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wamb-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
wamb-ádl, e; f.

Disease of the stomach

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Disease of the stomach Hér sint tácn be wambe coþum and ádlum, and hú mon ða yfelan wǽtan ðære wambe lácnian scyle. Ðonne wambádl tóweard sié, ðonne beóþ ða tácn . . . Lchdm. ii. 216, 19

feoh-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gafol, es; n.

Usury ⬩ a duty ⬩ tax ⬩ ūsūra

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Usury, a duty, tax; ūsūra, Som. Ben. Lye

fore-gesettan

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Foregeseted tal propositum numerum, Mt. p. 12, 1. Add

Linked entry: ge-settan

þróh

(adj.)
Grammar
þróh, adj.

rancidus

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Swá ðrógum tam rancidis (v. Hpt. Gl. 472, 61: tam rancidis (fetidis, amaris, s. invisis, abominates ) þrón, biterum, mid swá biterum), 148

middan-sumor

(n.)
Grammar
middan-sumor, v. under midd, II, where perhaps in the instances in which middan occurs that word is to be taken as the first part of a compound.

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spær-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
spær-líc, adj.

Sparing ⬩ frugal

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Sparing, frugal Swá sperlíc tam frugalis, Hpt. Gl. 494, 43

hlítere

(n.)
Grammar
hlítere, (?), hlytere (?), es; m.
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Similar entries v. tán-hlítere. one who has a share of an inheritance Hí preóstas an Crécisc clericos (cf. Clericus, sors Dei (cf. Dominus est hereditas eorum (the Levites), Deut. 18, 2), Corp. Gl. H. 4, 61.

Linked entry: hlytere

híwere

a pretender ⬩ a decoy

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Similar entries v. híwian; Fácenfulle híweras, wyrh[tan] strofosi (fallaciarum) fabricatores, An. Ox. 2781: fabricatores (falsitatum), 4244. a pretender.

Linked entry: híwian

ciric-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-sceat, es; m.

Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate ⬩ ecclesiæ census.

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Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate; ecclesiæ census

híd-gild

(n.)
Grammar
híd-gild, es; n.

A land tax ⬩ tax paid on every hide

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he owned this country, besides the hide-tax, which no one but God alone can reckon, Chart.

mót

(n.)
Grammar
mót, e; f.(?)

Toll ⬩ tax

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Toll, tax Mót ðæs cyninge[s] nomisma census, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 19

un-gemetfæstlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetfæstlíc, adj.

Irretentive

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Irretentive Ðis sint tácn ðæs hátan magan ómihtan ungemetfæstlícan, Lchdm. ii. 192, 24

lyften

(adj.)
Grammar
lyften, adj.

Aerial ⬩ airy

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Aerial, airy Hwí is ðæt tácn on ðære lyftenan heofonan gesewen why is that sign [the rainbow] seen in the aërial heaven? Boutr. Scrd. 21, 23.

scip-gild

(n.)
Grammar
scip-gild, es; n.
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A ship-tax, a tax to supply funds for the maintenance of a fleet Swá fela sýðe swá menn gyldaþ heregyld oððe tó scipgylde quotiens populus universus persolvit censum Danis, vel ad naves seu ad arma, Chart. Th. 307, 24

here-gild

(n.)
Grammar
here-gild, es; n.

A war-tax ⬩ the Danegild ⬩ tax to support an army

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Scotfré fram heregeld free from payment of the war-tax, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 224, 20

cirse

(n.)
Grammar
cirse, an; f.
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A cherry Cyrsena tácn is . . ., Tech. ii. 124, 22. v. ciris-

Linked entries: ciris- cyrse

tæppian

(v.)
Grammar
tæppian, p. ode

To tap, put a tap into a cask

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To tap, put a tap into a cask Gyf ðé gedrýrptes wínes lyste, ðonne dó ðú mid ðínum swýþran scytefingre on ðíne wynstran hand, swylce ðú tæppian wille, and wænd ðínne scytefinger ádúne and twængc hine mid ðínum twám fingrum, swylce ðú of sumne dropan

Linked entry: tæppa

ofer-brǽw

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-brǽw, -bráw, es; m.

An eye-brow ⬩ supercilium

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An eye-brow Hæfþ mǽden tácn on oferbráwe,Lchdm. iii. 188, 5

Linked entry: ofer-brú

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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field, plain, land, country, place Wonge (wongc?) arvum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 51. Mec se wǽta wong wundrum freórig of his innaþe cende roscida me genuit gelido de viscere tellus (Ald.), Exon. Th. 417, 7; Rä. 36, 1. Se wong seomaþ eádig and onsund. Is ðæt

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

horh

Grammar
horh, [The hor(g)-, hor(e)w- forms seem to belong to the same original nominative, but they are so far differentiated in meaning that they are taken separately.]
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Horh flegma, i. saliva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 38: flegma 35, 65. Nytta þára lǽcedóma þe þone horh of þám heáfde teó, Lch. ii. 282, 25. Þú forléte on þínne ondwlitan þá earman heora horh (spátl) spíwan, Angl. xii. 505, 13. Horh flegmata Wrt. Voc. ii. 108,

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