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hin-síþ

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Perhaps the glosses took the word to be plural and used in the sense 'end of life', and intended to express the idea by hinsíðas. Cf. insíðgryre for hinsíðgryre, Sae. 456), Txts. 181, 39. Add:

earnian

(v.)
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Th. i. 178, 8. to obtain as the reward of labour, to earn wages (with acc. or clause) Ðú miht ongitan be þám þe nánne mon ne lyst þæs þinges þe hine lyst, ne þæs þe hé déþ, ac þæs þe hé mid þám earnaþ . . .

ge-wil

(adj.)
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Ealle þá worold on hiora ágen gewill onwendende upsetting all the world at their own sweet will, 1, 10; S. 48, 10.

freóls-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
freóls-bóc, e; f.

A charter of freedomlībertātis chartaχάρτης

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A charter of freedom; lībertātis charta =χάρτης Ðis is seó freólsbóc to ðan mynstre æt Byrtúne, ðe Æðelréd cyng æfre écelíce gefreóde this is the charter of freedom to the monastery at Burton, which king Æthelred for ever freed. Th. Diplm. A.

swegel-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
swegel-dreám, es; m.
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Cheruphim and Seraphim on swegeldreámum, Andr. Kmbl. 1439; An. 720. Swáse swegl-dreámas gé ( the good at the day of judgment ) geseón mósten, Exon. Th. 82, 35; Cri. 1349. Cf. heofon-dreám

wiþ-cwedenness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-cwedenness, e; f.

Gainsayingcontradictionopposition

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Gainsaying, contradiction, opposition Hí woldon hine besyrewian æt his lífe, and habban syþðan his ríce bútan ǽlcre wiðcweðenesse, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 36 note. Tó wetre wiðcwedenisse ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Surt. 105, 32.

Linked entry: cwedenness

ge-delf

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Th. i. 562, 14, v. marmstán-, ymb-gedelf. an excavation, a ditch, quarry, hole

ge-brycgian

(v.)
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ge-brycgian, p. ode; pp. od.
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to bridge a road, cover with planks, stones, &c. so as to make it passable Wearð æteówod . . . án weg fram ðám húse þe hé on gewát . . . ástreht oð heofonan. Se weg wæs mid pællum gebricgod, Hml. Th. ii. 186, 34. to bridge a stream

Linked entry: brycgian

hálig-ern

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Add: — Háligern archanum, Germ. 395, 42. Ðæt háliern wearð geopenod and þá lác wǽron in gebróhte, Ap. Th. 24, 6. On hálierne sacello, An. Ox. 3237. Oð ic ingá on háligern donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 17.

hlǽw

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GÚÞ

(n.)
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GÚÞ, e; f. [a poetical word]

War, battle, fightbellum

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Kmbl. 2661; An. 1332. Æt ðære gúþe Gárulf gecrang at the battle fell Garulf, Fins. Th. 62; Fin. 31. Ðǽr ðú gúþe findest there wilt thou find conflict, Andr. Kmbl. 2698; An. 1351.

ild

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Add: Seó mearewæste cildes yld tenerrima infantis etatula, An. Ox. 2867. Hé his ealdan ylde ofergetiligende . . . arn, Hml. S. 23 b, 185.

mearu

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D. 119, 17. (1 a) of age, tender age or years :-- Seó mearewæste cildes yld tenerrima infantis etatula, An. Ox. 2865. On mearuwes[tan] in tenerrima (pubertate), 1633.

hád

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Gerceafte under heofonum hádas cennað micle and mǽte, Gú. 23, an order in a society, a rank, degree, an office Men ǽlces hádes, heáne and ríce men of every degree, high and low, Guth. 66, 6. Swá man bið mihtigra oþþe máran hádes, Ll.

Assan dún

(n.)
Grammar
Assan dún, e ; f. [assan, dún a hill: 'Assendun S. Hovd. i. e. vertente Florent. mons asini,' Gib.]

Assingdon or Ashingdon, in Essex

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Assingdon or Ashingdon, in Essex Se cyning offérde hí innon Eást-Seaxan, æt ðære dúne ðe man hǽt Assandún the king overtook them in Essex, at the hill which is called Assingdon, Chr. 1016; Th. 282, 19, col. 2: 1020; Th. 286, 16, 19, col. 1

be-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wendan, p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend

To turn, turn round or about, convertvertere, convertere

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Æt sumum cyrre bewend aliquando conversus, Lk. Foxe 22, 32

BOX

(n.)
Grammar
BOX, es; m? n?

The BOX-treebuxusbuxus sempervirensthe box-tree or box-wood

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Æt ðam boxe, of ðam boxe at the box-tree, from the box-tree, Cod. Dipl. 1102; A. D. 931; Kmbl. v. 195, 14

Linked entry: box-treów

borda

(n.)
Grammar
borda, an; m.

a fringeembroidery

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an ornamental border, a fringe Borda prini-cula, ornatus vestimentorum, Hpt. 33, 247, 105: clavia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 10: 14, 40: clava, 131, 53 : lesta, 112, 64: 50, 76. embroidery: Fǽmne æt hyre bordan geríseþ (cf.

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burne

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Voc. ii. 112, 39: An. Ox. 1714: fons, Kent. Gl. 633. Ondlong ðǽre burnan, C.D. iii. 32, 29, Hé eóde tó þǽre burnan accessit ad torrentem, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 24, 6. In ðá burnan, C.D. iii. 33, 8. v. wæter-, wǽðe-burne. Add

cumb

(n.)
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Add:to cumb, Cumb dolium, An. Ox. 56, 30