cýs-wuce
Cheese-week, the last week of eating cheese before Lent ⬩ septimana dominicæ quinquagesimæ
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'Abstinentiam ovorum et casei incipimus feria secunda post quinquagesimam:' — Ðis sceal on Wódnes dæg, on ðære syxteóðan wucan ofer Pentecosten; and on Fríge dæg innan ðære cýs-wucan this [Gospel] must be on Wednesday, in the sixteenth week after Pentecost
þri-milce
The early name for the month of May
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The early name for the month of May Se fífta mónað is nemned on úre geðeóde Ðrymylce, for ðon swylc genihtsumnes wæs geó on Brytone and eác on Germania lande, of ðæm Ongla ðeód com on ðás Breotone, ðæt hí on ðæm mónðe þriwa on dæge mylcedon heora neát
hláf-mæsse
Lammas, ⬩ a name for the first of August
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Lammas, a name for the first of August Ðæt wæs on ðære tíde calendas Agustus and on ðæm dæge ðe wé hátaþ hláfmæsse it was on the first of August, on the day that we call Lammas, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 17.
Linked entries: hláf-sénung hlám-mæsse
sceaft
A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper
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[Moyses made a wirme of bras, And henget hege up on a saft, Gen. and Ex. 3899.] something shaped like a shaft, a taper :-- Swá swá eles gecynd biþ ðæt hé beorhtor scíneþ ðonne wex on sceafte (wax in the form of a taper or (?)
trod
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Gif mon trode bedrífþ forstolenes yrfes of stæðe on óðer, ðonne befæste mon ðæt spor landes mannum . . . Gif mon secge ðæt man ðæt trod áwóh drífe, ðonne mót se ðe ðæt yrfe áh trodað (trod óð ?) tó stæðe lǽdan, L. O. Ð. 1 ; Th. i. 352, 3-11.
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ge-frédan
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Past. 139, 16-20. of the sense of easte Ðý lǽs hé ðá bieternesse ðǽre wyrte gefréde, Past. 303, 15. to be sensible of a state or condition Hé swilces nán þing ofer ꝥ on him sylfum ne gefrédde (ongæt, v.l. ), Gr. D. 102, 4.
horu
Dirt, filth, foulness ⬩ dirt ⬩ limus, cenum, lutum, palustre
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Dirt, filth, foulness Fæormaþ gyf ðǽr hwæt horwes on biþ cleanse if there be any foulness in it, Herb. 9, 2; Lchdm. i. 100, 4. Horewes, Mone B. 3561. Gé mid horu speówdon on ðæs andwlitan ye foully spat on his face, Elen. Kmbl. 594; El. 297.
ge-wealden
Subject ⬩ under the power ⬩ control of any one ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ small
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Búton swíðe gewaldenum dǽle eásteweardes ðæs folces except a small part of the people of the east of England, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 11: Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 92, 1.
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ǽg-hwǽr
in every place, ⬩ to every place, in every direction ⬩ in every case ⬩ in every respect
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local, in every place, referring to the whole of space God bið á wesende and ǽghwǽr ondweard, Bl. H. 19, 26. Ǽghwár, 23, 21. of limited space Oeghuer, -huuér, óghuuaer vulgo, passim, Txts. 107, 2173. Ǽgiwern passim, An. Ox. 11, 160.
árod
A mark of honour ⬩ badge of office ⬩ the pallium given by the pope to a bishop or archbishop ⬩ honoris vel muneris signum
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A mark of honour, badge of office, the pallium given by the pope to a bishop or archbishop; honoris vel muneris signum Hér Ælfríc arcebisceop férde to Róme æfter his árde [?
frætwung
An adorning ⬩ adornment ⬩ ornament ⬩ ornātus ⬩ ornāmentum
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An adorning adornment, ornament; ornātus, ornāmentum He micele swíðor lufode ðære heortan clǽnnysse ðonne ðæra stána frætwunge he much more loved cleanness of heart than the adornment of stones, Homl. Th. i. 508, 22.
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leód-þeáw
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Custom of a people or country Ðá hé tó mé cwom ðá grétte hé mé sóna and [h]álette his leódþeáwe cum me more rituque salutaret, Nar. 27, 3.
mód-staþol
The foundation on which the mind rests
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The foundation on which the mind rests Steðe*-*fæst modstaþol biþ witena gehwilcum weorþlícre micle ðonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe a firm foundation for the mind is much more honourable for every man of counsel, than an excessive variation of manners
Linked entry: fæstmód-staðol
wyrt
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Bewylle on hwǽtene wyrte, Lchdm. ii. 268, 12
ælmes-lic
of the nature of alms, eleemosynary, charitable ⬩ depending upon alms, poor
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Ox. 56, 302
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wudu-fugel
A bird of the woods
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A bird of the woods Wudufuglas, ðeáh hí beón wel átemede, gif hí on ðam wuda weorþaþ, hí forseód heora láreówas, and wuniaþ on heora gecynde, Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 15 : Met. 13. 35
crimman
To crumb ⬩ crumble ⬩ mingle ⬩ friare ⬩ inserere
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To crumb, crumble, mingle; friare, inserere Homes sceafoðan crim on ðæt dolh crumble shavings of horn on the wound L. M. 1. 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 12. Cram inseruit Glos. Prudent. Recd. 151, 33
líc-mann
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Add: — Gewát se Gád of worulde tó helle. Man heóld þá ꝥ líc on þá hǽðenan wísan . . . þá on þone feórðan dæg fǽrlíce on mergen árás se ylce Gád árǽred þurh God, and þá lícmen wurdon wundorlíce áfyrhte, Hml. S. 36, 130
DERIAN
To injure, hurt, harm, damage ⬩ nocēre, lædĕre, obesse
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Hió oft dereþ unscyldegum she often injures the guiltless, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 71; Met. 4, 36: 26, 221; Met. 26, 111. On worulde monnum ne deriaþ máne áþas wicked oaths inflict no injury on men in the world, 4, 95; Met. 4, 48: Past. 59; Hat. MS.
ge-cirran
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Þá þe on heora heortan and on willan on God gecyrred wǽron, Bl.