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hwítel

(n.)
Grammar
hwítel, es; m.

A WHITTLE ⬩ a cloak ⬩ mantle ⬩ blanket

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Ðá hét Benedictus beran ða tócwysedan lima on ánum hwítle intó his gebedhúse, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 21. Sem and Jafeth dydon ánne hwítel on hira sculdra Sem et Japheth pallium imposuerunt humeris suis, Gen. 9, 23.

Linked entries: hwida hwien

hróp

(n.)
Grammar
hróp, es; m.

Crying ⬩ clamour ⬩ outcry

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Crying, clamour, outcry Ðǽr biþ á wóp and hróp there shall be ever weeping and wailing, Blickl. Homl. 185, 7

Linked entries: hrépan on-hróp

meaht-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
meaht-leás, adj.

Powerless

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Powerless Ðonne ( at the day of judgement ) stent ealra hergea mǽst heortleás and earh, mihtleás and áfǽred, Wulfst. 137, 23

pungetung

(n.)
Grammar
pungetung, e; f.
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A pricking Sió wamb gefélþ sár ðonne se mon mete þigeþ and pungetunga and unlust metes, Lchdm. ii. 216, 21

fore-weard

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, and add Ymb þá foreward þe wǽron geworhte ... And sé ðe þás foreward tóbreke, C.D. iv. 263, 13-21

eáht-ness

Grammar
eáht-ness, l. eaht-ness,
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and add Þæt wé mid geþylde earfeþa and eahtnesse (eht-, v. l. ) þolien, R. Ben. 6, 2. Cf. éht-ness

fird-fór

(n.)
Grammar
fird-fór, e; f.

military service

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Going on the fird, military service Ǽlces þinges freóh búton ferdfóre and walgeweorce and brycgeweorce, C. D. iii. 20, 4

gneáþ

Grammar
gneáþ, Add: <b>, gneád</b>
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Hí cwǽdon ꝥ him gneáðe wǽre heora wist and scrúd, Hml. S. 31, 1296. v. gníþe, and two following words

hand-cweorn

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Nime þonne clǽnne lengtenbere and grinde, on handcwyrna ; nime siþþan mæderan and dríge on handcwyrna, Archiv. lxxxiv. 326 (d). Add

hyld-áþ

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Add: [Ðá Wylisceen kingas cóman tó him and becóman his menn and him heldáðas swéron, Chr. 1114; P. 245, 25.]

of-stǽnan

(v.)
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to stone to death Seó burhwaru gelæhton Stranguilionem and his wíf. . . and ofstǽndon hí tó deáðe, Ap. Th. 26, 24

ge-dæft

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-dæft, ge-dæftu; f.

Gentleness, meekness

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Gentleness, meekness Gáð tó þæs wyrtgeardes geate and mid gedæftum (tranquille) biddaþ and mid bletsunge nimaþ, Gr. D. 202, 12

Linked entry: -dæft

leoþu-bend

(n.)
Grammar
leoþu-bend, m. f.

A fetter ⬩ bond

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A fetter, bond Ic ðé álýse of ðyssum leoþubendum I will release thee from these bonds, Andr. Kmbl. 200; An. l00: 2746; An. 1375: 327; An. 164. Of leoþobendum, 2066; An. 1035: 3127; An. 1566. Lioþobendum, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 23; Gen. 382

húsel-disc

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-disc, es; m.

Housel-dish ⬩ the paten

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Ðis mon sceal wrítan on húsldisce and on ðone drenc mid háligwætere þweán and singan on this is to be written on a paten and washed into the drink and sung over, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 3

Linked entry: offrung-disc

mecgan

(v.)
Grammar
mecgan, p. mægde(?)

To stir ⬩ mix

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To stir, mix Cnuca eall ðás tógadere and magce tógadere pound all these together, and stir together, Lchdm. iii. 134, 8. Nime ðat dust and mæcige mid ðan æge take the dust and stir it up with the egg, 126, 19.

Linked entry: mæcige

míl-getæl

(n.)
Grammar
míl-getæl, es; n.

The number of paces in a mile ⬩ a mile

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The number of paces in a mile, a mile On ríme ðæs læssan mílgetæles ðe stadia hátte fíf hund and ðæs miclan mílgetæles ðe leuua hátte þreó hund and eahta and syxtig reckoning according to the smaller mile, which is called stadia, it is five hundred miles

un-brygd

(n.)
Grammar
un-brygd, (?), es; m.

A not unfair turn ⬩ fair dealing

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Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unbrýde and unforboden, and ic hit ágnian wille tó ǽgenre ǽhte so I have it, as he gave it, who had the right to give, without fraud and unforbidden, and I mean to possess it as my own property

earfoþ-lic

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is tó átellanne seó gedrecednes . . . and ꝥ geswinc and manna fyll, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 31. grievous Earbetlicust (earbed-) molestissimum, Txts. 79, 1320. Earfoðlicost, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 13

or-wéne

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, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 4. dele last passage, and add Sum eáwfæst wer wæs yfele gehæfd, and læg at forðsíðe his freóndum orwéne, Hml.

under-standan

Grammar
under-standan, <b>.
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</b> add Ic geanbidode swíþe wet oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, and hú þú hit understandan woldest; and eác þý furþor ic tiolode geornfullíce ꝥ ðú hit forstandan mihtest I waited till I knew what you would, and in what way you would conceive of it