gár-níþ
A spear-battle ⬩ spear-war ⬩ hastātōrum pugna
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A spear-battle, spear-war; hastātōrum pugna Geríseþ gárníþ werum spear-war is fitting for men, Exon. 91 a; Th. 341, 19; Gn. Ex. 128
lang-scip
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A long-ship, a large war-ship Ðá hét Alfred cyng timbran langscipu [other MSS. lange scipu] ongén ða æscas, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 11
pál
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a pale, pole, stake Pál palus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 69. a kind of hoe or spade Delfísen vel spadu vel pál fossorium, 16, 14
hámettan
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Substitute: to bring back to a hám. Cf. hám; II 1 b a. Ealle eówre gyltendras gé hámetað omnes debitores uestros repetitis, Chrd. 116, 1
blonca
A grey horse ⬩ equus albus
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A grey horse; equus albus Beornas and bloncan mid warriors and their grey horses with them, Exon. 106 a; Th. 405, 5; Rä. 23, 18
Linked entry: blanca
GELM
A YELM ⬩ handful ⬩ manĭpŭlus
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A YELM, handful; manĭpŭlus Genim gréne mintan, ǽnne gelm take green mint, a handful, L. M. 1, 48; Lchdm. ii. 120, 22 : iii. 74, 18
Linked entry: gilm
-swelge
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Geswelge barathrum Hpt. Gl. 421, 30. Ge-swelgum charybdibus, voraginibus, 513, 29. Cf. swelwhe of a water or of a grownde vorago, Prompt. Parv. 482. [
canter-stæf
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A staff used by a cantor (v. preceding word)] III. canterstafas III. baculi cantorum (baculi quibus in ecclesia utebantur cantores, Migne), Cht. Th. 429, 23
frowe
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A lady Seó frowe þe ús freán ácende ( the Virgin Mary ), Dóm. L. 291. [From (?) O. H. Ger. frouwa domina, matrona.] Cf. freó a lady
hring-weorþung
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Substitute: A ring given to do honour to the receiver, a costly ring. v. weorþung; <b>III,</b> and sinc-weorþung
wæter-gyte
A pouring of water, a water-course
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A pouring of water, a water-course — Endlyfta is aquarius,ðæt is wætergyte (-scyte, MS. R.), oððe se ðe wæter gýt. Lchdm. iii. 246, 4
Linked entry: wæter-scyte
bricg-bót
A repairing of a bridge ⬩ pontis instauratio
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A repairing of a bridge; pontis instauratio Bricg-bóta aginne let the repairings of bridges be begun, L. G. S. 10; Th. i. 380, 27
hæc
A hatch, grating, a gate made of latticework ⬩ a wicket, or hatch of a doore
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A hatch, grating, a gate made of latticework [?] Of ðare ealdan hæcce, Th. Chart. 394, 15, 21 : 395. 10, 22, 28 : 396, 4, 5, 14
cniht-gebeorþor
A boy-bearing ⬩ child-bearing; ⬩ pueri partus
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A boy-bearing, child-bearing; pueri partus On ðæm cnihtgebeorþre heó á clǽne þurhwunode in child-bearing she continued ever immaculate Homl. Blick. 3, 12
smillan
to cause to crack as a whip, ⬩ To crack as a whip ⬩ to crack ⬩ to cause to crack
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to cause to crack as a whip, etc. intrans. To crack as a whip Under smyllendum gyrdum weóp crepantibus flevit sub ferulis, Germ. 388, 7
Linked entry: smyllende
BLÁT
Livid, pale, ghastly ⬩ lividus, pallidus ⬩ livor
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Livid, pale, ghastly; lividus, pallidus Þurh ðæs beornes breóst blát weóll waðuman streám a livid stream bubbled in waves through the man's breast, Andr. Kmbl. 2560; An. 1281. Hungres on wénum, blátes beódgæstes in expectation of hunger, of a pale table-guest
Linked entry: ǽ-blǽte
búc
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Add: a vessel Búc lagena, An. Ox. 56, 54. Him wearð geboren tó búc ful wæteres, Hml. Th. ii. 422, 29. Butas (búcas ?), bléda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17. glossing buccula ( = a cheek?, or the beaver of a helmet?, or the boss of a shield?; from
earmian
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Substitute: To cause pity in a person (dat.). [For constructions cf. of-hreówan.] used impersonally with gen. of cause Hwám ne maeg earmian swylcere tíde to whom will there not be pity for such a time?, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 4. with cause of pity as subject
hleápere
a landleaper ⬩ vagrant ⬩ a horse-man
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Add: one who runs about the country, a landleaper (v. N. E. D.), vagrant Fífte cyn is wídscriþelra hleápera (circum-cellionum ), R. Ben. 135, 20. one who mounts a horse, a horse-man, Similar entries v. hleápan ; II a Hleáperas (-es, MS.), rǽdehere,