hyge-leást
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Hé ætbréde his líchaman . . . of sprǽce and of higeleáste ( de loquacitate, de scurilitate), 86, 6. ꝥ se man . . . . on ðeáwum hæbbe módes clǽnnysse and forhæfednysse bútan higeleáste (hig-, v. l. ), Hml.
þafetere
One who agrees or consents, ⬩ one who is remiss in allowing
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One who agrees or consents, one who is remiss in allowing Ðý læs se ðafetere, se ðe wile forgiefan ðæt hé wrecan sceolde, tó écum wítum geteó his hiéremenn ne rector remittendo quod ferire debuit ad aeterna supplicia subditos pertrahat Past. 20; Swt.
wæl
the slain ⬩ the dead ⬩ a number of slain, ⬩ a single corpse ⬩ a slain person ⬩ slaughter ⬩ carnage ⬩ destruction
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On wæll fyllan to kill in battle, Bd. 1, 12;S. 481, 24. as object of verbs of slaying Ðǽr wæs micel wæl geslægen on gehwæþre hond many were killed on both sides, Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 11: 833; Erl. 64, 20.
weorold-wíse
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'Gif hwilc man on micelre neádþearfnesse bið ðín gemyndig . . . ic gefremme ðæs mannes nédþearfnesse' he prayed that God's anger should not come upon them, nor that aught of penury or of other ills that are fashions of this world might be theirs.
Mirce
The Mercians ⬩ Mercia
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Ðá féng Æðelbald tó ríce on Mercium (Myrcum, MS. E.), Chr. 716; Erl. 44, 14. In Mercum preóst, 731; Erl. 47, 10. On Myrcean, L. C. S. 14; Th. i. 384, 1. On West-Sexan and on Myrcan and on Eást-Englan, 72; Th. i. 414, 14: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 146.
Linked entry: Myrce
ge-uferian
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Ox. 3996. of moral excellence On heálicere héhnysse geufere[de] edito (virginitatis) fastigio sublimati, An.
mixen
A mixen ⬩ dung-heap ⬩ dung
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A mixen, dung-heap; also dung On ðære nyðemestan fléringe ( of the ark ) wæs heora gangpyt and heora myxen, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 7. Meoxine sterculii, Germ. 397, 449. Job sæt on his mixene, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 28.
fleót
an estuary
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On brádan fleót; andlang brádan fleótes út on sǽ, C. D. iii. 179, 28. On mearcfleótes múþan, . . . tó mylenfleótes múþan, 429, 4, 5. On seolcingfleót; eást andlang fleótes on haggan-fleót; andlang hagganfleótes, C. D. B. ii. 519, 14, 15.
seomian
To rest ⬩ to remain suspended ⬩ to hang ⬩ to lower as a cloud ⬩ to remain supported ⬩ to lie so as to press ⬩ lie heavily ⬩ lie securely
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Him on healfa gehwam hettend seomedon mægen oððe merestreám on each side of them lay foes pressing, the Egyptian force or the Red Sea, 191, 4; Exod. 209. Ðǽr ic seomian wát ðínne sigebróðor I know thy brother lies in prison there, Andr.
Linked entry: semian
sceát
a corner, an angle ⬩ corner, quarter ⬩ a projection, promontory ⬩ a nook, corner, region ⬩ a lap, bosom ⬩ the bosom ⬩ a bay ⬩ sinus ⬩ a garment ⬩ a cloth, napkin ⬩ cloak,fold
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Voc. ii. 25, 72, and Icel. bera, leiða á skaut of the ceremony which was a recognition of a child's legitimacy or of a person's adoption, v. Cl. and Vig. Dict. skaut, 3, and Grmm. R. A. p. 160), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 1, 18.
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Óðen
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Odin (the Scandinavian form of the word which appears in Anglo-Saxon as Wóden) Ðes gedwolgod Mercurius wæs árwurðe betwux eallum héðenum on ðám dagum, and hé is Óðon geháten óðrum naman on Denisce wísan.
leóþ
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Eác mé sceal áðreótan ymbe ealra þára Tróiána gewin tó ásecgenne, for ðon on spellum and on leóðum hiora gewin cúðe sindon (certamina, quae in fabulis celebrari solita sunt). Ors. 1. 8; S. 42, 14. Add
hǽlþ
Health, healing, cure ⬩ sanitas, salus
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Health, healing, cure Ðám áríst rihtwísnysse sunne and hǽlþ is on hyre fiðerum to them shall arise the sun of righteousness, and healing is on its wings, Lchdm. iii. 236, 31.
wracnian
To be ⬩ travel in a foreign country ⬩ be a pilgrim ⬩ stranger
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Þulige se, ðe hit on gelang sý, ǽlcere eardwununge, and wræcnige of earde, oððon on earde swíde deópe gebéte, swá biscop him tǽce, Wulfst. 120, 13: 300, 25
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bí-leofa
subsistence ⬩ maintenance ⬩ provision ⬩ victuals
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Ne sý regoles stræc gehealden on heora bíleofan (alimentis), 61, 15. Sýfre on bigleofan sobrii, Hml. A. 52, 52. Þá ðe hæfdon sum þing lytles tó bigleofan, ꝥ reáferas of þám múðe him ábrúdon, 68, 72.
ge-wilnung
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Gewilnunge, for begeate obtentu, i. ob desiderio (castitatis ), An. Ox. 2698. Hé micele gewilnunge hæfde Crístes tócymes, Hml.
gold-geweorc
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there was an image of the sun made of gold, and it was on a golden chariot, and there were golden horses to the chariot ... then came there a horrible devil out of the goldwork, and the goldwork all fell away as wax melts at the fire, Shrn. 156, 10-16
fretwednes
An adorning ⬩ decoration ⬩ ornātio ⬩ decŏrāmentum
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Beóþ ðonne úre hrægla fretwodnes on ðam écan fýre wítnode then our decoration of garments will be punished in the eternal fire, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 394, 11
mæsse-sang
The service of the mass
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On mæssesangum and on sealmsangum, L. Edg. C. 14; Th. ii. 282, 17