ramm
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Th. 113, 4. an instrument for pounding or battering Aries biþ ram betwux sceápum and ram tó wealgeweorce, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 15. Ram tó wurce aries, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 57. Ram aries, andweorc tó wealle cimentum, wealwyrhta cimentarius, 85, 26-28.
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ge-wrítan
To write ⬩ to give or bestow by writing ⬩ to write along with others ⬩ conscribere
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To write, to give or bestow by writing, to write along with others; conscribere He létt gewrítan hú mycel landes his arceb's hæfdon he had written how much land his archbishops had, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 29: Th. Chart. 296, 10.
gripe
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Gripe méces oððe gáres fliht the falchion's clutch or the javelin's flight, Beo. Th. 3534; B. 1735: Andr. Kmbl. 373; An. 187: Exon. 67 b; Th. 250, 10; Jul. 125.
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god-web
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A divine or very, precious web, purple cloth, excellently woven material Mid golde and mid godewæbbe gefrætewod auro et purpura compositum, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 32: HomL Th. i. 62, 26.
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bi-healdan
to hold by or near, guard, observe, preserve ⬩ tenere, inhabitare, custodire, servare, præservare ⬩ to see, look on, behold ⬩ videre, intueri, aspicere
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to hold by or near, guard, observe, preserve; tenere, inhabitare, custodire, servare, præservare Ðǽr se ánhaga eard bihealdeþ there the lonely [bird] holds its dwelling, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 21; Ph. 87.
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ge-mang
a mingling together, mixture, crowd, throng, company, multitude, an assemblage, a congregation ⬩ commixtio, turba, cœtus, sŏcietas ⬩ an assembly for legal or other business
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Kmbl. 191; El. 96 : 216; El. 108 : 236; El. 118. an assembly for legal or other business Ne miltsa ðú þearfan on gemange paupĕris non misĕrēbĕris in jūdĭcio, Ex. 23, 3.
set
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Ða Deniscan sǽeton ðǽr behindan, 91, 1), Chr. 894 ; Erl. 90, 19-22. of animals, a place where animals are kept, a stall, fold, or where they feed, pastures -Seotu bucitum (cf. hrýðra fald bucetum, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 22), Txts. 47, 339.
sufel
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Anything, whether flesh, fish, or vegetable, eaten with bread, sowl ['Anything used to flavour bread, such as butter, cheese, etc., is called sowl in Pembrokeshire,' Halliwell]; pulmentarium Sile him fórmete on hláfe and on sufle and on wíne dabis viaticum
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Súþr-íge
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The people or district of Surrey Cantware him tó cirdon and Súþríge and Súþ-Seaxe, Chr. 823; Erl. 62, 22. Cantwara ríce and Súþrígea and Súþ-Seaxna, 836; Erl. 66, 3. Súþrígea, 855; Erl. 70, 19.
weorþness
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Tó lífes wyrþnysse ad vite honestatem Anglia xiii. 368, 48. dignity, nobility, honourable or honoured condition Werðnes dignitas, Kent. Gl. 582. Æþele æfter ðysse worulde wurþnysse ad saeculi hujus dignitatem nobilis, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 2.
cáfer-tún
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(cæfer-, ceafe r(-or,-ur)-) Caebrtuun (ceber-) vestibulum, Txts. 105, 2094. Cavertún, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 1. Cafertún atrium, ii. 7, 61: mesaulum, 55, 65. In midle ceafurtúnes ðínes in medio atrio tuo, Ps. Srt. 73, 4.
ge-hende
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Th. i. 602, 1, 21. of order or degree Cherubim sind áfyllede mid gewitte swá miccle swíðor swá hí gehendran beóð heora Scyppende ðurh wurðscipe heora geearnunga, Hml, Th. i. 344, 4. of association, intimacy, &c.
ge-mǽrsian
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Add: to make known or famous, spread the fame of a person Ðá ilco gemérsadon (diffamaverunt) hine in alle eorðe ðý, Mt. L. 9, 31. Ðes gemérsað wæs mið hine hic diffamatus est apud ilium, Lk.
geómor
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having a cheerless sound or appearance Þeós geómre lyft triste coelum, Exod. 430. Geác monað geómran reorde, Seef. 53. of a season in which sadness is experienced In þá geómran tíd ( the last day ), Ph. 517
hédan
to have a care for ⬩ take notice of ⬩ to care for ⬩ take notice of ⬩ to take care that ⬩ to observe ⬩ take note of
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Add: to take charge or possession of (with gen.). the object a person Gif hé næbbe mǽgburg, héden his þá gefán, Ll. Th. i. 148, 19. the object a thing. [Hml. Th. ii. 114, 33: Exod. 583: Ll. Th. i. 436, 9: Hml.
in-fær
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L. 67, 25. right or permission to enter Wite hé þæt him ǽlces infæres forwyrned bið sciat omnem sibi aditum denegari, R. Ben. 53, 16. Ne sig him ná eáðelíce þæs infæres getíðod ( non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus ) ...
hwíl-tídum
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S. 36, 420. at times, at intervals, as opposed to always or continuously Cwyst þú hwæþer hittó gelýfenne sý ꝥ þysum Godes þeówan mihte symble æt beón se wíte-dómes gást, hwæþer be hwíltídum ( per intervalla temporum ) his mód gefylde þæs wítedómes gást
on-bryrdness
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</b> where the feeling is one of sorrow or regret, compunction :-- Ðá sió anbryrdnes hine álét cum compunctionis tempus abscessit, Past. 423, 15. Mid andbryrdnysse (compunctione) synna andettan, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 1.
stede
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. ¶ of stede (or of-stede? cf. in-stede) on the spot, at once :-- Þænne þú of stede miht syllan cum statim possis dare, Scint. 193, 12: 197, 13. add On ðám ýtemestan styde standan, R. Ben. I. 76, 9.
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wír
Wire ⬩ metal thread
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Eorðsele wæs innan full wrǽtta and wíra (ornaments made of gold or silver wire), weard unhióre goldmáðmas heóld, Bec. Th. 4817; B. 2413. Næbbe ic fǽted gold, ... ne wíra gespann, landes ne locenra beága, Andr. Kmbl. 604; An. 302: Elen.