gadinca
A wether sheep
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A wether sheep Gadinca vel hnoc mutinus (in a list of animals; cf. mutinae carnes, eaedem q. vervecinae, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 49. Gadinca mutinus, ii. 58, 14
híhþ
altitude ⬩ a summit ⬩ top ⬩ the highest point ⬩ extreme degree ⬩ the heavens
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Ox. 4408. a high point or position On héhþe árǽredne in edito, i. in fastigio porrectam. An. Ox. 4437. the highest part of anything, a summit, top Héhþe apicem, i. summitatem, An. Ox. 3528. Héh[þe] verticem, i. cacumen, 384. Heáhðo culmina, Wrt.
stów
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The word remains either alone or in composition in place-names, e. g. Stow in Huntingdonshire, Stowe in Northamptonshire, Chepstow old ceáp-stów q. v. Stów locus, Wrt.
HÚSEL
The HOUSEL ⬩ the Eucharist
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Th. i. 34, 18. Hwí is ðæt hálige húsel gecweden Cristes líchama oððe his blód, gif hit nis sóþlíce ðæt ðæt hit geháten is?
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west-weard
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Sóð ðæt is westweard hí gáð unþances, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 39-42. Ða seofon steorran . . . gangende eástan westweard, Lchdm. iii. 270, 26.
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ge-miltan
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On gemelt weax gedón, ii. 72, 7. to digest Heald georne l se mete si gemylt, Lch. ii. 284, 3.
of-geótan
to moisten by pouring, souse, soak ⬩ to put out a fire by pouring water on it
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Th. ii. 166, 7
secgan
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Edg. ii. 4 ; Th. i. 266, 4. Ne mót nán mann secgan on hine sylfne ðæs ðe hé wyrcende næs, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 177. Ic nelle secgan unsóð on mé sylfe, 195
Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian
cneóres
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Srt. ii. 192, 5. Cneóresse genesi, An. Ox. 2629. In cnérisse in generations, Ps. Srt. 88, 2. Cneúresu, Mt. p. 12, 10. Cneóresse posteritatem, An. Ox. 585. Cneúresa (kneórisse, R.) generationes, Mt. L. 1, 17. Cneúresuu generationum, p. 13, 14.
ge-rýnu
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Th. ii. 340, 8. a mystery For is þæt hálige hflsel geháten gerýnu, for ðan ðe Sðer ðing is ðǽron suggests that ge-sǽd, rather than ge-sǽli should be read, and that the gesewen, and ððer ðing undergyten, Hml. Th. ii. 270, 27.
hider
to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro
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Voc. ii. 112, ii. local. to the place where the speaker is. with a verb expressing movement Gá hider neár accede huc, Gen. 27, 21. Hú eódest þú hider (hidir, L.) inn? quomodo huc intrasti ?, Mt. R. 22, 12. Þæt ic ne cymo hider (hidder, L.), Jn.
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æt-gifan
To give to ⬩ render ⬩ afford ⬩ tribuere ⬩ aflferre
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To give to, render, afford; tribuere, aflferre Ic him Mf-wtaðe lytle meahte ætgifan æt gúðe / could render to him little life-protection in the conflict, Beo. Th. 5748; B. 2878
cynnan
to declare, clear, prove ⬩ advocāre, purgāre, manifestāre
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to declare, clear, prove; advocāre, purgāre, manifestāre Gif he cynne ðæt he hit bohte if he declare that he bought it, L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 12, note 7
deáw-driás
A fall of dew, dew-fall ⬩ rōris cāsus
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A fall of dew, dew-fall; rōris cāsus Deáwdriás on dæge weorþeþ winde geondsáwen the dew-fall in day is scattered by the wind, Cd. 188; Th. 233, 17; Dan. 277
mæst-lón
pulleys at the top of the mast over which the ropes are drawn
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pulleys at the top of the mast over which the ropes are drawn Carceria, mæstlón, sunt in cacumine arboris trocliae, quasi flicteria, per quas funes trahuntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 59. (?)
ge-werdan
To hurt ⬩ injure ⬩ lædere ⬩ nocere
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To hurt, injure; lædere, nocere Gif hwá on ceáse wíf gewurde if any one in strife hurt a woman, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17: 26; Th. i. 50, 24
ymb-hammen
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Surrounded, covered Ymbhamne (printed -humne) ambitiuntur (=ambiuntur ; the passage is: Manicae sericis clavate calliculae rubricatis pellibus ambiuntur, Ald. 77), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 59. Ymbhwyrfte, ymbhammene, 2, 14. Cf. seolfor-hammen
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á-déman
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Ðæt is seó stów on ðǽre syndon tó ádémanne and tó clǽnsianne monna sáula ipse est locus in quo examinandae et castigandae sunt animae, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 4. Add
an-mód
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Add: In some of the passages perhaps án-mód should be read Onmód (an-) contumax, Txts. 48, 202. Anmóde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 67. Contumax, i. superbus anmóda contemptor, 135, 23
firwit-ness
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Voc. ii. 137, 56. Fyrewitnesse (feortwitnysse. Hpt. Gl. 429, 43) ardoris (cf. Hy. S. 14, 30 under firwit), An. Ox. 975. Take here fyrwitnes in Dict., and add