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fore-weard

(n.)
Grammar
fore-weard, e; f.
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Hér swutelað on ðysan gewrite ðá foreward ðe Godwine worhte wið Byrhtríc, C. D. iv. 10, 16. Twégra manna dæg ealswá ðá foreward spreocað, iii. 333, 25. Hú man mǽden weddian sceal and hwylce forewarde þǽr ághon tó beónne, Ll. Th. i. 254, 23.

ge-costian

(v.)
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Add: to try, prove, test Ðá aeláruuas cunnedon ł gecostadon ( temtantes ) hine, Mk. L. 10, 2. Ðis cwæð ðæt gicostade hine, Jn. R.L. 6, 6. Éghwelc mið fýre sié gicostad, Mk.

sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceandlíce, adv.

disgracefully, shamefully, infamouslyopprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly

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ðá, æfter ðæm ðe ða wíf hié swáscondlíce gerǽht hæfdon, gewendan eft ongeán ðone cyning, Ors. 1, 12 ; Swt. 54, 5. Gif man mannan bismærwordum scandlíce gréte if one man insult another by abusive words, L. H. E. 11 ; Th. i. 32, 5.

wæter-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-pyt, wæter-pytt, es; m.

A water-pit, well

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A water-pit, well Of ðam wege on ðone wæterpytt; of ðam pytte on dene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 186, 19. On ðone wæterpyt; of ðam wæterpyt, 359, 15. Heó geseah sumne wæterpytt videns puteum aquae, Gen. 21, 19.

dyrst-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
dyrst-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To dare audēre

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To dare; audēre Ðæt nán ne dyrstlǽce ceósan hláfordas of lǽwedan mannan that none dare to choose lords of laical men, Chr. 796; Ing. 82, 26

Linked entry: ge-dyrst-lǽcan

ge-lǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽstan, to -lǽstenne; he -lǽsteþ, -lǽst; p. -lǽste; pp. -lǽsted, -lǽst.

to doperformaccomplishfulfildischargeexecutepayfăcĕreperfĭcĕrepatrārepræstārepersolvēreto accompanyfollowattendservecŏmĭtārisĕquipersĕquiTo continueremainlastenduremănēredūrāre

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Ðæt hý him æt ðám gewinnum gelǽston that they would serve him in the wars, Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 91, 30. Ðæt hine ðonne wíg cume leóde gelǽsten that the people serve him when war comes, Beo. Th. 47; B. 24. v. intrans.

Linked entry: lǽstan

ágen-frigea

(n.)
Grammar
ágen-frigea, -friga, -friá, an; -frige, es; m.

An ownerpossessorpossessor

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Agife man ðam ágen-frigean [-frigan MS. C.] his ágen let his own be rendered to the proprietor, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 7. Ðam ágen-frige to the posessor, L. In. 53; Th. i. 136, 4, MS. H.

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, a piece of enclosed land, a ham (v.
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On brádan leá on énne ham; þurh út ðone leá súð út on óðerne ham ; of ðan hamme . . . on brádan ham westeweardne; of brádan hamme . . . of mǽde on flexhammas; of flexhamman on minthammas . . . of ðan wæterwege on waterhammes; of ðan hamman, C.

bold

a dwellinga town

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For ðám þá æftercyningas him bold (uillam) worhton on ðám lande þe Loides hátte, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 173, 14-22. ꝥ se líg náht þǽre burge boldes ne gehrínan ne dorste ut flamma contingere quidquam aedificii non auderet, Gr. D. 48, 11.

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

halla stone buildingcalx.

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On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On Hengestes healh; of Hengestes heale, iii. 80, 20. In Titten halh, 52, 11.

munuc

(n.)
Grammar
munuc, munec, es; m. [Lat. monachus]

A monk

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Hé beád, ðæt nán his bearna ðæt menster leng mid preóstan gesette, ac ðæt hit éfre mid munecan stóde, Chart. Th. 227, 17. Hé sende Godes þeów Agustinum and óðre monige munecas. Bd. 1. 23; S. 485, 27

Linked entry: munec

fen

mudmiredirtfen

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ðǽm ðe gaderað an hine selfne ðæt hefige fenn (densum lutum) . . . ðæt ðicke fenn, 329, 18, 19. fen Cenum, i. luti vorago vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 75.

winter-wille

(n.)
Grammar
winter-wille, an; f.
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Of ðǽm stáne, ðæt on winterwellan; of ðǽre wellan, ðæt on þeófdene, C. D. iii. 394, 7. Cf. winter-burna

lah-slit

(n.)
Grammar
lah-slit, n[?]; -sliht, -slite, es; m; -slitt, e: f.
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Gif preóst fulluhtes forwyrne ðam ðe ðæs þearf sý, gylde wíte mid Englum and mid Denum lahslit, ðæt is twelf óran, 10-13. Gylde swá wífe swá lahslitte [lahslite, MS. B], 2; Th. i. 168, 3.

Linked entries: slite -slitt

CNOLL

(n.)
Grammar
CNOLL, es; m.

A KNOLLhill-topcopsummitcacumenvertex

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To ufeweardum ðam cnolle ad verticem montis Jud. 16, 3. He hit ne sette upon ðone héhstan cnoll he should not set it upon the highest hill-top Bt. titl. xii; Fox xii. 15. On ðam lytlan cnolle ðe Ermon hátte Hermonis a monte modico Ps. Th. 41, 7

micel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
micel-ness, e; f.

greatnessbignesssizegreatnessmultitudeabundancegreatnessmagnificence

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His micel-nesse ne mæg nán man ámetan, Bt. 42; Fox 258, 12. greatness (of quantity), multitude, abundance Ðá wæs geworden mid ðam engle mycelnes ( multitudo ) heofonlíces werydes, Lk. Skt. 2, 13.

hǽl

(n.)
Grammar
hǽl, e; f.

Health, safety, salvation, happinesssalusgood, luck, happinesssalus

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Ðíne hǽle syle salutare tuum da, Ps. Th. 84, 6

medu-wæge

(n.)
Grammar
medu-wæge, an: -wæg, e; f.

The Medway

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Óþ mediwægan sindan ða gemǽra. Fram Miadawegan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 86, 24. Óþ Miodowegan, 17. In flumen Medewiæge, iii. 386, 26. Óþ ða eá Medewegan, 400, 31

wed-bróðer

(n.)
Grammar
wed-bróðer, m.

One who is pledged to act as a brother to another, a confederate

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Cóman bégen ða cyningas tógædre and wurdon feólagan and wedbróðra, and ðæt gefæstuadan ǽgðer mid wedde and eác mid áðan, 1016; Th. i. 284, 1, col, 1. [Send after mine sune Octa, and æfter Ebissa his wedbroðer, Laym. 14469

furþor

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Add: local Ðá eóde hé furþor oþ hé gemétte ðá graman gydena, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 23. to or at a more advanced point of progress Lǽre mon siððan furður on Lædengeðióde ðá ðe mon furðor lǽran wille, and tó hiéran háde dón wille, Past. 7, 14: Gú. 1195.