ge-mearr
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The other reading in the passage is: Gif énig yfelra manna wǽre
heardlicness
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The Latin of the passage is: Alii asperitatem vitae ipsius disputabant. Add:
be-werung
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Add: The Latin word translated in the last two passages is tutamentum
Sweó-land
The land of the Swedes, Sweden,
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The land of the Swedes, Sweden, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 2
Linked entry: Sweón
gold-smiþu
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The art of the goldsmith, Exon. 88; Th. 331, 24; Vy. 73
Linked entry: smiþu
burhge weardas
The guardians of the city,
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The guardians of the city, Cd. 212; Th. 262, 6; Dan. 740
clife
the greater burdock ⬩ arctium lappa ⬩ the small burdock
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the greater burdock; arctium lappa Dó clifan use burdock, L. M. 1, 67; Lchdm. ii. 142, 16. the small burdock Seó smæle clife the small burdock, CLIVERS; galium aparine, L. M. 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 124, 2
Linked entry: cliþe
in-smoh
A slough
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A slough Hé ágeaf ðone clǽnan gást and ðæs líchaman insmoh [exuvias] forlét monnum tó mundbyrde he gave up the clean spirit, and left the slough of the body as a protection for men, Shrn. 126, 2
Linked entry: ǽ-smogu
bonnan
To summon, call together ⬩ citare, convocare
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To summon, call together; citare, convocare Sió býman stefen and se beorhta segn bonnaþ sáwla gehwylce the voice of the trumpet and the bright sign shall summon every soul, Exon. 23 b; Th. 66, 6; Cri. 1067
þridding
The doing of a thing for the third time
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The doing of a thing for the third time (? Halliwell gives thirding with this meaning as a Suffolk word) Ðirding (but the word has been altered to ðirde. v. Skeat's collation) scipdrincende tertio naufragantem, Rtl. 61, 31
Linked entry: þirding
hand-sció
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The word is dative of a proper name, which may be seen in the place-name of the following passage: In loco qui dicitur Andscóheshám, C. D. i. 102, 9. Graff vi. 418 8
grimena
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The passage is Kymð gerstæpæ and grimenæ þus ne wes rím venit locusta et bruchus cuius non erat numerus. Grímenæ seems a pl. gen. of the preceding word, governed by rím, but the meaning is not clear
heofon-beácen
the sun
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Napier makes the very probable suggestion that ll. 86-107 and ll. 108-124 in the Exodous should be transposed. If this be accepted heofon-beácen would be the sun
heaðu
war
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The word is found in proper names in Icelandic, e.g. Höð the name of a Valkyria, Höðbroddr, Höðr the slayer of Baldr; and in O. H. Ger. e.g. Hadu-praht
breóst-loca
an inclosure ⬩ The breast-inclosure, the mind ⬩ pectoris clausura, mens
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The breast-inclosure, the mind; pectoris clausura, mens Swefen he onfón ne meahte in his breóstlocan he could not contain the dream in his mind, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 7; Dan. 167: Elen. Kmbl. 2498; El. 1250
ágend
An owner ⬩ a possessor ⬩ the Lord ⬩ possessor ⬩ proprietarius ⬩ Dominus
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An owner, a possessor, the Lord ; possessor, proprietarius, Dominus Þreóm hundum scillinga gylde se ágend with three hundred shillings let the owner pay, L. H. E. 1; Th. i. 26, 9: 3; Th. i. 28, 5. Ágendes ést the owner's favour, Beo.
ærs
The buttocks ⬩ the hind part ⬩ anus ⬩ podex
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The buttocks, the hind part; anus, podex Open-ærs a medlar, Wrt. Voc. 32, 50; Som. 64, 116
Ceóles íg
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CHELSEA, on the bank of the Thames, Middlesex; Somner says, 'Insularis olim et navibus accommodata, ut nomen significat.'
ears-lýre
The breech-muscle, the breech ⬩ nătes
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The breech-muscle, the breech; nătes Earslýre nătes, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 71; Wrt. Voc. 44, 53
módig-wǽg
An impetuous wave
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An impetuous wave Módewǽga mǽst (the water that overwhelmed the Egyptians), Cd. 167; Th. 209, 14; Exod. 499