bénsian
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Dele bracket, and 'To fall down in prayer'; add: To suppli-cate, implore Hine boensendu hwæthwugu from him petens aliquid ab eo, Mt. R. 20, 20. Folce boensandi populo supplicanti. Rtl. 93, 17: 80, 9.
cáf-scipe
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Se man hýwað hine sylfne mihtine and unforhtne, þe náh on his heortan ǽnigne cáfscype, Wlfst. 53, 16
god-sunu
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Hine onféng æt fullwihtes bæþe him tó godsuna Æþewald Eástengla cyning suscepit eum ascendentem de fonte sacro Aediluald rex Orientalium Anglorum, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 298, 10. Add
un-wæstmbǽre
Unproductive ⬩ barren ⬩ sterile
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Sume treówu hé cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7
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beþian
To warm ⬩ foment
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Hí (two seals) mid heora blade his leoma beðedon, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 13.. Gesæt hé under sunn-beáme and his scencan beðode, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 26. Seóð on wætre, beþe mid . ꝥ lim, Lch. ii. 146, 5 : 148, 9: 154, 17.
ege-full
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Hí geseóð egefulne þone ðe hí eádmódne forhygedon, Hml. Th. i. 300, 19. of things, terrible, tremendous Beó him swíðe egefull ðæt éce wíte aeterna supplicia perhorrescant, Past. 263, 16. Seó sǽ is hwílon swíðe hreóh and egeful on tó beónne, Hml.
twi-béte
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Needing double compensation; a term applied to an offence when from special circumstances the bót was twice that to be paid in an ordinary case Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge oþþe on hire hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútan hire leáfe gefó, sié hit twybéte
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eówode
A flock, herd ⬩ grex
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A flock, herd; grex Neuter, He gebrohte híg swylce eówode on wéstene perduxit eos tamquam grĕgem in deserto. Ps. Lamb. 77, 52.
íð
More easily
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More easily Ðæt hie hiera godum ðé iéð blótan mehten that they might the more easily sacrifice to their gods, Ors. 2, 2 ; Swt. 64, 29.
Linked entry: íðast
adela
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Filth (cf. addled); a filthy place, sewer Ðá swýn hí gecuron for ðǽre fúlnysse fenlices adelan, Hml. Th. ii. 380, 8: 472, 7. His líchama læg on þám adelan, Hml. S. 5, 463. Ðæt cweartern wearð áfylled mid fúlum adelan, 35, 244.
byrst
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Hí heora flán him on áfæstnodon swá þicce swylce íles byrsta, Hml. S. 5, 428: 32, 118. Hé wæs ðára strǽla swá full swá igl biþ byrsta, Shrn. 55, 9
on-hón
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.), suspend [Sumne hí onhéngon be þan fótum, and sumne be þan earmum, Hml. A. 171, 36.] to hang on a gallows or cross, to crucify On þǽm eahtateóþan geáre his ríces, þá Críst wæs áhangen (on-, v. l.)
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byldan
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Bǽdon hí Sigebyrht ðæt he mid him to ðam gefeohte fóre and hyra fultum trymede and bylde rogaverunt Sigberctum ad confirmandum militem secum venire in prælium, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 20, col. 1
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weorold-sceamu
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Gif wíf be óðrum were forlicge, and hit open weorðe, geweorðe heó tó woruldsceame hire sylfre, L. C. S. 54; Th. i. 406, 7. Tó woroldscame, Wulfst. 168, 14
wringan
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Hé þone cniht ásette on þá wíntreddan and hét hine wringan þá feáwa geclystru þǽra byrgena puerulum in calcatorio deposuit, et calcare ipsos paucissimos racemos fecit, 58, 17.
Engla feld
ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi
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ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi Hér cwom se here to Reádingum on West-Seaxe, and ðæs ymb iii niht ridon ii eorlas up: ðá gemétte hie Æðelwulf aldorman on Engla felda, and him ðǽr wið gefeaht, and sige
scorf
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Swá mycel hreófla and sceorfa on his heáfde hæfde ðæt him nǽfre nǽnig feax on ðam uferan dǽle ðæs heáfdes ácenned beón mihte scabiem tantam ac furfures habebat in capite, ut nil unquam capillorum ei in superiore parte capitis nasci valeret.
Sunnan-niht
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-Ǽlcum gesinhíwum gebyreþ ðæt hig hyra clǽnnysse healdon ǽfre Sunnannihte (nocte diei Dominici), L. Ecg. P. ii. 21; Th. ii. 190, 18. His líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht . . . and hé árás of deáðe on ðone Eásterlícan Sunnandæg, Homl.
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turtle
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Ðeós turtle hic turtur, 9, 22; Zup. 48, 16. Gemétt turtla nest him invenit turtur nidum sibi, Ps. Lamb. 83, 4. Geoffra mé tó láce sume turtlan and sume culfran sume mihi turturem et columbam, Gen. 15, 9.
un-nyt
Ill use ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ hurt
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Ill use, disadvantage, hurt Gif hié ða trumnesse ðære Godes giefe him tó unnytte (-nyte, Hatt. MS.) gehweorfaþ si incolumitatis gratiam ad usum nequitiae inclinent, Past. 36; Swt. 246, 8.