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sǽ-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-steorra, an; m.
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Sǽsteorra heó is gecweden, for ðan þe se steorra on niht gecýþeð scyplíðendum mannum hwyder bið eást and west, hwyder súð and norð, Hml. A. 117, 6-19

búr-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
búr-þegen, -þén, es; m.

A chamber-servant, chamberlain, chancellor, secretary ⬩ cubicularius, cancellarius, scriniarius ⬩ a chamber ⬩ a servant, attendant

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His þeóden þanc gessǽde ðum búrþéne his chief gave thanks to the chamberlain, Byrht. Th. 135, 20, note; By. 121. Búrþén cancellarius vel scriniarius, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 22; Wrt. Voc. 61, 3

lyt-hwón

(adv.)
Grammar
lyt-hwón, subst. and adv.

A little

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Ðá hé wæs lythwón ðanon ágán progressus pusillum, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 39: Mk. Skt. 14, 35. Hé his eágan lythwón fram ðære eorþan up áhóf, Glostr. Frag. 104, 13. Ðara ðe lythwon réccaþ embe bóca beboda, L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 34: Swt. A. S.

Linked entry: hwón

morgen-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-sprǽc, e; f.

The periodical assembly of a guild held in the morning, or on the morrow after the guild-feast

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Th. 613, 7. [Cf. And if any broþer be somound to any morwe-speche . . . and wil nouht come, he scal paye a pound of wax, English Guilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 54.

here-beácen

a war-signal ⬩ a beacon ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a lighthouse

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Hí átendon heora beácna (herebeácen, herebeácna, v.ll.) swá swá hí férdon, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 2. an ensign Mín weorod . . . herebeácen and segnas beforan mé læddon totum agmen me sequebatur cum signis el uexillis, Nar. 7, 16. a signal for a fleet, a

BRÓGA

(n.)
Grammar
BRÓGA, an; m.

A prodigy, monster, trembling, fear, terror, horror, dread ⬩ monstrum, tremor, terror, horror

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Iówer ege and bróga sie ofer ealle eorþan nítenu terror vester ac tremor sit super cuncta animalia terræ, Past. 17, 2; Hat. MS. 22 a. 14. Brógan ðíne gedréfdon me terrores tui conturbaverunt me, Ps. Spl. 87, 17.

Linked entry: brégd

hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
hliþ, es; n.

A slope, ⬩ declivity. ⬩ hill-side, ⬩ hill

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A slope, declivity. hill-side, hill Of hliþes nósan from the promontory, Beo. Th. 3789; B. 1892: Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 28; Bo. 22. Beneoþan ðæm hliþe under the hill, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 52, 15. Swá tó ðám westhliþe, 123, 5.

Linked entry: hleoðo

CUPPE

(n.)
Grammar
CUPPE, an; f.

A small drinking vessel, CUP ⬩ poculum, obba

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A small drinking vessel, CUP ; poculum, obba Cuppe obba, Ælfc. Gl. 24 ; Som. 60, 43; Wrt. Voc. 24, 43. Nime áne cuppan let him take a cup, L. M. 2, 64 ; Lchdm. ii. 290, 2: Lchdm. iii. 72, 17: Cod. Dipl. 492; Kmbl. ii. 380, 35.

Linked entry: copp

EFES

(n.)
Grammar
EFES, e; f.

Eaves of a house, a brim, brink, edge, side ⬩ margo, lătus

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D. 931; Kmbl. ii. 172, 22. Bí swá hwaðerre efese [MS. efes] on whichever side, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 13

Linked entry: æfesc

eorþ-scræf

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-scræf, es; n.

An earth-cavern, a grave ⬩ căverna, antrum, sĕpulcrum

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An earth-cavern, a grave; căverna, antrum, sĕpulcrum Hie be hliðe heáre dúne eorþscræf fundon, ðǽr Loth wunode they found by the slope of a high hill an earth-cavern, where Lot dwelt, Cd. 122; Th. 156, 27; Gen. 2595: Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 11; Kl. 28.

metend

(n.)
Grammar
metend, es; m.

One who measures or metes

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S. gloss seems to be intended as a translation of the title commonly given to Orosius' History, [H]Ormesta Mundi, and is the measurer or describer of the world, i. e. a general history of the world), Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 18

missere

(n.)
Grammar
missere, missare, es; n.

A period of half a year

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A period of half a year Swá ic Hring-Dena hund missera ( fifty years ) weóld, Beo. Th. 3543; B. 1769: 3001; B. 1498. Fela missera many a year, 309; B. 153: 5234; B. 2620: Cd. 145; Th. 180, 23; Exod. 49.

neó-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
neó-bedd, es; n.

A bed for a corpse

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A bed for a corpse Ic in mínum neste neóbed ceóse ' I shall die in my nest ' (A. V.), Exon. Th. 235, 7; Ph. 553. God wearp hine niðer on ðæt neóbedd ( that couch of corpses, Hell ; cf.

Linked entry: nió-bedd

ge-sárgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sárgian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [sárgian to afflict]

To afflict, trouble, damage ⬩ of afflīgĕre, trībŭlāre

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To afflict, trouble, damage; of afflīgĕre, trībŭlāre Biþ untreó gesárgad the faithless shall be afflicted, Exon. 22 a; Th. 59, 34; Cri. 962: 22 a; Th. 60, 18; Cri. 971.

ýtan

(v.)
Grammar
ýtan, p. te
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To put out, to put out a person from a place, expel, banish Hér man ýtte út Ælfgár eorl, ac hé com sóna inn ongeán þurh Gryffines fultum, Chr. 1058; Erl. 192, 35. to put out a thing from one's possession, alienate, give away Hé ná mynstres ǽhta ne ýte

Linked entries: útian ýtend

heáh-cræftiga

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-cræftiga, an; m.
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a master-builder, an architect Bæd se cyning hine ꝥ hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces. . . se abbud sende him cræftige wyrhtan architectos sibi mitti petiit. . . abba misit architectos, Bd. 5, 21 ; Sch. 678, 1-17.

leógere

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Mið légerum, 24, 51: Mk. L. R. 7, 6

wægn-scilling

(n.)
Grammar
wægn-scilling, es; m.

A toll of a shilling on each waggon standing to be loaded at a salt-pan

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A toll of a shilling on each waggon standing to be loaded at a salt-pan Se wægnscilling and se seámpending gonge tó ðæs cynges handa swá hé ealning dyde æt Saltwíc (cf. sine aliquo tribute dominatoris gentis praedictae, id est statione siue inoneratione

setlung

(n.)
Grammar
setlung, e; f.

a taking of a seat ⬩ a sitting down ⬩ setting of the sun ⬩ occasus

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a taking of a seat, a sitting down Ðú understóde setlunge míne and ǽriste míne tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam, Ps. Lamb. 138, 2. setting of the sun; occasus Seó niht hæfþ seofon dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge (set-lunge, MS.

Linked entry: setlan

slá-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
slá-wyrm, es; m.

A slow-worm ⬩ blind-worm ⬩ a kind of snake

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A slow-worm, blind-worm (cf. a slaworme cecula, Cath. Angl. 343), a kind of snake Sláwyrm stellio, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 25: 78, 60: spalangius, 24, 27: Hpt. Gl. 450, 26: regulus (cf. regulus est serpens, avis, et rex parvulus omnis, Wrt.