in-wærc
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Internal pain Ic þrowode mycelne ece mínre heortan and líflicra leoma . . . þá mettrumnesse lǽcas hátað mid Gréciscre sprǽce sincopia, inwræc (cf. sincopia, defectio stomachi, Ld. Gl. H. 41, 47), Gr. D. 243, 21. Wið innwræce (inwerce, v. l. ), Ll. Th
in-weorc
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Indoor work On wintra . . . mænige inweorc wyrcean, ðerhsan, wudu cleófan, Angl. ix. 261, 24
in-wrítere
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A resident scribe (?), a private secretary (?) Inwrlíere antigraphus, cancellarius (cancellarius in ecclesiis cathedralibus dignitas cujus officium erat . . . litteras capituli facere et consignare, Migne), scriptor (cf. búrþén cancellarius vel scriniarius
hylte
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Substitute: <b>-hylte,</b> es; n
lár-swic
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Substitute: <b>lár-swic</b>, es; n. or <b>-swice</b>, es; m. (Cf. ǽ-swic, be-swic.)
leác-blæd
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A leek leaf Þis man sceal wið ꝥ gedrif wrítan on þreóm leácbladan, Nap. 41
leád-gewiht
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Some scale of weight (cf. (?) lead-pound Sex waxpnnde makiet .j. leed pound, N. E. D. s. v.) :-- Ic onborgede .xxx. mancsa goldes be leádgewihte, Cht. Crw. 9, 118. See note p. 77
Linked entry: ge-wiht
leáfnes-word
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A pass-word Ne gé leáfnesword gúðfremmendra gearwe ne wisson, B. 245
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ír
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The projecting back of an axe Somnige mon ealle þá bán . . . and cnocie man þá bán mid æxse ýre, Lch. iii. 14, 12. Hi hine þǽr oftorfodon mid bánum and mid hrýðera heáfdum, and slóh hine þá án heora mid ánre æxe ýre (ére, v. l. ), Chr. 1012 ; P. 142,
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íre
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A monetary unit. [This form seems to be a singular corresponding to Icel, eyrir, while óran is plural corresponding to aurar. For this entry I hove to thank Professor Max Förster] Ægylsige bohte Wynríc æt Ælfsige abbude mid ánon ýre goldes, C. D. vi.
iren-smiþ
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A blacksmith ' Hét ic hider lǽdan Stephanum þone írensmið (ferrarium )'. . . Stephanus se írensmið wæs forðféred . . . seó gefremednes Stephanes deáðes þæs írensmiðes, Gr. D. 318, 10-15
ís-earn
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A kingfisher Ísern (-ęrn, -aern) alcion, alchior, Txts. 39, 115. Ísen alcion, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 44: alchior, 7, ll
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hymlíc
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Hemlock. Take here <b>hemlíc</b> in Dict., and add Hymblícae, huymblícae, hymlíce cicuta, Txts. 46, 185. Hymlíc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 32. Hymelíc, i. 67, 30: septiphilos, 66, 64. Hymlíc leptefilos, ii. 54, 20. Slǽpdrænc; rædic, hymlíc . . .
Linked entry: hemlic
hyscend
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One who taunts, reviles, mocks Hiscend convitiator, Germ. 398, 102
ídel-gilp
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Vain glory, arrogance Hí befeallað on ídelgielp. . . Is betere ðæt mon lǽte sume hwíle weaxan ðæt ídelgielp inanis gloriae lentalione fatigantur . . Tolerandum est, ut. . interim arrogantia crescat, Past. 457, 19-23
Lunden-weg
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The London-road Andlang ðæs mylanweges on ðone Lundenweg ; andlang ðes Lundænes weges, C. D. vi. 31, 29
leóþ-wrenc
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A trick in a poem, a doubtful or spurious passage (?) Dyple obolisrnene . . . byð oft on Uirgilius bácum and on his leóðwrencum gesette, Angl. viii. 334, 19
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loc-hyrdel
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A hurdle used in making a sheepfold Loc-hyrdla tilian, Angl. ix. 261, 9
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loc-stán
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A stone that closes the entrance to a cave Ðæs scræfes locstán hí wel fæste beclýsdon, Hml. S. 23, 345. Ðæs scræfes locstán hí út álynedon, 426
lof-sealm
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Lauds, psalms (cxlviii-cl taken together) used in the church service Þone lofsealm (laudes), þæt is, ' Laudate Dominum de celis, ' R. Ben. 36, 18: 38, 9