hring
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Add: Though a noun, hring, denoting sound may be inferred from the compounds bel-, nón-hring, it is hardly with this meaning that the word occurs in the phrase wópes hring; for the epithet blát (An. 1281) is not applicable to sound, and the parallel phrase
fleard
Trifles ⬩ nūgæ
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Trifles; nūgæ Gif friþgeard sí on hwæs lande, abúton stán, oððe treów, oððe wille, oððe swilces ǽnige fleard if there be an inclosed space on any one's land, about a stone, or a tree, or a well, or any trifles of such kind, L. N. P.
glenge
An ornament
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An ornament Hwǽr beóþ ðonne ða glengeas and ða mycclan gegyrelan ðe he ðone líchoman ǽr mid frætwode where shall then be the ornaments and the grand apparel with which he before decked his body? Blickl. Homl. 111, 35. Glengas, 99, 24, 19: 115, 2.
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gild-scipe
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ofer-drync
excessive drinking, drunkenness ⬩ an entertainment where excessive drinking takes place ⬩ ebrietas
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Hí férdon tó sumre wydewan hám and ðǽr wǽron ondrencte mid oferdrynce, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 20. an entertainment where excessive drinking takes place (cf, ge-drinc) Hé begǽþ unǽtas and oferdrincas comessationibus vacat atque conviviis, Deut. 21, 20
Linked entries: ofer-drenc ofer-drinc ofer-gedrync
angol-twæcce
An earth-worm
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An earth-worm Genim angoltwæccean take an earth-worm, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm, ii. 100, 8
hweogol
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Add:, hweogola (?), an; m. a wheel of any kind Ǽlc gesceaft hwearfað on hire selfre swá swá hweól, Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 33.
Linked entries: sceard-hweogol hwegl
ge-líc
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and the compensation for destroying an eye are equal, Ll.
be-clýsan
to close ⬩ shut what is open ⬩ to close ⬩ put an end to ⬩ to shut up in a place
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Mid beclýsedum eágum, 408, 22. to close, put an end to:-- Þænne beclýsþ dæg dimnyss nyhta cum clauserit diem caligo noctium, Hy. S. 3, 1. to shut up in a place Beclýsde includit, An. Ox. 3148.
gífre
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(l a) as an epithet of the mouth, lips, &c. :-- Smǽrum gífrum (grífrum, MS.) buccis ambronibus, i. cupidis ł auidis An. Ox. 698.
BÓSG
An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, ⬩ præsepium ⬩ a cottage ⬩ a barn ⬩ stabulum, præsepium bovis
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An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, as it is now called by the common people, in the Midland and Northern counties.
swín
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n, a swine. [As may be seen from the charters and the laws, swine were an important item in the livestock of the English.
frum-byrdling
húru
At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially
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At least, at all events, at any rate, in any case, however, even, yet, only, indeed, certainly, especially Húru gif ic hæfde ǽnne penig saltim si haberem unum denarium, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Som. 46, 35.
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ge-streón
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<b>IV a.</b> of costly things, as collective, treasures, wealth, treasure.
ciepe
an onion ⬩ cæpe
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an onion; cæpe Genim ciepan take an onion, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 6
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hréren-brǽden
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Not thoroughly cooked On án hrérenbrǽden æg over an egg lightly cooked, Lchdm. iii. 294, 8
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ýþ-lid
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A ship Of ýðlide, Andr. Kmbl. 555; An. 278. Ofer ýðlid (-lið, MS.), 889; An. 445
byrgels-sang
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a dirge Wópleóþ, lícsang, byrielssang tragoediam, i. luctum, An. Ox. 3504. an epitaph, v. preceding word