on-cnáwan
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(l b), add: with noun or pronoun (representing a noun) Hé suá micle bet his ágen dysig oncnéw swá hé undruncenra wæs malum, quod fecerat, cognoscere potuit, quia hoc ebrius non audivit, Past. 295, 8.
út-gang
A going out ⬩ exit ⬩ egress ⬩ Exitus ⬩ finis ⬩ effectus ⬩ terminus ⬩ egressus ⬩ a going out of a place ⬩ egress, exit ⬩ the right of egress ⬩ a coming out from a position within a body ⬩ evacuation of the body ⬩ the going out of a period ⬩ the conclusion ⬩ end ⬩ an exit ⬩ passage ⬩ a privy ⬩ an evacuation
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Spl. 18, 6: exitus, 118, 136. a going out of a place, egress, exit Ná ðæt hé Criste útganges rýmde, Homl. Th. i. 222, 9. Be útgange (egressu) folces of Ægypta lande, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 11.
Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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Ðes Swíðún wæs bisceop on Winceastre, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 14. Æðelwold biscop on Winceastre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 207. 6
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be-gang
a course ⬩ way ⬩ passage ⬩ circuit ⬩ district ⬩ cursus ⬩ via ⬩ tenor ⬩ circuitus ⬩ an undertaking ⬩ a business ⬩ exercise ⬩ service ⬩ religious worship ⬩ negotium ⬩ exercitatio ⬩ cultus
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Holma begang the passage of the deeps Andr. Kmbl. 390; An. 195.
hwearf
A turn ⬩ space ⬩ change ⬩ exchange
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Huelc seles monn hwerf fore sáuel his quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 26. Huoerf, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 37. Gif huerf gie sellas si mutuum dederitis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 34. Huoerf, 35.
ge-lǽred
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Hond bið gelǽred, wís and gewealden . . . sele ásettan, Crä. 45. Ofer geléredne super eruditum (semita vitae ), Kent. Gl. 534. learned, erudite Uncúð hú longe swǽ gelǽrede biscepas sién, Past. 9, 4.
sweng
A blow, stroke ⬩ a trick ⬩ trick ⬩ swinging, stroke
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Hé hond swenge ne ofteáh, Beo. Th. 3045; B. 1520. Him for swenge swát ǽdrum sprong, 5924; B. 2966: 5365; B. 2686. Ic mé gúðbordes sweng gebearh, Cd. Th. 163, 5; Gen. 2693.
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searu-þanc
a cunning (in a bad sense) thought ⬩ device ⬩ artifice ⬩ wile ⬩ a cunning (in a good sense) thought ⬩ skilful device
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Kmbl. 2511; An. 1257, a cunning (in a good sense) thought, skilful device Þurh sefan snyttro, searoþonca hord, Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 10. Saga sóðcwidum, searoþoncum, gleáwwordum wísfæst, hwæt ðis gewǽdu sý, Exon. Th. 418, 3; Rä. 36, 13.
BYRLE
A cup-bearer, butler ⬩ pocillator, calicum magister, pincerna
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Þurh byreles hond through the cup-bearer's hand, Exon. 88a; Th. 330, 15; Vy. 51. Byrlas ne gǽldon the cup-bearers delayed not, Andr. Kmbl. 3065 ; An. 1535.
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sceatt
property, goods, wealth, treasure ⬩ price, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods ⬩ a coin
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Homl. 39, 26: 53, 11. Ðonne lǽre ic eów, ðæt gé syllon eówre teóþan sceattas earmum mannum, 49, 19: 43, 3. Abram his teóþan sceattas ( decimas ) offrede, Prud. 5 a: L. Alf. 38; Th. i. 52, 31. a piece of money, a coin Sceat obulum, Wrt.
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scip-here
a collection of ships of war ⬩ a naval force ⬩ a fleet of war ⬩ the men of a ship of war
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Sciphergas, Met. 8, 31. the men of a ship of war Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið feówer sciphlæstas Deniscra monna and ðara scipa tú genam . . . and tuegen scipheras him on hond eodon, and ða wǽron miclum forslægene, ǽr hié on hond eodon (cf. ðara sciþa twá
sócn
a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish
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Ðá tówende se biscop ðæt weofod and ða dwollícan sócne mid ealle ádwæscte (put an end to the resorting to the place, which had been supposed erroneously to be holy) Homl. Th. ii. 508, 5.
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Git mid þý fullwihte fægre onbryrdon ealne þisne middangeard gave splendid incitement to all this earth, Hö. 136. Hé him fægre leán geaf he rewarded them splendidly, Cri. 472: 1361.
mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
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Ða hǽðenan mid lácum heora leásra goda munde and gescyldnysse bǽdon, Homl. Th. i. 504, 19. Munde pafrocinium, Hpt. Gl. 425, 19. Gif hý him syððan ne dóþ mete ne munde if afterwards they do not feed or shelter him, L. Edm. S. l; Th. i. 248, 7.
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ge-segnian
To mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless ⬩ crŭcis signo signāre, bĕnĕdīcĕre
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He heó gesénaþ mid his swíðran hond he shall bless them with his right hand, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 18; Sat. 615. Se bisceop me gebletsode and gesegnode the bishop blessed me and signed me, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 33. Gesénode, 5, 3; S. 616, 25.
weorold-sǽlþa
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Mé áblendan ðás ungetreówan woruldsǽlþa dum levibus malefida bonis fortuna faveret, paene caput tristis merserat hora meum 2; Fox 4, 9: Met. 2, 10. Se ymbhoga ðyssa woruldsǽlþa, 7, 54. Woruldsélþa, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 29.
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dragan
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Wildu hors hyne drógon on gorstas and on þornas, Shrn. 117, 13. Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe and drógon (cf. tugon, 54) hine swá swá hí ǽr dydon, Hml. S. 15, 82. Drógun (trógun, R., cf. tróg, v. 11) segni trahentes rete, Jn. 21, 8.
sæl
A hall
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Wyn for to schenche, after mete in sale, Horn. 1107. Þyse renkeȝ schal neuer sitte in my sale my soper to fele, Allit. Pms. 41, 107. Such a freke watȝ neuer in þat sale er þat tyme, Gaw. 197
for-licgan
To lie in a forbidden manner ⬩ fornicate ⬩ commit fornication ⬩ fornĭcāri ⬩ adultĕrāre
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Sceolan þeófas and forlegene lífes ne wénan thieves and fornicators shall not hope for life, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 21; Cri. 1611: L. Alf. pol. 10; Th. i. 68, 8. Forligende fornĭcans, Obs. Lun. § 4; Lchdm. iii. 186, 2
geongan
To go ⬩ ire
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Nú ðú lungre geong hord sceáwian now go thou quickly and view the treasure, Beo. Th. 5480; B. 2743. Geong vade, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 11