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fót-þweál

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Add: ¶the washing of the feet of the poor, enjoined by the Church Bisceopes dægweorc ... þearfena fótþweál, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 21. Se ercediácon geáxode má crístenra manna, and hí ... mid fótðweale geneósode, Hml. Th. i. 418, 27. Sceóte man ælmessan ..

land-leód

(n.)
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land-leód, a people.
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Wunode á syððtan se sóða geleáfa on þǽre landleóde, Hml: S. 24, 190. Hé æt Somnite gemǽre and Rómáne gesæt, and þá níhstan landleóde on ǽgþere healfe him on fultum geteáh circa finitimas Romae urbes auxilia sibi adquirere studens Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 110, 7

saltere

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Add Eálá þú psaltere (psalterium) and hearpe, Ps. L. 56, 9. <b>II b.</b> add :-- This syndon thá cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Thǽr synd twá Crístes béc . . . i. mæssebóc and i ymener and i salter, C. D. B. iii. 660, 32. Mid sange. . . sealteres

swefen

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Add Nú is tó witenne þæt wé ne sceolan cépan ealles tó swýðe be swefnum . . . sume swefna syndon of Gode . . . and sume beóð of deófle . . . þá swefna beóð wynsume þe gewurðaþ of Gode, and þá beóð egefulle ðe of þám deofle cumað, and God sylf forbeád

meaht-leás

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Add: weak, impotent, powerless. physically Þá fǽringa sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte . . . hé þurh-wunode swá unspecende and mihteleás forð oð þone Ðunresdæg and þá his líf álét, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 24. Hí wǽron mid þǽre meteleáste mihtleáse

Harþacnut

(n.)
Grammar
Harþacnut, Hardacnut, es; m.

Hardacnut, son of Cnut

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Hardacnut, son of Cnut On ðís ilcan geáre com Hardacnut cyng tó Sandwíc vii nihtum ǽr middan sumera. And hé wæs sóna underfangen ge fram Anglum ge fram Denum in this same year king Hardacnut came to Sandwich seven days before midsummer. And he was at

ofer-sceáwian

(v.)

to overlook, superintend

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to overlook, superintend Preóstum gedafenaþ, ðæt hí heora biscope beón eádmódlíce underþeódde, and hé hí ofersceáwige, and heora wísan begíme, swá swá his nama swégeþ: his nama is gecweden episcopus, and ofersceáwigend on Englisc, ðæt hé ofersceáwige

mǽþ

(n.)
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mǽþ, es; n. (?)

Math in after-mathmowinghay-harvest

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Math in after-math, mowing, hay-harvest Freóh ǽlces weoruldcundes þeówetes búton þreom þingum án is circsceat and ðæt hé mid eallum cræfte twuga on geáre [wyrce ?] ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre síþe tó rípe free from every secular service except three things;

seld-

(adj.; prefix)
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seld-, sel-cúþ ; adj.
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Little known, strange, wonderful, unfamiliar Se seldcúþa tungel gebícnode ðæs sóðan cyninges ácennednysse, Homl.Th. i. 106, 27. Hé wæs oflyst ðæs seldcúþan sónes ( the sound of Orpheus' harp ), Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 168, 23. Hí willaþ simle hwæthwegu níwes

Linked entry: -síne

wídan

(adv.)
Grammar
wídan, adv.
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From (far and) wide, from a distance Hé his witan wídan gesomnod hæfde . . . Ealle ða ðegnas ðe ðǽr wídan gegaderode wǽron, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 315, 9, 36. Óðer sinoð wæs eft óðer healf hund biscopa wídan gesamnod . . . Se feórða sinoð wæs six hund

wudung

(n.)
Grammar
wudung, e; f.

cutting wood

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cutting wood Ða hǽðenan on heora ðeówte leofodon tó wudunge and tó wæterunge, Homl. Th. ii. 222, 29. as a technical term referring to the right of cutting timber in a wood Dis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó; gebyreþ, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs

Linked entry: wudiung

beðing

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Wiþ lyftádle . . . beþing and bæþsealf, Lch. ii. 302, 23. Beþinge fotu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 56. Hí on wlacum ele gebeðedon . . . hé wæs on ðissere beðunge geléd, Hml. Th. i. 86, 24. Genim wád, wyl on meolce. on buteran is betere, and wyrc beþinge, Lch.

ent

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Þone swýþlican ent Goliam, Hml. S. 18, 18. Hí worhton him anlícnyssa, and sceópon him naman, þǽra manna naman þe wǽron entas and yfeldǽde, Hml. Th. i. 22, 31: 366, 21. Nembroð and ðá entas worhton þone wundorlican stýpel, Wlfst 105, 3. Enta cyclopum,

feórþling

(n.)
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Quadrans ys fýrðling, Angl. viii. 306, 29. Oþ þæt gé cumon tó ánum feórðlincge until you are brought to your last farthing, Hml. Th. i. 268, 1. Sum earm wydewe næfde ealra ǽhta búton ǽnne feórðling, ii. 106, 9. Ǽr ðan þe ðú forgelde þone endenéxtan feórðling

ge-hýdan

(v.)
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to fasten with a cable made of hide (?cf. þæt gafol bið . . . on þǽm sciprápum þe beóð of hwæles hýde geworht, Ors. l, l; S. 18, 18) Wénað wǽglíðende þæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten, and bonne gehýdað heáhstefn scipu tó þám unlonde (the whale) oncyrrápum

gearolíce

(adv.)
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Add: <b>geare-líce, gear-líce</b> well. of sight, perception Þá mihte hé mid þan óþron geseón, and on þám inne hé gearlíce oncneów hwæt þǽr inne wæs, Guth. 98, 5. of knowledge, understanding Ic habbe gearolíce (cúðlíce, v. l. ) ongyten ꝥte

híred-cniht

a domestic

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Add: a domestic, Similar entries v. híred; III. Oncneów Philippus, swá swá fæder, Eugenian, and Auitus and Særgius hyra ágene swyster, and hyra hýredcnihtas hí eádmódlíce cyston, Hml. S. 2, 249. His híredcnihton eallon .v. pund tó gedále, ǽlcon be þám

log

(n.)
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(?) water: Mid lande and mid loge cum terra et cum aqua, C. D. iv. 202, l.[The grant in which this phrase occurs is of land that had been held by a ' húskarll' of king Edward. The alliterative phrase ' land and lögr' is common in Icelandic, so perhaps

of-lǽte

(n.)
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Add: <b>-lát</b> (?), e ; f. Add Noldest þú ná ofrunga and ofláta (-an ?) náne sacrificium el oblationem noluisti, Ps. Th. 39, 6. Add Hé sóna sealde mid his ágenre handa oflétan (ofenlǽtan, v. l. oblationem ), and bebeád: 'Gáð nú and dóð

on-girwan

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Add: to strip a person (acc.) of something (gen. dat. (inst.)) Hé æalle gesceafta gemetgað, and óðre hwíle gegiereð myd ðám winsumestum wlitum, óðre hwíle eft ongiereð and geungewlitegað. Solil. H. 59, 20. Hé hine þám scyccelse ongyrede, Hml. S. 23 b