scop-leóþ
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A poem Se heora cyning ongan singan and giddian and mid ðæm scopleóþe heora mód swíðe getrymede Tyrtaei ducis composito carmine et pro cocione recitato accensi, Ors. 1, 14 ; Swt. 56, 32.
wrǽstan
to wrest ⬩ twist ⬩ to move the strings of the harp in playing ⬩ plectrum.
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to wrest, twist RUNE hine on ða tungan sticaþ, wrǽsteþ him ðæt wóddor, and him ða wongan briceþ. Salm. Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95. to move the strings of the harp in playing, Cf. wreste of an harpe plectrum.Prompt.
Linked entry: a-wrǽstan
heáfod-ece
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Hé mid ele gesmyrode án licgende mǽden on langsumum sáre ðurh hefigtýmum heáfodece, and hire sóna wæs bet, ii. 150, 6
þeówan
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to press. [ passages here might be taken to next word, q. v. ] Add Þá scóc án oxa his heafod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539.
wlíte
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Add Wlite machina (colorum, ex quibus ornatur praesentis machina mundi, Ald. 273, 6), An. Ox, 23, 58. Hé sǽde him hwilc heora wlitu wæs, and hú hí wǽron gescrýdde, Hml. S. 31, 705. Add Tó bóte cyrican wlites adornamentum ęclesię, Chrd, 82, 12.
hand-þegen
An attendant, one of a retinue, servant
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Willfriþ his preóst and his hond-þeng Wilfrid his priest and attendant; clericus illius, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 27: Cd. 224; Th. 295, 12; Sat. 485
heolstor-loca
A dark enclosure ⬩ prison
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A dark enclosure, prison, Andr. Kmbl. 288; An. 144; 2010: An. 1007
mónaþ
A month ⬩ lunar ⬩ calendar
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Se mónelica mónaþ hæfþ ǽfre on ánum mónþe xxx nihta, and on oðrum nigon and xx. On swá hwilcum sunlícum mónþe swá se móna geendaþ, se byþ his mónaþ.
fíftig
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Án sceolde fíf hund penega and óðer fíftig (fífteih, L.), Lk. 7, 41.
á-licgan
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Add: to be at an end, come to an end, be brought low Mín wynn álæg there was an end to my joy, Ps. Th. 119, 5. Nó hira þrym álæg, An. 3. Ful oft þǽr wíg ne álæg rarely did war cease, Vid. 119. Symbel ne álégon feasts never failed, Reim. 5.
Linked entry: á-lecgan
staþolian
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to establish, found, settle, fix Ic tó ánum ðé mód staðolige to thee alone do I keep my mind constant, Andr. Kmbl. 164; An. 82. Staþelige, Exon. Th. 255. 30; Jul. 222.
hentan
To pursue ⬩ follow after ⬩ seize[?]
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Gif hé man tó deáþe gefylle beó he ðonne útlah and his hente mid hearme ǽlc ðara ðe riht wille if he fell a man to death, let him then be an outlaw, and let every one that desires right pursue him with hue and cry [?], L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 10: L.
wyrt-brǽþ
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Seó cwén com tó Salomone mid lácum on golde, and on deórwurðum gymstánum and wyrtbrǽðum ... Seó geleáfulle gelaðung offraþ Criste wyrtbrǽðas þurh gebeda, Homl. Th. ii. 586, 6-11
Linked entry: brǽþ
un-begunnen
Without beginning
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Without beginning Sum ic eom is edwistlíc word and gebyraþ tó Gode ánum synderlíce, forðan ðe God is ǽfre unbegunnen and ungeendod on him sylfum and ðurh hine sylfne wunigende, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Zup. 201, 9: Wit. Voc. i. 70, 1: Homl.
twelfta
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Hé wæs twelfta sylf, Andr. Kmbl. 1330; An. 665.
Linked entry: epiphania
rún
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Add Adames sagu wearð of gemynde æfter ðám flóde, and Iobales rúna ealle unnytte, and Nóes and Abrahames and mæniges óðres word ofergytene, Wlfst; 3, 38
canonic
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A canon, prebendary; canonicus Ðæt Godes þeówas, biscopas and abbodas, munecas and mynecena, canonicas and nunnan, to rihte gecyrran that God's servants, bishops and abbots, monks and mynchens, canons and nuns, turn to right, L.
helle-hund
A hell-hound
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, and be torn by the teeth of a hell-hound in the awful torments of hell among all the devils without any end, unless he make due reparation before his last day, Cod.
lysu
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What is depraved [v. preceding word] Gif cyning æt mannes hám drincæþ and ðær man lyswæs hwæt gedó ii bóte gebéte if the king be entertained at a man's house, and any evil be done there, let a double fine be paid, L. Ethb. 3; Th. i. 4, 2.
smeart
Smart, painful
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Stede and twei sporen and ane smearte ʒerd O. E. Homl. i. 243, 23. Mid smerte smiten of smale longe ȝerden ii. 207, 6. Me him smæt mid smærte ȝerden Laym. 20318. If men smot it with a yerde smerte (adv.) Chauc. Prol. 149.]