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mór

(n.)
Grammar
mór, es; m.

a moorwaste and damp landhigh waste grounda mountain

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Waldend scóp wudige móras, Exon. 54b; Th. 193, 12; Az. 120

storm

(n.)
Grammar
storm, es ; m.
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</b> fig. a storm of arrows :-- Strǽla storm scóc ofer scyldweall, Beo. Th. 6225 ; B. 3118. <b>Ib.

Linked entry: stearm

ge-reord

Grammar
ge-reord, speech.
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Læden-gereord, scop-gereord

folc-leásung

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Cf. too leasing-maker in Scotch law, one who utters untrue and slanderous statements such as are likely to prejudice the relations between the king and his subjects.

here-toga

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Add the acting leader of an army Scotta sumdǽl gewát on Brittene, and þes landes sumdǽl geeódon, and wes heora heratoga Reóda geháten, Chr. pref.; P. 5, l. Ðonne se heretoga wácað, þonne bið eall se here gehindred, 1003; P. 135, 15: Ll.

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
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Kmbl. 2306 ; El. 1154. to narrate in verse, write Se scop sang, ðæt má manna fægnodon . . ., Bt. 30, tit. ; Fox xvi. 4. Sealmsceopas sungon and sægdon, ðæt se wolde cuman, Blickl. Homl. 105, 10.

FYRD

(n.)
Grammar
FYRD, fyrdung, e; f.

an armythe military array of the whole countryexercĭtusexpĕdītioan armyagmenexercĭtusan expeditionexpĕdītioa campcastrum

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[Laym. ferde, uerde, f. an army: Orm. ferd an army: Scot. ferde an army, host: O. Sax. fard, f. an expedition: Frs. feard: O. Frs. ferd, f. an expedition: Ger. fahrt, fart, f. ĭter: M. H. Ger. vart, f: O. H.

sceanca

(n.)
Grammar
sceanca, an ; m.

a shank, shin,the upper part of the leg

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Ágyfe mon hine . . . án scone spices oððe án ram weorðe iiii. peningas, L. Ath. i. prm. ; Th. i. 198, 7

Linked entry: sceonca

wefl

(n.)
Grammar
wefl, e; wefle (-a ; m.?), an; f.

weft, woof, thread which crosses the warpan implement for weavinga shuttle (?)

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Voc. ii. 65, 61, in a gloss to the same passage : Lanea filorum stamina ex glomere et panniculis revoluta, Ald. 8), 417, 30. an implement for weaving (-l suffix in words denoting implements, cf, scofi), a shuttle (?)

Linked entry: wefta

spic

(n.)
Grammar
spic, es; n.

Baconlardthe fat flesh of swine the mast on which the swine were fedpopa,lardumfat of seals, whales, etc., blubberblubber, lardlard

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Án sconc spices a ham, L. Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 198, 7. Hé ǽlce gére ágefe ðém hígum .iii. wéga spices, Chart. Th. 471, 14: 473, 28. Speces, 468, 24. Mid ealdan spice oþþe mid ferscre buteran, Lchdm. ii. 354, 5. Gemelte eald spic, 52, 20.

Linked entry: spec

breóst

Grammar
breóst, [The word occurs of all three genders, and can be used in the plural (dual) when a single person is referred to.]

the chestthoraxthe stomachwomba breastmammamamilla

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Þæs láreówes scóh hé ásette on ðá breóst (pectus) þæs deádan líchama. . . Gr. D. 19, 12. the chest, thorax Breóst thorax, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 6 ; 283, 27 : pectus, 28. On iugoðe bið se líchama þeónde on strangum breóste, Hml.

earnian

(v.)
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Oxan hyrde mót earnian mid ðám scós and glófa him sylfum, Ll. Th. i. 438, 15

GE-RÉFA

(n.)
Grammar
GE-RÉFA, ge-reáfa, groefa, an; m.

A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, countpræpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes

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Ic wille, ðæt míne geréfan gedón, ðæt man agife da ciricsceattas and sáwlsceattas I will that my reeves cause that a man shall give the church-scots and the soul-scots, i. prm; Th. i. 196, 8.

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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. shipmen and Scots.

rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
rúh, adj.

rough, hairy, shaggy rough, untrimmed, uncultivatedrough, knottyrough, undressed

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Rúh scó pero, ii.68, 6. Se wæs reód and eall rúh totus in morem pellis hirsutus, Gen. 25, 25. Min bróðer ys rúh and ic eom sméðe, 27, 11. Gif him þince ðæt hé habbe rúh líc, Lchdm. iii. 170, 24 : Exon. Th. 407, 14; Rä. 26, 5.

Linked entries: rýht rúg rupe

for-hergian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hergian, -heregian, to -hergianne; part, -hergiende, -hergende; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To lay wastedestroyravagedevastateplundervastāredevastāredepŏpŭlāre

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Ecgfriþ Norþan-Hymbra cyning sende wered and fyrd on Hibernia Scotta eálonde, and hí ða unscæððendan þeóde, and symble Angelcynne ða holdestan earmlíce forhergodon Ecgfrid rex Nordanhymbrōrum misso Hĭberniam exercĭtu vastāvit mĭsĕre gentem innoxiam et

Linked entry: hergian

be-tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tǽcan, p. -tǽhte, pl. -tǽhton; pp. -tǽeht; v. a. [be by, tǽcan to teach, shew]

to shewostendereto BETAKE, impart, deliver, commit, put in trustimpertire, adsignare, tradere, commendareto send, follow, pursuemittere, insequi, amandare

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Thes. i. 135. to send, follow, pursue; mittere, insequi, amandare Betǽcan [MS, betæcen] cildru on scóle to send children to school; mittere pueros in scholam Obs. Lun. § 4; Lchdm. iii. 184, 28.

wígend

(n.)
Grammar
wígend, wíggend, es; m.

a fighting mana warriorsoldiera noblestrenuous man

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Wígendra scolu ( Ulysses and his men ), Met. 26, 31. Wíggendra, Andr. Kmbl. 2191 ; An. 1097. Hé ðǽt word ácwæþ tó ðám wíggendum, Judth. Thw. 25, 29; Jud. 283. Wígend weccean, Beo. Th. 6040; B. 3024: Elen.

wíg-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-cræft, es; m.

war-craftmilitary skilla warlike arta warlike enginewarlike forcemilitary power

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Mid scotum, ge mid stána torfungum, ge mid eallum heora wígcræftum vis magna telorum 3, 9 ; Swt. 134, 16. Wígcræftum machinis Wrt.

týn

(v.)
Grammar
týn, p. týde, tydde (týdde?); pp. týd
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scole gesette in ðære cneohtas tydde and lǽrde wǽron instituit scholam in qua pueri literis erudirentur, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 45. v. ge-týan, -týdan ( in each case read -týn), and teón, III. 1