ge-sibsum
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Voc. ii. 68, 76. at peace, not in conflict Þeóda him betweónum búton þeówdóme gesibbsume wǽron nations were at peace with one another without one being the slaves of the other, Ors. 10 ; S. 50, that brings about peace Gesibsuma God gemetgaþ ealla gesceafta
heorcnian
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Þone weig tó ðǽra heorcnigendra heortan, Hml. Th. i. 362, 11. Heorc[niendum] auscultamibus, Hpt. Gl. 472, 52. with gen. Ðá féringa oðsuígde hé, suǽ hé hwæshwegu hercnade . . .
hæleþ
A man, warrior, hero
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Hæleþ hátene wǽron Sem and Cham Iafeþ þridde the heroes were named Shem and Ham, the third Japhet, Cd. 75; Th. 93, 22; Gen. 1550. Hæleþa scyppend creator of men, Exon. 11 b; Th. 17, 7; Cri. 266 : Cd. 98; Th. 129, 6; Gen. 2139 : Andr.
slícian
To make sleek, smooth, or glossy
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He can so well his wordes slikeGower ii. 365, 22. See, too, Jamieson's Dictionary, sleekie fawning and deceitful sleekit smooth, shining (of the face); but also deceitful sleekit-gabbit smooth-tongued
trehing
the third part of a shire
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The present form, Riding, seems to have arisen from a confusion of the initial dental with the final sound of East, West, North
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FLÓR
A FLOOR ⬩ păvimentum ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ ārea
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Flór áttre weól the floor [of hell] boiled with venom, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 8; Sat. 318: 213; Th. 267, 17; Sat. 39.
Eádmund
Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year
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Ædmund] cining him wið gefeaht, and ða Deniscan sige náman, and ðone cining ofslógon, and ðæt land eall ge-eódon here the army went over Mercia into East-Anglia;—and, in that year, St.
ymb-útan
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Munt is hine ymbútan, gylden weal, Salm. Kmbl. 510; Sal. 255: Ps. Th. 124, 2. Licgaþ mé ymbútan grindlas, Cd. Th. 24, 24; Gen. 382. Hine ymbútan hálge hereféðan blícaþ, Exon. Th. 62, 35 ; Cri. 1012.
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á-lecgan
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Ðeós geofu on heora heortan álegd wes, 137, 4. Álédne delatum (in sarcophago ), Wrt.
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eádig
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Ðis wæs sóðlíce eádig wer uere beatus vir, Bl. H. 223, 31. Mid eádire forestihtunge beata praedestinatione, An. Ox. 1488. Þone eádegan hlísan fau(s)tam famam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 16: 37, 31. Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna, Bl. H. 7, 4.
gehwǽr
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Th. i. 136, 24. in every instance Hé ꝥ in scopgereorde mid þá mǽstan swétnesse geglencde, and in Englisc gereorde wel gehwǽr forðbróhte.
háwian
To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect
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Gúþlác eode sóna út and háwode and hercnode Guthlac went out at once and looked and listened, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 15.
LEÓF
LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one
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Ús biþ ðonne leófre ðonne eal eorþan wela gif hé ús miltsian wile if he will shew us mercy, shall we not prefer that to all the wealth of earth? 51, 29.
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mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
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Th. 6173; B. 3091. a hand (as a measure) Stǽnen bedd þrým mundum hiérra ðonne ðæs húses flór, Shrn. 69, 4. protection (cf. to be in a person's hands, and v. hand) Wé woldon gesettan ðás bóc mannum tó getrym *-* minge and tó munde ús sylfum we wished
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ge-þeón
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Geþeón þæt hé wese þrísthycgende to succeed in being daring, Gn. Ex. 50: Gn. C. 44. of things. to flourish, of plants His wæstmas genihtsumlíce geþugon ( uberes fructus ager attulit, Lk. 12, 16), Wlfst. 286, 16. fig.
BRECAN
to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; ⬩ frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpere ⬩ to press, force, urge; ⬩ urgere ⬩ to rush into ⬩ take ⬩ by storm ⬩ in locum irrumpere, expugnare, ⬩ erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere ⬩ to break ⬩ burst forth ⬩ make a noise ⬩ crash ⬩ to sail; ⬩ navigare ⬩ To retch; ⬩ screare
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We brecaþ ofer bæþweg brimhengestum we sail over the sea in ships [lit. sea-horses], Andr. Kmbl. 1025; An. 513. v. reflex.
heán
low ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ ignoble ⬩ base ⬩ humbled ⬩ depressed ⬩ dejected ⬩ cast down ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched ⬩ mean ⬩ base ⬩ low
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Ic fleáh weán, wana wilna gehwilces, heán of wícum, 2273. Þú hreósan sceoldes heán in helle helpendra leás, Cri. 1414. Þú scealt wérigmód, heán, hróðra leás hearm þrowigan, An. 1369.
Scottas
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Bede's statement of the cures worked on those who were bitten by snakes through the application of water in which scrapings from the leaves of Irish books were put, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 36-39), Lchdm. ii. 110, 15.
rýmet
space, extent ⬩ clear space, room ⬩ extension, clearance
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Lchdm. iii. 417 on this charter. extension of a person's well-being Ða (certain property) ic gescarode mé sylfum and mínum foregengum and eftyrgengum tó écum rýmete to the furtherance of the eternal well-being of myself and of my predecessors and successors
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crundel
a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them ⬩ tumulus
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D. 997; Kmbl. iii. 301, 35 Professor Leo says, — 'A crundel or crundwel is a spring or well, with its cistern, trough, or reservoir,' and cites, — Ðonon eft on crundwylle then again to crund-spring Cod. Dipl. 1188; Kmbl. v. 354, 20, 28.
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