munuc
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
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fen
mud ⬩ mire ⬩ dirt ⬩ fen
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Wá 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
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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
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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.
cépan
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</b> to keep, observe a season :-- Gé cépað dagas and mónðas dies observatis et menses, Hml. Th. i. 102, 18. cépan be to keep by. trans. To regulate by Hí cépað be ðám mónan heora fær and heora dǽda be dagum, Hml.
un-gecyndelíc
unnatural ⬩ not in accordance with the nature of a thing ⬩ not natural ⬩ supernatural ⬩ unnatural ⬩ contrary to nature ⬩ monstrous
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, monstrous Hit is ungecyndelícu ofermódgung ðæt se monn wilnige ðæt hine his gelíca ondrǽde contra naturam superbire est, ab aequali velle timeri, Past. 17; Swt. 109, 11.
CNOLL
A KNOLL ⬩ hill-top ⬩ cop ⬩ summit ⬩ cacumen ⬩ vertex
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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
greatness ⬩ bigness ⬩ size ⬩ greatness ⬩ multitude ⬩ abundance ⬩ greatness ⬩ magnificence
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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.
medu-wæge
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
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.
æftemest
After-most ⬩ last ⬩ postremus ⬩ novissimus
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Ðonne he sylf mid ðam fyrmestan dǽle wið ðæs æftemestan flúge when he himself with the first part should flee towards the hindermost, Ors. 4, 6 ; Bos. 85, 20: Mk. Bos. 12, 22: Jn. Bos. 7, 37
be-leósan
To let go ⬩ to deprive of ⬩ to be deprived of ⬩ lose ⬩ privare ⬩ orbare ⬩ privari ⬩ amittere
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Ðǽr is swíðe beleás hérum, ðám ðe ic hæfde there I was much deprived of the hairs, which I had Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 35; Rä. 27, 4
gát-hyrde
A GOAT-HERD ⬩ caprārius
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A GOAT-HERD; caprārius Be gát-hyrde : gát-hyrde gebýreþ his heorde meolc ofer Martinus mæssedæg, and ǽr ðam his dǽl hwǽges, and anticcen of geáres geógoþe, gif he his heorde wel begýmeþ de caprario : caprārio convĕnt lac grĕgis sui post festum Sancti
HÉLA
The HEEL
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Gif ðæt wíf mid ðám hélum stæpeþ if the woman steps with the heels, Lchdm. iii. 144, 14
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scofettan
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To drive hither and thither For ðam hit is openlíce cúð ðætte sió úterre ábisgung ðissa woruldþinga ðæs monnes mód gedréfþ and hine scofett (scofeð, Cott.
be-sceótan
To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, go ⬩ injicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire
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Ðæt hí on grúnd ne bescuton ut in abyssum ne irent Lk. Bos. 8, 31
ge-beorh
A defence ⬩ protection ⬩ refuge ⬩ tuĭtio ⬩ refŭgium
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To gebeorhge ðæs sǽs for the sea's protection, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 12. Wolde he ðám gebeorh gewarnian ðe he heora láre onféng vŏlens scīlĭcet tuĭtiōnem eis, quos et quōrum doctrīnam suscēpĕrat, præstāre, 2, 5; S. 506, 30, MS. B
gehát
A promise ⬩ vow ⬩ promissum ⬩ votum
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He ðam geháte getrúwode he trusted to the promise, 33; Th. 44, 9; Gen. 706. Ðæt ic mín gehát hér agylde ut reddam vota mea, Ps. Th. 60, 6. Gehát gehét votum vovit, 131, 2 : Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 8
un-gewilde
Not in subjection
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Gif ǽnig leódscipe wæs ungewylde ðam Cásere, ðonne send hé him tó swá fela eóroda ðe mihton gebígan ðæt mennisc him tó, Jud. Thw. p. 161, 35. Hé underþiédde him selfum monege þeóda ðe ǽr wǽron Rómánum ungewilde, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 6
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