wencel
A child
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Se eorðlíca kempa bið ǽfre gearo, swá hwyder swá hé faran sceal tó gefeohte mid ðam kininge, and hé for his wífe ne for his wenclum ne dearr hine sylfne beládian Basil adm. 2; Norm. 34, 20.
Linked entry: wincel
ælmes-mann
An alms-man ⬩ one supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar
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.), one supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar Ðeáh se man nime ǽnne stán and lecge on fúl slóh, ðæt se ælmesman mæge mid ðám óðrum fét steppan on ðá clǽnan healfe, Wlfst. 239, 10. On ælmesmannes híwe, Hml. S. 23, 562.
gyte
A pouring ⬩ shedding ⬩ inundation ⬩ flood
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Mid teára gytum with sheddings of tears, Blickl. Homl. 61, 20
hǽtu
Heat ⬩ æstus, fervor
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Gif se líchoma hwǽr mid hefiglícre hǽto sý gebysgod if the body be troubled anywhere with heavy inflammation, Herb. 2, 6; Lchdm. i. 82, 8. Unácumendlíce hǽtu þrowiaþ and unásecgendlíce cýle they suffer intolerable heat and unspeakable cold, Homl.
Linked entry: hǽte
hatung
Hating, hate, hatred ⬩ æmulatio
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Mid ðære réðan ehtnysse hatunge with the hate of fierce persecution, i. 84, 12. Ða unrihtwísan ic hæfde on hatunge iniquos odio habui, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 61. Gé beóþ on hatunge eallum mannum eritis odio omnibus, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 22. On hatunga, Lk.
brǽd
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ BREADTH, width, latitude ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo
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Hí habbaþ ingang swá mycelre brǽdo swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan habet ingressum amplitudinis quasi jactus fundæ, Bd. 4, 13;S. 583, 11
Linked entries: hrycg-brǽdan brǽdo brǽdu
on-lútan
to lout, bend down, bow
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Anlúte him eáðmódlíce tó mid ðam heáfde, R. Ben. 83, 11. Hira sceal ánra gehwylc onlútan, ðe hafaþ læsse mægen, Salm. Kmbl. 713; Sal. 356. Ǽlc gesceaft biþ heald onloten (-locen, Fox) wið hire gecynde, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 7
Linked entry: an-lútan
ge-sprǽc
Speech ⬩ discourse ⬩ conversation ⬩ advice
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Ic wæs mid his gesprǽce wet geréted allocutione ejus refecti, 5, 1; S. 613, 22. Gearo on gesprǽce loquela promptus, 2; S. 615, 29. Ðá hæfde he gesprǽce and geþeaht habito consilio, 2, 13; S. 515, 40.
ge-þrǽstan
To twist ⬩ hurt ⬩ torment ⬩ afflict ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ afflīgere
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Weorþen hí swá geþrǽste mid hungre ðæt hi eton swýnen flǽsc may they be so tormented with hunger as to eat swine flesh, Ps. Th. 16, 14. On ðám dagum ðe ic geþrǽsted wæs in die afflictionis meæ, 17, 19.
Linked entry: ge-þréstan
hird
retinue, ⬩ court
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retinue, court Hé férde tó Wudestoke and his biscopes and his hird eal mid him he [Henry] went to Woodstock, and his bishops and his court all with him, Chr. 1123; Erl. 249, 30.
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hlæst
Burden, ⬩ freight, ⬩ lading
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Ic ástíge mín scyp mid hlæstum mínum ego ascendo navem cum mercibus meis, Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 31
tó-ceorfan
to cut to pieces, ⬩ cut in two, ⬩ cut up ⬩ to cut off
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to cut to pieces, cut in two, cut up Hé tócearf his basing on emtwá mid sexe, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 26. Hí tócurfon ðone líchaman on manugu sticceo, Shrn. 125, 10. Ða langnysse tóceorfan on pysena gelícnysse, Lchdm. i. 260, 15.
tohte
A military expedition, ⬩ war, ⬩ battle
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Ðæt wíf ðīn heáfod tredeþ mid fótum sínum ðú scealt fiersna sǽtan tohtan the woman shall tread thy head with her feet, thou shalt lie in wait to attack her heels, Cd. Th. 56, 18; Gen. 914.
Linked entry: ge-toht
atol-lic
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On atelicum híwe mid byrnendum múde and lígenum eágum, ii. 164, 22. Þá atelican obscena, An. Ox. 4959. Atelicost kin teterrimum genus, R. Ben. I. 10, 6. Add
nón
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Se bere . . . nó tó middes dæges hám cóm, þonne him wæs beboden ꝥ hé tó nónes sceolde, ne hé hit nó ne ylde æt nón, þonne hé tó middes dæges sceolde hám cumin, Gr. D. 206, 20-23. Fram Sæternes-dæges nóne oð Mónandæges líhtincge, Wlfst. 117, 4.
stæf-gefég
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Add Ꝥ híw byð gecíged omoeuteleuton swá oft swá se middel and se ýtemesta dǽl geendað on gelícum stæfgefége, Angl. viii. 332, 13. Add Stæfgeféges litteraturae, i. scripturę, An. Ox. 7, 219. Ic ne oncneów stæfgefǽg non cognovi litteraturam, Ps.
BRAND
a BRAND, fire-brand, torch; ⬩ titio, torris ⬩ a burning, flame, fire; ⬩ incendium, flamma, ignis ⬩ A sword; ⬩ ensis
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Ða fýnd þoliaþ helle to-middes brand and bráde lígas the fiends suffer fire and broad flames in the midst of hell, Cd. 18; Th. 21, 16; Gen. 325. Hý hine ne móston bronde forbærnan they could not consume him with fire, Beo. Th. 4258; B. 2126.
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tǽsl
Teasel, teazle
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Plant Names) nemneþ, hafaþ leáf wiþerrǽde and þyrnyhte, and heó hafaþ on middan sumne sinewealtne crop and þyrnyhtne, Lchdm. i. 282, 15
Linked entry: wulfes-tǽsl
crundel
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A ravine; a strip of covert dividing open country, always in a dip, usually with running water in the middle.' For additional examples v. Cht. E. pp. 471-3
lǽdan
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Hé lǽdde hié mid. ligenum and mid listum speón, Gen. 588. ' Ðǽr ðú ongeáte hwidre ic þé nú teohhie tó lǽdenne.' . . . ' Hwider wilt þú mé lǽdan?'