cræftiga
A craftsman ⬩ workman ⬩ artificer ⬩ architect ⬩ artifex ⬩ opifex ⬩ architectus
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Swá swá ǽlc cræftega þencþ his weorc as every artificer considers his work Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 4. Se cræftga geférscipas fæste gesamnaþ the artificer firmly unites societies Bt. Met. Fox 11. 184; Met. 11. 92; Exon. 8a; Th. 1. 22; Cri. 12.
beáh
a crown ⬩ garland ⬩ a collar ⬩ necklace ⬩ a shackle for the neck ⬩ a bracelet ⬩ a circle,
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Ox. 5260. a circle, Similar entries v. beáh-hyrne Eáge oculus, seó papilla, beág corona (cf. in a list of similar words :-- Circulus ðæs seó hringc, . . . corona vel circulus wulderbeáh, 42, 72-43, 5), Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 54: ii. 16, 48
ge-met
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III. a measure, an instrument for measuring :-- False gewihta and wóge gemeta, Ll. Th. i. 310, 13. a vessel Éghuælc án wæs tuisestre gemet, Jn.
ongeagn
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. :-- Man dráf út his módor ongeán þone weallendan winter, Chr. 1037 P. 160, 16. in contravention or violation of right, custom Þeáh ðe hwá cweðe tállic word ongeán mé, him bið forgifen . . . sé ðe cweð word ongán ðone Hálgan Gást, ne bið hit him forgifen
ymb-hwyrft
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</b> a district, region, world ( = part of the world occupied by a particular people) :-- Hí férdon geond eallum Rómániscum ymbhwyrfte they went through all the Roman world Homl. Th. ii. 30, 28. Gang óð ðæt ðú ðone ymbhwyrft alne canne, Cd.
má
More ⬩ rather ⬩ further
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Ðá ne wolde se pápa ðæt geþafigean ne ða burhware ðon má then the pope would not permit it, no more would the citizens; et si pontifex concedere illi quod petierat voluit, non tamen cives potuere permittere, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 33 : Ps.
CYRTEL
KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat ⬩ palla, tunica
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Bos. 5, 40; to hym that wole stryue with thee in dome, and take awey thi coote, leeue thou to hym and thin ouer clothe, Wyc. Næbbe ge ne twá tunecan [cyrtlas, Mt. Kmbl.
for-súwian
To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre ⬩ tăcēre ⬩ retĭcēre
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We woldon iówra Rómána bismora beón forsúgiende we would pass in silence over the shames of you Romans, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 23. Gif hí unriht spræcaþ, oððe riht forsúwiaþ if they speak the wrong, or keep silent the right, Job Thw. 166, 14: Homl.
for-tredan
To tread upon ⬩ tread under foot ⬩ conculcāre ⬩ calcāre
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To tread upon, tread under foot; conculcāre, calcāre Ðæt ðú cunne fortredan ðas woruld that thou mayest tread down this world, Homl. Th.ii. 392, 34. Ic fortrede conculco, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 43.
frig
Free ⬩ noble ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis
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Gif se frigea ðý dæge wyrce if a freeman work on that day, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 5: 74; Th. i. 150, 1. Eal swá ǽlcan frigean men gebýreþ sīcut omnis līber făcĕre dēbet, L. R. S. 3; Th. i. 432, 23: L. In. 74; Th. i. 150, 3
Frig-dæg
FRIDAY ⬩ Friga's day ⬩ dies Vĕnĕris
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FRIDAY, Friga's day, the day on which the heathens worshipped the goddess Friga, or Venus, the consort of Woden and protectress of matrimony; dies Vĕnĕris Man singe ǽlc Frigdæge æt ǽlcum mynstre, ealle ða Godes þeówan, án fíftig sealmas for ðone cyng
hefigian
to make heavy ⬩ oppress ⬩ grieve ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ to become heavy ⬩ to be aggravated or increased ⬩ to be burdened or oppressed
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Wolde mé hefigad beón mid sáre mínes sweoran me dolore colli voluit gravari, 589, 28. to become heavy, to be aggravated or increased, to be burdened or oppressed Hú sió byrðen wiexþ and hefegaþ molem crescentis tentationis, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 163, 12.
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mearcian
to make a mark on anything ⬩ to mark out ⬩ design
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Lind. 27, 66. to mark out, design Ǽlc cræftega þencþ and mearcaþ his weorc on his móde ǽr hé it wyrce every artificer considers and marks out his work in his mind before he does it, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 4.
mearh
Marrow ⬩ pith ⬩ a sausage
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Voc. i. 286, 53 (given amongst words de suibus). Mearh medulla vel lucanica, 44, 42. Mid mearche cum medulla, Cant. M. ad fil. 14. Wuduþistles ðone grénan mearh ðe biþ on ðam heáfde, L. M. 3, 70; Lchdm. ii. 358, 1.
nerian
To save
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Hyne God wolde nergan wið níþum, Exon. Th. 135, 16; Gú. 525. Gewiton feorh heora fleame nergan, Cd. Th. 120, 126; Gen. 2000. Nergean, 151, 16; Gen. 2509. Tó nergenne, 234, 1; Dan. 285. Tó nerganne, Exon. Th. 185, ii; Az. 6. Neriende Crist (cf. O.
sciftan
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Cf. shift used of a set of men which succeeds another in work that is carried on continuously, e. g. in a mine Ðá scyfte man Beorn (Harold, MS. , but cf. 1. 21: Ðá læg Godwine eorl and Beorn eorl on Pefensǽ) up ðæs cynges scipe ðe Harold eorl ǽr steórde
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tengan
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Hié hæfdon gecweden ðæt hié ealle emlíce on Latine tengden they had agreed that they all in unbroken order would proceed to the attack of the Latins, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 9
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þearf-líc
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Ðæt him ðearflíc nǽre, ðæt hé ðǽs hálgan hǽse forhule his hláforde that it would not be well for him to conceal the saint's bidding from his lord, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 80. On gódan þeáwan and on þearflícan dǽdan, Wulfst. 121, 2.
þúf
A tuft ⬩ the crest of a helmet ⬩ a kind of standard, made with tufts of feathers
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Similar entries v. þúf-bǽre, and following words. the crest of a helmet(?). v.
an-bídian
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and add: to wait His wíte andbidað on ðǽre tóweardan worulde his punishment waits in the world to come, Hml. S. 16, 305. Andbidað (an-, v. l. ), se déma, Hml. A. 8, 202.