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wóh-ceápung

(n.)
Grammar
wóh-ceápung, e ; f.

The fine

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The fine to be paid for trading contrary to the regulations of a market Gewóhceápung, ge ǽlc ðæra wónessa ðe tó ǽnigre bóte gebyrie, ðæt hit áge healf ðære cyrcean hláford, swá swá hit mon tó ceápstówe gesette, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 22

Linked entry: ceápung

friclo

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Add: eager desire Þú þá sóðfæstan Supplex roga fultumes bidde fricolo (the first o is marked for deletion) Vtrgtnem almam, Dóm. L. 36, 21

sceáden-mǽl

(adj.)
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with divided marks, damascened; a sword with blade so marked Hraþe seoþdan wæs æfter mundgripe méce geþinged þæt hit sceádenmǽl scýran móste, cwealmbealu cýðan, B. 1939

un-gesegnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesegnod, -gesénod; adj.

Not marked with the sign of the cross

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Not marked with the sign of the cross Gif ðæt deófol méteþ ungesénodes mannes múð and líchoman, and hit ðonne on forgitenan mannes innelfe gewíteþ, Salm. Kmbl. p. 148, 10

Linked entry: ge-segnian

ge-mǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To mark, stain

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To mark, stain Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite næs hyre feax ne fel fýre gemǽled the saint stood with spotless aspect, neither her hair nor skin was marked by the fire, Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 2; Jul. 591

Linked entry: mǽlan

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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sweat, perspiration Seofoðe (the seventh of the constituents from which Adam was made) wæs deáwes pund, ðanon him (Adam ) becom swát, Salm. Kmbl. 180. 15. Suát, Rtl. 192, 17. His swát ( sudor ) wæs swylce blódes dropan, Lk. Skt. 22, 44. Of ealdum cláðum

Linked entry: swǽtan

níd-þearf

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add: need, a condition marked by the lack or want of something necessary, or requiring some extraneous aid or addition Ðonne hié eallenga ágiémeleásiað ðone ymbhogan woruldcundra ðinga, ðonne gefultumað hé náwuht tó his hiéremonna niédðearfe subditorum

eorþ-hrérness

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-hrérness, e; f.

An earthquake

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Biðon eorðhreoerniso (the first e in -hreoerniso is marked for erasure; -hroernisse, R.), 24, 7. Eorðhroernisso miclo, Lk. L. 21, 11

Linked entry: hrér-ness

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i

Linked entry: six-hynde

CEÁP

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁP, es; m.

cattle ⬩ pecus ⬩ Saleable commodities, price, sale, bargain, business, market ⬩ pretium, negotium, pactio,venditio, forum

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Ic gange to ceápe I go to market; veneo, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 23

Linked entry: cép

wæter-þísa

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-þísa, (?),an; m.

A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale

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., but the w is marked for erasure) fór snel, Exon. Th. 182, 1;Gú. 1303. Hé (the whale) hafaþ óþre gecynd, wæterþísa wlonc, 363, 7;Wal. 50

ge-mercian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mercian, p. ode; pp. od

To mark out ⬩ signāre

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To mark out; signāre Man hæfde ða buruh mid stacum gemercod the city was marked out with stakes, Ors. 5, 5; Bos. 105, 28. Gemercadon ðone stán signantes lapidem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 66.

Linked entry: ge-mearcian

port-geráfa

(n.)
Grammar
port-geráfa, an ; m.
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Man cýððe ðam portgeréfan ( the case is one of buying in the market at Ephesus ), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 643.

gedýre

(n.)
Grammar
gedýre, es; n. [or -dyre, y from u; cf. Goth. daur]

A door post ⬩ postis ad fores

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Hí mearcodon mid blóde on heora gedýrum TAU, ðæt is, róde tácen they marked on their door-posts TAU, that is, the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. ii. 266, 8 : 264, 1

bell-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
bell-tíd, e; f.
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A canonical hour marked by the ringing of a bell (v. preceding word, bel-hringes beácn, and Ll.

gemót-mann

(n.)
Grammar
gemót-mann, es; m.
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Z. 35, 5. an auditor of accounts in a market (?), cf. ceápung-gemót Mótstów forus, gemótman logotheta (logotheta, qui rationes accepti et depensi expendit ac discutit, Migne), intinga negotium, cýpingc negotiaiio, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 22-25

hæsel

(n.)
Grammar
hæsel, es; m.

The hazel ⬩ corulus, colurnus ⬩ corylus, amygdalus

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Cf. also the Icel. hasla völl to challenge to a duel on a field marked out by hazel poles

hése

(n.)
Grammar
hése, hoese, haese, hýse
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[The character of the land to which this name is applied seems marked by the fact that a denbǽre is called hése] Adiectis quatuor denberis . . . heáhden, hése, helmanhyrst, C. D. i. 317, 20. Adiectis denberis in commune saltu . . .

sang-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
sang-bóc, f.

a music-book, ⬩ one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.'

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a music-book, a book with the notes marked for singing Nota ðæt is mearcung. Ðæra mearcunga sind manega and mislíce gesceapene, ǽgðer ge on sangbócum ge on leóþcræfte, Ælfc.

wrǽc

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽc, e; f.

Vengeance

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don wreche (rimes with speche, leache, teche), Misc. 143, 56 ; tak wreche (rimes with preche), Alis. 2858: but there appears to be no instance in Old English of a nominative wrǽc which is certainly feminine ; where the gender of a nominative wræc is marked

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