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gǽst-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
gǽst-cwalu, e; f.

Torment of soulănĭmæ tormentum

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Torment of soul; ănĭmæ tormentum Ðǽr eów is hám sceapen, grim gǽstcwalu there a home is made for you, bitter torment of soul, Exon. 42 b; Th. 142, 28; Gú. 651

Linked entry: gást-cwalu

lætsum

(adj.)
Grammar
lætsum, adj.

Slowlate

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Slow, late Wæs swíðe lætsum geár on corne and on ǽlces cynnes wæstmum it was a very late year for corn and crops of every kind, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226, 18

mǽd-land

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-land, es; m.

Meadow-landgrass-land which is mown

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Meadow-land, grass-land which is mown Ǽgðer ge mǽdlondes ge eyrþlondes both of land for mowing and of arable land, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 95, 16. Médlandes, vi. 219, 4

Linked entry: mǽdwe-land

scrynce

(adj.)
Grammar
scrynce, adj.
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Cf. scrence, and for the inflexion tuoegara, 8, 17

bóc-hord

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-hord, es; n.

A BOOK-HOARD, a library or receptacle for books, papers, etcbibliotheca, archivum

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A BOOK-HOARD, a library or receptacle for books, papers, etc; bibliotheca, archivum Bóchord [MS. boochord] bibliotheca vel armarium vel archivum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 4; Wrt. Voc. 58, 47

Linked entries: bóc-fóder booc-hord

þroht

(n.)
Grammar
þroht, es; m.

Oppressionafflictionhardship

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Oppression, affliction, hardship Ic hit leng ne mæg helan for hungre, is ðes hæft tó ðan strang, þreánýd ðæs þearl, and ðes þroht tó ðæs heard, Elen. Kmbl. 1405; El. 704

fugel-tras

(n.)
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A pole for spreading bird-nets Fugultreó amites (amites perticae aucupales, Festus), Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 18. Fugeltrió, 6, 58

hál-fæst

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For 'Lye' substitute His sáule gyltas . . . onwreoða . . . suman swá gástlicum bréðer þe hálfæst sý and his sáule wundela gehǽlan cunne (spiritali seniori qui sciat curare sua vulnera ), R. Ben. 72, 6

hohinge-ród

(n.)
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Hanging Ðú for hǽle cynnes mennisces róde hóhinge þé þoludest pro salute generis humani crucis patibulum pertulisti W. Cat. 294, 12

irgþ

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Peter) hine for yrcðe swá oft wiðsóce?, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 3. Add

latian

(v.)
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For hwí latodest þú ? quare tardasti? Gr. D. 88, 33. Ne lata þú tó mínum fultume, Ps. Th. 39, 15. Uilesceret, i. tardaret vel latode, Angl. xv. 208. 100 b. Add

lofian

(v.)
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In l. 2 for 45 l. 55. Add

sweór-hnitu

(n.)
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Bradley suggests that suernit is a mistake for suge hnitu (usiu in Isidore is uermis porci), and that a later glossarist taking suer- as = sweor- may have produced sweor-hnitu

Linked entry: hnitu

ymb-swífan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-swífan, p. -swáf; pl. -swifon; pp. -swifen
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To revolve round Þeáh þe wé þonne gýt þá sunnan sylfe geseón ne magon, for ðan seó sunne hafað þonne mid þý heofone þás eorían útan ymbswifen and ymbcerred, Nap. 88

Linked entry: ymb-cirran

burg-geat

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Add Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde ... bellhús and burhgeat(for burhgeat as implying tln importance of a residence see first passage under burh; I a), Ll. Th. i. 190, 16

wæl-hlem

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-hlem, wæl-hlemm, es; m.

A deadly onslaught

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A deadly onslaught Hyne Wulf wǽpne gerǽhte, ðæt him for swenge swát ǽdrum sprong ...; næs hé forht swáðéh, ac forgeald hraðe wælhlem ðone, Beo. Th. 5931; B. 2969. Cf. hilde-hlem

symbel-calic

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-calic, es; m.

A chalice

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A chalice for use at festivals or at the solemnity of the Mass. II. Ic an Ðeódréd mín wíte massehakele ðe ic on Pauie bouhte and simbelcalice, Chart. Th. 515, 18

Linked entry: calic

ge-reording

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Gereordunge æfter gereordunge ána hé under[] refectionem cibi post fratrum refectionem solus accipiat 56, 12. Hé mé gefyllde mid níwre gereordunge nova refectione me satiat, Gr.

ge-þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeaht, -þæht, e; f: es; n.

counselconsultationdeliberationadvicethoughta determinationresolutiondeviceplanpurposeconsĭliumcōgĭtātioa councilan assemblyconcĭlium

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Fox 20, 78; Met. 20, 39: Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 20. Mid geþeahte ðínum with thy counsel, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 173; Met. 20, 87. Geþancu and geþeahtu thoughts and plans, Lchdm. iii. 214, 24. He wiðcwyþ geþeaht ealdrum reprŏbat consĭlia princĭpum, Ps.

Linked entries: þeaht ge-þæht

æt-gebicgan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-gebicgan, p. -bohte; pp. -boht [æt, gebycgan to buy]

To buy for himselfemere

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To buy for himself; emere He hí æft æt ðam ágende sínne willan æt-gebicge let him afterwards buy her at her owner's will, L. Ethb. 82; Th. i. 24, 4