merigen
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Heó swór ꝥ Helias sceolde ðæs on mergen (merigen, v. l. ) sweltan, 18, 158
hand-seax
A short sword, dagger ⬩ a short sword, dirk
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Án handsecs on hundeahtotigan mancysan goldes a dagger worth eighty mancuses of gold, Th. Chart. 501, 3: 502, 16. Handsex, 527, 8
Ciren-ceaster
CIRENCESTER, Cicester, Gloucestershire ⬩ Cirencestria in agro Glocestriensi
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Him eóde on hand se cyning and ða burhware ðe wǽron on Cyrnceastre the king came into his hands and the townspeople who were in Cirencester, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 22
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hwón-líce
Little ⬩ slightly
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On ðám máran ðe swýðor syngaþ, on ðám læssan ðe hwónlícor syngaþ, Homl. Th. i. 460, 27. Hwónlícost minime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 49
cáfer-tún
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On þám cafertúne (outside the door of the temple), Hml. S. 23b, 410. Ic sæt binnan mínan cafertúne, 30, 372: 5, 324. Cauertúne, Hml. Th. ii. 248, 27. In cæfertún (atrium) ðæs aldorsácerdas, Mt. L. R. 26, 3. Ceafertún (cæfer-, R.), 58: Lk. L.
for-dwínan
to vanish ⬩ to pass ⬩ to fade away ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ pass away ⬩ decay
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Fǽrlíce fordwán se ælðeódiga of his gesihðum, Hml. Th. ii. 286, 22. Hé ðǽrrihte of hyra gesihðum fordwán, i. 452, 15: Hml. S. 6, 315. Se deófol þǽrrihte fordwán on his gesihðe the devil straightway vanished while he was looking at him, 31, 178.
ge-martyrian
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On þysum geáre wearð Eádweard cyning gemartyrad (ofslegen, v.l.), Chr. 97?; P. 122, 16. to inflict suffering on, torture Þá clǽnan þe dæghwámlíce campiað . . . wið unlustas . . .
dæg-réd
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Gongað þá .vii. steorran on dægered on setl, Shrn. 146, 8. Se cocc hlúdor singð on úhtan ðonne on dægred, Past. 461, 2. On dægred siþþan hit frumlýhte, Bl. H. 207, 35. On þæt dægred sylf, Jud. 204
burg
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On þǽre burh in (Tribulanum) territorium, An. Ox. 4848. On þǽre burh þæs nama wæs Garganus, Bl. H. 197, 28. Biscop æt Florentie þǽre burh, Chr. 1059; P. 189, 5. Of burug in burig de civitate in civitatem, Mt. L. 23, 34.
á-wendan
To turn. ⬩ to give a certain direction to ⬩ to return ⬩ to reduce ⬩ bring into subjection ⬩ to turn aside, ⬩ to remove ⬩ divert ⬩ to avert ⬩ to pervert ⬩ to change ⬩ to turn into something else ⬩ transform ⬩ to translate ⬩ reproduce something with other material ⬩ to exchange ⬩ To turn ⬩ take a certain direction
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Ne áwoendað on bæcc, (redeant) Lk. L. 17, 31. Ðæt teóðe werod áwende on yfel, Hml. Th. i. 10, 18. Ðá gyldenan gyrda eft tó þan ǽrran gecynde áwendon, 68, 19. Somnite áwendan on óþre wísan Samnites novum habitum sumentes, Ors. 3, 10;S. 138, 30.
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be-sendan
to send
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to send Ic on besende inmitto, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 172, 11. On ðám ðwyrnyssum þe ús se Ælmihtiga on besent, Hml. Th. ii. 460, 15. Besende se deófol swilc geþanc on þone munuc, Hml. S. 31, 1073 : 33. 161
ge-líþewǽcan
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S. 129, 8. to mitigate, soften the rigour or severity of, calm the violence of Hé sceal forberan réðra manna angin, þæt hé ðurh his líðnesse heora graman geliðewǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 532, II. Tó geliþewǽcan (-lioðe-, Hpt.
ge-scot
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</b> rapid movement of a missile, flight of an arrow :-- Þá wǽmna flugon mid swiftum gesceote on heora fínd, Jud. Thw. 162, 8. a part of a building shut off from the rest, chancel Gesceot cancella, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 8.
tó-licgan
to lie or run in different directions ⬩ To lie between, ⬩ to lie and part, ⬩ to divide, ⬩ separate
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Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 32.
geofon
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On geofones staðe, 580. Ymb geofenes stæð gearwe stódon sǽmearas, El. 227. Ofer geofenes streám across the sea, 1201. Hwá áspyreð ðæt deófol of geofones holte, and hine gebringeð on Crístes cempena fæðmum?, Sal. K. 146, 27.
glæs-fæt
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Gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt wel micel, gedó wínes tó v sestras, Lch. ii. 252, 8. a drinking-glass Ꝥ glæsfæt on þám wæs se wólberenda drync gehæfd, Gr. D. 104, 30.
un-getel
Innumerable
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Innumerable On þisum and on manegum and on ungetelum (ge)óþrum intingan ic syngade in istis et in multis atque innumeris aliis causis peccavi, Confess. Peccat
diácon-hád
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On ǽlcre hádunge, ge on diáconháde ge on preóstháde, ǽfre sé ðe gehádod bið, hé bið gesmyrod mid gehálgodum ele, Hml. Th. ii. 14, 26. Add
drý-lác
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sorcery, magic Gif þíne æceras nellaþ wel wexan oþþe þǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón bið on drý ( = drýláce) oððe on lybláce, Lch. i. 398, 3. (?)
réwet
Rowing ⬩ a ship ⬩ navigium
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On ðǽre sǽ swuncon on nihtlícum réwette, ii. 384, 25. Gif hwá hreóhnysse on réwytte þolige, Lchdm. i. 302, 5. a ship; navigium Lǽtaþ ðæt nett on ða swíðran healfe ðæs réwettes ( nauigii) Jn. Skt. 21, 6; Homl. Th. ii. 290, 11
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