mægen-leást
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Sume hí bebyrigan woldon, ac hí hrædlíce for mægenleáste swulton, 404, 2 : Hml. A. 68, 79. Gif hé ongyt þæt þæs gebodes micelnes his mihta oferstíhð, hé . . . his mægenleáste his ealdre gecýþe, R. Ben. 128, 15. Add
mús
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Se micela ylp . . . ondrǽt him for þearle, gif hé gesihð áne mús, ðeáh ðe seó mús ne mage his micelnysse derian. Hml. A. 64, 258. Wiþ weartum, genim hundes micgean and múse blód, meng tósomne, smire mid, Lch. ii. 322, 12.
nunne
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Add: of a Christian woman Þá berád mon þæt wíf þæt hé hæfde ǽr genumen . . . ofer þára biscopa gebod, for ðon ðe heó wæs ǽr tó nunnan gehálgod, Chr. 901; P. 92, 14. Nunnena sanctimonialium, An.
wlite-weorþ
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Ransom or compensation paid for a person, the amount being determined by the person's appearance (wlite; see the passages from the Laws under wlite; ) Cóm tó him án wydewe, seó sǽde him ꝥ hire sunu wǽre gelǽded in hæftnýde . . . and bæd þone Godes wer
martyr
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For Agnes ðingunga þínes mǽran martyres, Hml. S. 7, 322.
wind-gerest
A windy resting-place (?) ⬩ a hall open to the winds (?)
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For the hall as a sleeping-place, cf. Monig snellíc sǽrinc selereste gebeáh, 1385; B. 690), Beo. Th. 4904 ; B. 2456
winter-dún
A down or hill on which there is pasturage for sheep during the winter(?)
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A down or hill on which there is pasturage for sheep during the winter(?) On manegum landum tilð bið redre ðonne on óðrum, ge yrðe tíma hrædra, ge mǽda rædran, ge winterdún (the sheep can be sent on to the hills earlier (?), cf.
tó-þundenness
swollenness ⬩ pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ contumacy
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For geþances toþundennysse propter mentis tumorém, Scint. 183, 13. Ða eádmódan ðe náne tóðundennysse nabbaþ. Homl. Th. i. 550, 1
Linked entry: -þunden-ness
beado-wrǽd
A war-company
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áwrát betest beadowrǽda swá benne ne burnon ne burston I have written out the best troop for fighting disease, so that wounds may neither burn nor burst, Lch. ii. 350, 29
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befer
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For? after ponticus substitute: (ponticus canis = castor, Migne), and add Bebr fiber, Txts. 60, 399. Bebir(-er) castorius, 52, 272. Befer fiber, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 33: castor, 129, 34. Befor, i. 66, 3. Beofer fiber, 78, 16.
eáþe
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Gif huæt eáða ( forte ) gemitte, Mk. L. R. 11, 13. ¶ Eáþe mæg, perhaps, may be Eáða mæhte ł eáðæ mæge forte, Mt. L. 11, 23. Eáðe (ǽðe, R.) mæg forsitan, Jn. L. 8, 19: alioquin, Mt. L. 6, 1. lest; ne forte Eáðe mæg ł ðý lǽs ne forte, Lk. L. 12, 58.
ell-þeód
A strange people, foreign nation ⬩ pĕregrīna gens
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A strange people, foreign nation; pĕregrīna gens Hý fóron on ellþiéde they went into a foreign land, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 6
samod-síþian
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Först. 137, 18
wórung
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Först. 178
FNÆST
A puff ⬩ blast ⬩ breath ⬩ flātus ⬩ anhēlĭtus
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Hyt bringþ forþ ðone [MS. ðane] fnæst it will bring forth the breath, Lchdm. iii. 100, 13: 116, 24. Fnæstas [MS. fnæstiaþ] swíðe beóþ fortogene the breathings are very hard drawn, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 7
epistol
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strong forms Hér is seó gesetenis Alexandres epistoles . . . Cwæþ hé in fruman þæs epistoles, Nar. 1, 2, 9. On þǽm ǽrron epistole, 3, 28. weak forms Hé cuæð on his epistolan tó Galatum, P. 117, 7.
wilnian
of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end
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Hé wilnode him tó Gode sumre frófre he asked of God for some comfort for himself, Ps. Th. 15, arg. Helpan nánum ðara ðe tó him áre wilnodan. Blickl. Homl 223, 3.
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Domuc
Dunwich, on the sea coast of Suffolk, the seat of the first East Anglian bishopric, which was subsequently fixed at Norwich ⬩ loci nomen in agri Suffolciensi ora maritĭma
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Felix se bisceop, se com of Burgundana ríces dǽlum, onféng biscopsetl on Dommocceastre, and mid ðý he seofontyne winter on bisceoplícum gerece fóre wæs, ðǽr he on sibbe his líf ge-endode Felix episcŏpus, qui de Burgundiōrum partĭbus venit, accēpit sedem
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Eofor-wíc-scír
YORKSHIRE ⬩ comĭtātus Eboracensis
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YORKSHIRE; comĭtātus Eboracensis Fóran ða þegnas ealle on Eoforwícscíre to Eoferwíc all the thanes in Yorkshire went to York, Chr. 1065 ; Th. 332, 7
ge-feald
A fold ⬩ inclosure ⬩ field ⬩ septum ⬩ ăger
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A fold, inclosure, field; septum, ăger Þurh fífela gefeald forþonette he hastened forth through the field of the monsters, Wald. 76; Vald. 2, 10