slic
A hammer
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A hammer Sleánde slicc(slicc for slecg?) mallei percutientes Kent. Gl. 723, see the note Hé sceal habban . . . slic (in a list of weaver's implements; slíc (?) an implement for smoothing what is woven, a sleek-stone, cf. slykston amethon Wülck. Gl. 563
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bócere
A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructor ⬩ scriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus
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A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructor; scriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus Ðá cwæþ se bócere, Láreów, well ðú on sóþe cwǽde then the scribe said, Master, thou in truth hast well said, Mk. Bos. 12, 32. Hwæt secgeaþ ða
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síc
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seems also to occur. A sike. 'Sike a watercourse; applied to a natural as well as to an artificial stream; the latter usually constructed to receive the contents of field gutters, for discharge into the river.' Mid-Yorks. Gloss. See also E. D. S. Pub.
ge-maca
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Add: an equal, a fellow, companion of persons Inpar ungemaca; dispar ungelíc; compar gelíc, gemaca; separ ásyndrod gemaca, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 43, . 1-3. Fædores gimaca Patris compar, Rtl. 165, II. Gimacca ( or under ge-mæcca ?), 164, 3. Wolde gé nú ðæt gé
freólsung
A feasting ⬩ celebrating a feast ⬩ sollennĭtas
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A feasting, celebrating a feast; sollennĭtas On middele freólsunga ðíne in mĕdio sollennĭtātis tuæ, Ps. Spl. 73, 5. Healdemon ǽlces Sunnan dæges freólsunge let a man keep every Sunday's festival, L. C. E. 14; Th. i. 368, 11: L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264,
fyren-full
Sinful ⬩ unjust ⬩ wicked ⬩ inīquus ⬩ One who is sinful ⬩ a sinner ⬩ peccātor
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Sinful, unjust, wicked; inīquus Fyrenfulle men geworhton wicked men have wrought, Soul Kmbl. 179; Seel. 90. Used as a noun, One who is sinful, a sinner; peccātor Swá ða fyrenfullan frécne forweorþaþ sic pĕreant peccātōres a făcie Dei, Ps. Th. 67, 2:
ge-setednes
A constitution, law, ceremony, religion ⬩ constĭtūtio, lex, cērĕmōnia, relĭgio
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A constitution, law, ceremony, religion; constĭtūtio, lex, cērĕmōnia, relĭgio Hwæt ys ðeós gesetednys quæ est ista religio? Ex. 12, 26. Fram middaneardes gesetednesse a constĭtŭtiōne mundi, Mt. Bos. 13, 35. Begýmaþ ðisse gesetednysse observābĭtis cērĕmōnias
un-gilda
One who is not a full member of a guild
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One who is not a full member of a guild Æt ǽlcon rihtgegyldan áne byrðene wudes and twá æt ðam ungyldan (cf. (?)for a difference between those in the same gild, Hæbbe ǽlc gegilda .ii. sesteras mealtes, and ǽlc cniht ánne, 613, 32), Chart. Th. 606, 16
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bord-þaca
phalanx
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Substitute: a board for roofing Bordþacan latrariis, fierst laquear, fierste laquearea, hróf lacunar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 52-55. [Cf. Icel. borð-þak a covering of planks; borð-þekja to cover with planks.] a shield-covering, phalanx: Bordðeaca, borohaca
gingre
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a follower, servant (cf. gingra; 2 a). v. Dict. a deputy. Cf. gingra; 2 b Heó arn tó þǽre fǽmnan þe þá ðæs mynstres abbodesse wæs, Hilde gingre (geongra, v. l.) cucurrit ad uirginem, quae tunc monasterio abbatissae uice praefuit, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 470,
irning
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a running, flux. v. irnan; <b>A. III.</b> l Iorning (Herning, Mt. p. 16, 3) blódes profluvium sanguinis, Lk. p. 5, 20. Blódes flóuing ł iorning sanguinis fluxus, Mt. L. 9, 20. a course Ernincg ł ymbgeong decursus, Mt. p. 12, 14
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crypel
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<b>; I.</b> add: cf. On crypelgeat [cripple-gate the low opening in a fence or wall to allow the passage of sheep from one field to another; a stile, D.D.), C.D. v. 215, 8. add: [cripple a frame of wood, D.D.]
úr
A kind of ox ⬩ a bison ⬩ urus
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A kind of ox, a bison; urus: also the name of the U-rune Úr (ᚢ) byþ ánmód and oferhyrned, feohteþ mid hornum mǽre mórstapa, Runic pm. Kmbl. 339, 7; Rún. 2. (The rune is written without representing a word, Exon. Th. 284, 32; Jul. 706.)
walu
The mark left by a blow, a wale
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The mark left by a blow, a wale Walu vibex, wala vibices, Hpt. Gl. 487, 59. Wale vibice, livore, 516, 16. Wala vibices, 510, 41. Stíðra wala swipa asperae invectionis mastigias, 527, 26. [Wale or strype vibex. Prompt. Parv. 514. A wale vibix, Wülck.
bend-feorm
A feast for the reaping [binding] of corn ⬩ a harvest-feast ⬩ firma ad congregandas segetes ⬩ firma messis
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A feast for the reaping [binding] of corn, a harvest-feast; firma ad congregandas segetes, firma messis On sumere þeóde gebyreþ bend-feorm [bén-feorm] for rípe in some one province a harvest-feast is due for reaping the corn L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440,
ceahhetung
cachinnus, cachinnatio
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cachinnus, cachinnatio A loud or cackling laughter. Ðá gehýrde ic mycel gehlýd and ceahhetung, swá swá ungelǽredes folces then heard I a great noise and a cackling laughter, as of rude folk, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 30. Ceahhetung vel cincung cachinnatio,
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in-cniht
domestic servant
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A servant in a house, household or domestic servant Incniht cliens vel clientulus, Wrt. Voc. 72, 80. Incniht parasitus, cliens, domesticus, Hpt. Gl. 427, 483, 514. Se hláford gegaderode micele menigu his incnihta the master gathered together a great
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mealmiht
Sandy ⬩ chalky
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Sandy, chalky(?) Tó mealmehtan leáhe ( the land lay in Surrey ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 394, 13. [E. D. S. Ellis' Farming Words, 'The chalk and mould were so mixed together, that in Hertfordshire we call it a maumy (malmey) earth.' 'A chalk or a maume.
bi-rinnan
to run as a liquid ⬩ To wet, bedew ⬩ fluere, perfundere, irrigare
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to run as a liquid, hence - To wet, bedew; fluere, perfundere, irrigare Ðá wearþ beám monig blódigum teárum birunnen, sæp wearþ to swáte then many a tree became bedewed with bloody tears, their sap became [turned to] blood, Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 19-23;
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blác-hleór
Having a pale face, pale-faced, fair ⬩ pallidus vel candidus genis
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[blác II. pale, hleór a face, cheek] Having a pale face, pale-faced, fair; pallidus vel candidus genis Sceolde monig bláchleór ides bifiende gán many a pale-faced damsel must trembling go, Cd. 92; Th. 118, 23-25; Gen. 1969, 1970: Judth. 11; Thw. 23,