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land-seten

(n.)
Grammar
land-seten, e; f.

an estateoccupation of land

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And 144, 'Territoria istius agelli his terminibus circumdata esse videntur.' occupation of land Gebyreþ ðæt him man tó landsetene sylle ii oxan and i cú and vi sceáp moris est ut ad terram assidendam dentur ei ii boves, et i vacca, et vi oves, L.

Linked entry: feld-seten

un-gedafenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedafenlíce, adv.

Unbecominglyunseasonablyinordinatelyin an unseemly mannerindecently

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Unbecomingly, unseasonably, inordinately, in an unseemly manner, indecently Óðer ðara irsunga bið tó ungemetlíce and tó ungedafenlíce átyht on ðæt ðe hió mid ryhte irsian sceall illa ira in hoc, quod debet, inordinate extenditur, Past. 40; Swt. 293,

Linked entry: ge-dafenlíce

scilling

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Se Godes wer þá sealde þám biddere and cwæð ꝥ hé ágeáfe his maniendum þá .xii. and þone ǽnne hǽfde him tó his ágenre nytte (In the story as told in Hml.

fácen

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Fácnum factionibus, i. falsitatibus, An. Ox. 2914. Fácn factiones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 64. Fácnu, An. Ox. 7, 191: strofas, 204. Fácna, 2896. His (the devil's) swicolan fácna, Hex. 52, 12. Add

ceorl-líce

(adv.)
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For 'Bridf' substitute On twám wísum is se dæg gecweden, naturaliter et vulgariter, ꝥ ys gecyndelíce and ceorlíce, Angl. viii. 317, 8

lahlíce

(adv.)
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Þæt hý lǽran þæt gehádode regollíce and lǽwede lahlíce heora líf fadian, Wlfst. 307, 15. Laglíce legitime Angl. xiii. 394, 413. Add

nemning

(n.)
Grammar
nemning, e; f.
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Name, appellation Hé his yldrena naman nemde, hwæt þæs ánes nama wæs and hwæt þæs óþres næmnincg wæs, Hml. S. 23, 684

gáre

(n.)
Grammar
gáre, an ; f.

A javelin

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Ic geann twégra hída þe Eádríc gafelað ǽlce geáre mid healfum punde and mid ánre gáran, Cht. Th. 517, 18

cyne-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
cyne-róf, adj. [róf famous]

Royally famous, noble nobilis

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Royally famous, noble; nobilis Wolde ic ánes to ðé,cyneróf hæleþ cræftes neósan I would inquire of thee of one art, noble hero, Andr. Kmbl. 967; An. 484: 1169; An. 585.

wóm

(n.)
Grammar
wóm, es; m.

Soundnoise

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Sound, noise Wunian ðone werigan sele, ðǽr is wóm and wóp wíde gehéred, and gristbítunge, and gnornunge mecga. Cd. Th. 285, 5 ; Sat. 333

discipula

(n.)
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a female disciple Seó cyninges dohtor wæs discipula and leorningman regollices lífes, and eft wæs mágister and láreów, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 311, 2

flǽsc-lic

humanmortalanimalnaturalcarnalworldlycarnalsensualsexual

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H. 17, 6. pertaining to bodily appetites, carnal, sensual Flǽslicra leahtra cwylming carnalium uitiorum mortificatio, An. Ox. 40, 22. Seó menego tácnode þá flǽsclican willan and þá ungeréclican uncysta, Bl.

flítan

to striveto striveto strivequarrelsomecontentiousto disputearguelay blame on

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S. 13, 122. to dispute, argue, have a controversy, oppose the opinions of a person, be at variance Paulus ꝥ ilce lǽreþ, and wiþ mé flíteþ, and ꝥ ilce spreceþ and mid him (S. Peter) bodaþ, Bl. H. 175, 13.

ísern-gelóman

(n.)
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Substitute: ísern-gelóma, an; m. An iron tool íserngelóman wé hátaþ spadan and spitelas. Gr. D. 201, 19. p him mon íserngelðman (issern-, v. l. ) bróhte, Bd. 4, 28; S. 520, 20.

in-gehygd

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Add: mind, thoughts Hié þá eorþlican sorga forlélon and Þá ingehyd heora heortan on þone heofonlican hyht gestaþelodon, Bl. H. 135, 29. On þám is godcundnesse wén þe manna ingehygd wát and can, 179, 26.

weallung

(n.)
Grammar
weallung, e; f.

agitationfervour

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agitation Se drænc is gód wið heáfodece and wið brægenes hwyrfnesse and weallunge the potion is good against headache and against giddiness and cerebral excitement, Lchdm. iii. 70, 20. fervour Wyrðelícre wallunge lufes digno fervore fidei, Rtl. 64,

líf-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
líf-leás, adj.

Lifeless

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Fela templa árǽrdon and mid andgitleásum and lífleásum anlícnyssum áfyldon erected many temples, and filled them with images that were without sense and without life, Homl.Th. ii. 574, 28

slincan

(v.)
Grammar
slincan, p. slanc, pl. sluncon.

to crawl to slink away repere, reptare

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Hé gescóp eall wyrmcynn and creópende and fleógende and swymmende and slincgende Anglia viii. 310, 17. fig. to slink away Se earma flýhþ uncræftiga slǽp slincan on hinder Dóm. L. 240

á-deorcian

(v.)
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Substitute: To become dark, become tarnished Sunne áþýstrað and móna ádeorcað, Wlfst. 92, 21. Nú hit (a)deo(rcað) en tetrica aura est, An. Ox. 56, 200. Hwý is ðis gold ádeorcad ( obscuratum )? Past. 133, 10

Linked entry: deorcian

á-meallian

(v.)
Grammar
á-meallian, p. ode
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To become insipid, lose savour Ámealaþ ( a t erased between l and aþ) euanuerit (sal, Mt. 5, 13), An. Ox. 61, 4 (see the note). Ámeallud exinanita (faex ), Ps. Spl. C. 74, 8. Cf. á-mællad