a-wrecan
to drive away ⬩ pellere ⬩ expellere ⬩ to hit ⬩ strike ⬩ icere ⬩ percutere ⬩ to relate ⬩ recite ⬩ sing ⬩ narrare ⬩ enarrare ⬩ canere ⬩ to avenge ⬩ revenge ⬩ ulcisci
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awrecan of those whom he bade to drive from life, Exon. 130 a ; Th. 498, 11; Rä. 87, 11. to hit, strike; icere, percutere Awrecen wælpílum hit with darts of death, Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 15; Gú. 1127 : 51 b ; Th. 179, 11; Gú. 1260. to relate, recite, sing
for-scrincan
To shrink up ⬩ dry up ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ wither ⬩ emarcescĕre ⬩ exarescĕre ⬩ arefiĕri ⬩ arescĕre
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Æt-hrán he his sine on his þeó and heó ðǽrrihte forscranc tĕtĭgit nervum fĕmŏris ejus, et stătim emarcuit. Gen. 32, 25. Sǽd forscranc sēmen exāruit, Mk. Bos. 4, 6: Lk. Bos. 8, 6. Sóna forscranc ðæt fíctreów arefacta est contĭnuo fīculnea. Mt.
rǽw
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For þre niȝtes a-rowe he seiȝ þat same siȝt, Chron. Vilod. 68 (in Stratmann). The word also occurs in hæsel-, hege-, hlinc-, stán-, wiðig-rǽw, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. xxxv. Cf. also gerǽwud féða acies, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 26. Standaþ on geréwe, Cod. Dip.
Linked entry: ráw
bóc-land
BOOK-LAND, land held by a charter or writing, free from all fief, fee, service or fines. Such was formerly held chiefly by the nobility, and denominated allodialis, which we now call freehold ⬩ ex scripto sive charta possessa terra, terra codicillaris
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Such was formerly held chiefly by the nobility, and denominated allodialis, which we now call freehold; ex scripto sive charta possessa terra, terra codicillaris Ðe on his bóclande cyricean hæbbe who on his freehold has a church, L.
Linked entry: bóc-æceras
ge-líðian
To soothe ⬩ soften ⬩ mitigate ⬩ relieve ⬩ appease ⬩ lēnīre ⬩ mītĭgāre ⬩ plācāre
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Forðæm is swíðe micel néddearf ðæt mon mid micelre gemetgunge swelcra scylda ðreáunga gelíðige therefore it is very necessary that the chiding of such sins be tempered with great moderation, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 3; Hat. MS
Linked entry: líðigian
geócor
Strong, fierce, harsh, dire, sad ⬩ strife, anger
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Geócrostne síþ a very sad journey, Cd. 205; Th. 254, 25; Dan. 617
þurst
Thirst
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Ðú woldest ús ofsleán mid þurste ( siti ), Ex. 17, 3. On ðurste mínum hí drencton mé mid ecede, Ps. Spl. 68, 26: 103, 12. On hungre and on þurste hé biþ áféded, Blickl. Homl. 59, 35: Homl. Th. i. 392, 7.
wóþ
a sound ⬩ cry ⬩ noise ⬩ voice ⬩ song ⬩ speech
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gé sind earme,' Andr. Kmbl. 1349; An. 675. Hí singaþ heofoncyninges lof, wóða wlitegaste, and dás word cweðaþ, Elen. Kmbl. 1494; El. 749. Swéghleóþor cymeþ, wóþa wynsumast, þurh ðæs wildres múð. Exon. Th. 358, 9 ; Pä. 43
be-windan
girdle ⬩ encircle ⬩ surround
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Th. ii. 24, 22. þé God hæfde wære bewunden God had kept thee on every side, An. 535.
byden
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Site on bydene . . . geót on þá bydene, lǽt reócan on, Lch. ii. 76, 22-24: 78, 20. Eleberigan dón on bydene (praelo), Gr. D. 50, 30. Bydno hydriae, Jn. L. 2, 6. Bydena cuparum, An. Ox. 4, 60. Bydenum cupis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 62. Bydena cupas, An.
ge-sceapennys
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Ne sind þás twá gesceapennyssa nánum óðrum gelíce. Seó ðridde gesceapennys is þæt men beóð gestrýnede þurh wer and þurh wíf, Seó feórðe gesceapennys wæs swá þæt Críst wearð ácenned of mǽdene búton were, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 22-30.
ge-sweostren
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Voc. i. 52, 6. as pl. substantive. cousins on the mother's side Gesweosternu consobrini ex duabus sororibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 19.
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hám-stede
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Ðis sind ðára .III. hída landgemǽra tó Hámstede (cf. loco qui celebri Hamstede nuncupatur uocabulo, 12), 37, 29. Ðis syndon ðá landgemǽra tó Hámstede (cf. in loco qui celebri æt Hámstede nuncupatur uocabulo, 17), 105, 35
Bryten
BRITAIN ⬩ Britannia, Cambria
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Syxtigum wintrum ǽr ðam ðe Crist wære acenned, Gaius Iulius, Rómána cásere [MS. kasere], mid hund-eahtatigum scipum, gesóhte Brytene sixty years before Christ was born, Caius Julius, emperor of the Romans, with eighty vessels, sought Britain, Chr.
clypiendlíc
Making a vocal sound ⬩ vocalis
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Ðás fíf stafas æteówiaþ heora naman þurh hí silfe, and búton ðám stafum ne mæg nán word beón awriten, and forðí híg sind quinque vocales gehátene There are five vocales, a, e, i, o, u, which are vocal [sounds].
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ge-timbru
An edifice ⬩ a building ⬩ structure ⬩ ædĭfĭcium ⬩ structūra
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Ðæt sind ða getimbru ðe nó [MS. nú] tydriaþ these are the structures which shall not decay, Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 5; Cri. 1683: 39 b; Th. 131, 16; Gú. 456: Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 30.
tímlíce
In good time, ⬩ soon
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Ic mei longe libben and alle mine sunne timliche ibeten repent of all my sins time enough, O. E. Homl. i. 25, 13. Ase timliche as he hefde iherd þis (sone so he iherde þis, other MS.), Jul. 9, 5. He wolde timliche him speken wið, Laym. 31369.
twirǽdness
Discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement
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Ðæt swá hweþer swá hit wǽre swá sibb swá twyrédnys betweónan Saxan and Myrcenum, ðæt ðæt mynster beó ǽfre on sibbe. Cod. Dip. B. i. 156, 16.
Linked entry: án-rǽdnes
freó-man
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Add: Eallum freómannum (frióum monnura, v.l.) þás dagas sién forgifene. Ll. Th. i. 92, 2. Gif ... frígman (fríg man?) frígne ofsleahð, 286, 21. Gif fríman (frí man?) wið fríes mannes wíf geligeð, 10, 6.
talu
a tale, talk, story, account ⬩ talk, discussion, dispute ⬩ a charge, claim ⬩ an excuse, a defence ⬩ as a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action, ⬩ a tale, list, series
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Ðæt se Ælmihtiga God gehýre ða talu ðe Syria cyning ásende tó hospe and tó edwíte his micclan mægenðrymme ( si forte audiat Dominus universa verba Rabsacis, quem misit rex Assyriorum, ut exprobrare Deum viventem, 2 Kings 19, 4), Homl.
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