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hell-dor

(n.)
Grammar
hell-dor, es; n.

The gate of hell

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The gate of hell Tó helldore in infernum, Ps. Th. 87, 3. Æt heldore, Exon. 40 b; Th. 135, 29; Gú. 531: Cd. 19; Th. 24, 20; Gen. 380: 23; Th. 29, 8; Gen. 447

land-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
land-sócn, e; f.
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Search for land or country Tófaran on landsócne to separate in search of land [of the dispersion at the tower of Babel], Cd. 80; Th. 100, 17; Gen. 1665: 81; Th. 102, 12; Gen. 1699

Linked entry: sócn

Loidis

(n.)

Leeds

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Leeds Ða æftran cyningas him botl worhton on ðam lande ðe Loidis[is] háten reges posteriores fecere sibi villam in regione quæ vocatur Loidis, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 21: 3, 24; S. 557, 12

Lunden

(n.)

London

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London Hé bebohte hine on Lundenne he sold him in London, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 3: Chr. 839; Erl. 66, 16: 898; Erl. 96, 20. Of Eástenglum and of Lunden, 992; Erl. 131, 33

manigfeald-ness

(n.)
Grammar
manigfeald-ness, e; f.

Multiplicity ⬩ complexity ⬩ abundance ⬩ great number

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On mænigfealdnysse in multitudine. Ps. Spl. 65, 2: 68, 20: Cant. Moys. 7

meoto

(n.)

thought

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in Site nú tó symle and onsǽl meoto secgum swá ðín sefa hwette sit now at the feast, let loose thy thoughts to men, as thy mind prompts thee, Beo. Th. 983; B. 489

irfan

(v.)
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to honour with a funeral feast Se gyldscipe hyrfe be healfre feorme þone forðféredan the guild shall pay half the expense of the feast held in honour of the departed member, Cht. Th. 611, 5

ge-frége

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-frége, adj.

Known ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ nōtus ⬩ cĕlĕber ⬩ fāmōsus

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Known, celebrated, famous; nōtus, cĕlĕber, fāmōsus Lǽt ðé on gemyndum hú ðæt manegum wearþ fira gefrége keep in thy mind how that was known among many men, Andr. Kmbl. 1921; An. 963 : 2240; An. 1121

þrysman

(v.)
Grammar
þrysman, þrysmian; p. de, ode

To choke ⬩ stifle ⬩ suffocate ⬩ to keep in subjection

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To choke, stifle, suffocate; fig. to keep in subjection Alexander .xii. geár ðisne middangeard under him þrysmde and egsade Alexander per duodecim annos trementem sub se orbem ferro pressit, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 22

Linked entry: a-þrysman

þrístness

(n.)
Grammar
þrístness, e; f.

Boldness ⬩ presumption ⬩ temerity

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On þrístnysse in temeritate, Scint. 139, 3. Hé yfel þurh þrístnysse gefremede malum per audaciam perpetravit, 40, 5

wriþen-hilt

(adj.)
Grammar
wriþen-hilt, adj.

Having a kilt bound round

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Having a kilt bound round ['In some specimens of swords the handles are wound round with gold wire,' Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 29] Ðæt sweord, írena cyst, wreoþenhilt and wyrmtáh, Beo. Th. 3400 ; B. 1698

Linked entry: wreoþen-hilt

burhrest

(n.)
Grammar
burhrest, = (?) búr-rest
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a bed in a separate chamber(?). Cf. búr(I) Ðonne þú burhreste haban wille, þonne wege þú þíne fýst swilce þú wyrta cnocian wille, and lege þínne scytefinger tó þínum welerum. Tech. ii. 125, 23

brýd-þing

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-þing, pl. n.
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Marriage.Add: Æt sumum brýdþingum ( the marriage in Cana ), Shrn. 48, 27. Ꝥ heó mihte féran tó þǽm brýdþingum, 87, 22. Ongunnon hys yldran hyne laþian tó brýdþingum his parents wanted him to marry, 152, 22

eorþ-beofung

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Wæs in Achie eorþbeofung, and twá byrig on eorþan besuncon terrae motu Achaia concussa est, et duae civitates abruptis locorum hiatibus devoratae sunt, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 18: 3, 9; S. 132, 13. Add

eorþ-ríce

the earth

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Add: the earth Sé hæfde áre on eorþríce, sé þe ælmyssan dǽlde dómlíce, Lch. i. 400, 8. an earthly kingdom, earthly power Críst fleáh eorðríce tó underfónne regnum percipere vitavit in terris, Past. 33, 12

fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
fǽhþ, ( = fǽgþ? cf. fǽge)

feyness

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feyness Dol seldon drýmeð sorgful ymbe his forðgesceaft, nefne hé fǽhðe wite a fool in his life of pleasure is seldom anxious about his future, unless he knows that death is at hand, Fä. 56

físian

(v.)
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Take here fésian, fýsian in Dict., and add

Linked entries: fésian fýsian

ge-bird

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bird, ge-birde.
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Take here ge-byrd in Dict. grown up; pubes Gebierdne, þone æþelan geongan indolem (perhaps the passage glossed is: Pulcherrimam pubertatis indolem, Aid. 63, 25), Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 80. v. un-gebeard[e]

ge-gilde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gilde, es; n.
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Membership in a guild Gif gegilda his gegildan ofstleá, bere sylf wiþ mágas ꝥ hé bræc, and his gegilde eft mid eahta pundum gebycge, oþþe hé þolie á geferes and freóndscipes, Cht. Th. 612, 7

Linked entry: -gilde

ge-wirman

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Take here <b>ge-wyrman</b> in Dict., and add Seó bródige henn tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 26. Gewyrmede fotam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 46

Linked entry: wirman