ge-hlyn
A noise ⬩ din ⬩ clangor
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A noise, din; clangor Ðá wæs on healle wælslihta gehlyn then was in the hall the din of slaughters, Fins Th. 57; Fin. 28
undern-rest
Rest in the morning
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Rest in the morning Ðá hé árás on dæge of undernræste (postquam de meridiana quiete surrexerunt, Bede's Vita Cudbercti, c. 35), Shrn. 64, 7
mid-sprecende
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speaking on behalf of Ðú þe wǽre mydsprecende (-sprecend later MS. v. E. S. 49, 350) þám Hǽlende, Nic. 6, 24. v. mid-spreca
wæl-cwealm
A death-pang ⬩ pain of violent death
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A death-pang, pain of violent death Récas stígaþ ofer hrófum, hlin bið on eorþan, wælcwealm wera, Exon. Th. 381, 8; Rä. 2, 8
hafoc-cynn
The hawk species
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The hawk species Ne ete gé nán þing hafoccynnes ne earncynnes eat nothing of the hawk-kind or the eagle-kind, Lev. 11, 13
clywen
a clew ⬩ ball of thread or yarn ⬩ ball ⬩ circlet
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a clew, ball of thread or yarn, ball, circlet Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 5; Wrt. Voc. 26, 4; Homl. Th. ii. 514, 2
frum-gewrit
An original writing ⬩ an original deed or charter
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An original writing, an original deed or charter Wé wǽron ádílegode of þám frymþelican frumgewrite þe wé tó heofenum áwritene wǽron, Wlfst. 252, 12
frum-spræc
First words of a discourse
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First words of a discourse Seofon hálige men ðǽra naman wé áwriton on ðǽre frumsprǽce heora hálgan ðrowunge, Hml. S. 23, 120. and add :
sinc-máðum
A treasure
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A treasure Næs sincmáððum sélra on sweordes hád there was no greater treasure in the shape of a sword, Beo. Th. 4392; B. 2193
be-bycgung
Selling
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Selling Bibycgong distra(c)tio (cf. gloss of same passage: Distractio, i. venditio tódál, An. Ox. 4002), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 36: 26, 65
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BEARO
A grove ⬩ wood ⬩ nemus ⬩ lucus ⬩ silva ⬩ virgultum
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In bearwe, on bearwe or on bearowe in a wood, Cot. 109. Heó begeát gréne bearwas she gained the green groves, Cd. 72; Th. 89, 13; Gen. 1480
mǽtan
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Add: with acc. of person and of dream Tó þǽm sóðum gesǽlðum ic tiohige ðæt ic þé lǽde, þǽr þín mód oft ymb rǽsweð and eác mǽt te ducere aggredimur ad veram felicitatem, quam tuus quoque somniat animus, Bt. 22, 2 ; S. 51, 13.
smiðian
To make out of metal or wood, to fashion, forge ⬩ fabricare, cudere
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To make out of metal or wood, to fashion, forge Ic smiðige cudo, ðú smiðast cudist Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 216, 8: 28, 6; Zup. 178, 10. Smiðode oððe gescóp euderet Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 36. Hé hét smiðian of smǽtum golde áne lytle róde Homl.
hól
Vain speech, ⬩ evil speaking without cause, ⬩ calumny, ⬩ slander
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H. héle] ne for unrihtre feohgyrnesse I do not accuse N. from hate or with the intention of slandering him or from an unjust desire for money, L. O. 4; Th. i. 180, 11.
side-ful
honest ⬩ modest ⬩ virtuous ⬩ sober ⬩ sober ⬩ modest ⬩ decorous
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of good behaviour or manners, honest, modest, virtuous, sober Sideful pudicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 33. Se árfæst snoter eádmod sidefull séfre clǽne wæs qui pius, prudens, humilis, pudicus, sobrius, castus fuit, Hymn. Surt. 137, 1.
ifiht
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Covered with ivy On ðonæ ifihtan stoc to the ivy-covered post, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 176. 8. In ða ifihtan ác, 379. 29. On ðone ibihttan alr; of ðam ibihtan alre, v,124, 27
sceand-hús
a brothel
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A house of ill fame, a brothel Ðá heó ðæt nolde, ðá hét hé hí nacode lǽdan to sumum scandhúse ... Ðæs burh*-*geréfan sunu wolde rǽsan on hí on ðæm scandhúse. Shrn. 56, 7-11
treów-steall
A place where trees are planted ⬩ a plantation
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Óð ðæt treówsteall; ðonnon of ðan treówstealle, v. 297, 24. Óð Æðel-stánes treówsteal, 298, 12
bearhtm
A twinkling of an eye ⬩ an instant
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A twinkling of an eye, an instant:Add: On breahtme in atomo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 27: 46, 60. Þonne (at the last day) englas bláwað býman on brehtme (cf. 1 Cor. xv. 52), Cri. 882
BRÉME
Celebrated, renowned, illustrious, famous, notable, BRIM, glorious, esteemed; ⬩ celeber, clarus, illustris, famosus, notus, coguitus
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Celebrated, renowned, illustrious, famous, notable, BRIM, glorious, esteemed; celeber, clarus, illustris, famosus, notus, coguitus Og wæs bréme cyning on Basane Og was a celebrated king in Basan, Ps. Th. 135, 21: Menol. Fox 80; Men. 40.