á-heáwan
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Ðá hǽðenan áheówon þæt treów þæt hit sáh tó ðám hálgan were, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 22-34. Ic him hét þá honda of áheáwan, Nar. 17, 1. Áheáwen cesa, i. abscisa, occisa , Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 2. Áhǽwenum absciso , An. Ox. 1552.
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hód
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Ðonne þú cuglan habban wylle, þonne wege þú þínne earmellan and fóh tó þínum hóde, Tech. ii. 127, 17. Nim þú þé be þínum hode, 129, 4.
hymlíc
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Well hemlíc, 78, 6. ¶ in a local name :-- On hemléclége, C. D. iii. 437, 3
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Hæestingas
Hastings
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Ðá férde se cyng tó Hæstingan then the king went to Hastings, 1094; Erl. 229, 35. Hí heafdon ofergán Súþseaxe and Hæstingas [Hæsting, l. 36] they had overrun Sussex and Hastings, 1011; Erl. 144, 27. Tó Hæstinga ceastre at Hastings, L.
CODD
A bag ⬩ sack ⬩ COD ⬩ husk; ⬩ pera ⬩ folliculus ⬩ siliqua
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Ne nime ge nán þing on wege, ne gyrde, ne codd nihil tuleritis in via, neque virgam, neque peram Lk. Bos. 9, 3; 22, 36; Mt. Bos. 10, 10; Mk. Bos. 6, 8. Nim wínberian coddas [MS. coddes] take husks of the grape Lchdm. iii. 112, 13
on-drincan
to drink of
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Ða ðe on wege weorðaþ wætres æt hlimman deópes ondrincaþ de torrente in via bebet, Ps. Th. 109, 8. Ðá ondranc se ðæs wætres, and sealde hit ðæm bréðer . . . and se ondranc eác ðæs wætres, Shrn. 64, 11-12.
Linked entry: in-drincan
spyrd
stadium ⬩ a course ⬩ a measure of distance ⬩ a course ⬩ a distance ⬩ stadium
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In all these passages the West-Saxon uses furlang
Wente
the people of Gwent(the district comprising Monmouth and Glamorgan) ⬩ the same as Waller-wente q. v.
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the people of Gwent(the district comprising Monmouth and Glamorgan) Ealle ða cyngas ðe on ðyssum íglande wǽron he (Athelstane) gewylde ; ǽrest Huwal West-Wala cyning, and Cosstantin Scotta cyning and Uwen Wenta cyning Chr. 926; Erl. 111, 43. the same
Linked entries: Waller-wente Went-sǽte
settan
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Setton scyldas wið weal they set their shields against the wall , Beo. Th. 655 ; B. 325. Sete ðín hand under mín þeóh, Gen. 24, 2: 48, 18.
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hát
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Gif hit wæter sý, hǽte man hit oð hit hleówe tó wylme . . . hit swá hát sý swá wé ǽr cwǽdon, Ll. i 226, 13-20. Wæs þǽre burnan wælm heaðofýrum hát, B. 2547. Hé of þám hátum bæðe ( a vat of boiling oil ) eóde. Hml. Th. i. 58, 29.
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Hwæt dó wé ðæt wé wyrceon Godes weorc (uerco, Lind.: were, Rush.)? Ðá andswarode se Hǽlend : Ðæt is Godes weorc (uerc, Lind.: werc, Rush.), ðæt gé gelýfan on ðone ðe hé sende 6, 29.
ge-lettan
To hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ let ⬩ stop ⬩ retardare ⬩ impedire
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Ac hit wæs ðá ðurh Eádríc ealdorman gelet swá hit ðá ǽfre wæs but matters were hindered by alderman Eadric as they always were then, Chr. 1009; Erl. 143, 1. He wearþ gelet, he was hindered, 1075; Erl. 213, 17
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ge-bétan
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Gebéte mid were ge mid wíte, Ll. Th. i. 62, 4. Gebéte mid fulre bóte, 330, 26. (β 3) by adverb or phrase :-- . ii. bóte gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 4, 2. Gebéte hé ꝥ be þǽm þe seó dǽd sý, swá be were, swá be wíte, 168, 5.
Sunnan-dæg
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Gif wé ða six Sunnandagas of ádóþ, Wulfst. 284, 4. The observance of the Sunday was enjoined by the laws.
lustfullian
To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ take pleasure [in]
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Wé witan ðæt se líchoma ne mæg lustfullian bútan ðam móde cum caro delectare sine animo nequeat, 497, 28. Ðá ongan hé lustfullian ðæs biscopes wordum, 2, 9; S. 511, 34. Ðá ongan se biscop lustfullian his wíslícra worda, 5, 19; S. 637, 46.
slæcness
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Wé sculon manian ða manþwǽran ðæt hié fleón ðæt ðǽr suíðe neáh liegeþ ðære monnþwǽrnesse, ðæt is sleacnes, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 18-22
þryccan
To press ⬩ crush ⬩ oppress ⬩ repress ⬩ trample ⬩ To press ⬩ force a way
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To press, force a way Wé ðás wíc magun fótum áfyllan; folc in ðriceþ meara þreátum and monfarum, Exon. Th. 119, 18; Gú. 256
bisceop-hád
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Ꝥ wé þás þing cýðon be þám tíman his bisceophádes, Gr. D. 67, 25. Se abbod þes biscophádes gernde, Chr. 1048; P. 172, 10. Ðá geár gefilled wǽron his bysceophádes (-háda, v. l.), Bd. 3, 17; Sch. 267, 7: 4, 5; Sch. 380, 13.
earming
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Wé sprecað ymbe God, earmingas be mildheortum, 286, 9. with idea of reprobation Ic, earming, míne lima áwende tó deóflicum weorcum, Angl. xi. 112, 18. Hwæt ðú ( the impenitent thief ) lá, earming, ne ondrǽtst ðú ðé God?, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 12.
fultumend
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Wé sint fultemend eówres gefeán adjutores sumus gaudii vestri, Past. 115, 25. Ꝥ his geongran wǽron his dǽde fultumiendas ( facti illius adjutores ), Gr.