wirs-líc
Mean ⬩ Vile
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Mean Vile Ðysse worulde wela is wyrslíc and yfellíc and forwordenlíc, Wulfst. 263, 13. Ic eom wyrslícre ðonne ðes wudu fúla, oððe ðis waroð, ðe hér áworpen ligeþ on eorþan, Exon. Th. 424, 32; Rä. 41, 48
ceól
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Voc. ii. 130, 61: 103, 60: 14, 19: ciula, 131, 42: liburna, An. Ox. 28. In Gr. D. 248, 27, for ceólum read (?) þeolum
deáf
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Th. ii. 16, 17. imperfect in some essential quality, sterile Se æker ðe bið unwæsðmbǽre oððe ungefynde corn bringð oððe deáf terra quae sterilem segetem gignit, Part. 411, 20
fald-weorþ
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Bound to send sheep to the folds of the lord Uolo ut. . . abbas et fratres Ramesiae habeant socam in omnibus super omnes homines qui sunt motwrði, ferdwrði, et faldwrði (-wurði, 208, 32), C. D. iv. 210, 14
ge-sínelíce
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Visibly Hé ꝥ tácen þǽre bærnnesse gesýnelíce (-séne-, v.l.) eallum mannum on his sculdre bær signum incendii uisibile cunctis in humero portauit, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 281, 14. Gisénelíce is gibisnendo visibiliter est informanda, Rtl. 103, 30
glind
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B. i. 296, 29. Cf. Æt Glindleá, C. D. iii. 426, 22. Glynde is a place-name in Sussex. [O. L. Ger. gi-lindi railings. v. Gall. 439.]
lǽne
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Ðæt wæs tó suíðe scortre hwíle, for ðǽm ðiós woruld is suíðe lǽnu in tempore paucorum dierum, Past. 255, 11. Sé ðe égðer wilt ge þissa lǽnena stóclífa ge þára écena háma, Solil. H. 2, 14. Add
mylen-gafol
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revenue derived from a mill Hǽr stent gewriten hwæt Baldwine abbod hæfð geunnen his gebróþra tó caritatem, ꝥ is ii mylne-gafel æt Lacforde, hælf pund at ꝥ án and xii óran æt ꝥ óþer, Nap. 46
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ofer-settan
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to place over, put in a position of authority Ðá underðiéddan . . . ðá ofersettan subditi. . . praelati, Past. 189, 16. to oppress, overcome with sleep, &c. Ic mid slǽpe oferseted wæs depressus somno, Gr. D. 347, 30
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orgellíce
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Aurelianus andwyrcle orgelíce swíðe, 'Ic ána gewealde ealles middaneardes, and ðú specst ðus dyrstiglíce swilce tó sumum déman', Hml. Th. ii. 308, 21. Hé hét him æteówian orhlíce swíðe þone hálgan sanct, Hml. S. 32, 234. Add
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rif
Fierce
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Fierce Ic wiste ðæt úre fór wæs þurh ða lond and stówe ðe missenlícra cynna eardung in wæs rifra wildeóra ego sciebam per bestiosa loco nobis iter esse, Nar. 10, 5. Ða rifista ferociora, Rtl. 125, 31
sníð-streó
carline thistle ⬩ sisca
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Eoforþrote scisca, 35, 27: scasa ł scapa ł sisca, Lchdm. iii. 305, col. 1. In Spanish sisca is the cylindrical sugar-cane
speling
The taking the place of another ⬩ the acting as the representative of another
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The taking the place of another, the acting as the representative of another Cristes gespelia hé (the abbot) is and his note and spelinge on mynstre healt Christi uices agere in monasterio creditur, R. Ben. 10, 12
tó-lísedness
Dissolution, ⬩ desolation, ⬩ dispersion
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Voc. ii. 141, 40. Monige ðara bigengena ðonan gewitan for ðære burhge tólýsednesse (ob desolationem), Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 35. On tólýsydnysse in desolationem. Ps. Spl. C. 72, 19
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treddan
to tread under foot ⬩ trample upon ⬩ to investigate ⬩ examine
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to tread under foot, trample upon Treddun proterunt, Txts. 84, 749. to investigate, examine, v. á-treddan Weorð mé heorte forht ðǽr ic ðín hálig word tredde ii verbis tuis formidavit cor meum, Ps. Th. 118, 161
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má
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Ne secge ic nǽfre má þæt ic hála æágan habbe, 48, 16.
árian
to give honour ⬩ to honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ have in admiration ⬩ honorare ⬩ honorificare ⬩ venerari ⬩ to regard ⬩ care for ⬩ spare ⬩ have mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ pardon ⬩ forgive ⬩ consulere ⬩ propitium esse ⬩ misereri ⬩ parcere
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In. 36; Wilk. 20, 39; Th. i. 124, 19. Ára ambehtum [MS. onbehtum] pity thy servants, Exon. 13 a ; Th. 23, 17; Cri. 370
fót-ádl
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[Morbus regius is jaundice, but in these two passages it seems to be taken as in the following :-- Wið þá cynelican ádle þe man auriginem nemneð (ad morbum regium hoc est, auriginem ), ꝥ ys on úre geþeóde þǽra syna getoh and fóta geswel, Lch. i. 190,
grimme
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Grimme ic eom begangen, for ðon ic gnornige contristatus sum in exercitatione mea, Ps. Th. 54, 2. Hé eorlum onmǽlde grimme, Dan. 211.
sceáwere
an observer, ⬩ a spy ⬩ a watch-tower ⬩ a mirror ⬩ a buffoon, an actor
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Sceáwere(the word occurs in a list of military terms), speculia Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 4. a mirror Sceáwere(in a list of words connected with dress.) speculea Cf.
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