smeágung
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in l. 3 after 'for' add: the owner of. Add Hys hǽsum mid ealre módes smeáunge hýrsumigende eius imperiis toto mentis conamine obtemperantes, Angl. xiii. 368, 40.
tægl
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Wæs beboden ꝥ se tægel sceolde beón gehál ǽfre on þám nýtene æt þǽre offrunge for þǽre getácnunge ꝥ God wile ꝥ wé simle wel dón oþ ende úres lífes; þonne biþ se tægel geoffrod on úrum weorcum, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 39-42. Add
wudu-híwett
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Cutting down trees in another's wood; the fine for so doing De cesione nemoris . . . Wudehéwet, Ll. Th. i. 539, 21. Cf. Gif man óðres wudu . . . heáweð, 70, 4. Gif mon áfelle on wuda wel monega treówa, 128, 19. Gif mon áceorfe án treów, 130, 2
sǽ-ríric
a reed-bed in the sea (?), an ait
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, an ait; — Swylce wórie bí ófre sondbeorgum ymbseald sǽrýrica mǽst, swá ðæt wénaþ wǽglíþende ðæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten (the reference is to the whale, which mariners mistake for an island), Exon. Th. 360, 24; Wal. 10
á-wildian
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Th. ii. 322, 15. of uncultivated growth Gif se wíngeard ne bið on riht gescreádod, ne bið hé wæstmbǽre, ac for hraðe áwildað, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 15
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be-áscian
To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. )
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To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. ), the question given in a clause Hié hine láre beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó dónne wǽre, Bl. H. 199, 29. Þæt hié ðone pápan and þæt pápseld beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó rǽde þúhte, 205, 20
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-e
A shepherd, from hyrdan to guard. The vowel -e is also used to form nouns denoting inanimate objects; as, Cýle, es; m. Cold; cwide, es; m. A saying, testament: brice, es; m. A breach: wlite, es; m. Beauty. These are mostly derived from verbs, and are masculine , but when derived from adjectives they are feminine; as, Rihtwíse, an; f. Justice
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The vowel -e is also used to form nouns denoting inanimate objects; as, Cýle, es; m. Cold; cwide, es; m. A saying, testament: brice, es; m. A breach: wlite, es; m. Beauty.
morgen-mete
A morning meal ⬩ breakfast
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[ȝief he frend were me sceolðe ȝief him his morȝemete (cf. 231, 19 where it is called forme mete) þat he þe bet mihte abide þane more mete, O. E. Homl. i. 237, 33.]
neb-wlitu
The form of the face ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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The form of the face, the face, countenance Heora nebwlitu sceán swá swá sunne, Homl. Th. ii. 426, 10. Ic ne mæg on his nebwlite beseón, Homl. Skt. 7, 104. Hí gesáwon his nebwlite swylce sumes engles ansýne, Homl. Th. i. 46, 5.
glæd
Gladness ⬩ joy
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Gladness, joy Swá missenlíce meahtig dryhten eallum dǽleþ sumum earfeþa dǽl sumum geógaþe glæd thus diversely does the mighty Lord allot to all, to one a share of troubles, to one the gladness of youth, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 14; Vy. 68; Perhaps here the form
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toll-freó
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Free from toll, exempt from payment of toll Tolfreó ofer ealle Engleland, wiðinne burhe and wiðútan, æt gárescépinge and on ǽfrice styde be wætere and be lande per totam Angliam infra ciuitatem et extra, in omni foro et annuis nundinis et in omnibus
hrut
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In form hrút agrees with Icel. hrútr a ram, but the word it glosses is treated as an adjective in the other two instances of its occurrence Wonn bruntus, hrút (the MS. has the accent) balidus (cf. balidus dunn, Wrt.
sceaft
A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper
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For the latter form see Sir W. Scott's Antiquary, c. 8 (at the end)
æðel-cyning
The noble king, used for Christ ⬩ rex nobilis, Christus
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The noble king, used for Christ; rex nobilis, Christus Crisles onsýn, æðelcyninges wlite Christ's countenance, the noble king's aspect, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 27; Cri. 907. Æðelcyninges ród the cross of the noble king, Elen. Kmbl. 437; El. 219: Andr.
áwo
Always ⬩ ever ⬩ semper ⬩ unquam
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Áwo to ealdre for evermore, 14 b; Th. 30, 13, note; Cri. 479
beddian
To prepare or make a bed ⬩ sternere
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Féde þearfan, and beddige him feed the needy, and make a bed for them, L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 16
drop-fáh
Drop-coloured, variegated in spots, spotted ⬩ stillātus
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Wið dropfágum andwlatan for a spotted face, Med. ex Quadr. 5, 6; Lchdm. i. 348, 21
FÆSL
Offspring, progeny ⬩ fētus, prōles, sŭbŏles
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To fæsle for progeny, 67; Th. 82, 8; Gen. 1359
fromscipe
Exercise ⬩ a proceeding ⬩ progress ⬩ exercĭtātio ⬩ profectus
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Wæs for his fromscype onstyred Ædon Sceotta cyning mōtus ĕrat ejus profectĭbus Ædan rex Scottōrum, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 28
hefe-líce
Heavily ⬩ exceedingly ⬩ seriously ⬩ with difficulty
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For ðære ilcan eádmódnesse hé ofermódgaþ innan micle ðý hefelícor de hac ipsa humilitate graviter interius superbitur, Past. 43, 3; Swt. 313, 3; 46, 5; Swt. 351, 6
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