eorþ-ríce
the earth
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Add: the earth Sé hæfde áre on eorþríce, sé þe ælmyssan dǽlde dómlíce, Lch. i. 400, 8. an earthly kingdom, earthly power Críst fleáh eorðríce tó underfónne regnum percipere vitavit in terris, Past. 33, 12
ferele
A rod
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A rod Þá beran hé slóh mid þǽre telgan (færelan, v. l. ferula) þe hé wunode ꝥ hé bær him on handa . . . Þá réþan deór . . . ondrédon þǽre ferelan (ferulae) slegas, Gr. D. 229, 21, 25
folc-lagu
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a law that is valid for all the people of a country, a law of the nation Godes gerihta wanedan innan þysse þeóde on ǽghwylcum ende, and folclaga wyrsedan (the laws deteriorated), Wlfst. 158, 6
físian
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Oft on gefeohte án féseð týne. Wlfst. 163, 18. Hí munecas tódrǽfdon and Godes þeówas fésedon, Chr. 975; P. 121, 29. Fésigende exagitans, persequens, Germ. 390, 163. Take here fésian, fýsian in Dict., and add
for-molsnian
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Manna líchaman formolsniað tó dúste, Hml. S. 12, 28. Hire líchama ne mihte formolsnian on eorðan ... God mæg árǽran ðá formolsnodon líchaman, 20, 108-110. Seó anlícnys tófeól tó heora fótum formolsnod, 2, 374. Add:
foxung
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A foxlike trick Cwæð se Hǽlend him tó: 'Foxas habbað holu' ... Críst geseah his prættas, for ðan þe hé mid sóðfæstnysse ne sóhte þone Hǽlend, ac foxunga wǽron wunigende on him, Hml. S. 16, 162
geár-market
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a yearly market, fair On ealra þǽra manna gewitnesse þe séceað geármarket (-morkett, C. D. iv. 291, 19) tó Stówe, Cht. Th. 372, 15. [O. H. Ger. iár-marchit nundinae: Ger. jahr-markt a fair.]
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ge-cnúwian
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To pound together Genim rúdan and wermód, gecnúwa and meng wiþ eced and ele, Lch. ii. 18, 6: 12: 19. Gecnúa on ceald wæter, 20, 3: 94, 6: 322, 26. Finoles wyrttruman gecnúadne, 30, 6
mǽr-heg
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and add Tó ðám mǽrhege, C. D. iii. 79, 13. Ollonc þæs gemǽreheges (cf. gemǽrheges, 1) onbútan Hreódlége; ðæt swá on þone mǽrhege ðe sceót tó ðǽre hálgan ǽc, vi. 234, 12 : v. 126, 26
preóst-líf
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A house of priests or canons. Cf. munuc-líf Martinus cóm tó ánum preóstlífe, and hí gelógodon þá his bæd on þæs mynstres sprǽchúse . . . þá woldon ðá preóstas him wurðlíce beddian, Hml. S. 31, 846
stǽr
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Substitute for last passage On þis úre cyriclice stǽr, Bd. 4, 7; Sch. 385, 3. Add: :-- Ꝥ swíðe wel in þám hálgan and sóðan stǽre ( in sacra veracique historia) is áwriten, Gr. D. 245, 14
beón
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add : with adv., expressing motion Beón hí on ofeste útweard cum festinatione egrediantur foras , Chrd. 21, 28; 33. Add Hí gesáwon Thesali of hiora horsum beón feohtende wið hié, Ors. 1, 9; S. 42, 33
bydel
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preacher On ídel beóð þæs bydeles word, Hml. Th. i. 320, 26. <b>I b.</b> of things :-- Gedreccednyssa . . . synd ðá bydelas (heralds) þæs écan forwyrdes, Hml. Th. i. 4, 12
sadol
A saddle
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A saddle Sadol sella, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 33 : i. 83, 70. Sadul, 23, 19. Hé héht eahta mearas on flet teón, ðara ánum stód sadol, ðæt wæs hildesetl heáhcyninges, Beo. Th. 2080; B. 1038
un-writen
Unwritten
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Unwritten Ne lét ic ðæt unwriten, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 26. Hí for heora slǽwþe forléton unwriten ðara monna þeáwas and heora dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 34
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wæl-spere
A battle-spear ⬩ spear with which slaughter is to be wrought
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A battle-spear, spear with which slaughter is to be wrought Oft hé gár forlét, wælspere windan on ða wícingas, Byrht. Th. 141, 14; By. 322. Syx smiðas sǽtan wælspera worhtan, Lchdm. iii. 52, 31
wealg
Nauseous
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Nauseous (? Halliwell gives wallow = flat, insipid; wallowish = nauseous) Se wearma welð on gódum cræftum, ðý læs hé sié wealg for wlæcnesse, and for ðæm weorðe út áspiwen ( ne evomatur tepidus ) Past. 58; Swt. 447, 18
wíflíce
Like a woman
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Like a woman Wíflíce muliebriter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 232, 17 : Hpt. 504, 30. Ðú wunodest æfter ðínum were wíflíce on clǽnnysse after your husband's death you continued in womanly purity, Homl. Ass. 114, 392
slipa
A viscous, slimy substance
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A viscous, slimy substance Genim sealh and ele dó ahsan (tó ?) gewyrc ðonne tó slypan . . . dó ðonne on ðone slipan Lchdm. ii. 18, 26-28. Wyrc slypan of wætere and of axsan iii. 38, 1
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ge-síþ
Company ⬩ fellowship ⬩ comitatus
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Company, fellowship; comitatus Sweotol is ðæt ðé sóþ metod on gesíþþe is it is plain that the true Lord is with thee, Cd. 135; Th. 170, 3; Gen. 2807: 109; Th. 145, 5; Gen. 2401