lǽw
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Injury, weakening Gelíce þám dwǽsan þe for heora prýtan léwe ( through the disastrous effect of their pride ? ) nellað beorgan, Wlfst. 165, 9
ídeling
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A worthless or trifling thing Ídalinga (idala- inga, MS.) friuola (cf. frivola leásunga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 55 : fribula híwunga, An. Ox. 1929), Germ. 389, 89
hydele
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The name of a plant Hǽwen hydele. Genim þás wyrte þe Grécas brittanice and Engle hǽwen hydele nemnað. Lch. i. 126, 4-6: 16, 21. Hǽwen[h]y[l]dele (h has been blotted out and l struck out, Wülck. Gl. 296, 23) brittanice, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 32. Hǽwene hnydele
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hwicce
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A box, chest: — Huice trio (tria columbarium species, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 76. Hwicce clustella (ut t In loco ubi ruricoli nominantur Huiccewudu, C. D. ii. 10, 5
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hwaþerung
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A (hoarse) sound Ic (a file) gyrre mid hásre hwoðrunge garrio rauco cum murmure (stridens ), An. Ox. 26, 14. See preceding word
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smitta
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Add: pollution Wom, smittan inluuiem, i. inmunditiam, An. Ox. 3491. Sió sáwl sceal nýde habban smittan þæs líchoman unþeáwa, 648, note
þeówing
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Rebuke Hé his treówleásnesse mid worda þýwungum (þreáungum, v.l.) fram him sylfum ádráf ejus a se perfidiam dignis increpationibus repulit, Gr. D. 238, 17
druncen
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Ne genihtsumað þé ꝥ þú sylf an ꝥ druncen beyrnst, Chrd. 74, 30. )
ge-bregdness
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Suddenness of movement or action (or terror) Þonne árísað ealle þá men, þá þe mid gebregdnessum on deáþe swulton ( those who died with suddenness (with terrifying circumstances ): the cases mentioned are deaths by burning, drowning, hanging, slaying,
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ÆSP
An ASP or aspen-tree ⬩ populus tremula
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An ASP or aspen-tree; populus tremula Æspan rind the rind of the asp-tree, L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm, ii. 116, 1
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asse
A she-ass ⬩ asina
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A she-ass; asina Uppan assan folan sittende seders super pullum asinæ, Jn. Bos. 12, 15. Finde gyt áne assene ye [two] shall find a she-ass, Mt. Bos. 21, 2. Rit uppan tamre assene rides on a tame she-ass, 21, 5. Lǽddon ða assene to him adduxerunt asinam
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hláford-hyldo
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Fidelity to a lord, loyalty Ac hí gecýðdon raðe ðæs hwylce hláford-hyldo hí þohton to gecýðanne on heora ealdhláfordes bearnum but soon after they shewed what kind of loyalty they intended to shew to the children of their late lord, Ors. 6, 37; Bos.
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rǽdels
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counsel, consideration Seó rédelse and ðæt geþeaht úrra feónda geteorode, Ps. Th. 9, 6. debate, speech in council (v. rǽdan, II b) Rǽdelse concionis, locutionis, Hpt. Gl. 461, 4. conjecture, imagination, interpretation (v. rǽdan, VI a) Rǽswung vel
gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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a gift; as a technical term, the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forþ ne cume if a man buy a wife and the sum agreed upon be not forthcoming, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 5. See
emel
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He sealde emele oððe treówyrme wæstm heora dĕdit ērūcæ f ructus eōrum, s. Spl. C. 77, 51. He sǽde and com gærshoppe and emel ðæs næs ná gerím dixit et vēnit lŏcusta, et brūchus cūjus non ĕrat nŭmĕrus, 104, 32
grin
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Substitute: <b>grin, giren, geren,</b> e; f.: <b>grin,</b> es; n. and add: a snare for taking game, &c. (lit. and metaph.) Hé cymð suá suá grin ofer ealle ðá ðe eardiað ofer eorðan, Past. 129, 22. Úre sáwl is áhred of
BELL
A BELL ⬩ campana ⬩ tintinnabulum ⬩ cymbalum
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A BELL; campana, tintinnabulum, cymbalum Cyrice bell the church-bell. Hleóðor heora bellan a sound of their bell Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, note 40. Belle tintinnabulum Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 39. Hériaþ hine on bellum laudate eum in cymbalis Ps. Lamb. 150, 5.
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feld-ciric
A field-church ⬩ country church ⬩ campestris ecclēsia
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A field-church, country church; campestris ecclēsia Feldcirice griþbryce is, ðǽr legerstów ne sig, mid þrittigum scillingum the 'grith-bryce' of a field-church, where there is no burial-place, is thirty shillings, L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21. Æt feld-circan
fúl
A foul, common or unconsecrated place ⬩ a highway where criminals were buried ⬩ lŏcus profānus
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A foul, common or unconsecrated place, a highway where criminals were buried; lŏcus profānus Sleá mon hine and on fúl lecge let him be slain and be laid in a common place, L. Eth. i. 4; Th. i. 284, 2. Hine man on fúlan lecge let one lay him in a common