un-ceás
Absence of quarrel ⬩ inhostility
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H.) áð the kinsmen of the dead man shall swear to the slayer an oath that they will have no quarrel with him, L. M. 35; Th. i. 124, 8.
egle
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for-gangan
to forgo ⬩ abstain from
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Hé sceal fæstan tó nónes, and forgange (forgán, v. l.) flǽsc and wín jejunare debet ad nonam, et abstinere se a carne et vino, 134, 20
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notu
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Add Tó singenne sóðlíce notu unrótnysse heortan gefréfrað psallendi enim utilitas tristitiam cordis consolatur, Scint. 33, 7. Note utilitati, An.
sápe
Soap, salve
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Þe wreche peoddare more noise he makeð to ȝeien his sope, þen a riche mercer al his deorewurðe ware, A. R. 66, 18. Similar entries (? v. sáp)
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BRÚ
A BROW, an eye-brow, eye-lash ⬩ cilium, supercilium, tauto ⬩ supercilium ⬩ the forehead, brow
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A BROW, an eye-brow, eye-lash; cilium, supercilium, tauto Brúa cilia, Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 62; Wrt. Voc. 42, 70. Brúwa cilium [ = cilia ], Wrt. Voc. 64, 35: 282, 49. Brúwa tautones, Wrt. Voc. 64, 28.
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crucet-hús
A torment house ⬩ afflictionis domus
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A torment house; afflictionis domus Sume hí diden in crucet-hús, ðæt is in án ceste ðæt was scort, and nareu, and undép, and dide scærpe stánes ðérinne, and þrengde ðe man ðǽrinne, ðæt him brǽcon alle ðe limes some they put into a crucet-house, that
tó-springan
To spring asunder ⬩ fly to pieces ⬩ to crack ⬩ burst open
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Hí becómon tó ðám ísenan geate and ðæt tósprang ðǽrrihte him tógeánes they came to the iron gate, and it burst open straightway at their approach, 382, 12. Tósprang dissilit, Germ. 399, 272. Tóspringe crepet, 398, 112
a-þoht
A thinking out ⬩ an excogitation ⬩ a device ⬩ an invention ⬩ commentum
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A thinking out, an excogitation, a device, an invention; commentum, Cot. 35
heofon-hwealf
The vault of heaven,
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Kmbl. 1089; An. 545: 2803; An. 1404
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heofon-þrym
Heavenly glory or majesty,
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Kmbl. 962; An. 481: 3436; An. 1722
ge-tellan
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Th. i. 68, 35. where a total which is formed by two or more objects is given as so and so Wæs geteald ǽfen and merigen tó ánum dæge evening and morning were reckoned a day, Lch. iii. 232, 11. to consider Hwæt is bearn mannes þet þú getelest (reputas
L
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Thus in the translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care and in the Parker MS. of the Chronicle alle, onwald are found as well as ealle, onweald, while in Ælfric's Homilies they are regularly written in the latter form.
ge-tácnung
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Add: a sign, mark. a mark made on an object Bóceras habbað on heora cræfte tácna . . . and mé þingð wynsumlic ꝥ ic þǽra preósta notas þám bócerum gekýðe þe lǽs þe hig witan þá rímcræftige weras sýn bútan cræftigum getácnungum, Angl. viii. 333, 19. a
in-gehygd
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Add: mind, thoughts Hié þá eorþlican sorga forlélon and Þá ingehyd heora heortan on þone heofonlican hyht gestaþelodon, Bl. H. 135, 29. On þám is godcundnesse wén þe manna ingehygd wát and can, 179, 26.
FÚS
Ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ prompt ⬩ quick ⬩ eager ⬩ hastening ⬩ prone ⬩ inclined ⬩ willing ⬩ ready for death ⬩ dying ⬩ promptus ⬩ cĕler ⬩ părātus ⬩ prōnus ⬩ cŭpĭdus ⬩ propĕræ morti devōtus ⬩ mŏrĭbundus
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Geseah ic ðæt fúse beácen wendan wǽdum and bleóm I saw the hastening beacon change in hangings and colours, Rood Kmbl. 42; Kr. 21.
þeór
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Drenc wiþ þeórádle ... gif hé on þam innoþe biþ þonne ádrífþ hine ðes drinc út (hé and hine may, perhaps, be taken as referring to þeór, as ádl is fem. ), 118, 1-12. The meaning, too, is doubtful.
eáre
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Hé him mildheortnesse eáron ontýnde, 107, 1. a handle on a pot. Cf. Icel. eyra a handle on a pot, see N. E. D. ear, ll. 8, and next word
ge-bann
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Add Geban edictum, Wrt.
frymþ
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Þonne hý æt frymðe gemétað at their first meeting, Cri. 1666. Swylc hé æt frymðe wæs, Ph. 239. Þǽr þú wurde æt frymðe fugel if thou hadst been born a bird, Seel. 79.