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BOLD

(n.)
Grammar
BOLD, es; n.

a building, dwelling, house ⬩ ædificium, domicilium, domus ⬩ a superior house, hall, castle, palace, temple ⬩ aula, palatium, ædes ⬩ a builder

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Ne mót ic brúcan burga ne bolda I may not enjoy towns nor palaces, Cd. 216; Th. 273, 19; Sat. 139.

Linked entry: bylda

be-gíman

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Ox. 4353. to attend to (in answer to appeal) To Drihtne ic cleopige and hé begýmð (intendit) mé, Ps. Spl. 76, l. Begím dóm mínne intende judicio meo, 34, 26. Begím þú, God, mé tó fylste Deus, in adjutorium meum intende, R.

ge-sǽlignes

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Add: hap, fortune, v. ge-sǽlig; I Wǽgendre gesǽlignesse fallentis fortunae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 73. Gesǽlinesse fatu, An. Ox. 2627. Hwæt wilnast þú þonne ꝥ þú hæbbe æt swelcre gesǽlignesse? quid autem tanto fortunae strepitu desiderastis ?

Linked entry: sǽligness

sulh

(n.)
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Reference to such men may be found in the section on the gebúr, where it is said: Gif hé aferað ne ðearf hé wyrcan ðá hwíle ðe his hors úte bið, Ll. Th. i. 434, 9. Similar entries See too aferian.

libban

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Hió is án lytel and ðeáh ic mæg ðǽron libban modica est, et tiivet anima mea in ea, 399, 24. Tó tácne þæt hié óþer woldon, oþþe ealle libban oþþe ealle licgean, Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 32. <b>I b.

eall

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Th. ii. 178, 27: 304, 29. Dríg hí and mid wyrttruman mid ealle gewyrc tó dúste, Lch. i. 70, 11. acc. alone, all, quite Bétende eall be bisceopes dóme emendans omnino juxta sententiam episcopi, Ll. Th. ii. 188, 28.

DISC

(n.)
Grammar
DISC, es; m.
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M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 9. Syle me on ánum disce Iohannes heáfod ðæs Fulluhteres da mihi in disco caput Ioannis Baptistæ, Mt. Bos. 14, 8, 11: Mk. Bos. 6, 25, 27. Se ðe his hand on disce mid me dypþ qui intingit mecum manum in cătĭno, 14, 20.

dwolian

(v.)
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Cf. dwolung Ic dwolie deliro, þú dwolast deliras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 5, 6. Wénde se cniht ꝥ hé dwolode ... Hé cwæð: 'Wite þú ꝥ ic náht ne dwolige' cum hunc puer insanire crederet ... dicens: 'Non insanio,' Gr.

forane

(adv.)
Grammar
forane, forne; adv.

beforehand ⬩ Opposite ⬩ in front of ⬩ against

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Lch. i. 110, 24. Forne geán Biccenclife, C. D. iii. 4, 12. Forne gén hys ágen land, iv. 221, 6. ongeán (á-) Oð ꝥ hé eft cume hyre forne ágeán, Lch. iii. 248, 17. tógeánes Ic him eft wille sændan fleógende fláne forane tógeánes, Lch. iii. 52, 25

Linked entry: forene

ge-rǽdnes

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Th. ii. 296, 18. a legal agreement embodied in a charter God þá gehealde for bǽm lífum þe unne ꝥ þeós gerǽdnis stondon móte in écnesse, C. D. ii. 132, 19. þás gerǽdnisse eall se hióréd mid Crístes róde tácne gefæstnodon, 150, 33.

weler

(n.)
Grammar
weler, weler, welur, welor, weolor, weolur, weoler es;m., e;f.

A lip

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Wiþ sárum weolorum, gesmire mid hunige ða weoloras Lchdm. ii. 54, 20. Weleras labia Ps. Spl. 11, 3: Homl. Th. i. 568, 33: Exon. Th. 363, 15; Wal. 54. Weoloras Ps. Th. 11, 3. in Ps.

Linked entry: weoler

ge-hyhtan

(v.)
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Gihyhte in nome Drihtnes speret in nomine Domini Rtl. 19, 27. to look with hope to Tó hwám mæg ic heononforð gehyhtan (-hyltan, MS.) ?, Hml. S. 33, 273. trans. To hope for, hope to get. with acc. Ðæt ꝥ ic gehihte, ꝥ ic hæbbe nú, Hml.

cyrc-bræce

(n.)
Grammar
cyrc-bræce, es; m.

Church-breach, a breaking into a church ⬩ in ecclesiarn irruptio

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Church-breach, a breaking into a church;in ecclesiarn irruptio Ða heáfodleahtras sind, mansliht, cyrcbræce, etc. the chief sins are, murder, church-breach, etc. Homl. Th. ii. 592, 4

fixian

(v.)
Grammar
fixian, p. ode; pp. od [fisc = fix a fish]

To fish ⬩ piscāri

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To fish; piscāri Ic fixige piscor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 27, 11. For hwí ne fixast ðú on sǽ cur non piscāris in mări? Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 1

helle-rúne

(n.)
Grammar
helle-rúne, an; f.

One who is skilled in the mysteries of hell, the region of the dead ⬩ a sorceress ⬩ necromancer

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One who is skilled in the mysteries of hell, the region of the dead, a sorceress, necromancer Hellerúne pythonissa, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 102; Wrt. Voc. 60, 10

Linked entries: hell-rúna hell-rúna

hider-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
hider-weard, adj.

Hitherward ⬩ in this direction

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Hitherward, in this direction Hie ǽr fætte wǽron and beóþ hiderwearde they were before fat and are still disposed this way, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 5. : —

bet-nes

(n.)
Grammar
bet-nes, -ness, e; f. [bet better]

Satisfaction, amends, amendment, recompence ⬩ satisfactio, compensatio

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Satisfaction, amends, amendment, recompence; satisfactio, compensatio Ðæt ic búton betnesse beó mínra synna that I am, without amendment of my sins, L. De Cf. 10; Th. ii. 264, 16

blód-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
blód-lǽtan, p. -lét, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten

To let blood, bleed ⬩ sanguinem emittere, phlebotomare

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To let blood, bleed; sanguinem emittere, phlebotomare Blódlǽtan móna gód ys it is a good moon for letting blood, Lchdm. iii. 184, 11: Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 14

þúsend-mǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
þúsend-mǽle, (?); adj.

A thousand each ⬩ a thousand

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Voc. ii. 58, 19. Betere is tó gebídanne ánne dæg mid ðé ðonne óðera on þeódstefnum þúsendmǽla, Ps. Th. 83, 10

Linked entry: -mǽle

westnorþ-lang

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
westnorþ-lang, adv. or adj. [cf. west-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