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þoll

(n.)
Grammar
þoll, es; m.
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A thole or thowl, a peg in the side of a boat to keep the oar in place Þoll scalmus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 79. Thol, ii. 120, 15

Linked entries: þol wægn-þoll

léf

(n.)
Grammar
léf, n.
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The Latin which the citation translates is: Si in quarta ventus fuerit parui panes sunt in illo anno, so that léf seems = hláf. v. Archiv cxxviii. 56, 12

weorold-geriht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-geriht, es; n.
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S. 2; Th. i. 272, 23-31

heán-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
heán-mód, adj.

Dejected, cast down, humiliated

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Ic sceal feor ðonan heánmód hweorfan I must go far thence with humiliated heart, 71 a; Th. 265, 32; Jul. 390

hlyst

(n.)
Grammar
hlyst, es; m: e; f.

The sense of hearing, hearing, listening

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Gif [mon] yfelne hlyst hæbbe if a man have bad hearing, i. 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 26

tæbere

(n.)

some implement used in weaving

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some implement used in weaving Tæbere claus (the word occurs in a list de arte textoria; but in an almost identical list, p. 282. the form is teltre. v. teld-treów), Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 27. (?)

a-secgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-secgan, -sæcgan; p. -sægde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd [a out, secgan to say]

To speak outdeclareexpresstellsayrelateexplainannounceproclaimedicereeffariexprimerereferreenarrareannunciare

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Óþ ðæt ic asecge donec annunciem, Ps. Th. 70, 17

ge-rýnelic

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H. 165, 35. mystic, allegorical, figurative p swíðe wel in þám hálgan stære mid gerýnelicre gesægene (figurata narratione) is awriten, Gr. D. 245, 15. Gerýnelice smeáunge íypicum (i. mysticum) scrutinium, An.

áþ

Grammar
áþ, <b>. I.</b>
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D. iv. 235, II. the fine paid where the oath in a suit fails, [v. the grant in the following passage Ego Eadmundus rex . . . concedo . . . omnes forisfacturas . . . áthas et ordélas, C. D. ii. 252, 13. Cf.

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, -reft, -ryft, e; f.

A holy garment, veil

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Hilda was for thirty-three years in the world and for thirty-three years in the cloister, Shrn. 149, 5.

riht

(n.)
Grammar
riht, es n.

that which is straight or erect, a plumb line that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justicewhat properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due what is due from a person, duty what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth an account, a reckoning;ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account

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Eth. vi. 30; Th. i. 322, 23.

medume

(adj.)
Grammar
medume, medeme, meodume; adj.

middlingmoderatecommonoccupying the middle or mean position as regardsobserving the just meanperfectmeetfitworthy

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Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 1: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21.

Linked entry: medeme

fóre-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-sendan, ic -sende; p. -sende; pp. -sended

To send beforepræmittĕre

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To send before; præmittĕre Ic fóresende præmitto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 41

eád-méde

(adj.)
Grammar
eád-méde, adj.

Humblehumĭlis anĭmi

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Humble; humĭlis anĭmi Ic eom eádméde humiliátus sum, Ps. Th. 115, 1: 118, 75

Linked entry: eáþ-méde

líc-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
líc-pytt, es; m.

A grave

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A grave Lícpytt [MS. ic pytt] scrobs, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 51; Som. 13, 17

sculdor-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
sculdor-wærc, re, es; m.
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Pain in the shoulders Wið sculdorwærce and earma, Lchdm. ii. 340, 12 : 6, 2

full-dón

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Ic his líc behwearf ... næs his heáfodcláð eallunga fuldón, Hml. S. 31, 1425. Add

sib-gebyrda

(n.)
Grammar
sib-gebyrda, pl. f.
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Relationship Ic ( Abraham) eom fædera ðín (Lot ) sibgebyrdum, Cd. Th. 114, 8; Gen. 1901

sund-mere

(n.)
Grammar
sund-mere, es; m.
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-On sund mere in natatario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 50

tǽlwirðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tǽlwirðlíce, adv.

In a way that deserves censure, reprehensibly

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In a way that deserves censure, reprehensibly Tǽlwyrðlíce notabiliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 16