díc
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Add: an excavation, ditch, pit; fossa, fovea Díc fossa, pyt puteus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 57. Ðǽr fyxan díc tó bróce gǽð, C. D. ii. 29, 1. Of ðǽm pytte on ðone díc ... ondlong dices ðéh sió díc forscoten wǽre, iii. 168, 35. On ðá ealdan díc; andlang díce
ge-þungen
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Add: in respect to age, advanced, mature Geþungen yld and swýðe eald yld ... hærfest and geþungen yld geférlǽcað, and winter and yld áteoriað, Angl. viii. 299, 25-27. Swylce hit cild wǽre ... swylce hé medemre ylde man wǽre, and óðre hwíle swylce hé
in-gang
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Add: an entrance, a place or way by which one enters, a doorway, vestibule Seó byrgen is on Hierusalem ... Se ingang is eástan in, and on ðá swíðran healfe þǽm ingange is stǽnen bedd, Shrn. 69, 2-4. Æðelic ingong ... duru ormǽte, Cri. 308. Bið se torr
BREÓST
the breast of man or beast; ⬩ pectus ⬩ the breasts; ⬩ ubera ⬩ The heart, mind, thought ⬩ pectus, cor, mens
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the breast of man or beast; pectus Ðæt míne breóst wereþ that defends my breast, Beo. Th. 911; B. 453. On breóstum læg lay on my breast, 1109; B. 552. He beót his breóst percutiebat pectus suum, Lk. Bos. 18, 13. Blíð on breóstum mild in the breast [stomach
hleápan
To LEAP, ⬩ jump, ⬩ dance, ⬩ run
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To LEAP, jump, dance, run Ic hleápe salio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 45. Ðonne hleápþ se healta swá swá heort the lame shall leap as a hart, Homl. Th. ii. 16, 18. Se ðe hleápeþ he who dances, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 11; Vy. 83. Hé hleóp on ðæs cyninges stédan
Linked entries: hleápere hleápettan hlípe
tin-treg
Torment
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Torment Ðǽr (in heaven) ne biþ nán besárgung ðæra mánfulra yrmðe, ac heora tintrega becymþ ðam gecorenum tó máran blisse, Homl. Th. i. 334, 11. Nis ðǽr ne caru ne hreóh tintrega (cf. hreóge tintrega, Wulfst. 139, 30), Dóm. L. 261. Ðæt wæs helle tintreges
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streám
A stream, current, flowing water
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A stream, current, flowing water; in the plural used of the sea in poetry Streám vel wǽto irriguum, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 9. Streám fluens, ii. 149, 68: alveus, i. 54, 26. Streám, streúm rema, reuma, Txts. 92, 855. Streámum, streaumum, streúm torrentibus,
Dene-mearc
DENMARK ⬩ Dānia
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DENMARK; Dānia, Cimbrĭca Chersonēsus = Χερσόνησσs, f. a land island, peninsula; from χέρσos, χέρρos land, and νήσos, oτ; f. an island [Dene the Danes,-denu a plain, vale, valley; and mearc a boundary. The Saxon Chronicle, in 1005, 1023, 1036, has Denemearc
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Élíg
The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
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The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire; insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Is Élíg ðæt land on Eást-Engla mǽgþa, hú hugu syx hund hída, on eálondes gelícnesse; is eall mid fenne and mid wætere ymbseald, and fram genihtsumnesse ǽla ða ðe on ðám ylcan fennum
mæssian
To say mass
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To say mass Be ðam sacerde ðonne hé mæssaþ hwæt hé on him hæbbe de iis quibus indutus esse debet sacerdos, cum missarn celebrat, L. Edg. C. tit. ix.; Th. ii. 128, 19. Mæssode se apostol ðam folce. Homl. Th. ii. 478, 14. For mé gelómlíce mæssaþ pro me
neoþe-
Low ⬩ situated beneath ⬩ bottom of
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Low, situated beneath, bottom of (the noun with which the adjective agrees) Niþeweard fót planta; hóh niþeweard calx, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 73, 75. Is se hals gréne nioþoweard and ufeweard, Exon. Th. 218, 23; Ph. 299. On nyþewerdum ðam munte ad radices montis
ge-mang
a mingling together, mixture, crowd, throng, company, multitude, an assemblage, a congregation ⬩ commixtio, turba, cœtus, sŏcietas ⬩ an assembly for legal or other business
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a mingling together, mixture, crowd, throng, company, multitude, an assemblage, a congregation; commixtio, turba, cœtus, sŏcietas Ic bebeóde wundor geweorþan on wera gemange I command a miracle to be done in the midst of men, Andr. Kmbl. 1460; An. 730
sufel
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Anything, whether flesh, fish, or vegetable, eaten with bread, sowl ['Anything used to flavour bread, such as butter, cheese, etc., is called sowl in Pembrokeshire,' Halliwell]; pulmentarium Sile him fórmete on hláfe and on sufle and on wíne dabis viaticum
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Súþr-íge
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The people or district of Surrey Cantware him tó cirdon and Súþríge and Súþ-Seaxe, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 22. Cantwara ríce and Súþrígea and Súþ-Seaxna, 836; Erl. 66, 3. Súþrígea, 855; Erl. 70, 19. On Súþrígena lande be Temese streáme in regione Sudergeona
un-gewit
madness ⬩ insanity ⬩ folly ⬩ stupidity
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madness, insanity Nán unhál cild, ne deáf, ne blind, ne ungewittes, Homl. Ass. 179, 322. Hié sindon suá micle wætlícor tó oferbúgánne suá mon ongiet ðæt hié on máran ungewitte beóð tanto caute declinandi sunt, quanto et insane rapiuntur, Past. 40; Swt
bindan
to bind ⬩ to fasten to ⬩ knit
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Add Ic beó bunden ligor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 30. to bind, tie up in a bundle Gadriað þone coccel and bindað (alligate) sceáfmǽlum, Mt. 13, 30. to fasten to, on Hig bindað hefige byrðena, Mt. 23, 4. Beágas bundan boias (in collo) nectunt, Wrt. Voc. ii
bend
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Bend columbar, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 44; lunula, 62: vincula vel ligamen, 86, 36. Ic geann mínum feówer cnihtum ánes bendes on twéntegum mancussum goldes, Cht, Th. 531, 3. Bende repagulo, freno, An. Ox. 2399. Gewriðen mid ðǽm bende (ligamine), Past. 123, 14
gladian
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Add: intrans. to be bright, shine, gleam (of polished metal) On him gladiað gomelra láfe, B. 2036. to be glad, rejoice Hwílon heó besárgað hyre líchoman sárnissa, hwílon heó gladað on gódum gelimpum, Hml. S. 1, 221. (2 a) to rejoice in something possessed
leáf
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Add: a leaf of a tree, plant, &c. Leáf folium, rind cortix Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 77. Nǽfre brosniað leáf under lyfte, Ph. 39. Lytle hwíle leáf beóð gréne, Sal. 312. Hleófa (leáf, R.) folia Mt. L. 24, 32. Þú þá treówa on hærfesttíd heora leáfa bereáfast
mæssian
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Take here mæssian, placed wrongly in Dict. after mæsse-hrægel, and add Sé pápa mid his ágenum handum him his pallium on sette . . . and hé syððan mid þám pallium þǽr mæssode (mæssan sang, v.l.), swá se pápa him gewissode, Chr. 1022; P. 157, l. Messode