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metend

(n.)
Grammar
metend, es; m.

One who measures or metes

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S. gloss seems to be intended as a translation of the title commonly given to Orosius' History, [H]Ormesta Mundi, and is the measurer or describer of the world, i. e. a general history of the world), Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 18

preón

(n.)
Grammar
preón, es; m.
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Voc. i. 40, 53. Dolc oððe preón spinther, 74, 59. Hió becwiþ hyre ealdan gewíredan preón is an .vi. mancussum, Chart. Th. 537, 35. Ic geann mínre yldran dehter ... ánes bendes and twegea preóna[s] and ánes wífscrúdes ealles, 530, 21.

sýring

(n.)
Grammar
sýring, e; f.

Butter-milk

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Voc. i. 27, 68-70. Sýring baptua, ii. 12, 64. Sceáp-hyrdes riht is ðæt hé hæbbe bléde fulle hweges oððe sýringe ealne sumor, L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 25.

ful-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-lic, adj.
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Cf. full; Seó Níl is ealdor fullícra eá Nilus est caput fluuiorum, Nar. 35, 19 note. Cf. full; Fullíc ꝥ God behét hé onféhð he will receive what God promised in full, Scint. 60, 2.

Linked entry: fallic

hran-fisc

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Add: The word seems used of some other fish than the whale in the following Hié of ðǽm neáhéum and merum þá hronfiscas úp tugon, and þá ǽton, and be þǽm lifdon, and ꝥ wæter æfter druncon (this very imperfectly translates the Latin, which is: Hii assueti

scapulare

(n.)
Grammar
scapulare, es; n. : <b>scapularie,</b> an; f.
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Hæbban hý eác mid tó wyrcenne scapulare, þæt is gehwǽde cugelan and slýfleás (scapularian for weorcum, R. Ben. I. 91, 17) scapulare propter opera, R. Ben. 89. 13

scucca

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S. 6, 304. ¶ in a local name :-- Ubi dicitur Scuccanhláu, C. D. i. 196, 1. Add

sóþ

Grammar
sóþ, truth. <b>I b.</b>
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<b>II b.</b> add :-- Sóð is gecýðed . . . þæt þú wið Waldend wǽre heólde, Exod. 419: B. 700: An. 1437. Hé nyste hwæt þæs sóþes ( or adj. ?) wæs, for þǽm hé hit self ne geseah, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 33. Add

wægn-scilling

(n.)
Grammar
wægn-scilling, es; m.

A toll of a shilling on each waggon standing to be loaded at a salt-pan

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Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. pp. 70, 71, 329

ge-tíhtlod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tíhtlod, -tíhtled, -týhtlod, -týhtled; part. [tíhtlian to accuse]

Accused;accūsātus

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Accused; accūsātus Gif se getíhtloda man máran werude beó ðonne twelfa sum if the accused man be of a larger company than twelve, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 8.

Linked entry: ge-týhtlod

toren-íge

(adj.)
Grammar
toren-íge, adj.

Blear-eyed

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MSS.) oððe fleáh hæfde on eágan si lippus fuerit, si albuginem habens in oculo, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 5. Wiþ eágena sár, ðæt is ðonne ðæt hwá torníge (toraneáge, MS. B.) sý ad lippitudinem oculorum, Lchdm. i. 108, 23.

Linked entries: toran-eáge torn-íge

bád

a pledgeexpectationwaiting

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Hine þá on þǽre sáwle báde (while the soul expected its departure) ácsode his wíf, 301, 25

portic

(n.)
Grammar
portic, es ; m.
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Voc. i. 58, 2. Se mere hæfþ fíf porticas. On ðám porticon læg mycel menigeo geádludra, Jn. Skt. 5, 2-3. an enclosed place, a place roofed in Sinewealt cleofa vel portic absida, lytle porticas cancelli, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 34, 37.

wundorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wundorlíce, adv.

Wonderfully

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In ðis tó uundranne ł uundorlíce is in hoc mirabile est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 30. And eác ðæt wunderlícor wæs, ðá ðá heora án bodade mid ánre sprǽce, ǽlcum wæs geðúht swilce hé sprǽce mid his gereorde, Homl. Th. i. 318, 26.

irfe

(n.)
Grammar
irfe, ierfe, yrfe, es; n.

Inheritanceproperty

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Ðonne is riht ðæt heó sý healfes yrfes wyrðe and ealles gif hý cild gemǽne hæbban then is it right that she be entitled to half the property, and to all if they have children together, L. Edm. B. 4 ; Th. i. 254, 15.

cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
cyrnel, cyrnl; gen.es; dat.e ; pl. nom. acc. cyrnlu; gen. cyrnla; n.

KERNEL, grainnucleus, granum a hard

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in isto tumore, quem strumam dicimus Wið cyrnlu for kernels [or swelled glands ], Herb. 14, 2; Lchdm. i. 106, 13, 19: Herb. cont. 4, 3; Lchdm. i. 8; 4, 3: 14, 2; Lchdm. i. 12; 14, 2: Herb. 4, 3; Lchdm. i. 90, 8: Med. ex Quadr. 3, 7; Lchdm. i. 340, 14

Linked entries: cirnel cirnel

ge-síþ

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Voc. ii. 115, 17. a person in an official position: — Sisinnius se gesíð (comes Sisinnius, Aid. 67, 8), Shrn. 69, 32. Se hǽðna Ægypta gesíð, 84, 26. Gesiðas satrape, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 21

ofer-stígan

(v.)

to mount, scale, surmount, rise aboveto transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceedtranscendere, transire, exsuperareovercome

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Eles gecynd is ðæt hé wile oferstígan ǽlcne wǽtan, Homl. Th. ii. 564, 12. to transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceed Ic oferstíge excelleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26;Som. 28, 45.

ge-déman

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Th. i. 396, 3. where the matter of judgement is given Hwæt from iów solfum ne gidoemað ðætte sóðfæst is ?, Lk. R. L. 12, 57. Gidoem þte sóð is, Rtl. 102, 17. (33) with cognate accusative :-- Of þissum ánum m Sóðfæstne dóm gedoemað. Jn. R. L. 7, 24.

æt-fele

(n.)

Adhesionadhæsio ?

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— Mín is ætfele mihitigum Drihtne mihi autem adhærere Deo, Ps. Th. 72, 23