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middan-geard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-geard, es; m.

the middle dwellingthe earthworldthe world and they that dwell thereinmankind

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Homl. 109, 35: Andr. Kmbl. 322; An. 161. the world and they that dwell therein, mankind Se middangeard ús wæs lange underþeóded, and ús deáþ mycel gafol geald, Blickl. Homl. 85, 11.

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ides

(n.)
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Gl. 1196, and a weak form, idesan, glosses juvenculam (Ald. 29, 14), An. Ox. 2136. It is also found as a gloss to virgo in Aldhelm's poems (Ald. 191, 7), An. Ox. 15, 4; 17, 52: (Ald. 194, 14), An. Ox. 15, 5; 17, 59; 18, 29

máþum-fæt

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Hé bereáfode Godes templ and fela goldhordasforð mid him gelæhte, and ðá hálgan máðmfatu and ꝥ mǽre weófod, Hml. S. 25, 12. Add

land-bygen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
land-bygen, This form in the following passage seems an error, as the law, in the title of which it occurs, deals with the sale of a fellow-countryman
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Be landbygene (= landleóda[n] bebygene?), Ll. Th. i. 110, note I

fægnung

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Fægnunge, blisse jubilationis, i. laudis, An. Ox. 1345. Fægnunge tripudio, gaudio, exultatione, Hpt. Gl. 433, 2. Mid blisse and mid fægnuncge in laetitia et exultatione, Ps. Th. 44, 16.

for-þrysmian

(v.)
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</b> to choke as with smoke Þá Judéas Crýst mid stengum and myd blásum hyne forþrysmodon and úre leóht ofslógon, Hml. A. 191, 291. Þæt sǽd mid þǽra þorna wæstme forðrysmod wearð, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 6. Forðresmedon suffocato, An.

græft

(n.)
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, and last passage, and add Græft sculpture, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 24: celatura, i. sculptura, ii. 130, 58. Græftas emblemata, uarietates, uasa uarię sculpta, An. Ox. 50, 26. Ísenum græftum carpenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 77.

locc

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Þá tær hé his loccas heófende and wolde hine sylfne ádrencan, Hml. S. 30, 180. Add

récan

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Add: to expose to smoke or steam, fumigate: — Lege stór on þá gléda and réc hine mid ꝥ hé swǽte, Lch. ii. 348, 5.

sehtlian

(v.)
Grammar
sehtlian, (?); p. ode.
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to settle, bring to an agreement, settle a dispute between people (the word seems to occur only in the later part of the Chronicle) [ Ðá eodon góde men heom betwénen and sahtloden heom, Chr. 1066 ; Erl. 203, 27.

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brémel

Grammar
brémel, brémer
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Æcer ðe æfter ðornum and brémelum wæstmas ágifð, Hml. Th. i. 342, 7. Hwá gaderað fícæppla of brémelum (tribulis) ?, ii. 406, 3. Sécende geond þýfelas and brétnelas (brémblas, brýmelas, v. ll.), Hml. S. 32, 143. . Add

ge-lóman

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-lóma,</b> an; m. a tool, an implement, utensil Gelóma utensile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 24. Næs nǽnig wén þæs gelóman ( a wood-bill) . . .

ræfter

(n.)
Grammar
ræfter, es; m.
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Mycelne aad on beámum and on ræftrum and on wágum and on watelum and on þacum congeriem trabium, tignorum, parietum, virgeorum &amp; tecti fenei, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 22.

Greátan leag

(n.)
Grammar
Greátan leag, leá, e; f.
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To-écan ðám dómum ðe æt Greátanleá and æt Exanceastre gesette wǽron, and æt Þunresfelda in addition to the dooms which were fixed at Greatley, and at Exeter, and at Thunresfeld, v. pref; Th. i. 228, 9

drinca

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Tó scencenne drincan ad haurienda pocula, Angl. xiii. 393, 395. Add

æðel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
æðel-líc, adj.

Noblenobilis

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Noble; nobilis, Andr. Kmbl. 1775 ; An. 890

for-leólc

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-leólc, p. of for-lácan.

seduceddeceived

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seduced, deceived, Andr. Kmbl. 1227; An. 614;

gadorigean

(v.)

to gather

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to gather, Andr. Kmbl. 3111; An. 1558

hell-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
hell-cræft, es; m.

Hellish art,

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Hellish art, Andr. Kmbl. 2205; An. 1104

ge-scyrigan

(v.)

to appoint

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to appoint, Andr. Kmbl. 169; An. 85