wlíte
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Add Wlite machina (colorum, ex quibus ornatur praesentis machina mundi, Ald. 273, 6), An. Ox, 23, 58. Hé sǽde him hwilc heora wlitu wæs, and hú hí wǽron gescrýdde, Hml. S. 31, 705. Add Tó bóte cyrican wlites adornamentum ęclesię, Chrd, 82, 12. Lustfulliende
sadian
to satisfy, satiate ⬩ to become satisfied,
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to satisfy, satiate. [ O. H. Ger. satón saturare. Cf. Icel. seðja to satisfy.] Similar entries v. ge-sadian. to become satisfied, to get satiated or tired Mé þincþ ðæt ðú sadige hwæt hwegnunges and ðé þincen tó ǽlenge ðás langan spell methinks thou art
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sam-wrǽdness
Combination, union
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Combination, union Eall ðæt ðætte ánnesse hæfþ þæt wé secgaþ ðætte síe ða hwíle ðe hit ætsomne biþ and ða samwrǽdnesse wé hátaþ gód everything that has unity, that, we say, exists, while it maintains its unity, and the union of its parts we call good
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scǽnan
To break
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To break Ðá cómon ða cempan, and sóna ðæra sceaðena sceancan tóbrǽcon. Hí gemétton Crist deádne, and his hálgan sceancan scǽnan ne dorston, Homl. Th. ii. 260, 10. Ða gemettan ne móston ðæs lambes bán scǽnan, ne ða cempan ne móston tóbrecan his (Christ's
brego-stól
a ruler, prince, king; ⬩ a stool, seat, throne ⬩ A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom ⬩ principis sella, thronus, regnum
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A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom; principis sella, thronus, regnum He him gesealde bold and bregostól he gave him a habitation and a princely seat, Beo. Th. 4398; B. 2196: 4729; B. 2370. He hámes niósan lét ðone bregostól
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hand-þegen
An attendant, one of a retinue, servant
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An attendant, one of a retinue, servant Ðá hé ðá ðyder férde ðá wǽron his handþegnas twegen when he journeyed thither, two of his attendants were with him, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 3. Willfriþ his preóst and his hond-þeng Wilfrid his priest and attendant
cristalla
crystal ⬩ crystallus ⬩ the herb crystallium ⬩ flea-bane ⬩ flea-wort ⬩ crystallion ⬩ psyllion
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Lat. crystal; crystallus = κρύσταλλος Ðæt wæs hwítes bleós swá cristalla it was of a white colour like crystal Num. 11, 7. Cristallan crystallum Glos. Prudent. Recd. 140, 49. He his cristallum sendeþ mittit crystallum suum Ps. Th. 147, 6. the herb crystallium
on-wunung
a habitation, dwelling ⬩ persistence, perseverance
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a habitation, dwelling Gewurðe him wéste eall his onwunung fiat habitatio ejus deserta, Ps. Th. 108, 7. Gewýt fram me, and far ut of mýnre onwununge. Nicod. 27 ; Thw. 15, 11. Ðonne forlǽt se hálga gást ða onwununge, and ðǽr sóna wyrþ deófol inne, Wulfst
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spearnlian
To spurn ⬩ strike out with the feet ⬩ kick
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To spurn, strike out with the feet, kick Ðæt ðú ne spear[n]last ut non calcitres, Hpt. Gl. 463, 77. Se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorðan and hé ætforan hire spearnlode mid fótum the nail went through his head into the earth, and he
fót-mǽl
foot-mark ⬩ foot ⬩ a foot
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In l. 3 for foot-mark read foot, and add: a foot as a measure Men on lenge syx fótmæla lange homines statura pedum .vi., Nar. 35, 2. On lenge hundteontiges fótmæla and fíftiges lange, 36, 12. some kind of cross ( Similar entries ? v. mǽl; II ) Of ðám
Fríge-niht
The night between Thursday and Friday
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The night between Thursday and Friday On þǽre Frígenihte þe ætforan Eástron biþ, hæfde úre Hǽlend swíþe langsume sprǽce wiþ his leorningcnihtas, Nap. 26. Hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnannihte and Frígenihte, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 19. Hé wæs sume Frígeniht
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fricca
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Sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, hé onféhð friccan ( fryccean, v.l.) scíre and foreryneles ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeaí hira færelt . . . Gif se sácerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdómes . . . hwæt mæg hé bodigean má ðonne se dumba fryccea praeconis
á-sprungennes
failure ⬩ decease ⬩ eclipse ⬩ Exlypsis,
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failure, decease Seó sáwel þrowað deád bútan deáþe and ásprungennesse anima mortem sine morte, defectum sine defectu patitur. Gr. D. 337, 9. eclipse Exlypsis, ꝥ is ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oðþe þǽre mónan, Nar. 28, 10. Ðý geáre ðǽre foresprecenan sunnan
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háwian
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Add: absolute, to look. with the eyes Hé eóde út, and háwode and hercnode egressus est, et erectis auribus adstans, Guth. Gr. 136, 8. Hé wæs eft cyrrende tó þǽre spyrtan, and wærlíce and forðonclíce háwode, and geseah ꝥ seó nǽdre þǽr in wæs qui reversus
mid-ferhþ
Middle life or age
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Middle life or age On cnihtháde ... swá forþ eallne giógoþhád ... and ðonne lytle ǽr his midferhþe, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 25
mine
A minnow
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A minnow Myne vel ǽlepúte capito, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 75. Mynas and ǽlepútan menas et capitones, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 33
mis-hírness
Disobedience ⬩ act of disobedience
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Disobedience, act of disobedience Forlǽt mé hý on wíta lǽdan, and ða mishérnessa gewrecan, ðe hý wið ðé forworhtan, Wulfst. 256, 4
mold-corn
'The granular tuber of saxifraga granulata, and the plant itself,' ⬩ Cockayne
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'The granular tuber of saxifraga granulata, and the plant itself,' Cockayne Moldcorn vulnetrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 8: Lchdm. iii. 18, 8
níd-þing
A necessary thing
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A necessary thing Ealra neádþinga hé ( the monk) sceal hihtan and wilnigan fram his mynstres fæder (the abbot ), R. Ben. 57, 3
Normandíg
Normandy
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Normandy Willelm cyng fór ofer sǽ tó Normandíg, and Eádgár cild com of Scotland tó Normandíge, Chr. 1074; Erl. 212, 3-4