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snyðian

(v.)

to go as a dog with its nose to the ground ⬩ to go sniffing like a dog, but applied also to the going of ships, and other things

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to go as a dog with its nose to the ground (?) Neb is mín niþerweard . . . ic snyþige forð (it is a plough that speaks) Exon. Th. 403, 12; Rä. 22, 6

ge-týma

(n.)
Grammar
ge-týma, an; m.

An advocate ⬩ avoucher ⬩ a warranter ⬩ advŏcātus

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An advocate, avoucher, a warranter; advŏcātus Be getýmum. Ðæt ǽlc man wite his getýman of warranters. That every man know his warranter, L. A. G. 4; Th. i. 154, 12, 13

eáwu

(n.)
Grammar
eáwu, e; f.

A ewe ⬩ ovis fēmĭna

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A ewe; ovis fēmĭna Agefe mon to Liming l eáwa and v cý let fifty ewes and five cows be given to Lyming, Th. Diplm. A. D. 835; 470. 29. 32

Linked entry: eówu

feax-fang

(n.)
Grammar
feax-fang, es; m.

A taking hold by the hair ⬩ cŏmæ prehensio

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A taking hold by the hair; cŏmæ prehensio Gif feax-fang geweorþ if there be a taking hold of the hair, L. Ethb. 33; Th. i. 12, 3; Wilk. 5, 1

fild

(n.)
Grammar
fild, es; m? n? e; f?

A milking, the quantity of milk drawn at one milking ⬩ lactis quantĭtas sĕmel mulcta

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A milking, the quantity of milk drawn at one milking; lactis quantĭtas sĕmel mulcta Gif fild sý awyrd if a milking be spoilt, L. M. 1, 67; Lchdm. ii. 142, 14

fór-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
fór-áþ, es; m.

A fore-oath ⬩ an oath first taken ⬩ præjūrāmentum ⬩ antejūrāmentum

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A fore-oath, an oath first taken; præjūrāmentum, antejūrāmentum Ofgá his spræce mid fóráþe let him begin his suit with a fore-oath, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 31

friþ-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
friþ-leás, friþe-leás, freoðo-leás; adj.

Peaceless ⬩ not included in a treaty of peace ⬩ pācis expers

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Peaceless, not included in a treaty of peace; pācis expers Gif hwá ðæne friþleásan man healde if any one keep a peaceless man, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 5

Linked entries: friþe-leás friþ

fyrn-geár

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-geár, es; n.

A former or by-gone year ⬩ priscus vel prætĕrĭtus annus

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A former or by-gone year; priscus vel prætĕrĭtus annus Fyrngeárum fród old with by-gone years, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 3; Ph. 219: Menol. Fox 483; Gn. C. 12

hyge-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-þanc, es; m.

Thought

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Kmbl. 1634; An. 818: Exon. 27 a; Th. 81, 30; Cri. 1331: 109 a; Th. 417, 14; Rä. 36, 4: Elen. Kmbl. 311; El. 156: Ps. Th. 74, 5

bóc-hord

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-hord, es; n.

A BOOK-HOARD, a library or receptacle for books, papers, etc ⬩ bibliotheca, archivum

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A BOOK-HOARD, a library or receptacle for books, papers, etc; bibliotheca, archivum Bóchord [MS. boochord] bibliotheca vel armarium vel archivum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 4; Wrt. Voc. 58, 47

Linked entries: bóc-fóder booc-hord

ge-mearcod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mearcod, part.

Marked ⬩ signatus

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Marked; signatus On ða gemearcodan lindan on the marked linden or lime tree, Cod. Dipl. 1317; A. D. 1033; Kmbl. vi. 182, 2 : 1102; A. D. 931; Kmbl. v. 195, 114

weorold-sacu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sacu, e;
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f, A dispute about worldly matters Ǽlce wígwǽpna and ǽghwylce woruldsaca lǽte man stille. Wulfst. 170, 9. [O. Sax. werold-saka a worldly matter: O. H. Ger. weralt-sahha mortalis res.]

ge-geng

(n.)
Grammar
ge-geng, e; f.
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A body of fellow-travellers, a company Seó sǽ ádrencte Pharaonem and ealle his gegenge . . . Críst deófol silfne besencte and ealle his gegenge, Btwk. 196, 4, 8. v. ge-genge; n

Linked entry: -geng

gereord-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gereord-dæg, es; m.
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A day on which a meal or feast is celebrated On þám mónðe þe Aprilis [hátte], þǽre nigeðan nihte, on þám drihtenlican gereorddæge (on Holy Thursday. Cf. tó þon hálgan n

hǽmed-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed-dreám, (?), hǽmed-drím, hǽmed-dríme (?), es; m.
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The pleasure of a vicious life(?), a life of pleasure Hǽmedrímes (hǽmeddrímes), [hæmed-] scipes lenocinii (antequam Samson illecebrosis lenocinii nexibus nodaretur, Ald. 72, 15), An. Ox. 5046. (Cf. 5245, under hǽmed; )

mǽd-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-æcer, es; m.
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A meadow Þæne hagan þe Eádwerd áhte, and þæne mǽdæcer þe þǽr tó hýrð, Swt. A. S. Rdr. ii. 203, 13. .viii. rnǽdæceras. . . gebyriað tó Cenelmestúne, C. D. vi. 33, 28

múþettan

(v.)
Grammar
múþettan, p. te
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To chatter, let out a secret Hí ( the guards at Christ's sepulchre ) námon þone sceatt and swá þeáh múþetton and on synderlicum rúnungum ꝥ riht eall rǽddon, Hml. A. 79, 160

sweór-hnitu

(n.)
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Dr. Bradley suggests that suernit is a mistake for suge hnitu (usiu in Isidore is uermis porci), and that a later glossarist taking suer- as = sweor- may have produced sweor-hnitu

Linked entry: hnitu

burg-geat

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Add Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde ... bellhús and burhgeat(for burhgeat as implying tln importance of a residence see first passage under burh; I a), Ll. Th. i. 190, 16

sceaþ-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþ-dǽd, e; f.

A misdeed, crime

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A misdeed, crime Scsæþdǽd facinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 27. Sceþdǽd, ii. 39, 33. [Þat he hine awreke a þan awarriede uolke, þa hine isend hafden mid heore, scaðededen, Laym. 29578.]

Linked entry: sceþ-dǽd