lǽce-wyrt
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, though any one eat a medicinal herb; but he considers it as unlawful sorcery, if any one bind the herbs on himself, unless he lay them to the wound, Homl.
bærnett
burning ⬩ cauterizing ⬩ a burn ⬩ burning heat ⬩ consuming by fire
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Ox. 1983. Háligra gewrita lácnunga, and ámánsumunge bærnet (ustionem), R. Ben. 52, 13. of the effect of cold:-- Wið cile bærnettes frigore exustis, Lch. l. 228, 23. a burn Wæs þæt bærnet þe hé gelæhte æt ðám were on his sculdre gesewen, Hml.
GEARD
An inclosure ⬩ inclosed place ⬩ YARD ⬩ GARDEN ⬩ court ⬩ dwelling ⬩ home ⬩ region ⬩ land ⬩ septum ⬩ lŏcus septus ⬩ hortus ⬩ ārea ⬩ habĭtācŭlum ⬩ domĭcĭlium ⬩ rĕgio
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On gearde deáþes sceade in rĕgiōne umbræ mortis, Mt. Bos. 4, 16. Ðæt ǽlc cóme to his ágenum gearde that each should come to his own land, Ors. 5, 14; Bos. 114, 18. On geard at home, Menol. Fox 215; Men. 109.
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meós
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Add: — Man him fette of ðǽre foresǽdan róde sumne dǽl þæs meóses þe heó mid beweaxen wæs, Hml. S. 26, 37. ¶ as On meósbróces heáfod, C. D. v. 339, 3. On meósdene, 303, 1. In meósdúne, iii. 373, 23. On meóshlinc, ii. 172, 26.
úþ-witigung
The study of philosophy ⬩ philosophy
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The study of philosophy, philosophy Ðæt heó on woruldwýsdóme wǽre getogen æfter Gréciscre úðwytegunge ... Heó þeáh on wísdóme and on úðwytegunge, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 20-23. Befæst tó woruldlícre láre and tó úðwitegunge, 4, 185.
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ciric-hálgung
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Dedication of a church Hé ꝥ mynster lét halgian . . . and seó circhálgung (cyric-, v. l.) wæs on Cildamæsse*-*dæig, Chr. 1065; P. 192, 22, Níwe circhálgung encenia (cf. encenie, nove dedicationis, ii. 74, 16), Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 52: An. Ox. 56, 286.
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leornian
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on þǽre ðe wé leorniað, Hml.
simble-gemaca
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One of a pair of living creatures, a mate Ic gegaderige in tó þé of deórcynne and of fugelcynne symblegemacan (symble gemacan ?), þæt hí eft tó fóstre beón, Hml. Th. i. 20, 35. Cf. sin-híwan
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hangian
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Ic on wáge geseah wlitig hangian eald sweord, B. 1662. a. of persons, to be suspended on a gallows or cross : — His sunu hangað hrefne tó hróðre, B. 2447. For hwon áhénge þú mé hefgor on þínra honda róde þonne iú hongade?, Cri. 1489: 1457.
cuman
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Add: of movement, to a place On þyssum eálande cóm upp Agustinus in hac insula adplicuit Augustinus, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 52, 8. Hannibal him cóm þwyres on, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 15. Hé hiene raðe gefliémde þæs hié tógædere cómon, 5, 13; S. 246, 5.
gíme-líst
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Th. i. 84, II. the want of care to do or not to do something, negligence.
riht-wís
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Se Godes man sceal beón fulfremed on rihtwísum weorcum, Bl. H. 73, 16
fyrn-syn
A sin of yore ⬩ priscum peccātum
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A sin of yore; priscum peccātum Fyrnsynna fruma the author of sins of yore, Exon. 70 b; Th. 263, 9; Jul. 347
eald-wérig
Vile of old ⬩ jampridem malignus
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Vile of old; jampridem malignus Ealdwérige Egypta folc the folk of Egypt vile of old, Cd. 145; Th. 180, 24; Exod. 50
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here-mæcg
A man of war ⬩ warrior ⬩ man
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A man of war, warrior, man [used of the men of Sodom when attacking Lot], Cd. 114; Th. 149, 31; Gen. 2483
pos-hlíwe
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Some kind of shelter (?) Tó poshlíwan; of poshlíwan, C. D. iii. 82, 2. Cf. (?) Tó posses hlǽwe; of ðǽm hlǽwe, 415, 30
CYN
every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN ⬩ genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progenies ⬩ Gender ⬩ genus ⬩ a sex ⬩ sexus
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Sume naman synd óðres cynnes on ánfealdum getele, and óðres cynnes on mænigfealdum getele some nouns are of one gender in the singular number, and of another gender in the plural number, 13; Som. 16, 25.
Sweordoras
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A people of Mercia occupying a district of three hundred hidesCod. Dip. B. i. 414, 21. Sweordora þryú hund hýda (the name occurs in a list of districts in the land of the Mercians)
Clod-hangra
Clodhanger
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Clodhanger Þurhút Clodhangran; of ðan hangran andlang róde út on Mules dene out through Clodhanger; from the meadow along the road out to Mule's dean, Cod. Dipl. 1198; A. D. 956; Kmbl. v. 374, 28
drihten-weard
A guardian lord, king ⬩ domĭnus custos, rex
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A guardian lord, king; domĭnus custos, rex On ðam drihtenweard deópne wisse sefan sídne geþanc in whom the guardian lord knew [to exist] deep ample thought of mind, Cd. 201; Th. 249, 24; Dan. 535
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