þýle
Thule
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Thule, some island in the north-west of Europe Be westannorðan Iberuia is ðæt ýtemeste land ðæt man hǽt Thíla ( insula Thule ), and hit is feáwum mannum cúð for ðære oferfyrre, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 20.
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un-geníd
Unforced ⬩ uncompelled
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MSS.) mid eówrum ágenum willan gé sculon ðencean for eówre heorde providentes non coacte, sed spontanee, Past. 18; Swt. 137, 19: Ors. 5, 15; Swt. 250, 14
un-leás
Not false ⬩ true
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Gelýf hys hálgum, for ðam hí wéron swíðe unleáse gewitan, Shrn. 199, 24. Unleásra manna sægena, 195, 29. Hweðer ðé ðince Honorius wísra oððe unleásera ðonne Crist, 196, 27. Wísran and unleáseran ðegnas, 197, 8
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be-swincan
to labour at
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Add: to labour for Laboratores synd þá þe úrne bigleofan beswincað, Hml. S. 25, 815. Nim þín gold, þe lǽs þe hit þé losige ꝥ þú lange beswunce, 12, 219. to labour at, perform with labour Beswanc desudat, An. Ox. 8, 257.
broþ
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Ǽlc broþ is tó forgánne, for þon þe hit biþ þindeude, Lch. ii. 210, 21. Gif mon sýþ gárleác on henne broþe, 276, 16. Haran lifer gesoden . . . mid þám broþe ðá eágan tó beþianne, i. 346, 19. Selle drincan mintan broð oþþe moran, 62, 5.
cyre-líf
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For 'A choice . . . eligunt' substitute: the condition of life which allows a person to choose his lord, the state of dependence on a lord whom a person has chosen Gehicgon hig eác ꝥ hig gehealdon heora clǽnnysse, oððe beón geférlǽhte þǽre gefæstnuncge
freógan
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Þys sint þára manna naman ðe man freóde for Ordgár ðá hé læg on ádle, Cht. E. 255, 7. Mon þá þeówas freóde, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 16.
ge-trahtnian
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., and add Manega men wénað ꝥ þes middaneard scule standan on six þúsend wintrum, for ðan þe God gescóp ealle þing binnan six dagum; ac þaet getæl wíse witan on óðre wísan getrahtnedon, Wlfst. 244, 4.
hád-bryce
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For Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 148 substitute Þurh hádbrycas, Wlfst. 164, 4: 130, 4
hæfen-leás
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For yrmþe hæfenleásra (inopum), ii. 6. Helpað earmum and hæfenleásum, Wlfst. 48, 23. as adjective Þá þe unríce synd and hæfenleáse (hafen-, v. l.) þearfan pauperiores, R. Ben. 105, 8. Áspende hé his feoh on ælmyssum hafenleásum mannum. Hml.
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ofer-sceáwian
to overlook, superintend
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[Episcopus . . . is on Englisc scawere, for he is iset to þon þet he scal ouerscawian mid his ȝeme þa lewedan, O. E. Homl. i. 117, 7.]
áwríþan
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Gif þú geótendǽdre ne mæge áwríþan . . . lege on þá ǽdre ꝥ dust and áwríð swíþe, 148, 12-19. for awríðe, l. áwriðe,and add Áwriþe (or -wríþe ?) solueret [altered from soluat], Bl. Gl
bletsung-bóc
A benedictional
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A benedictional, a book containing the forms of episcopal benedictions Mæssebóc and bletsungbóc and pistelbóc, Cht. Crw. 23, 27. ii. ymneras and i. deórwyrðe bletsingbóc and .iii. óðre, Cht. Th. 430, 14
cniht-hád
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Seó forme wæcce is on cildháde, and seó óðer wæcce is on weaxendum cnihtháde, Hml. A. 52, 68. Sum cild hál geboren . . . ðiónde on cræftum þá hwíle þe hit on cnihtháde bið, and swá forþ eallne ðone giogoðhád, Bt. 38, 5; F. 206, 23.
-hád
- 1070 ;
- Erl. 209, 35
drífan
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Voc. ii. 3, 39. to force living beings to move. to force men or animals to move before or from one Hié mon beforan hiera triumphan drifon, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 17. Dríf þá sceáp in heora lǽse, Gr. D. 20, 12.
Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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But Latinized forms of the English word are used; Wintonia is often found in the charters; the form Wincestria occurs v. 167, 7, and the adjective Wintancestrensis 90, 29.] In ciuitate opinatissima quae Winteceaster nuncupatur, Cod. Dip.
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be-smiðian
To forge ⬩ excudere, fabricare, fabrefacere
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To forge, to make or work as a smith does; excudere, fabricare, fabrefacere Innan and útan íren-bendum searoþoncum besmiðod within and without, cunningly forged with iron bands, Beo. Th. 1554; B. 775
ge-þeón
To do ⬩ commit ⬩ perform ⬩ perficere ⬩ patrare
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To do, commit, perform; perficere, patrare Ðæt we siððan forþ ða séllan þing symle móten geþeón that henceforth we may ever do those better things, Exon 13 a; Th. 23, 31; Cri. 377