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be-gíman

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Ben. 60, 5. to observe, keep a command, an appointed season, &c. Þá offringdagas wé ná ne begýmaþ. An. Ox. 40, 24, 37. Begýmað þisse gesetednysse, Ex. 12, 25.

þeód

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þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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and cf. þeóden; dryht, dryhten Hér is seghwylc eorl ... mandrihtne hold, þegnas syndon geþwǽre, þeód ealgearo, druncne dryhtguman B. 1230. Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250

býge

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býge, l. byge,
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and add: of shape or direction Byge sinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 65. Andlanges ánre furh oð hit cymð tó ánum byge; ðanone of ðǽm byge, C. D. v. 153, 31. Tó ðǽre díce byge, 298, 12. On ðone byge ; of ðám byge, vi. 1, 20 : 2, 4.

hreáw hreów

(v.)
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Add: [for the double form cf. hreáw and hreów (p. tense of hreówan), streáw and streów, eáwan and eówan.] of food, not cooked Þǽr syndon menn ðá be hreáwan flǽsce and be hunige lifigeað ubi sunt homines cruda carne et melle uescentes, Nar. 38, 16.

æg

Grammar
æg, l.
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M. 34, 27. and add

deáþ-bǽre

Grammar
deáþ-bǽre, (deád-).
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Deáðbǽre (deád-, An. Ox. 1872) letale, mortiferum, Hpt. Gl. 450, 52. Se deáðbǽra wǽta, Past. 303, 16. Ðæt on ús deádbǽres is ðurh synna, 445, 25. Deáðbǽre (deád-, An. Ox. 2020) letiferas, mortiferas, Hpt. Gl. 454, 17. Add

cýp

(n.)
Grammar
cýp, a tub.
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Gl. 492, 32 the same form occurs, but in another gloss of the same passage the form is cýue, An. Ox. 2, 236), An. Ox. 3657, where see note

ge-hlýd

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Mid wédendum and egislicum gehlýde bachanti et furibundo strepitu (i. clamore ), An. Ox. 3811. excessive speech, garrulity Wordig gehlýd uerbosa garrulitas An.

meaht-leás

(adj.)
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meaht-leás, adj.

Powerless

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Powerless Ðonne ( at the day of judgement ) stent ealra hergea mǽst heortleás and earh, mihtleás and áfǽred, Wulfst. 137, 23

of-stǽnan

(v.)
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to stone to death Seó burhwaru gelæhton Stranguilionem and his wíf. . . and ofstǽndon hí tó deáðe, Ap. Th. 26, 24

breóst-weall

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-weall, es; m. [breóst, weall
a wall
]

a wall ⬩ A wall as high as the breast a rampart, defence; ⬩ structura in muris ad pectus munimentum, alta, propugnaculum,

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A wall as high as the breast a rampart, defence;; structura in muris ad pectus munimentum, alta, propugnaculum, Cot. 199

DEÓFOL

(n.)
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DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. ; nom. pl.deóflu , deófol; gen. deófla; m. n.

DEVIL ⬩ diabŏlus

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Ðonne wite he ðæt God gesceóp, to mǽran engle, ðone ðe nú is deófol; ac God ne gesceóp hine ná to deófle; ac ðá ðá he wæs mid ealle fordón and forscyldgod þurh ða miclan upahefednysse and wiðerweardnysse, ðá wearþ he to deófle awend, se ðe ǽr wæs mǽre

Linked entry: deóful

scip

(n.)
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scip, a ship.
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Harold forbærnde Griffines scipa and alle þá gewǽda þe þǽrtó gebyrede . . . and þám kynge bróhte his scipes heáfod, Chr. 1063; P. 191, 6-16. Ánes scipes se arcebisceop geúðe ðám folce tó Cent and óðres tó Wiltúnescíre, C. D. iii. 352, 17.

speld

(n.)
Grammar
speld, es; n.; pl. speld and speldru (? or speldra (see below) from speldr. Cf. 'Spelder of woode esclat, Palsgrave. The schafte to spildurs spronge,
  • Avow. of Arthur,'
  • Halliwell's Dict.
): speld, e; f.

A splinter ⬩ a thin piece of wood used as a torch ⬩ a torch ⬩ (splinters) ⬩ splinter of a lance ⬩ a tablet ⬩ a flake ⬩ a tablet

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A splinter, a thin piece of wood used as a torch, a torch On spelde in favillam, Anglia xiii. 35, 213. Speldum favillis, 36, 234, Ðara spaca speldra malleoli Similar entries (v. spæc), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 56. Biernende speld tedas, 95, 26.

ge-sleán

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Þára folca ǽgðer on ððerum micel wæl geslógan, Ors. 3, I; S. 98, 6. of an adder, to sting Fram nǽdran geslegene a serpente percussi, Bd. I. l; Sch. 13, 7. to drive, fix a peg, stake, &amp;amp;c., pitch a tent Gif hé hæbbe geteld geslagen. Ll.

flís

fleece ⬩ wool ⬩ down

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Take here flýs in Dict. and add: fleece of a sheep Swá miclum sníwde swelce micel flýs feóll cadere in modum uellerum immense ceperunt nines, Nar. 23, 13. Flýs uellera, An. Ox. 5192. Flýss, 5207.

hǽþen-dóm

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Add: the belief and practice of a heathen people Hǽþendómes gentilitatis (Gregorius nostris parentibus errorem tetrae gentilitatis abstulit, Ald. 74, 13), An. Ox. 5156.

Linked entry: hǽþen-nes

pyll

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cniht-hád

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Add: boyhood Úre cnihthád is swylce underntíd, on þám ástíhð úre geogoð, Hml. Th. ii. 76, 15. Cnihthádes pubertatis, i. adolescentie, An. Ox. 2382. Seó forme wæcce is on cildháde, and seó óðer wæcce is on weaxendum cnihtháde, Hml. A. 52, 68.

on-bryrdness

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Add: incitement, cause of strong feeling Þám tímum þe mé ǽnig onbrerdnes cym[e] be ðám ǽcan lýfe at those times in which l am inspired with any strong emotion about the life eternal, Solil.