hæft
A haft, handle ⬩ manubrium ⬩ manubrium ⬩ a haft or kilt ⬩ capulum, manubrium ⬩ handle
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Nim ðæt seax ðe ðæt hæfte síe fealo hryðeres horn take a knife, the handle of which is yellow ox-horn, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 290, 22 : 52; Lchdm. ii. 272, 21.
or-gete
To be perceived, manifest
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To be perceived, manifest Ðæt tácn núgyt is orgyte (pervidetur), Ors. I. 7 ; Swt. 38, 34. Orgeate, Exon. Th. 76, 12 ; Cri. 1238 : 347, 6; Sch. 8. Tácen orgeatu, 75, 3 ; Cri. 1216.
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Sió hiord (heord, v.l.) sé ðe folgað ðǽm ðeáwum ðæs hierdes, 81. 3 Micel bið betwux ðæs hirdes lífe and ðǽre heorde, 75, 4. Þǽre heorde þe hí Gode healdan sceoldan nǽnige góde beón, Bl. H. 45, 15.
sceacan
to shake (intrans.), quiver ⬩ to flee, hurry off, go forth ⬩ to move quickly, to be flung, be displaced by shaking ⬩ to pass, proceed, depart ⬩ to shake (trans.) ⬩ to weave
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Sceacas (scæcas, Rush.) ðæt asca of fótum iúrum excubite te pulverem de pedibus vestris, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 11 .
æl-ceald
All cold ⬩ most cold ⬩ usquequaque frigidus
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All cold, most cold; usquequaque frigidus Meahtest weorþan æt ðæm ælcealdan steorran ðone Saturnus hátaþ you might be at that all-cold star which they call Saturn, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 37; Met. 24,19
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a-limpan
To happen ⬩ befall ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ contingere
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To happen, befall; evenire, accidere, contingere Óþ-ðæt sǽl alamp until occasion offered, Beo. Th. 1249; B. 622. Ðá him alumpen wæs wén then hope had occurred to him, Beo. Th. 1471; B. 733
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an-búgan
To bend or bow one's self in ⬩ submit to any one ⬩ se inflectere ⬩ se submittere alicui
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To bend or bow one's self in, submit to any one; se inflectere, se submittere alicui To ðon ðæt hí him anbugon that they might submit to him, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 25
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efen-wyrhta
A fellow worker ⬩ co-opĕrātor
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A fellow worker; co-opĕrātor Com he to Róme mid hys efenwyrhtan and geféran ðæs ylcan weorces Ceólferþ vēnit Rōmam cum co-opĕrātōre ac sŏcio ejusdem opĕris Ceolfrido, Bd. 4, 18; S. 586, 28
friþ-sócn
A peace-refuge ⬩ an asylum ⬩ asȳlum
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A peace-refuge, an asylum; asȳlum Ðæt he friþsócne geséce that he may seek a refuge of peace, L. Eth. ix. 1; Th. i. 340, 8: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 25
fulwiht-bæþ
A bath or font of baptism ⬩ baptismi fons
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Mon ðæt cild brohte to dam hálgan þweále fulwihtebæþes they brought the child to the holy washing of the baptismal font, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 10, 18
fyrwitnys
Curiosity ⬩ cūriōsĭtas
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Ðæt he his fyrwitnysse fæderlíce miltsode that he would paternally compassionate his curiosity, ii. 138, 19
hwæt-eádig
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Successful in war [cf. other compounds of eádig] Biþ se hwæteádig wíggeweorþod se ðe ðæt wicg byrþ he shall be successful and honoured in war whom that steed bears, Elen. Kmbl. 2388; El. 1195
in-seglung
A sealing ⬩ seal
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A sealing, seal Ic bidde ðé for godes lufan ðæt ðú mé unlýse ða insæglunge I pray thee for the love of God that thou unloose for me the seal, Homl. Skt. 3, 537
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mǽdwe-land
Meadow-land ⬩ land where grass that is to be mown grows
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Meadow-land, land where grass that is to be mown grows Hió sellaþ him ðæt médweland bí westan Sæferne . . Éc twelf æceras gódes mǽdwelandes, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 150, 10-18 : vi. 219, 3
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mann-eáca
An increase of human beings
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An increase of human beings Ðæt hié wǽron ortriéwe hwæðer him ǽnig moneáca cuman sceolde ut defectura successio crederetur (on account of pestilence no children were born alive), Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 20
mynster-preóst
A priest who conducts service in a minster
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A priest who conducts service in a minster Wé lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta oððe mynsterpreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan circan dyre, ne binnan weohstealle bútan his oferslipe, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 8
óþ-spurnan
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Næs gecweden ðæt his fót æt stáne óþspurne, 29, 3— Cf. æt-spurnan
ge-tucian
To adorn ⬩ dress
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Ðǽr stent cwén ðé on ða swýðran hand mid golde getucode, and mid ǽlcere mislícre fægernysse gegyred adstitit regina a dextris tuis in vestitu deaurato circumamicta varietate, Ps. Th. 44, 11
ge-twífyldan
to double
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to double Seó eahteoðe præteritum getwýfylt ðæt æftre stæfgefég the eighth preterite doubles the second syllable, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 8; Som. 33, 1. Hí beóþ getwyfylde they are doubled, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 35
scyndel
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Tíwesdæges nama wæs of Martie, Iovis sunu ðæs scyndles (cf. (?) scyndan, ; scyndel one who causes swift movement, referring to the lightning(?). Or cf. (?) scendan, scendele; scyndel, scendel a shameful person (?)), Anglia viii. 321, 16