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butsa-carlas

(n.)
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This seems clear from a passage in Domesday: " quando Rex ibat in expedhione uel terra uel mari, habebat de hoc burgo aut .xx. solidos ad pascendos suos buzecarlos, aut unum hominem ducebat secum pro honore . v. hidarum. "' Chr. P. ii. 239.]

dípe

(n.)
Grammar
dípe, an: <b>dípu (-o),</b> indecl. or gen. e; f.
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Hí becóman tó ánre dýpan they had reached a deep place in the river, Hml. S. 11, 271. Ofer dýpe, Rä. 4, 21. a deep place on land On dígelre dýpe [dýpen (= -an), Hpt. Gl. 516, 28] in latebroso (carceris) fundo, An. Ox. 4767. [v. N. E. D. deep; sb.

Linked entries: deópe dépe dýp dýpe

Eást-land

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>eást-land,</b> es; n. an eastern land; in pl. eastern lands, the East Hé cóm tó þám eástlande venit in terram orientalem, Gen. 29, 1.

ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
ceápian, ode; od

To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribe ⬩ negotiari, emere, comparāre

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He adráf út ealle ða ðe ceápodon innan ðam temple ejiciebat omnes ementes et vendentes in templo, Mt. Bos. 21, 12. Gyfum ceápian to bribe with gifts, Cd. 212; Th. 262, 5; Dan. 739.

Linked entry: a-ceápian

firgen-streám

(n.)
Grammar
firgen-streám, fyrgen-streám, firgend-streám, firigend-streám, es; m,

A mountain-stream ⬩ the ocean ⬩ montānum vel saltuense flūmen ⬩ oceănus

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Fugel on firgenstreám lócaþ georne the bird looks earnestly into the mountain-stream, Exon. 57a; Th. 204, 20; Ph. 100. Wæs ic firgenstreámum swíðe besuncen I was deeply sunk in mountain-streams, 103b; Th. 392, 4; Rä. 11, 2.

ge-hæg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hæg, es; n.
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Ic ána sæt innan bearwe, mid helme beþeht, holte tómiddes; þǽr þá wæterburnan urnon onmiddan gehæge, Dóm. L. 4. Oð gáta gehægge, C. D. iii. 429, 14.

gebed-hús

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Æghwǽr, ge on weorce, ge on gebedhúse ( oratorio ), ge innan mynstre, ge on wyrtgearde, 31, 5. Cyrice . . . is ús gesceapen tó gebedhúse, uá tó nánum gemóthúse, Wlfst. 232, 24. In þám gebedhúse( oratorio ) þæs eádigan Laurentius, Gr. D. 40, 30.

carc-ern

(n.)
Grammar
carc-ern, carc-ærn, es; n.

care ⬩ a place ⬩ A prison, a house of correction ⬩ carcer, latomiæ

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Ðonne þincþ him ðæt he síe on carcerne gebroht then it seems to him that he is brought into prison, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 15. Ic wæs on cearcerne [MS. Cot. carcærne] eram in carcere, Past. 44, 7; Hat. MS. 62b, 22. To ðam carcerne to the prison, Andr.

ge-sellan

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Cýðnisse in godspell gesileð testimonium in euangelio datur, Jn. p. l, 4 Þ te ondsuære wé gesellæ ut responsum demus, Jn. L. R. i. 22.

ge-leáfful

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáfful, -full; adj.

Full of belief ⬩ believing ⬩ faithful ⬩ holy ⬩ fĭdēlis ⬩ crēdŭlus

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Ne geleáffulle gecwéme synd on cýðnesse his nec habĭti sunt in testāmento ejus, Ps. Spl. 77, 41. On geleáffullum bócum in holy books, Ælfc. T. 13, 22. Ealle ping synd ðam geleáffullum acumendlíce omnia sunt possĭbĭlia crēdenti, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 26.

geómrian

(v.)
Grammar
geómrian, geómerian, geómran; part. geómrigende, geómriende, geómerigende, geómrende; p. ode; pp. od [geómor sad, sorrowful]

To be sad, to sigh, groan, murmur, mourn, sorrow, lament, bewail ⬩ gĕmĕre, murmŭrāre, ingĕmĕre, ingĕmiscĕre, lūgēre, quĕri

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Ides geómrode giddum the lady bewailed in songs, Beo. Th. 2240; B. 1118. On ðone heofon behealdende, geómrode suspĭciens in cœlum, ingĕmuit, Mk. Bos. 7, 34: Jn. Bos. 11, 33, 38. Ne geómra ðú be not thou sad, Cd. l00; Th. 132, 25; Gen. 2198

æt-foran

(adv.)
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Add: prep, local, confronting, of persons, before, in the presence of, in the sight of Ætforan ( ante ) þǽre en-gelican gæderunge, An. Ox. 1749. Wé synd hér ætforan (coram) þé, Coll.

folc-leásung

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But perhaps the public character of the crime, indicated by folc, may consist in the false and slanderous statements being made to a court of law. Cf. L. Hen.

gidding

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Cuthbert's life both in prose and in verse Hml. Th. ii. 134, l. of formal or serious speech. a dark saying, riddle, an enigma Geddunga enigmata Wrt.

hete

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Ðá ðóhton heatas in heortan qui cogitaverunt malitias in corde. Ps. Srt. 139, 3. used in reference to the Deity Him níð Godes. . . hete gesceóde, Dan. 620.

on-tendan

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Th. 1. 50, 27-28 (in Dict.). to heat a furnace, Hml. S. 5, 294 (in Dict.). to burn by exposure to fire Hê heóld his finger ofer þæt byrnende leóht . . . and his fingras ealle ontende, Hml.

spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
spyrian, p. ede, ode

to track ⬩ go in a track ⬩ follow ⬩ make a journey in search of something ⬩ to make a track ⬩ go ⬩ to enquire ⬩ investigate ⬩ examine ⬩ to enquire after or into ⬩ seek to know about ⬩ to search after ⬩ seek to attain ⬩ to ask ⬩ investigare, indagare, sciscitari ⬩ to track; to investigate; to ask

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to track, go in a track (v. spor, spyreman), follow, make a journey in search of something Deáð spyraþ (spyreþ, Met. 27, 9) ǽlce dæge æfter fuglum and æfter diórum and æfter monnum, and ne forlǽt nán swæþ, ǽr hé geféhþ ðæt, ðæt hé æfter spyreþ, Bt. 39

Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian

hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg, es; m.

a back ⬩ dorsum ⬩ spina ⬩ a ridge ⬩ rigg

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Pricaþ innan ðán sculdru[m] and on ðan hrigge swilce ðár þornas on sý there are prickings in the shoulders and back as if there were thorns in, Lchdm. iii. 120, 10. Ne hé on horses hrycge cuman wolde non equorum dorso vectus, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 28.

Linked entries: hric hrig hryc

hwón

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D. 28, 17. (3 a) in a negative phrase not at all, not in the least, in no wise :-- Ná tó þæs hwón (nullatenus ) ne færst þú heonon, búton þú mínne sunu áwecce, Gr. D. 17, 20 : 38, 15 : 80, 27 : Hml. S. 30, 412.

CEARU

(n.)
Grammar
CEARU, caru, cearo, e; f.

CARE, sorrow, grief ⬩ cura, dolor, mæror

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Hý in cearum cwíðaþ they mourn in sorrows, 35b; Th. 115, 23; Gú. 194. Ðe-læs eówer heortan gehefegode sýn on ðises lífes carum ne forte graventur corda vestra in curis hujus vitæ, Lk. Bos. 21, 34: 8, 14.

Linked entries: cearo cara care caru