þæt
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Ne híwa ðú swilce ðú mæge ... wið hí mótian ðæt ðín mód ne beó yfele besmiten, Hex. 48, 11. ¶ In the charters the word is used almost with the force of until, marking the point reached in tracing a boundary :-- Swá west wið ðan heáfdan ðæt hit cymð tó
ǽfen-gifl
Evening food ⬩ supper ⬩ cœna
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C.] quærunt primos in cœnis recubitus, Past. 1, 2; MS. Hat. 6b, 20: 44, 3; MS. Hat. 61b, 22
Linked entry: gifl
æf-werdla
Damage ⬩ injury ⬩ loss ⬩ the amercement for it ⬩ detrimentum ⬩ jactura ⬩ damnum
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In. 40; Th. i. 126, 16: R. Ben. 2 : Cot. 104
Linked entries: æf-werdelsa æ-wyrdla ewerdla ewyrdlu
a-sittan
To dwell together ⬩ considere
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To dwell together; considere Secgas, mid sigecwén, aseten hæfdon, on Créca land the men had a dwelling together with the victorious queen, in the land of the Greeks, Elen. Kmbl. 1993; El. 998
Linked entry: sittan
áncer-setl
An anchoret's cell ⬩ hermitage ⬩ anachoretæ sedes
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An anchoret's cell, hermitage; anachoretæ sedes Twegen hálige menn, on áncersettle wuniende, wǽron forbearnde two holy men, dwelling in a hermitage, were burned, Chr. 1087; Th. 354, 23: Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 10
beadu-scearp
Battle-sharp ⬩ sharp in fight ⬩ applied to a sword ⬩ ad pugnam acutus
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Battle-sharp, sharp in fight, applied to a sword; ad pugnam acutus Cyning wælseaxe gebræd biter and beaduscearp the king drew his deadly knife bitter and battle-sharp, Beo. Th. 5401; B. 2704
Linked entry: scearp
áþ-wyrþe
Worthy of an oath ⬩ worthy of credit ⬩ dignus qui juret
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In. 46; Th. i. 130, 14: L. Ed. 3 ; Th. i. 160, 21
bécn
A sign ⬩ beacon ⬩ signum
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A sign, beacon; signum Mín gebéd nú gyt bécnum standeþ ðæt him on wísum is wel lýcendlíce adhuc est oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Th. 140, 8 : Beo. Kmbl. 6314; B. 3161
earn
A house, cottage ⬩ căsa
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A house, cottage; căsa On ðære stówe ðe is gecíged æt hwítan earne in the place which is called [at] Whitern [white house, candĭda căsa]. Bd. 5, 24; S. 646, 31. v. ærn
Élíg-burh
The city of Ely, Cambridgeshire ⬩ urbs Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
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The city of Ely, Cambridgeshire; urbs Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Man hine lǽdde to Élígbyrig [Élíbyrig, Th. 294, 15, col. 2] they led him to Ely, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 16, col. 1
fǽr-cwealm
A sudden pestilence ⬩ repentīna pestĭlentia
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A sudden pestilence; repentīna pestĭlentia Æt ðæm fǽrcwealme ðe his leódscipe swýðe drehte and wanode in the pestilence which much afflicted and decreased his people, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 8
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firding
An expedition ⬩ army ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ exercĭtus
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An expedition, army; expĕdītio, exercĭtus Swíðe micel folc ðú hæfst on ðínre firdinge to ðam gefeohte i-s/>very much people thou hast in thine army for the battle, Jud. 7, 2
Fróm
FROME ⬩ Somersetshire ⬩ oppĭdi nōmen in agro Somersetensi
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FROME, Somersetshire; oppĭdi nōmen in agro Somersetensi Hér forþferde Eádréd cining on Sc̃e Clementes mæssedæg on Frome here king Eadred died on St. Clement's mass-day at Frome, Chr. 955; Erl. 118, 6
ge-æðele
Congenial ⬩ in accordance with one's nature, race ⬩ congĕnĭtus
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Congenial, in accordance with one's nature, race [ Similar entries v. æðelo]; congĕnĭtus Swá him geæðele wæs from cneómǽgum as was to them natural from their kindred, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 7; Æðelst. 7
Eádes burh
EDDESBURY, Cheshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Cestriensi
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EDDESBURY, Cheshire; loci nomen in agro Cestriensi Æðelflǽd Myrcna hlǽfdige ða burh getimbrede æt Eádes byrig Æthelfled, lady of the Mercians, built the fortress at Eddesbury, Chr. 913; Th. 186, 30, col. 2
mægþ-blæd
Pudendum muliebre
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Leo 508, 9 says on this word 'Dieselbe Bedeutung hat Blatt noch in der deutschen Jägersprache: das Blatt einer Ricke, einer Hinde.'
bleó-fæstnes
Pleasure, delight ⬩ jucunditas, deliciæ
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That which gives pleasure from its colour,- Pleasure, delight; jucunditas, deliciæ Niht is onleóhtnes oððe onlíhting on bleófæstnessum [bleófæstnyssum, Spl.] oððe éstum mínum nox illuminatio est in deliciis meis, Ps. Lamb. 138, 11
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tánede
Having the toes diseased
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Having the toes diseased Tánede mentagricus (the word occurs in a list of adjectives denoting diseases of the leg), Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 43: ii. 58, 9. v. Similar entries tán a toe
þreá-weorc
Pain inflicted as a punishment, used of the misery of hell
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Pain inflicted as a punishment, used of the misery of hell, as in O. Sax. the phrase thrá-werk tholón Wit hearmas, þreáweorc þoliaþ, and þýstre land, Cd. Th. 45, 35; Gen. 737
þrohtig
Enduring ⬩ firm ⬩ persevering ⬩ laborious
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Enduring, firm, persevering, laborious Ðrohtig (in the MS. e is written over o) pervicax, Txts. 87, 1556. Ic eom swiftre ðonne hé, þrágum strengra, hé þreohtigra, Exon. Th. 494, 7; Rä. 82, 4
Linked entry: þreohtig