ge-sceran
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Substitute: to shear. to cut the hair off the head Heáfod him beón gescoren hearm getácnað, Lch. iii. 200, 21. Gesce(o)rene rasam, An. Ox. 56, 12. to cut the wool off sheep Sceáp gesihð gescorene hýnðe getácnað, Lch. iii. 208, 26. to cut through. of
ge-wær
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Substitute: <b>ge-wær</b> in the phrase gewær (indecl. cf. wurðan thes firiho barn giwar, Hél. 3641. Uuir knadon geuuar uuorden sín, Notker 38, 9) weorþan to become aware of (gen. ) Þá fundon hí óðre flocráde ꝥ rád út wið Lígtúnes; and þá
god-webb
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of purple or costly material For þám godwebum hræglum ex purpureis vestibus, Gr. D. 13, 18. made of silk or cotton Of ealseolcenum, sidenum olosericis, godewebbum, sidenum bombicinis (the passage is: Olosericis et bombicinis indutum vestibus. Perhaps
port
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Add Hé cleacode swíðe earhlíce tó porte (Ephesus) . . . Þá hé fulgehende wið ðæs portes geate eóde, Hml. S. 23, 493-498. Hí sumne man ofslógon of þám porte (Dover), Chr. 1052; P. 173, 25. Hí hergodon and bærndon on Wiðreceastrescíre forð ꝥ hí cómon tó
síde
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Add Saga mé on hwæðere Adames sídan nam úre Dryhten ðæt rib ðe hé ðæt wíf of geworhte, Sal. K. 198, 8. Add On sídum húses þínes in lateribus domus tuae, Ps. L. 127, 3. <b>II a.</b> the side of a hill :-- Of þǽre wídgyllan sídan þæs muntes
út-fær
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Add: egress from an inclosure Ꝥ man næbbe infær ne útfær bútan leáfe ut nulli nisi per licentiam aditus potest intrandi aut exeundi, Chrd. 20, ll: 21, 16. agoing away, departure Hwæt gemǽnað þá þreó útfæru (-faru, v.l.) þe God Abrahame beád þus cweþende
clýsing
A CLOSING ⬩ inclosure ⬩ conclusion of a sentence ⬩ period ⬩ claustrum ⬩ periodus ⬩ περίοδος
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A CLOSING, inclosure, conclusion of a sentence, period; claustrum, periodus = περίοδος Seó fæstnung ðære hellícan clýsinge ne geþafaþ ðæt ða wiðercoran ǽfre útabrecon the fastening of the hellish inclosure never allows the wicked to break out Homl. Th
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aloþ
ale
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ale Wulfréd scolde gifan twá tunnan fulle hlutres aloþ, and ten mittan Wælsces aloþ Wulfred should give two tuns full of clear ale, and ten mittan or measures of Welsh ale, Chr. 852; Ing. 93, 16: Th. Diplm. A. D. 791-796; 40, 4, 5, 6: A. D. 804-829;
calend
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a month; mensis Calend [kalend MS.] Martius réðe the fierce month of March, Menol. Fox 62; Men. 31. the appointed time or day of life; dies, terminus vitæe Ǽr se dæg cyme, ðæt sý his calend arunnen ere the day come, when his appointed time be run out
Eást-Francan
East-Franks ⬩ Franci orientāles
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East-Franks; Franci orientāles Wyð norþan Donua ǽwylme. and be eástan Ríne, syndon Eást-Francan to the north from the spring of the Danube, and to the east of the Rhine, are the East-Franks, Ors. I. 1; Bos. 18, 30. Mid Éast-Francum with the East-Franks
hundredes ealdor
a centurion
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a centurion Ðá geneáhlǽhte hym án hundredes ealdor accessit ad eum Centurio, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 5. the presiding officer of the court of the hundred Gif se hundrodes ealdor ðæt geáscoþ, L. Edg. S. 10; Th. i. 276, 8. Cýðan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre
níd-þeówetling
One who is forced into slavery
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One who is forced into slavery (for an unsatisfied claim) Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Ælfríc wolde þeówian Putraele him tó nýdþeówetlinge (the enslavement was abandoned at the intercession of Bora, Ælfric's brother, on payment to Ælfric of eight oxen;
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rásettan
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To move impetuously, to rage (of fire) Hé ( Nero) wolde fandian, gif ðæt fýr (at the burning of Rome ) meahte swá longe reád rásettan, swá hé secgan gehérde, ðæt Troia burg ofertogen hæfde léga leóhtost, Met. 9, 14. Blác rásetteþ reáda líg, reðe scríþeþ
seám-penig
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A toll of a penny on a load (of salt) Se wægnscilling and se seámpending gonge tó ðæs cyninges handa swá hé ealning dyde æt Saltwíc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 20. Cf. statio sive inoneratio plaustrorum mentioned in connection with salis coctiones, 125
teám-pól
A breeding-pool
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A breeding-pool Up on Exan on ðone neáran teámp-ol; ðanon up on Exan; ðonne of Exa[n] on ða smala[n] lace; of ðære lace eft on Exa[n]; ðanon up and lang Exa[n] on ðone uferan teámpól, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 205, 8-11: iii. 441, 5-8
úht-líc
of early morning ⬩ matutinus ⬩ of matins
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of early morning; matutinus Tó ðǽm úhtlícum ad matutinum, Ps. Spl. T. 29, 6. On úhtlícum in matutino, 100, 9. of matins Fram ðære tíde ðæs úhtlícan lofsanges a tempore matudinae laudis, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 23: 4, 7; S. 575; 2. Tó úhtlícum lofsangum ad
forþ-gesceaft
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Add: a condition that continues (? cf. forþ, 3), the state of the angels whose tenure of heaven was to continue for ever. Cf. God þá nigon engla werod gestaþelfæste swá þæt hí nǽfre ne mihton fram his willan gebúgan, Hml. Th. i. 12, 8 Engel Dryhtnes
hecge
an enclosure ⬩ a fence ⬩ hedge
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A place provided with a hedge (?), an enclosure; a fence (?), hedge On Beówanhammes hecgan . . . tó ðǽre rúwan hecgan, C. D. ii. 172, 28, 32. Tó rúgan hegcan; swá andlang hegerǽwe, 137, 14. Ǽrest of þám gáran innan þá blacan hegcean; of þǽre hegcean
hetol-ness
violence ⬩ severity ⬩ ferocity ⬩ rapacity
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as an attribute of a person, violence, severity Weámóde láreówas þurh hetolnysse (rabiem) heora réðscipes gehwyrfað þǽre láre gemet tó ungefóge þǽre wælhreównysse. Chrd. 70, 15. as an attribute of an animal, ferocity, rapacity Similar entries v. hetol
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lǽþ
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a lathe. Take these together, and add On westan Cænt ðǽr ðæt land and ðæt lǽð tó líð, C. D. vi. 81, 19. Of Æglesforda and of ellan þám lǽþe þe þǽr tó líþ de Æilesforda et de toto illo lesto quod ad illum manerium pertinet, C. D. B. iii. 659, 25