áþ-swaru
An oath-swearing ⬩ a solemn oath ⬩ an oath ⬩ juramentum
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An oath-swearing, a solemn oath, an oath; juramentum For heora áþsware because of their oath, Jos. 9, 18. Ðæt he lange gehét mid áþsware what he long had promised on oath, Cd. 170; Th. 213, 26; Exod. 558: Ps. Th. 88, 3. Áþsware pytt the well of the oath
ealdor-biscop
An elder or chief bishop, an archbishop ⬩ sĕnior episcŏpus, archiepiscŏpus
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An elder or chief bishop, an archbishop; sĕnior episcŏpus, archiepiscŏpus; the Pope is so called by king Alfred Ðá wæs Vitalianus Papa ðæs apostolícan setlesealdorbiscop then Pope Vitalian was the chief bishop of the apostolic seat; sedi apostŏlĭcæ præerat
íg-búend
an islander
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A dweller in an island, an islander Hí ígbúend óðre worde Baðan nemnaþ island-dwellers by another name call it Bath, Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 12. Ðis ǽrendgewrit Agustinus ofer sealtne sǽ súðan brohte iégbúendum this letter Augustine brought across the salt
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mearc-pæð
A path leading through a country
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(?) A path leading through a country Be mearcpaðe, strǽte neáh, Andr. Kmbl. 2124; An. 1063. Ic síðade wíddor mearcpaðas ( paths across the marches? ) træd, móras pæðde, Exon. 126 a; Th. 485, 7; Rä. 71, 10, Gewát hé ðá féran ofer mearcpaðu (-paðum? -waðu
sigor-fæst
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Victorious, triumphant. as an epithet of the Deity Se Sunu ( Christ ) wæs sigorfæst on ðam síðfate, Rood Kmbl. 297 ; Kr. 150. God sigorfæst, Exon. Th. 217, 18 ; Ph. 282. of an angel Meahtig Meotudes þegn, sigorfæst, 176, 30 ; Gú. 1218. of a passion
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wundor-cræft
wondrous skill ⬩ great cunning ⬩ miraculous power
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wondrous skill, great cunning Hé lǽmen fæt biwyrcan hét wundorcræfte, Exon. Th. 277, 4; Jul. 575. miraculous power Hé cyninges bróðor áwehte wundor-cræfte þurh Dryhtnes miht, ðæt hé of deáðe árás, Apstls. Kmbl. 110; Ap. 55. Godspell wrítan wundorcræfte
grimnes
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Add Grimnes atrocitas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 38. fierceness, ferocity of a living creature Þǽra feónda grimnes, Wlfst. 186, 18. Byrenre grimnysse ursinę ferocitatis, An. Ox. 1477. severity of pain, disease, &c. Mid swíþre wealreówre grimnysse satis
incund-ness
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feeling that comes from the heart, heartiness, earnestness, v. in-cund; II Wé hine lufiað and wurðiaþ mid gewissum galeáfan cweþende mid múðe and mid módes incundnesse þæt sé án is sóð God, Wlfst. 105, 30. an inner part. Cf. in-cund; I. Beón clǽne heortan
ác-leáf
An oak-leaf ⬩ quercus folium
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An oak-leaf; quercus folium Ácleáf, Lchdm. iii. 311: L. M. 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 19
ác-treó
An oak-tree ⬩ quercus
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An oak-tree; quercus Under áctreó under the oak-tree. Exon. 115a; Th. 443, 10; Kl. 28
ancer-man
An anchor-man ⬩ the man in charge of the anchor ⬩ proreta
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An anchor-man, the man in charge of the anchor; proreta, Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 77, 126
áþ-swyrd
An oath ⬩ juramentum
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An oath; juramentum Gemyndig wæs áþswyrdes [MS. áþswyrde] his memor fuit juramenti sui, Ps. Surt. 104, 9
cwémnys
A satisfaction, an appeasing, a mitigation ⬩ satisfactio
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A satisfaction, an appeasing, a mitigation ; satisfactio Cwémnys uncysta satisfactio vitiorum, Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 495, 32
egþa
An instrument to beat out corn ⬩ trĭbŭla
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An instrument to beat out corn; trĭbŭla, Ælfc. Gl. 2; Som. 55, 52; Wrt. Voc. 16, 25
emertung
A tickling, an itching ⬩ prūrīgo
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A tickling, an itching; prūrīgo Emertung prūrīgo, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 61; Wrt. Voc. 20, 5
eorþ-tilia
An earth-tiller, husbandman ⬩ agrĭcŏla
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An earth-tiller, husbandman; agrĭcŏla Mín fæder ys eorþtilia pater meus agrĭcŏla est, n. Bos. 15, 1
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etere
EATER, a consumer, devourer ⬩ vŏrax
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An EATER, a consumer, devourer ; vŏrax Etere vŏrax, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11. 19. Eteras commessātōres. Prov. 18
fyrd-werod
An army-host ⬩ phalanx ⬩ turma ⬩ phălanx ⬩ φάλανξ
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An army-host, phalanx; turma, phălanx = φάλανξ,Cot. 140. Micel stefn fyrdweorodes getrymnesse a great sound off
in-stice
An inward stitch
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An inward stitch, a pricking sensation within Wið instice, L. M. 2, 54; Lchdm. ii. 274, 27
iú-meówle
an old woman
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One who was a maiden long ago, an old woman Ió-meówlan, Beo. Th. 5854; B. 2931
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