tæl-mearc
A date
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A date Sume ǽr sume síð sume in úrra æfter tælmearce tída gemyndum some early, some late, some by the date in the memory of our times, Exon. Th. 154, 27; Gú. 849
Brádan-ford
a ford ⬩ BRADFORD in Wilts ⬩ loci nomen vadum amplum vel latum significans ⬩ Bradford
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BRADFORD in Wilts loci nomen vadum amplum vel latum significans hodie Bradford in agro Wiltoniensi, Cénwalh gefeaht æt Brádanforda be Afne Kenwealh fought at Bradford near the Avon, Chr. 652;Erl. 26, 22
brosniend-líc
Corruptible, perishable ⬩ corruptibilis
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Corruptible, perishable; corruptibilis Ðæt wæter is brosniendlíc wǽta water is a corruptible fluid, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 5, 8, 13, 33. Geneálǽhþ ðam brosniendlícum wætere he approaches the corruptible water, ii. 270, 1
ofer-gitness
Forgetfulness, oblivion
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Forgetfulness, oblivion On ðam lande ðe ofer-gytnes on eardige (this seems to correspond to in terra oblivionis) v. 12 Ps. Th. 87, 11. On ofergetnisse in oblivione Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 6
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be-míðan
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Voc. ii. 27, 36. intrans. To lie hid Bemáþ delitescit, An. Ox. 4687: 5095. ꝥ is bedíhlod ús, and eác þám bemáþ þe hit geseah nos et eum qui vidit latet, Gr. D. 320, 23. Bemiðon latuerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 6.
clawu
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Ic ofercóm þæs cwelleres tintregu, scearp ísen and þá slítendan clawa, 8, 189
mengan
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, Angl. ii. 360, 4. of persons, to join to others so as to form one of a company Ic ǽnlípigu on þám cafertúne oþstód . . . ic mé þá eft ongan mængan tó óþrum, ꝥ ic wolde on sume wísan inn geþringan, Hml.
ge-wítan
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Th. i. 316, 29, 34. And ðonne se wer gewíte and then the husband die, Ll. Th. i. 126, 2: Solil. H. 52, 8. Gewitte, 10.
þeáh
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Th. i. 438, 31
Beorg-ford
BURFORD in Oxfordshire
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BURFORD in Oxfordshire Hér Cúþréd, Wæst-Seaxna cining, gefeaht ðý xxii geára his ríces, æt Beorgforda [MS.
ele-bacen
Oil-baked, baked in or with oil ⬩ ŏleo coctus, ŏleătus
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, cŏquens in olla et făciens ex eo tortŭlas săpōris quăsi pānis ŏleāti, Num. 11, 8
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ge-camp
Warfare ⬩ a contest ⬩ battle ⬩ mīlĭtia ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna
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On gecampe in warfare, Byrht. Th. 136, 18; By. 153. Iosue com mid gecampe to him mid eallum his here vēnit Iosue et omnis exercĭtus cum eo adversus illos, Jos. 11, 7. In gecomp in agonia, Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 44
rúm-gál
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Rejoicing in ample space in which to move (applied to the dove when sent from the ark) Seó culufre wíde fleáh óþ ðæt heó rúmgál reste stówe funde far the dove flew, in flight unconfined rejoicing, until a place of rest she found (cf. heó rúme fleáh,
munuc-líf
the monastic life ⬩ the place in which the monastic life is lived ⬩ a monastery
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Hé sundorláf and munucláf wæs foreberende vitam privatam et monachicam praeferens, 4, ll; S. 579, 8. the place in which the monastic life is lived, a monastery Hé árǽrde him munuclíf...
GEÓ
Formerly, of old, before ⬩ quandam, olim, pridem
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Formerly, of old, before; quandam, olim, pridem Ða lióþ ðe ic, wrecca, geó lustbǽrlíce song, ic sceal nu heófiende singan the lays which I, an exile, formerly with delight sung, I shall now mourning sing, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 7: Bt. Met.
fæþm
a bosom ⬩ lap ⬩ the fore-arm ⬩ a cubit ⬩ arms ⬩ bosom ⬩ a fathom ⬩ fist
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Voc. ii. 116, 40. a closed hand, fist Hand manus, fæþm pugnus, brád hand palma, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 13
hefige
under pressure ⬩ grievously ⬩ painfully
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Th. 57, 2(in Dict.)
torn-cwide
A speech that causes grief, ⬩ bitter, grievous, distressing words
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Ongunnon gromheorte (the evil spirits) Godes orettan in sefan swencan, swíþe gehéton, ðæt hé in ðone grimman gryre gongan sceolde ...; woldun hý geteón mid torncwidum in orwénnysse Meotudes cempan, Exon. Th. 36, 25; Gú. 546
ge-hwilc
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Tó ánum gehwylcum menn, ii. 76, 13. Gehwilce ǽnlípige on heora burgum be him sylfum cendon, i. 34, 4: ii. 124, 9. Æt þám óðrum táum gehwilcum healf gelde . . . æt þám óðrum gehwilcum, Ll. Th. i. 20, 3, 6.