ge-writ
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. ¶ books dealing with a subject under notice :-- Þæs ðe gewritu secgað, Chr. 973; P. 118, 19.
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Freán and mínes fæder are in apposition, and the insertion of hæfde after fæder completes the else loo short half verse mínes fæder, and at the same time fits in with álǽded, so making the alteration to álǽdde unnecessary.
hring
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In this latter passage, however, the original seems to intend a halo with prismatic colouring), Ph. 305. a group of persons standing in a circle Wuldorful apostolan hring gloriosus apostolorum chorus, Angl. ii. 357, 10.
on-gitan
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Add Ðonne hié eal ðá hálgan gewritu ryhtlíce ongiten (-gieten, v. l. ) hæbben cum recte cuncta de sacra Scriptura sentiunt, Past. 371, 4. add: with gen.
swéte
Sweet ⬩ of food, sweet in sweet-meat, delicate ⬩ of smell, sweet, fragrant ⬩ of freedom from unpleasant taste or smell, sweet, pure, untainted ⬩ of sound, sweet, harmonious ⬩ in reference to the feelings, sweet, agreeable, pleasant
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Swétum wyrtum with sweet-smelling herbs, 241, 6; Ph. 652. Wynsumra steám, swéttra and swíþra, 358, 15; Pa. 46. Of múðe cwom swecca swétast, 178, 20; Gú. 1247.
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Ðis synd þá friðmál þe Æðelréd cyng and ealle his witan wið ðone here gedón habbað ðe Anláf and Iustin and Gúðmund mid wǽron.
síþ
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Homl. 27, 16. with cardinals Se hét forbærnan ealle Rómeburh on ǽnne síþ ( all at once ), Bt. 16, 4 ; Fox 58, 4. Oftor ðonne on ǽnne síþ oftener than once, Beo. Th. 3163 ; B. 1579.
þeóf
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A thief [the secrecy implied by the word is marked in the following passage from the Laws dealing with injury done to a wood: Fýr biþ þeóf ... sió æsc biþ melda, nalles þeóf, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 19-23. Cf.
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BURH
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Eádweard cyng fór mid fierde to Bedan forda, and beget ða burg king Edward went with an army to Bedford, and gained the walled town, Chr. 919; Th. 192, 24, col. l.
LÁR
LORE ⬩ teaching ⬩ instruction ⬩ learning ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cunning ⬩ science ⬩ preaching ⬩ doctrine ⬩ dogma ⬩ precept ⬩ exhortation ⬩ admonition ⬩ counsel ⬩ suggestion ⬩ instigation ⬩ persuasion
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Hé sceal habban láre ðæt hé máge Godes folc mid wísdóme lǽran he must have learning, that he may be able to instruct God's people with wisdom, Homl. Th. i. 206, 26.
má
More ⬩ rather ⬩ further
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Nis him blód tó lǽtanne ac má hira man sceal tilian mid wyrtdrencum he is not to be let blood, but rather the symptoms are to be treated with drinks made from herbs, L. M. 1, 35; Lchdm. ii. 82, 16. Hé ðone ná eft ne wyrge, ac hine má bletsige, L.
mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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As compared with the laity his oath was equal to that of a thane, and he was worthy of thane-right, Similar entries [v. mæsse-þegen.]
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þyncan
to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ to seem fit
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Hwelc wíte sceal ús tó hefig ðyncan? 36; Swt. 255, 3. Hí woldon mé swíþe bitere þincan, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 19. Swá hit þincan mæg, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 36.
yþ
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. ¶ gen. pl. with words denoting the movement of the waves forming phrases = the billowy sea :-- Ýða gelaac, Ps. Th. 118, 136: Exon. Th. 442, 3; Kl. 7. Ýða geswing, Beo. Th. 1700; B. 848: Andr. Kmbl. 703; An. 353. Ýða geþræc, 1645; An. 824: Exon.
wyrt-truma
- Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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Tó ðam heáfde; big ðam heáfde tó ðere fureh, 384, 16, with similar uses of wyrttruma and wyrtwala Of ðam seáðe swá wyrtruma sceát óð Ramleáhweg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 455, 22. On ðone feld; ðæt andlang wyrttruman on Hildes hlǽw, 170, 27.
dóm
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Yfel se cyning wiþ þám Crístenan dóme dyde, Bt. 1; F. 2, 15. Wé sculan ǽnne Crístendóm healdan and ǽlcne hǽðene dóm oferhogian, Wlfst. 274, 16. v. dryht-, un-, unriht-, weorold-, wóh-dóm
hund
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Wiþ hundes slite, Lch. i. 148, 7. Cómon hundas forþ on wundorlicre mycelnesse and rǽsdon on þone apostol, Bl. H. 181, 20. Hunda hús canile, domus canis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 20: 23, 13. Of þǽre þeóde þǽr men habbað hunda heáfod, Shrn. 76, 17.
lange
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Tó lange, B. 905. with reference to a point of time far distant from one indicated, long before, long after Hé langa (lang, v. l. ) ǽr wunode wreclástum, Chr. 1065 ; P. 195. 6.
treów
a tree ⬩ a material ⬩ wood ⬩ trees ⬩ a wood ⬩ roof-tree ⬩ saddle-tree ⬩ a piece of wood ⬩ a beam ⬩ log ⬩ stake ⬩ staff ⬩ cudgel ⬩ gallows-tree ⬩ tree used of the cross
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Ðonne seó sáwl hié gedǽleþ wiþ ðone líchoman, hwylc biþ hé ðonne búton swylce stán oððe treów (a stone or a log). Blickl. Homl. 21, 27. Of treówe de stipite, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 65. Gif mon mid treówe geslegen sié, Lchdm. ii. S. 32 : 94, 23.
DÓN
To DO, make, cause ⬩ agĕre, facĕre
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Hwí dést ðú wið me swá why doest thou with me so? Gen. 12, 18: Jn. Bos. 6, 30. Se ðe hit déþ, se biþ mycel he who does it shall be great, Mt. Bos. 5, 19: 13, 23: 18, 35: Boutr. Scrd. 19, 41: Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 44: Salm. Kmbl. 364; Sal. 181: Ps.