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þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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The extreme penalty was not in all cases exacted; but in case of repeated conviction there was to be no remission, L. Ath. v. 1, 4; Th. i. 230, 3.

Linked entry: þeáf

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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Ne meaht ðú mid sóþe getǽlan ðíne wyrd and ðíne gesǽlþa, swá swá ðú wénst quod tu falsae opinionis supplicium luis, id rebus jure imputare non possis, Bt. 10 ; Fox 28, 1. Wyrd wánian, Exon. Th. 274, 24; Jul. 538.

Linked entry: weord

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll,tax,custom,duty,duethat which is paid to the state. that which is paid to individualstaking toll

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In this connection toll is used to denote not only an amount payable to the king, but also freedom from the payment of such amounts. The word occurs not unfrequently in charters along with sac, sócn, teám, and other terms (v. Cod. Dip.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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nónes, 290, 7. Tó hwilces tíman. Homl. Th. i. 78, 18. Gif preóst tó rihtes tíman crisman ne feccé, L. N. P. L. 9; Th. ii. 290, 3. Tó ðises now, Jn. Skt.

Linked entry: -anne

Affric

(adj.)
Grammar
Affric, def. m. Affrica; adj.

AFRICANAferAfricanus

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AFRICAN ; Afer, Africanus Severus se Cásere Affrica Severus Cæsar Afer, Bd. 1, 5; S. 476, 5, note. Fóron Rómane on Affrice, acc. pl. the Romans went against [upon] the African people, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 24: 5, 4; Bos. 105, 2: 5, 7; Bos. 106, 22.

Linked entry: Æffric

BELL

(n.)
Grammar
BELL, e; f: belle, an : f.

A BELLcampanatintinnabulumcymbalum

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Hleóðor heora bellan a sound of their bell Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, note 40. Belle tintinnabulum Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 39. Hériaþ hine on bellum laudate eum in cymbalis Ps. Lamb. 150, 5. Seó lytle belle the little bell.

Linked entry: belle

Domer-hám

(n.)
Grammar
Domer-hám, Domar-hám, es; m.

DAMERHAM, Wiltshire loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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DAMERHAM, Wiltshire; loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Æðelflǽd æt Domerháme, Ælfgáres dóhter ealdormannes, was his cwén Æthelfled at Damerham, daughter of Ælfgar the alderman, was his [king Edmund's] queen, Chr. 946; Erl. 117, 25.

fæt

(n.)
Grammar
fæt, fætt, es; n?

A thin plate of metal, gold-leaf, ornamentlāmĭna, bractea

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Th. 4504, note; B. 2256. To ðæs ðe he goldsele gumena wisse, fættum fáhne until he perceived the golden hall of men, variegated with ornaments, 1436; B. 716

(n.)

hair

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Parv. 291, where the following note is given. 'Forty threads of hemp-yarn are termed in Norfolk a lea. The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster, contained 200 threads.' Halliwell gives as a northern word 'lea

ge-gaf-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gaf-sprǽc, e; f.

Idlewantonscoffing speech

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C. 35; Th. ii. 357 note, 3

Linked entry: gaf-sprǽc

stíme

(n.)
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Cockayne says water-cress, in the note to the passage, but nettle in his glossary. Perhaps the alternative reading stune is the better, as it is said of the plant : stunaþ heó wærce . . . wið*-*stunaþ heó áttre. (?)

tweó-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tweó-líc, adj.
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Ðǽr beóþ kende homodubii, ðæt beóþ twílíce, Nar. 36, 18: 35, 3 note. ambiguous Ðá and*-*wyrde hire se hálga mid twýlícere sprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 146, 14

Linked entries: tweó-mann twí-líc

twi-snæcce

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-snæcce, -snæce, -snece; adj.
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Ang. 346 and see note. Sneck a latch; a piece of land jutting into an adjoining field, Halliwell's Dict. See also Jamieson's Dictionary sneck.) v. next word

Linked entry: þri-snæcce

un-áberendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áberendlíc, adj.

Unbearableintolerable

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R.) bryne, Lchdm. iii. 260, 23 note. Unáberendlíce intolerabilem, Ps. Lamb. 123, 5. Unáberendlíce broc, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 4. Dyslícu gehát and unáberendlícu vota stulta et intoleranda, L. Ecg. C. 19; Th. ii. 146, 33

ymb-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-wyrcan, p. -worhte.
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to surround with works Hé mid eallum ðyssum ða burh on mycelre heánnesse ymbworhte (v. l. ymbsealde. v. ymb-sellan), Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 24 note.

mid-gesíþ

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Ox. 680, note) from this passage deduces a midgesíþ (cf. Goth. miþ-gasinþa) on the ground that mid as preposition here would be unsuitable.

rind

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Ꝥ bælsamum ǽgþer ge ic ge míne geféran þǽr betwih þǽm rindum (corticibus) nóman, Nar. 27, 25. Geholedum rindum cauatis codicibus (tuguria cauatis consuta corticibus, Ald. 5, 22), An. Ox. 11, 16

hete-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hete-líce, adv.

Fiercelyviolentlyvehemently

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Highetelíce slóh and nán þing ne beiǽfde lybbende on him smote them fiercely and left no thing living among them, Jos. 11, 8. Á hetelíce stýre ðam ðe þwyres willan ever to punish those severely that desire perverseness, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 17

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, hwerf, es; m.

A turnspacechangeexchange

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Let no man exchange any property without the witness of the reeve ... If any one do so let the lord take possession of the property exchanged, L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 16-21. In huarf in spatio, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 13.

un-rihtwísness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rihtwísness, e; f.

Unrighteousnessiniquityinjustice

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Ðonne hwæm hwæt cymþ máre ðonne ðé þincþ ðæt hé wyrþe sié, ne biþ sió uisryhtwísnes on Gode, ac sió ungleáwnes biþ on ðé selfum, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 226, 32. Sió duru ðære unryhtwísnesse janua iniquitatis, Past. 21; Swt. 157, 22.

Linked entry: rihtwís-ness