plega
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Voc. ii. 41, 36. Plegan gestum, Hpt. Gl. 474, 10. play, (athletic) sport, game; often in poetry applied to fighting, see the compounds Plega ludus, Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Som. 7, 30. Ðes plega hic jocus, 13; Som. 16, 27 : Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 30.
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cyne-dóm
royal dominion or power, kingdom, realm ⬩ imperium, regnum, sceptrum, potestas
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Eth. ix. 42; Th. i. 350, 3. Ðætte ryhte cynedómas þurh úre folc gefæstnode wǽron that just royal governments might be settled throughout our people, L. In. pref; Th. i. 102, 9
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séman
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C. 7 ; Th. ii. 246, 6. Gif hé healt weorð, ðǽr mótan freónd séman, L. Ethb. 65 ; Th. i. 18, 14
cíping
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Th. ii. 170, 11. On ceápstówe cýpinge begán in mercatu mercaturam exercere, 174, 19. Cýpinge wyrcan, Cht. E. 231, 21. Cípinge anginnan, Lch. iii. 178, 2. <b>I a.
ge-sceþþan
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Ne biþ hire (the stomach) gesceóed fram cealdum mettum, Lch. ii. 220, 25. ¶ where the particular, in respect to which injury is done, is marked Hié fela folca feore gesceódon, Dan. 15. Ǽr him fǽr Godes þurh egesan gryre aldre gesceóde, 593. Add
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geár-gerím
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Þá wæs ágan geárgerímes ... feówer þúsend and hundteóntig and þreó and sixtig geára, Wlfst. 15, 1. in Roman history Ic ymbe Rómána gewin on þǽm geárríme (-geríme) forð ofer þæt geteled hæbbe ( I have not followed the chronological order, but have anticipated
wearn
A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal
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Ic on unriht oft lócade and wiðercwyda wearn gehýrde vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem, 54, 8. Hí his wundra wearn gesáwon on wætergrundum ipsi viderunt mirabilia ejus in profundo, 106, 23.
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ge-sýne
Visible ⬩ seen ⬩ evident ⬩ plain
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Visible, seen, evident, plain Ne mihte ic hire bedyrnan mínes módes unrótnesse for ðan hit wæs on mínum andwlitan gesýne I could not hide from her the disquiet of my mind for it was evident in my face, Shrn. 41, 25: Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 28: Blickl.
dwolian
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Cf. dwolung Ic dwolie deliro, þú dwolast deliras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 5, 6. Wénde se cniht ꝥ hé dwolode ... Hé cwæð: 'Wite þú ꝥ ic náht ne dwolige' cum hunc puer insanire crederet ... dicens: 'Non insanio,' Gr.
sceand-líc
infamous, base, vile ⬩ disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene ⬩ disgraceful
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Ðære heofonlícan Hierusalem cyning is Crist, ðære scandlícan Babilonian cyning is deófol, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 32. Ðá com ðæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlícum gegadum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 164.
gast-hof
A guest-house ⬩ guest-chamber ⬩ hospĭtium
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A guest-house, guest-chamber; hospĭtium In ðam gast-hofe in the guest-house, Exon. 19 b; Th. 21, 24; Cri. 821
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níd-cofa
A prison
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A prison Se hálga wæs lǽded in ðæt dimme ræced, sceal ðonne in neádcofan nihtlange fyrst wunian, Andr. Kmbl. 2619; An. 1311
be-tweonum
Between ⬩ inter, in medio
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Between; inter, in medio Ne sí lang fæc be-tweonum ne sit longum spatium in medio, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 27
ang-módness
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Gif seó sáwl slídan sceal in þá écan wíta and mid deóflum drohtnoð habban in angmódnysse earmra sáwla. Wlfst. 188, 6. Add
ge-notian
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to note, mark Of oferwritenum ðás in foruuard fore genotad infindes ex superscriptionibus quas in fronte notatas invenies, Mt. p. 12, 2
mynster-hám
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Wé hine cúðon in þám mynsterháme þe hé on wæs nos eum in hac ecclesiastica domo novimus Gr. D. 319, 24. Add
wit-scipe
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Witness In gewitscipe (witscipe, v.l. ) standan . . . in gewitscipe (gewitnysse witscipes, v.l. ) þreóra oððe feówera bisscopa, Bd. l, 37; Sch. 73, 9-13
rysc-pytt
A pit or pool
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A pit or pool in which rushes grow In hriscpyt; of hriscpytte intó ðere díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 385, 2-3
corn-gesǽlig
Wealthy in corn ⬩ frumento opulentus
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Wealthy in corn; frumento opulentus Cild corngesǽlig biþ a child will be wealthy in corn Obs. Lun. § 9; Lchdm. iii. 188, 11
tó-dǽlness
A division, ⬩ distinct part
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In tódǽlnesse in divisiones, Ps. Surt. 135, 13