béhþ
A token ⬩ sign ⬩ proof ⬩ signum ⬩ testimonium
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A token, sign, proof; signum, testimonium Heó hét hyre þínenne ðæs herewǽðan heáfod to béhþe blódig ætýwan ðám burhleódum she ordered, her servant to shew the bloody head of the leader of the army to the citizens as a token Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 6; Jud
hyge-rún
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A secret of the mind or heart Cyriacus hygerúne ne máþ gástes mihtum tó Gode cleopode Cyriacus did not conceal the secret of his heart, but with the powers of the spirit cried to God, Elen. Kmbl. 2196; El. 1099. v. Grmm. A. u. E. 139
swylt-cwalu
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Death-pang, death, of the death of the body 3 QÐæs gástes síð æfter swyltcwale, Andr. Kmbl. 311; An. 156. of the death of the soul Gif seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoð habban . . . on swyltcwale and in sárum sorgum, Wulfst. 188, 4.
wer-tihtle
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An accusation where the crime of which a person is accused involves the payment of the wer; the crime itself Be wertyhtlan. Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4
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ge-segen
A saying, telling, conversation, relation, tradition ⬩ dictum, narratio, relatio, traditio
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Þurh gesegene ðæs árwurþan biscopes Cynebyrhtes through the conversation of the reverend bishop Cynebyrht, Bd. pref; S. 472, 21. Mid Isses gesægene [gesegnum, MS. B.] ðæs árwurþan Abbudes by the conversation of the reverend abbot Isi, 472, 20.
freó-sceatt
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Property entirely at the owner's disposal, property of which the owner has absolute possession Ná þá áne þe freó synt, ac gyt má þá þe ǽhtborene synt and óþera manna freósceattas (freó sceattas?)
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hóh
'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'
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Dipl. iii. xxvi, where see the references to the various forms.
hirde-wyrt
chlora perfoliata. ⬩ erythæa centaureum,
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the greater, chlora perfoliata. the lesser,erythæa centaureum, Lchdm. iii. 332, col. 1
bearhtm
Brightness ⬩ glittering ⬩ scintillation ⬩ twinkling ⬩ glance ⬩ claritas ⬩ splendor ⬩ nitor ⬩ scintillatio ⬩ acies
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Ðæt biþ an eágan bearhtm [MS. bryhtm] that is in the twinkling of the eye, in a moment, Bd. 2, 13 ; S. 516, 20
eal-nósu
All nose or all the nose, a swelling of the uvula ⬩ columella, columna nasi
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All nose or all the nose, a swelling of the uvula; columella, columna nasi Eal ufweard nósu tota ascendens columna nasi, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 86; Wrt. Voc. 43, 18. Eall-nósu, Mann: eal-nósu the swelling of the uvula; columella. v. Som.
ge-sǽlig
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[The gloss in which the word occurs is: Wicbora, gesǽli signifer, i. qui signum fert, An. Ox. 3808.The passage glossed is: Signifer duelli fertur. . . Napier suggests that ge-sǽli should be read, and that the gloss belongs to fertur.
ge-stun
A noise ⬩ stun ⬩ crash ⬩ whirlwind ⬩ strĕpĭtus ⬩ frăgor ⬩ turbo
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A noise, stun, crash, whirlwind; strĕpĭtus, frăgor, turbo Ðæt gestun and se storm brecaþ bráde gesceaft the stun and the storm shall break the broad creation, Exon. 22 b; Th. 61, 27; Cri. 991.
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notu
use ⬩ profit ⬩ advantage ⬩ an office ⬩ employment ⬩ the discharge of an office ⬩ conduct of business
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deans be arranged in the monastery, that no single person grow proud, when the conduct of business is committed to many, 125, 8-11
egeleásness
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Confidence, presumption Þá þíne welan þe þú ( the devil) on fruman begeáte æt þæs ǽrestan mannes egeleásnesse (from his not having the fear of God before his eyes ) and unhýrsumnesse, Bl. H. 85, 31
fór
a hog
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Ox. 20, 4: porca (but the passage glossed is the same as in the preceding), 22, 3. Add
ic
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Of láme ic þe leoðo gesette, geaf ic þé lifgendne gǽst, árode þé ofer ealle gesceafte, Cri. 1382. Ic þurh Iúdas ǽr hyhtful gewearð and nú gehýned eom þurh Júdas eft, El. 922. Add
súgan
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The verb seems to describe hiccough, and the passage at Lch. ii. 192, 13 might be translated 'when he has hiccough'. The form at Lch. ii. 160, 1 is sýgeþ
ÉST
will, consent, grace, favour, liberality, munificence, bounty ⬩ bĕnĕplăcĭtum, consensus, grātia, bĕnĕvŏlentia, mŭnĭfĭcentia ⬩ delicacies ⬩ dēlĭciæ
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Hie on þanc curon æðelinges ést they accepted thankfully the chieftain's bounty. Cd. 112; Th. 147, 21; Gen. 2443. He gearwor hæfde ágendes ést ǽr gesceáwod he had previously more fully experienced the owner's favour, Beo. Th. 6142; B. 3075: Andr.
ge-reord
Language, speech, tongue, voice
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Ðá wǽron ða apostolas cweðende to him hwonon him ða wundorlícan gereordo cóman then the apostles were saying to him whence came to him those wonderful speeches, Blickl. Homl. 153, 9.
ge-reord
A meal, refection, food
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Be ðam líflícum gereorde concerning the vital refection, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 24. Óððæt ðæt gereorde gefylled wæs until the meal was finished, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 26. Cyninga gereordo regum convivia, Cot. 93.