wealh-sáda
A noose for binding a captive or slave
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A noose for binding a captive or slave (? cf. Exon. Th. 393, 22; Rä. 13, 4, given under wealh, II) Forhýddan oferhygde mé inwitgyrene, wráðan wealsádan absconderunt superbi laqueos mihi, Ps. Th. 139, 5
æf-reda
Tow, oakum
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Tow, oakum Naptarum heordena, æbreda, ácumba (for the original here glossed cf. An. Ox. 1649), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 58. Putamine of æfredan, ácumban, An. Ox. 3728. Stamine æfredan, putamine of hniglan, 7, 266
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ǽr-dǽd
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Hú micel is ðæt wíte ðe byð for ǽrdǽdum . . . cyningc wile déman ánra gehwylcum be ǽrdǽdum quanta malis maneant tormenta . . . adveniet judex mercedem reddere cunctis, Dóm. L. 93, 96: Wlfst. 137, 1, 3. Add
rifter
An instrument for reaping, a sickle, scythe
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An instrument for reaping, a sickle, scythe Riftr falx Txts. 62, 430. Rifter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 1. Wíngeardseax, rifte[r] vel sicul falx 146, 76. Riftre falce 79, 69. Riftras falcis 108, 19
tír-wine
A glorious friend, ⬩ an epithet of the follower of a successful chief
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A glorious friend, an epithet of the follower of a successful chief Se hláford biþ tó upáhæfen inne on móde for ðæm anwalde ðe him ánra gehwilc his tírwina tó fultemaþ, Met. 25, 21
efen-réþe
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Equally cruel Romulus heora forma cyning and Brutus heora forma consul wurdon emnréðe Brutus, primus consul, primum regem Romae exaequare parricidio studuit, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 6
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FÍC
Fig ⬩ the fruit of the fig-tree ⬩ fīcus ⬩ a disease so called, the piles ⬩ hemorrhoids ⬩ fīcus
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Wið ðone blédendne [MS. blédende] fíc nim murran ða wyrt for the bleeding 'fig' take the plant sweet-cicely, iii. 8, 1
bísgu
occupation ⬩ trouble
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and add: gen. u, e, a; an: occupation Þonne hí mid eorðlicum teolungum hí gebysgiað, þonne ne magon hí for ðǽre bysga smeágan embe þæs Hǽlendes menniscnysse, Hml. Th. i. 524, 16. Gif hwá for bisgan oftor ne mæge, Btwk. 194, 7.
wácmódness
weakness of character ⬩ moral weakness ⬩ faintheartedness ⬩ want of courage ⬩ pusillanimity ⬩ cowardice ⬩ weakness ⬩ feebleness
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For wácmódnesse from want of courage, 40; Swt. 289, 3.
slǽwþ
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Hí for heora slǽwþe and for gimeléste forléton unwriten ðara monna dǽda, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 64, 33. Ic wát ðæt swongornes hí mid slǽwþe ofercymþ, 36, 6; Fox 180, 34. Gyf hé for slǽwþe his hláfordes forgýmþ, lie biþ his ágnum wel geborgen, L. R.
teóðung-land
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For the teóðung of a hide, see the last passage given under teóðung, <b>I b.</b>
smiðian
To make out of metal or wood, to fashion, forge ⬩ fabricare, cudere
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A smith that in his forge smithed plowharneis Chauc. C. T. 3760. To smythye wepne into sikul or to sithe Piers P. 3, 305.]
sǽtnung
plot, snare ⬩ seditio
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Fore sétnunge propter seditionem. Lk. Skt. Rush. 23, 19, 25. Similar entries v. sǽtnere
æfter-weard
later, latter ⬩ being behind (?), absent ⬩ After
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Substitute: adj. later, latter Ver novum fore-weard lencten vel middewærd lencten, ver adultum æfterweard lencten. Eodem modo et aestas et autumnus vocantur, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 27. being behind (?)
ænbręce
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This in the facsimile of the MS. seems to be the form in El. 1029, the passage given in the Dict. under an-bróce (q. v.). If æþelu be taken as a noun, the first part of the word might be (?) ǽn (cf. ǽn-lic), and the meaning be unique (?)
orgel
pride
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The form orguil occurs, p. 63. Heó leapeð into horel (orhel, MS. T. : orȝel, MS. C. ), A. R. 224, 2
under-diácon
An under-deacon ⬩ a sub-deacon
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Subdiaconus is sóðlíce underdiácon, se ðe ða fatu byrð forð tó ðam diácone, and mid eádmódnysse þénaþ under ðam diácone æt ðam hálgan weofode mid ðám húselfatum, L. Ælfc. C. 15; Th. ii. 348, 9
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sceaft-rihte
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Sceaftryht on cuddancnoll. . . sceaftryht oð lillesforda . . . sceaftryht oþ wideres leáge . . . sceaftryht oþ hlósleáge . . . sceaftryht oþ efes . . . sceaftryht oþ hróces ford, 682, 10-23
eác
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Hé for þon ús gesette ꝥ wé hine biddan sceoldan, þý wé sceolan þonne eác úre heortan geclǽnsian, ... Gehýran wé eác ꝥ ..., 21, 2-5. combined with swá Fóron micel dǽl þára burgwara, and eác swá óþres folces, Chr. 896; P. 89, 5.