ge-býrian
To happen ⬩ to fall out ⬩ to pertain to ⬩ belong to ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ contingere ⬩ pertinere ad ⬩ It pertains to ⬩ it is fitting or suitable ⬩ it becomes ⬩ it behoves ⬩ pertinet ad ⬩ convenit ⬩ oportet ⬩ decet
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v. intrans. To happen, to fall out, to pertain to, belong to; evenire, accidere, contingere, pertinere ad ÐDonne hit gebýrigan mæg when it may happen, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 22; Met. 4, 11. Syle me mínne dǽl mínre ǽhte, ðe me to gebýreþ da mihi portionem substantiæ
mæsse-sang
The service of the mass
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Edg. C. 14; Th. ii. 282, 17
treów-weorþung
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Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 30. Cf. Wé forbeódaþ ǽlcne hǽðenscipe. . . ðæt is, ðæt mán weorðige .. . stánas oððe ǽniges cynnes wudutreówa, L. C. S. 5 ; Th. i. 378, 17-21. v. Grmm. D. M. c. 21
Eádgár
Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great. Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years. He was, therefore, king for twenty years, from A.D. 955-975
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Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great.
hundredes ealdor
a centurion
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Edg. S. 10; Th. i. 276, 8. Cýðan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, 8; Th. i. 274, 28
a-drǽfan
To drive away ⬩ expellere
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To drive away; expellere Ðá wearþ adrǽfed deórmód hæleþ then was driven away the beloved hero, Chr. 975; Th. i. 228, 22; Edg. 44. He adrǽfed wæs ejectus est, Gen. 3, 24.
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tæflere
A gamester, dicer, gambler
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Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 8
Linked entry: teblere
býsnian
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Edg. C. 66; Th. ii. 258, 17
Linked entries: býsenian býsnigan bisenian bísnian ge-býsnian
mæsse-reáf
Vestment used when celebrating mass
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Edg. C. 33; Th. ii. 250, 28: L. Ælfc. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 19. Ic geann ánes mæssereáfes mid eallum ðam ðe ðǽrtó gebyreþ, Chart. Th. 529, 8
rand
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Rand the edge of the upper leather, a seam of a shoe, Bailey. Icel. rönd a stripe : Ger. rand border, edge, margin.] the word however is used generally of a shield, denoting the whole or part of it.
Linked entry: rand-beáh
circe
A church ⬩ ecclesia = ἐκκληsigma;ία
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Edg. C. 29; Th. ii. 250, 15: Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 5
massere
A merchant
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Edg. C. 14; Th. ii. 246, 24: L. Ælfc. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, 1
scolere
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Edg. C. 10; Th. ii. 246, 24
wíg-steall
The part of a church where the altar stands
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Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 9
cyric-neód
Church-need ⬩ ecclesiæ necessitas
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Edg. C. 55, note 4; Th. ii. 256, 30
missan
to miss ⬩ fail to hit ⬩ to escape the notice of a person
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Edg. C. 32; Th. ii. 250, 25
tinen
Of tin
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Edg. C. 41; Th. ii. 252, 21 note. Tynen, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, note 2. On tinum ( = tinenum) fæte, Lchdm. ii. 236, 5. With tynnen tonges, Pall. 152, 99
un-gleáw
without understanding ⬩ without skill ⬩ not sagacious ⬩ ignorant ⬩ blind ⬩ dull ⬩ not apt for service
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Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse ( imprudentes; but the Latin is not literally translated) wǽron, 10, 6. of things dull, not apt for service : -- Sweord gebrǽd gód gúðcyning, gomele láfe, ecgum ungl[e]áw ( dull of edge; cf. sió ecg gewác, bát unswíðor
bóc-fel
A skin prepared for books, parchment, vellum ⬩ charta pergamena, membrana
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Edg. C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 11
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ofer-druncen
Drunkenness, inebriety ⬩ ebrietas, crapula
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Edg. C. 57; Th. ii. 256, 13. Gif preóst lufige oferdruncen, L. N. P. L. 41; Th. ii. 296, 11