ofer-holt
a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them
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Hié gesáwon fyrd Faraonis forþ ongangan oferholt wegan eóred líxan they (the Israelites) saw Pharaoh's host advance, saw a forest of spears move (or saw them bearing a forest of spears), saw the band glitter, Cd. Th. 187, 27; Exod. 157
slidor
a slippery, miry place ⬩ lubricum ⬩ labina ⬩ a myre
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a slippery, miry place; lubricum Turf gleba, sliddor labina (cf. labinaa myre)Wülck. Gl. 591, 11:a fenne,797, 10, sol volutabrum, moor uligo Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 20-24. Cf. slǽp.
gód-dǽd
A good deed ⬩ a benefit
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A good deed, a benefit Menn swíðor scamaþ nú for góddǽdum ðonne for misdǽdum men are now more ashamed of good deeds than of misdeeds, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 161: Exon. 26 b; Th. 79, 7; Cri. 1287: 65 b; Th. 242, 6; Ph. 669.
GÓS
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A GOOSE; anser Gós auca, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 92, 119; Wrt. Voc. 29, 15: 77, 32. Grǽg gós a grey goose, Cot. 99, Lye. Hwílum ic grǽde swá gós sometimes I cry as a goose, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 18; Rä. 25, 3. Gees [gés, MS. H.] geese, L.
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þegnung-mann
a serving-man, ⬩ attendant ⬩ a servant of a lord or king, ⬩ a thane, ⬩ minister
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in a general sense, a serving-man, attendant Wæs amang ðám Malchus heora ðénigmann, and ða eáðelícan þénunga ðe hé ðider bróhte heom geornlíce þénode, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 239.
acer
a field
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a field. Rtl. 145, 18
ága
A possessor ⬩ an owner ⬩ possessor
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A possessor, an owner; possessor
ambeht-secg
An official man ⬩ a messenger
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An official man, a messenger
an-fenga
A receiver ⬩ an undertaker ⬩ susceptor
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A receiver, an undertaker; susceptor
andetting
A confession ⬩ profession ⬩ confessio ⬩ professio
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A confession, profession; confessio, professio
án-stonde
one standing alone ⬩ a monk
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one standing alone, a monk
beadu-wǽpen
A war-weapon ⬩ bellica arma
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A war-weapon; bellica arma
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beadu-wég
a war-cup ⬩ contest ⬩ discussion
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a war-cup, contest, discussion
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cleót
a clout
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a clout, Som. Ben. Lye
cliewe
a clew
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a clew, Som. Ben. Lye
ciépe-mon
a merchant
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a merchant, Som. Ben. Lye
cyric-tún
a church-inclosure, church-yard
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a church-inclosure, church-yard
cwede
a saying
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a saying Som. Ben. Lye
ed-cwide
A relation, retelling ⬩ relātio
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A relation, retelling; relātio. Lye
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efer
A wild boar ⬩ ăper
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A wild boar; ăper, Anlct