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
huntnaþ
Hunting
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Ic wylle ðæt ǽlc man sý his huntnoþes wyrðe on wuda and on felda on his ágenan. And forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoþ hwǽr ic hit gefriþod wille habban Of hunting.
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ǽcern
The corn or fruit of an oak ⬩ an ACORN ⬩ a nut ⬩ glans
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The corn or fruit of an oak, an ACORN, a nut; glans Ǽcern glans, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 7. Ǽcirnu, pl. nom. Gen. 43, 11
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diácon-þénung
The duty or office of a deacon ⬩ diaconātus offĭcium
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The duty or office of a deacon; diaconātus offĭcium Hediáconþénunge mycelre tíde brúcende wæs diaconātus offĭcio non pauco tempŏre fungebātur, Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 28
eád-módnes
Humbleness, humility, humanity ⬩ humĭlĭtas
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Humbleness, humility, humanity; humĭlĭtas Crist eardaþ on ðære dene eádmódnesse Christ dwells in the vale of humility. Bt. 12; Fox 36, 23: Ps. Spl. 9, 13
Linked entry: eáþ-módnis
Italie
The Italians ⬩ Italy
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The Italians or Italy Pencentes Italia folc, Ors. 4, 2 ; Swt. 160, 27. Pirrus fór of Italium (ab Italia ), 4, 1; Swt.158, 30 : 154, 32
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stán-weorc
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Stone-work, stone-building Hé worhte of seolfre ǽnne heáhne stýpel on stánweorces gelícnysse, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 29. [O. Sax. stén-werk.] Cf. stán-geweorc
hreód-cynn
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A kind of reed Þá genámon hié sume spingan and gefyldon mid ecede . . . and dydon on sum hreódcynn, and rǽhton úp tó his múþe, Nap. 39
níd-hǽmdere
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A violator of chastity, an adulterer Nýdhǽmedra stuprorum (Venus stuprorum amatrix, Ald. 62, 19), An. Ox. 7, 304: 8, 240. Nýdhǽmedran, 2, 333. Cf. unriht-hǽmdere
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smeá-gelegen
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Beclýsingca, smeáge legena (so in the MS, Napier takes smeáge as adjective (v. smeáh), so two separate words instead of a compound), An. Ox. 4142. Add
swín-hege
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Of ðǽre burnan on ðane swýnhege; andlang heges, 78, 5
wígbed-heorþ
The altar-hearth ⬩ the part of the altar where the offering is burnt
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The altar-hearth, the part of the altar where the offering is burnt Hé genom on ðam wíbedheorðe ðæs dustes dǽl, Lchdm. iii. 364, col. 1
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Fróm-múþa
The mouth of the river Frome in Dorsetshire, where the Frome discharges itself into Poole Bay ⬩ Fromi ostium in agro Dorsetensi, ŭbi se in sĭnum ilium ad quem Poole oppĭdumassĭdet, Fromus exŏnĕrat
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Cnut cyng com to Frómmúþan, and heregode dá on Dorsǽtum, and on Wiltúnscire, and on Sumersǽtum king Cnut came to the mouth of the Frome, and then ravaged in Dorsetshire, and in Wiltshire, and in Somersetshire, Chr. 1015; Th. 276, 12.
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þýfel
A bush ⬩ a thicket ⬩ a leafy plant
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Of þiccum þéfele, Hpt. Gl. 408, 38. On ðone hundes þýfel; of hundes þýfele forþ on ðone þorn, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 425, 29. Andlang paðes on ðone hyndes þýfel; of ðæm þýfele andlang weges, vi. 36, 4. Þýfelas frutecta, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 9.
sprecan
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Th. i. 206, 6 substitute : (the claim made on account of the slain thief?s death)] add: where the subject is an agreement, whose terms are stated Ealswá ðá foreward spreocað, C.
ge-brǽdan
To roast ⬩ broil ⬩ torrēre ⬩ assāre
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Genime ðysse ylcan wyrte wyrttruman gebrǽde on hátan axan let him take roots of this same herb roasted on hot ashes, Herb. 60, 3; Lchdm. i. 162, 17
FÓSTER
FOSTERing ⬩ nourishing ⬩ rearing ⬩ feeding ⬩ food ⬩ nourishment ⬩ provisions ⬩ edŭcātio ⬩ nutrīcium ⬩ pastio ⬩ alĭmentum ⬩ victus
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To fundenes cildes fóstre ðý forman geáre geselle vi scillinga, ðý æfterran twelf, ðý þriddan xxx; siððan, be his wlite of the fostering of a foundling [lit. of a found child].
dæg-rím
A number of days, a course of days ⬩ dierum numerus
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Fox 26, 66; Met. 26, 33: Cd. 47; Th. 60, 1; Gen. 975: 67; Th. 80, 20; Gen. 1331, On his dægríme in his number of days, Exon. 83 b; Th. 314, 10; Mód. 12. Dægríme fród wise in number of days, 130 a; Th. 498, 15; Rä. 88, 2: Cd. 99; Th. 131, 9; Gen. 2173
FEARR
a bull, an ox ⬩ taurus, bos ⬩ the Bull, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac ⬩ taurus
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a bull, an ox; taurus, bos Fearr taurus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 30. He geworhte ánes fearres anlícnesse of áre he made an image of a bull with brass, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 29. Fearras fætte ofsettun oððe ymbsǽton me tauri pingues obsēdērunt me, Ps.
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geár-getal
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and add: a number of years, years of existence, age of a person Gif hé bið cealdre gecyndo, þonne cymð seó ádl æfter feówertigum, elcor cymð æfter fíftigum wintra his gǽrgetales, Lch. ii. 284, 22. age of the world Findan hú micel þæs geárgeteles is