard Yware wæs geháten there was a sacristan called Yware, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 33
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swíþ-mód
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Thw. 21, 21; Jud. 30: 26, 22; Jud. 340. Swíðmód cyning (Nebuchadnezzar after putting the three children in the furnace), Cd.
spinnan
to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist
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v. spornan) and his feorh forlét a certain foolish man hung himself, so that he moved his feet convulsively (could not rest them on the ground?), and gave up the ghost, Homl. Th. ii. 504, 34. Heó hí sylfe on grine áhéng, ðæt heó fótum span, 30, 23
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flax-fóte
Broad-footed ⬩ flat-footed ⬩ web-footed ⬩ palmĭpes
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Broad-footed, flat-footed, web-footed; palmĭpes Ða fugelas ðe on flódum wuniaþ syndon flaxfóte, ðæt hí swimman mǽgen [MS. magon] the birds that dwell in waters are web-footed, that they may swim, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15
Linked entries: flohten-fóte flox-fóte
handlian
To handle, feel ⬩ tractare
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Hý ða spǽce swá lange handledon they handled the suit so long, Th. Chart. 302, 31. Hálige béc handligan sacros libros manu tractare, L. Ecg. P. iii. 4; Th. ii. 196, 28: 12; Th. ii. 200, 7: Lchdm. iii. 198, 23: 204, 2; 208, 24
gár-getrum
A troop armed with spears ⬩ javelins
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A troop armed with spears, javelins Gárgetrum ofer scild-hreádan sceótend sendaþ flacor flángeweorc the spear-troop, the archers, send over the shields the quivering arrows, Exon. 17 b; Th. 42, 18; Cri. 674
gærs-swín
a swine paid for the privilege of using the lord's woods for the pasturage of swine
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Add: a swine paid for the privilege of using the lord's woods for the pasturage of swine. Cf. cap. 49 of Ine's Laws concerning the illegal pasturing of swine, Ll. Th. i. 132, 11
micel
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Hwǽr beóþ þá glengeas and þá mycclat, gegyrelan þe hé þone líchoman ǽr mid frætwode?, Bl. H. 111, 36. For hwan ne déþ hé ꝥ lǽsse nú hé ꝥ máre dyde?
ryne
A course, run, running, ⬩ an orbit ⬩ course, uninterrupted progress ⬩ a course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood ⬩ course, cycle, lustre ⬩ course of life
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Bi his blodi rune þet ron inne monie studen, O. E. Homl. i. 207, 10. Þe stronge rune of þat blodi stream, Marh. 7, 12. Þer is mest neod hold hwon þe tunge is o rune, A. R. 74, 21
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gér
a year ⬩ annus
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and þearfum the year is the hope of men, when God letteth the earth give her bright fruits to rich and poor, Runic pm. 12; Kmbl. 341, 20; Hick.
hyldan
To bend ⬩ incline ⬩ heel ⬩ tilt
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Hylde hine hleór bolster onféng he bent himself [to the couch] and the pillow received his cheek, Beo. Th. 1380; B. 688. Ðá hig hyra andwlitan on eorþan hyldan cum declinarent vultum in terram, Lk. Skt. 24, 5.
gár-torn
Spear-anger ⬩ rage of darts ⬩ īra tēlis manifestāta
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Spear-anger, rage of darts; īra tēlis manifestāta Hí gártorn geótaþ gífrum deófle they shall pour the rage of darts upon the greedy devil, Salm. Kmbl. 291; Sal. 145
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mold-gewind
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the top of the head Þonne se untruma bið gesmyred on þám moldgewinde ( in vertice) and on foranheáfde and on þan þun-wengon and on his nebbe, Nap. 46
heáfod-weard
A chief guardian, chief officer
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Ðæs herefolces heáfodweardas the leaders of the army, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 3; Jud. 239
DÁ
DOE ⬩ dama
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A DOE;dama Dá damma vel dammula, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Wrt. Voc. 78, 28
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metod-sceaft
Decree of fate ⬩ doom ⬩ fate after death
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Weccaþ of deáþe dryhtgumena bearn tó meotudsceafte the children of men shall awake from death to doom, Exon. 21 a; Th. 55, 24; Cri. 888. Hé forþ gewát metodsceaft seón he died, Cd. 83; Th. 104, 31; Gen. 1743: Beo. Th. 2364; B. 1180.