luf-tíme
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Add: agreeable Luftýme affabilis, An. Ox. 56, 217. Ðeós sylfe hýrsumnes bið Gode antfenge and mannum luftéme ( dulcis ), R. Ben. 20, 17. Gif ðǽm mǽdenum líkiað hyra luftýman sprǽce, Hex. 48, 16. Luftémpre dulcius, R. Ben. I. 3, 8
rǽd-bora
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Manega gesibsume synd þé, rǽdbora (consiliarius) sí þé án of þúsendum, Scint. 200, 2. Ne nimð se hláford his ðeówan him tó rǽdboran, ac nimð his holdan frýnd, and him geopenað his willan, Hml. Th. ii. 522, 32. Add
wifel
an arrow ⬩ dart ⬩ javelin
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Parv. 526, and see note.]
stæf-wrítere
A writer about letters or grammar
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The word glosses historiographus, 42, 45, but perhaps stær- should be read for stæf-: and 18, 67 stæfwríterum glosses caracteribus, which seems an error
díglian
To hide ⬩ ocŭlĕre, occultāre
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To hide; ocŭlĕre, occultāre Hí on wudum and on wéstenum and on scræfum hí hýddon and dígledon se silvis, ac desertis abdĭtisve speluncis occŭlĕrant, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 22
Linked entry: dígelan
ge-wittiglíce
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Rationally, sensibly, sanely 'Ádumba, ðú unclǽna deófol, and gewít of ðám men.' And ðǽrrihte wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðám fúlan gáste, and gewittiglíce sprǽc, Hml. Th. i. 458, 6
Beormas
The Biarmians
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They were called Biarmians by Icelandic historians, and Permiaki by the Russians, and now Permians. In the Middle Ages, the Scandinavian pirates gave the name of Permia to the whole country between the White Sea and the Ural, Malte-Brun's Univer.
hengen-wítnung
The punishment of imprisonment
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The punishment of imprisonment Gif forworht man friþstól geséce and þurh ðæt feorh geyrne ðonne sý þreóra án for his feore búte man bet geárian wille wergild éce þeówet hengenwítnung if a man who has forfeited his life gain a sanctuary, and thereby secure
efen
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On þám frummynetslæge wǽron twá and sixtig penega, and on þǽm æftran em sixtig, 23, 480. v. following compounds with efen-
sacc
A sack, bag
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Fylle hira saccas and lege hira ǽlces feoh on his ágenne sacc, 44, 1
Linked entry: sæcc
swǽsende
food, victuals, refection ⬩ flatteries, blandishments, fair speech.
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Ðá hét ic eallne ðone here ðæt hé tó swǽsendum sǽte and mete þigde cenare militem jussi 23, 8. Swǽsende, swǽsenda þicgan to take food :-- Sæt hé and swǽsende ðeah and dranc (sæt hé on swǽsendum and æt and dranc, MS.
Bráden
broad, open, spacious ⬩ vallis, locus silvestris ⬩ BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ⬩ silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
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over the Thames, and took, both in Bredon, and thereabout, all that they could carry off, Chr. 905;Th. 180, 22, col. 1, 2
Linked entry: Brǽden
bán-gebrec
A bone-breaking ⬩ ossium fractio
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A bone-breaking; ossium fractio, Andr. Kmbl. 2882; An. 1444
cild-geong
Young as a child ⬩ infans
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Andr. Kmbl. 1369; An. 685
fylde
filled
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filled, Andr. Kmbl. 1046; An. 523; Jn. Bos. 6, 13;
heofon-hálig
Heaven-holy ⬩ of celestial holiness
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Heaven-holy, of celestial holiness, Andr. Kmbl. 1455; An. 728
heoru-dolg
A sword-wound ⬩ deadly wound
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A sword-wound, deadly wound, Andr. Kmbl. 1883; An. 944
lid-wérig
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Weary of being on shipboard, Andr. Kmbl, 963; An. 482
earfeþ-síþ
a misfortune, calamity
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a misfortune, calamity Earfeþsíðas calamities, Andr. Kmbl. 2568; An. 1285
þrýþ-cyning
A mighty king (the Deity)
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A mighty king (the Deity), Andr. Kmbl. 872; An, 436