heoru-drync
a wound
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[For the personifying of the sword and its drinking of blood when making a wound cf. such passages as : Gladius Domini repletus est sanguine, Is. 34, 6.] Hréðles eafora hiorodryncum swealt (cf. wundum sweltan, By. 293) bille gebeáten, B. 2358.
hús-bót
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House-repair; wood for the repair of a house; the right to cut such wood Ðis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte and húsbót, C. D. vi. 243, 13. [v. N. E. D. house-bote.]
leác-trog
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Substitute: A cluster of berries carved for the ornamenting of a ship Leáhtrog corimbus, cacumen navis Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 76. Leáctrogas corimbos 14, 78. Leáctrogas, -trocas, Txts. 53, 540. Cf. corimbus nauibus vel cacumen, Corp. Gl. H. 35, 661.
wǽta
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</b> add :-- Sume men of hiora scome þá wǽtan for þǽm nýde þigdon vidimus plerosque pudore amisso suam urinam uexatos ultimis necessitafibus haurientes, Nar. 9, 22
yfele
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Add: in a moral sense Ðæt ðín mód ne beó yfele besmiten ðurh ðá ýdelan spellunga, Hex. 48, 11. injuriously Ahab yfele wearð beswicen ( was misled to his destruction ) for Naboðes wínearde ðe hé wólíce genam, and hé hraðe feóll on gefeohte ofslagen
gædeling
A kinsman, relative
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For 'A companion . . . Dan. 422' substitute: A kinsman, relative Geaduling fratuelis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 15: patruelis, 116, 26. His gædelinges (uncle's)gúðgewǽdu, B. 2617. Gewát him se góda mid his gædelingum, B. 2949.
hám-færeld
A going home ⬩ a going home
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A going home Ðá Antigones ðæt ongeat ðá forlét hé ðæt setl; ac Ymenis him wénde fram Antigones hámfæreld micelra untreówþa when Antigonus heard that he abandoned the siege: but Eumenes anticipated for himself great treachery from Antigonus' going home
gál-full
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For ' Scint. . . . 58 ' substitute Gálful þing wín luxuriosa res uinum Scint. 105, 5. Gelustfullunge gálfulre misláre delectationem libidinose suggestionis 88, 7. Dohter gálfulle filliam luxuriosam 177, 2.
ge-mynd
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Först. 85, 3. Add ꝥ hé þis symle hæbbe on gemyndum þǽre egesfullan stówe, Verc. Först. 94, 2. Add On ðisum gereorde nis þæs gærses nán gemynd, Hml. Th. ii. 398, 27
gebyrd-tíd
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Fram Abrahames ácennednesse forð oð Móyses gebyrdtídu ... fram Móyses gebyrdtíde forð tó Salomones gebyrde, Angl. xi. 9, 7-11. <b>I a.</b> the day of Christ's birth and the days following up to Twelfth-night (cf.
feord
an army ⬩ force ⬩ expedition
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an army, force, expedition, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 11: 1140; Erl. 265, 8
hring-loca
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A coat of mail formed with rings, Byrht. Th. 136, 2; By. 145
twi-fyrclede
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Having two prongs, forked Twyferclede bifidus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 10 note
Linked entries: twi-ferclede forcel fyrclian
campian
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Nǽnig compigende Gode nemo militans Deo, Rtl. 60, 11. with for Wé willað campian for ðínre hǽlo, Ap. Th. 9, 20. Tó campienne for Crístes geleáfan, Hml.
Cædmon
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A man employed by the monks of Whitby in the care of their cattle in the early part of the seventh century. He is the first person of whom we possess any metrical composition in our vernacular language. So striking and similar are some of his thoughts
ge-myntan
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God férde forð, swá hé gemynt hæfde, Gen. 18, 33. (l a) with case :-- Þá gemunde hé hwæt hé ǽr be ðan cilde gemynte he remembered what his intentions about the child had been, Hml. Th. i. 80, 12.
tó-glídan
To glide in different directions, ⬩ glide away ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ dispersed, ⬩ dispelled, ⬩ to disappear, ⬩ vanish, ⬩ pass away ⬩ to fall to pieces, ⬩ collapse ⬩ to slip away
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To glide in different directions, glide away. of a fluid Synt geárdagas forð gewitene, lífwynne geliden, swá lagu tóglídæþ, Elen.
lǽce-cræft
a remedy ⬩ recipe ⬩ medicine
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Ðis sceal ðan manna tó lǽcecræfte this shall be a remedy for the men, 22.
beámian
To shine ⬩ to cast forth rays or beams like the sun ⬩ radiare
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To shine, to cast forth rays or beams like the sun; radiare, Som