ǽr
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Ðá ðe on ǽran tíman lífes wǽron, Lch. iii. 436, 5. Ðǽre ǽran hǽle incolomitati pristinae, An. Ox. 4354. On ðá ǽran hǽle, 1875. On ǽrum tídum, Lch. iii. 432, 21: 442, 22. On ðám twám ǽrrum bócum, Hml. S. pref. 41.
healre
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On healre dúne; of healre dúne, Cht. Crw. 4, 25. Tó healre mere; of healre mere, C. D. iii. 79, 1. Cf. In loco siluatici ruris usitato nomine hellere lége, i. 63, 9
hynden
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A legal association of one hundred men.
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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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FINGER
A FINGER ⬩ digĭtus
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Rand sceal on scylde, fæst fingra gebeorh a boss shall be on the shield, the sure protection of fingers, Menol. Fox 535; Gn. C. 38: Elen. Kmbl. 239; El. 120.
Linked entry: fincer
á-lesan
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Add: to pick out, select, excerpt Þá cwidas þe þú of þisum bócum álése, Shrn. 200, 15. Þá cwidas þe Ælfréd kinling álæs of þǽre béc, 204, 29.
fore-stæppan
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Ox. 51, 65. Hig þæne forman dæg forestæppað, Angl. viii. 330, 23. Se dæg forestóp þá niht eall oð Crístes ǽriste; ac syððan hé þá niht gewuldrode mid his ǽriste, heó forestóp þæne dæg, 319, 40. Hé hí forestóp on heofenan ríce, Hml. Th. i. 50, 3.
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hróf
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Of þám stáne þǽre ciricean hrófes, Bl. H. 209, 1. Gebrosnad is hús under hrófe, Cri. 14. On heáhsetlum hrófe getenge celsos solil culmine, Met. 25, 5. Gif mon on níwne weall unádrúgodne micelne hróf and hefigne on sett, Past. 383, 32.
sméðe
Smooth ⬩ smooth, without roughness or inequalities ⬩ smooth, without discomfort or annoyance ⬩ smooth, suave, avoiding offence ⬩ smooth, not irritating (of food, medicine, etc.) ⬩ smooth ⬩ not harsh, melodious, harmonious
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Ðonne glád hit on ðǽm scyllum swelce hit wǽre sméðe ísen Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 8. Wæs cyrtil unrúh ł smoeðe Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 23. Án dún ful sméðe Homl. Skt. i. 19, 109. On sméðum felda on a plain Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 14.
Twi-fyrd
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Of Twufyrde . . . æft on Twyfyrde, v. 147, 28-148, 22. On Twyfyrd; of Twyfyrde, iii. 444, 7. ¶ In Latin charters :--- Apud Twyfird, v. 130, 31.
brád-nes
broad, large ⬩ -ness ⬩ BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies
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Gehérde me on tobrǽdednesse oððe on brádnesse Drihten exaudivit me in latitudine Dominus, Ps. Lamb. 117, 5. Salomone forgeaf God brádnysse heortan God gave Solomon largeness [or liberality] of heart, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 29.
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ge-riht
What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, direction ⬩ rectum, jus, ratio, officium
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On geryhte ongeán ðænemúþan in a direction opposite the mouth, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 8. On gerihte fram ðam scipe to ðam ancre right from the ship to the anchor, Shrn. 175, 19: Cod. Dipl. ii. 172, 20
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hér
here . . . there
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Sé þe hér on eorðan eáðmód leotað, Möd. 68. On eorðan hér, Ph. 638. Wé men cweðað on grunde hér, Hy. 9, 39. Hér on lífe, Ll. Th. i. 372, 35: Seel. 150. In lífe hér, Gú. 1222. Hér on þyssum lǽnum lífe, Kr. 108. Libban hér on worulde.
fisc-noþ
fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch
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Sí ðis mynster fram eallum eorðlicum þeówdðme freóh . . . ðæt is on feldum and on lǽsewum, . . . and on sealtum merscum, and on fiscnoðum, C. D. iii. 350, 8.
ge-wealden
Subject ⬩ under the power ⬩ control of any one ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ small
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Búton swíðe gewaldenum dǽle eásteweardes ðæs folces except a small part of the people of the east of England, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 11: Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 92, 1.
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heá-líce
on high ⬩ greatly ⬩ extremely ⬩ nobly ⬩ elaborately
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Th. 1. 13. specially: Heálícust on tíde gebedes precipue in tempore orationis, Scint. 36, 16. in or to a high degree or extent, greatly, extremely Ealle mægene hergan heálíce, Cri. 383. Swá swá heálicor ic geswu[telige] ut ahius pandam, An.
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friþ-gegilda
A member of a peace-guild ⬩ congildo ⬩ sŏdālis ⬩ sŏcius
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belong to London have agreed on among the members of our peace-guilds, as well earlish as churlish, L.
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cyne-wíse
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Ðeós cwén on þám lande manege nytwyrðe dǽda gefremede Gode tó lofe, and eác on þá kynewísan wel geþéh ( she proved too of great advantage to the state ), Chr. 1067; P. 202, 17
án-nes
ONENESS ⬩ unity ⬩ unitas ⬩ a covenant ⬩ an agreement ⬩ conventio ⬩ loneliness ⬩ solitude ⬩ solitudo
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ONENESS, unity; unitas Geleáfa sóþlíce se geleáffulla ðes is; ðæt ánne God on Þrýnnesse and Þrýnnesse on Ánnesse we árwurþian fides aulem catholica haec est; ut unum Deum in Trinitate et Trinitatem in Unitate veneremur. Ps. Lamb. fol. 200 a. 13.
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ge-lífed
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Hwónlíce gelýfede menn men of little faith, 566, 28. ¶ believing on, with acc., cf. ge-lífan; 1 a α Sum man . . . swíðe gelýfed on þone lyfiendan God, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 5. Sum mǽden . . . on ðone Hǽlend gelýfed, Hml. S. 7, 7.