ge-gnídan
To rub ⬩ rub together ⬩ comminute ⬩ fricare ⬩ defricare ⬩ fricando comminuere ⬩ planare ⬩ levigare
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Genim ðas wyrte on wætre gegnidene take this wort rubbed in water, Herb. 84, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 1. Ic gegníde plano vel levigo, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 8
un-deóre
Cheaply ⬩ at a small cost
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Gá seó wǽge wulle tó .cxx. p. and nán man hig ná undeóror ne sylle, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 4. Ðæt sý undeóror geseald ðonne hit woroldmannum gewunelíc sý vilius detur quam ab aliis secularibus, R. Ben. 99, 17.
wíte-fæst
In slavery as a punishment for crime.
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Similar entries v. wíteþeów Hé wyle ðæt man freóge æfter his dæge ǽlcne wítefæstne man ðe on his tíman forgylt wǽre si quis, secundum patriae Anglie morem, in aliquam incurrisset servitutem tempore sue potestatis, libertate sibi penitus contributa, relaxatus
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bítan
to bite
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Th. i. 46, 27. of a pungent substance Þone yfelan, bítendan wǽtan, Lch, ii. 60, 23
brégan
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Þæt hit leásung wǽre, þæt hí þæt folc mid brégdan, Wlfst, 100, 7. Ðá óðre sint tó bréganne (-eanne, v. l.) istis inferre metum debemus, Past. 181, 7. Bregende terrentia, An. Ox. 4419. Add
fǽman
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Add: of fluids, when boiling Wyl wæter on croccan, dó hunig on, fleót simle ꝥ fám of oþ hit nelle má fǽman, Lch. ii. 104, 20.
niþer
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Ꝥ wæter ic niðer (not neðer, v. Angl. i. 509) ágeát aquam effudi, Nar. 8, 10. Betwix deádum mannum bið þín earding-stów niðer on eorðan, 50, 28. Wearþ hine niðer on þæt nióbedd, Gen. 343. Niðer under næssas, Sat. 31.
sprengan
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</b> add :-- 'Gang hrædlíce and spreng (stregd, v. l.) þis wæter ofer þæs licgendan líchaman'. . . Se diácon ꝥ gebletsode waster sprengde (stregde, v. l.) ofer his lima 'vade citius, et aquam super jacentis corpus projice' . . .
scealu
a shell, husk ⬩ a platter,dish, cup ⬩ the scale of a balance
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Th. 429, 30. the scale of a balance Ðeós wǽge ł scalu haec lanx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 73; Som. 14,18. Scale lanx, twá scale balances, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 39-40
folgoþ
that which follows ⬩ A train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ A service ⬩ office ⬩ official dignity ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium ⬩ offĭcium ⬩ præpŏsĭtūra ⬩ condition of life ⬩ condĭtio vltæ
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Ualentinianus wæs Iulianuses cempena ealdorman: he him bebeád ðæt he forléte ðone his cristendóm oððe his folgoþ; ðá wæs him leófre ðæt he forléte his folgoþ ðonne ðone cristendóm Valentinian was chief of Julian's soldiers: he [Julian] commanded him to
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LEÓÞ
A song ⬩ poem ⬩ ode ⬩ lay ⬩ verses
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Leóþ wæs ásungen the song was recited, Beo. Th. 2323; B. 1159. Leóþ Gode úrum carmen Deo nostro, Ps. Spl. 39, 4.
ge-win
a battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ strife ⬩ quarrel ⬩ hostility ⬩ tumult ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna ⬩ bellum ⬩ tŭmultus ⬩ labour ⬩ toil ⬩ sorrow ⬩ agony ⬩ lăbor ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ ăgōnia ⬩ fruit of laborers ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ fructus lăbōrum ⬩ lucrum ⬩ quæstus
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Wæs gewinnes endedógor neáh geþrungen the final day of his labour was near at hand, Exon. 46 a; Th. 158, 6; Gú. 904: Ps. Th. 127, 2.
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gram
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Driliten wæs ðam folce gram the Lord was angry with the people, Deut. 1, 37: Cd. 16; Th. 20, 2; Gen. 302. Wearþ se cyng swíðe gram wið ða burhware the king was very angry with the citizens, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 6.
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seófian
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Seófende wæs maerens erat , Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 10, 22. Be ðæm Dryhten siófigende cwæð unde Dominus queritur dicens , Past. 48, 3 ; Swt. 369, 4.
Birīnus
Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,
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Hit gelamp on ða sylfan tíd ðe mon ðone cyning fullade, ðæt ðǽr wæs se halgesta and se sigefæstesta cyning Norþan Hymbra Oswald andweard....
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sweotolung
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Ðeós swutelung (the evidence or testimony which has been recited in the previous part of the charter) wæs ðǽrrihte gewriten and beforan ðam cincge gerǽdd, 540, 35.
wéste
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of open country, waste, uncultivated and uninhabited, desert Ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste, búton ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oþþe fisceras, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29: 1, 10; Swt. 48, 25. Ðeós stów ys wéste desertus est locus Mt. Kmbl. 14, 15.
ge-beorg
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Geácsode se wræcca Sce Gúþláces forðfóre; for þon hé ána ǽr þon wæs hys gebeorh and frófor ( his refuge and comfort ), Guth. 94, 4. of places Gebeorge praesidio (in solo liberae mentis praesidio servatur), An.
irfe
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Wæs þæt lond ierfælæás . . . And ic ðá sælf þæt ierfæ tó gestríndæ þæt ðǽr mon siððan bí wæs . . . Ðonnæ is þǽr nú irfæs nigon ealð hríðru . . . and fíftig wæþera terra omni pecunia caruit.
óþ
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Heó wæs wunigende on wudewan háde oð feówer and hundeahtatig geára, Hml. Th. i. 146, 32. with a pronoun Hé wæs winnende oð ðe him se mǽsta dǽl wearð underþeóded, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 14. Gýt oð ðis on wundrum scínende, Hml. Th. ii. 188, 13.