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steór-ness

Grammar
steór-ness, stiér-, stýr-ness, e; f.
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Correction, discipline Hine sylfne ðreágian mid stýrnysse ðære gástlícan steóre, Homl. Th. i. 360, 17. Hwílon hé gewítnaþ ðæs mannes gewitleáste mid stýrnysse óðrum tó steóre, Homl. Ass. 62, 259. Stiérnesse disciplinam, Ps. Spl. T. 2, 12

Linked entry: steór

féþung

(n.)
Grammar
féþung, e; f.

walking

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Going on foot, walking Wearð his cneów áléfed swá þæt hé mid criccum his féðunge underwreðode . . . Hé cwæð: 'Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 134, 23-32

Linked entry: féðan

ostre

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Add: — Gif þú ostran habban wylle, þonne clǽm þú þíne wynstran hand ðám gemete þe þú ostran on handa hæbbe, and dó mid sexe oððe mid fingre swylce þú ostran scénan wylle, Tech. ii. 124, 12-14

sám-cwic

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Mid flánum ofscotene, mid wǽpnum ofsette, hí heora burh sámcuce (cf. healfcwice, Bl. H. 203, 19) gesóhton, Hml. Th. i. 506, 2. Add

synderlic

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Add Mid synderlicum, mid díglum sequestra, i. secreta (oratione ), An. Ox. 1842. Add Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn, and án synderlic eórod of eásternum leódum swíþe crístene menn þám cásere folgiende, Hml. S. 28, 9

gafeluc

Grammar
gafeluc, Add
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Hí scuton mid gafelucum ... oð ꝥ hé eall wæs beset mid heora scotungum swilce igles byrsta, Hml. S. 32, 116

ge-wis

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, ge-wiss, es; n.
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S. 23 b, 160. used with indefinite sense, mid gewisse certainly, indeed. Cf. witodlíce, sóþlíce Mid gewisse se foresǽda bisceop . . . angan . . . tó befrínenne, Lch. iii. 432, 26

þurh-wrecan

(v.)

to thrust through

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to thrust through Sumne heó mid sweorde ofslógen, sumne mid spiten betweón felle and flǽsce þurhwrǽcon, Homl. Ass. 171, 39. Óð hielt þurhwrecen (ense) capulo tenus (per utraque latera) adacto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 69

slota

(n.)
Grammar
slota, an; m.

A bit, morsel ⬩ bucella ⬩ a small piece

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Gl. 587) drýge mid blisse ðænne hús full mettum mid sace melior est bucella sicca cum gaudio quam domus plena victimis cum iurgio Scint. 153, 12

Linked entry: sloca

timpana

(n.)
Grammar
timpana, an; m.

A tabret ⬩ timbrel

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Ic filigde ðé mid timpanum and mid hearpum, Gen. 31, 27

niht

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Hié ealne ðone dæg wǽron ꝥ Þafiende oþ niht, 5, 7; S. 230, 18: Chr. 871; P. 70, 28. v. brýd-, foran-, freóls-, gistran-, midde-, midder-, þreó-niht; sin-nihte

óretla

(n.)
Grammar
óretla, an ; m.
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Hé slóh þone Godes wer mid his brádre hand ofer his wange, ꝥ hé mid óretlan gebysmrod út eóde of þǽre cyrican virum Dei alapa percussit, ut de ecclesia cum contumelia exiret, Gr. D. 200, 16

sin-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
sin-rǽden, [n], e; f.

A perpetual, lasting condition ⬩ wedlock

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A perpetual, lasting condition, wedlock On óðre wísan sint tó manienne ða ðe mid synnrǽdenne bióþ gebundene aliter admonendi sunt conjugiis obligati, Past. 51, 1; Swt. 393, 22. Ða ðe beóþ gebundne mid synrǽdenne conjugati, Swt. 393, 21

ymb-set

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-set, es; n.

Siege, blockade

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Hé ne mihte ne mid gefeohte ne mid ymbsete obsidione ða burh ábrecan ne gegán, 3, 16; S. 542, 19

Cippan-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Cippan-ham, -hamm, es; m. [Hunt. Cipenham: Brom. Chipenham]

CHIPPENHAM,

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CHIPPENHAM, Wilts; villæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hér hine bestæl se here on midne winter ofer twelftan niht to Cippanhamme in this year [A.

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Lǽden-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-ware, pl.

The Latins ⬩ the Romans

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Sui næfþ nǽnne nominativum náðer ne mid Grǽcúm ne mid Lédenwarum, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 5. Firgilius wæs mid Lǽdenwarum sélest amongst the Romans Virgil was best, Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 5

mæst

(n.)
Grammar
mæst, es; m.

Mast ⬩ fruit of forest trees

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Mid wude and mid felde mid mæste cum sylva et cum agro, cum porcorum esca, iv. 202, 2. Micle beámas ða ðe mæst and wæstm mannum bringaþ ligna fructifera, Ps. Th. 148, 9

nebbian

(v.)
Grammar
nebbian, p. ode

To turn the face towards anyone ⬩ to retort upon anyone

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Se ríca besihþ on his pællenum gyrlum, and cwyþ : 'Nis se loddere mid his tættecon mín gelica.'

fægnung

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Mid blisse and mid fægnuncge in laetitia et exultatione, Ps. Th. 44, 16. Ongan for ðon gefeán (fægnunge, v. l.) weópan coepit ex gaudio flere, Gr. D. 216, 20. Þæt folc mid micelre faegnunge and singalre herunge hí gelǽddon tó ðǽre stówe, Hml.

on-þræc

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Seó dene wæs weallende mid anðræcum lígum, on ánre sídan (cf. unum latus flammis feruentibus nimium terribile, Bd. 5, 12), 350, 7. Tengdon þá hǽþenan mid andþrecum wǽpnum tó þám ǽwfæstum heápe, Hml. S. 28, 67. Add