clam
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Grammar clam, l. clam[m], clom[m], es; m. , and add: a bond, fetter Ꝥ hé sý genered of þám clammum ut eripiatur, Gr. D. 345, 27. Æfter þǽm bendum his deáþes and æfter þǽm clammum helle þeóstra, Bl. H. 83, 22. Dryhten gescylde ús wiþ þá écan clammas,
fore-beácen
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Hér wǽron réðe forebécna (-býcna, v. l.) cumene ofer Norðanhymbra land ... ꝥ wǽron orméte lígræscas, and wǽron geseowene fýrene dracan on þám lyfte fleógende, Chr. 793; P. 55, 32. Forebeácna portentorum, An. Ox. 4969. Forebeácnum signis, i. prodigiis,
ge-sacan
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In the passage ge-sécan seems a necessary emendation: ge-sacu. Against the emendation ge-saca it may be noted that the other nouns in the passage, beginning, hine wiht dweleð, ' represent things (ádl, yldo, inwitsorh), and a noun of the same lind
ge-wittig
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Add: in full possession of one's senses. Cf. ge*-*wit; Hé cwico wæs þá géna, wís and gewittig, B. 3094. having intelligence, having discretion Ꝥ cild þe læg on cradele . . . þá gýtseras lǽten efen scyldig and hit gewittig wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 420, 2. in
ge-tot
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Tó geflites hý fæstaþ and þæt dígle þing beón sceolde tó sige, þæt is tó bodunge and tó getotes gylpe, gewyrcaþ solent certare jejuniis, ut rem secreti victoriae faciant, R. Ben. 136, 22. Þæt nán þing flǽsclices beforan Gode mid getote ne bógie ut non
ge-wilwan
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to roll Hé hine sylfne nacodne áwearp and wylede (wylewede, v. l.) on þǽra þorna ordum, and wæs þǽr gewylwed (welwed, v. l.) lange nudum se in spinarum aculeis projecit, ibique diu volutatus, Gr. D. 101, 13, 18. to roll together, band together Hí drífað
íþ-hilde
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Easily held, content (cf. ge-healdan; <b>XI a.</b>). Take here examples given under éþ-hylde in Dict., and add Éþhelde vel fulhealden contentus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 1. Ná his éðhylde weldǽde non suo contentus officio, Scint. 133, 3. Hæbbende
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of-gán
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Add Nú mé is mín ágen ætwiten swilce ic hit hæbbe forstolen, and man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde, Hml. S. 23, 600. Add Ábæd Ósgár abbud æt Ælfhere ealdormenn ꝥ hé móste ofgán ꝥ land æt him mid sceatte. Ðá tíþode
sprengan
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Se abbud bletsige þá candela and sprenge (conspergat) mid wætere gebletsedum, Angl. xiii. 403, 547. <b>II b.</b> add :-- 'Gang hrædlíce and spreng (stregd, v. l.) þis wæter ofer þæs licgendan líchaman'. . . Se diácon ꝥ gebletsode waster sprengde
ribb
A rib
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A rib Ribb costa, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 17. Rib, ii. 105, 29. Ðá genam hé án ribb of his sídan and gefilde mid flǽsce ðǽr ðǽr ðæt ribb wæs. And geworhte ðæt ribb tó ánum wífmen, Gen. 2, 21-22. Hæfde fela ribba, Exon. Th. 415, 9; Rä. 33, 8. Rib reáfiaþ réðe
un-wittig
Without wit or understanding,
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Grammar un-wittig, adj; Without wit or understanding, not in a bad sense Ge weras, ge wíf and ða unwittigan cild, Homl. Ass. 29, 122. in a bad sense Wel déd se ðe unwittigum stýrð mid swinglum, gif hé mid wordum ne mæg. Hit is áwriten:'Ne bið se stunta
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wærness
Prudence, circumspection, caution
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Prudence, circumspection, caution Mid wærnyssa ( cautela ) in gangende, ðæt óþre gebiddende hé ná gelette, Anglia xiii. 378, 188. Hæfde hé miccle lufan and ealle wærnesse tó ælcum men ( he was very considerate to everybody), . . . and ðeáh ðe hé on lǽwedum
æcer-sǽd
Seed for an acre
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Seed for an acre Man sælde ðæt æcersǽd hwǽte, ðæt is twégen sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt bærlic, ðæt is þré sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt æcersǽd áten, ðæt is feówer sédlǽpas tó feówer scillingas, Chr. 1124; P. 254, 14-16. vi. æcersǽd
hǽðen-gilda
A heathen worshipper, heathen, an idolater
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A heathen worshipper, heathen, an idolater Hé is gehiwod tó cristenum men, and is earm hǽðengylda he is in appearance a Christian, and is a miserable heathen, Homl. Th. i. 102, 16. Se yldesta hǽðengylda the chief idolater, 72, 9. Se ofslóh ðæs hǽðengyldan
hosp-sprǽc
Contemptuous, insulting language
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Contemptuous, insulting language Se eádmóda biscop ðe wé ymbe sprecaþ wæs swiðe geþyldig wið þwyrum mannum and him ne eglede heora hospsprǽc ac forbær blíðelíce ðeáh ðe him man bysmor cwǽde the lowly-minded bishop that we are talking about was very patient
sliccan
to strike, slap
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to strike, slap Se ðe his wiel slicþ slieþ (?), slihþ (?) mid girde qui percusserit servum suum virga Ex. 21, 20. Gif men cídaþ and hira óðer his néxtan mid fýste slicþ (?), and hé dead ne biþ . . . hé biþ unscildig, ðe hine slóh 21, 18-19. Gif hwilc
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smittian
To smear, pollute, defile ⬩ illitus, unctus
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To smear, pollute, defile Smittodan funestavere, maculavere Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 60. Smittud cacabatus Hpt. Gl. 514, 47. [ Smitted contaminata Ps. 105, 39. As reignes shall ben flitted Fro folk to folk, or whan they shal ben smitted Chauc. T. and C. v.
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stópel
A foot-step, mark left by the foot
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A foot-step, mark left by the foot Man dæghwamlíce ða moldan nimeþ on ðǽm lástum . . . and nǽfre man ðære moldan tó ðæs feale ne nimeþ, ðæt mon ǽfre þurh ðæt mǽge á ðý máran dǽl on ðǽm stóplum gewercean (make the footprints larger) . . . Forlét úre Drihten
æra gebland
The agitation of the sea
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The agitation of the sea, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 38, col. 1; ear in col. 2, and p. 203, 38, col. 1; eár in col. 2
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ete-lond
Pasture land ⬩ pascua terra
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Pasture land; pascua terra Ǽgðer ge etelond ge yrþlond [MS. eyrðlond] both pasture land and arable land, Cod. Dipl. 299; A.D. 869; Kmbl. ii. 95, 14