tela
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</b> add Getímige ús tela on líchaman, getímige ús untela, symle wé sceolon þæs Gode ðancian, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 15. Oft getímað yfelum teala for lífe, 332, 15. <b>III a.
dœ́g
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On ðǽm æfterra doege, 9, 37: Mt. L. 27, 62. Of doeg ðǽm die illo, Jn. I. 1, 39. Oð ðone doege usque in diem illum, Mt. L. 26, 29: 27, 64: Mk. p. 5, 8. Énne doeg unum diem, Lk.
folgoþ
service ⬩ office ⬩ authority
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S. 37, 192. the district in which office is held: Se biscop ámanige þá oferhýrnesse æt þám geréfan þe hit on his folgoðe sý, Ll. Th. i. 214, 3. Ǽnne castel on Herefordscíre on Swegenes eorles folgode, Chr. 1048; P. 174, l.
brycg-geweorc
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B. iii. 657-9 are given Latin and Anglo-Saxon versions of the regulations for the repair (þǽre bricce geweorc) of Rochester bridge, which shew the character of the demands made by brycg-geweorc. ¶ In Latin charters which state the terms of the trinoda
swán-geréfa
An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood. He seems to have been under the direct control of the alderman
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of the wood and of the mast. . .
wille
A well, spring, fountain
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On hróces wylle, þanne up on ðæne weg . . . ; þanon on oden wielle . . . ; þanon on eabbincgwylle, þanne on riscbróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 54, 6-15. On ðone fúlan wylle; of ðam wylle, vi. 213, 16-23. v. wíþig-wille; will, and next word
help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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Nim þé þis ofæt on hand . . . þé sende God þás helpe of heofonríce, Gen. 521. Helpas solacia, R. Ben. I. of, 10: praesidia, Wülck. Gl. 252, 5.
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ge-win
a battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ strife ⬩ quarrel ⬩ hostility ⬩ tumult ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna ⬩ bellum ⬩ tŭmultus ⬩ labour ⬩ toil ⬩ sorrow ⬩ agony ⬩ lăbor ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ ăgōnia ⬩ fruit of laborers ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ fructus lăbōrum ⬩ lucrum ⬩ quæstus
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Gif hwilc man leóht déþ on mínum cirican of his gewinne if any man puts a light in my church [bought] out of his gain, Nar. 47, 6, 15
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healf
a half ⬩ side, part
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Ðǽr stent lang leóma of hwílum on áne healfe hwílum on ǽlce healfe there stands out from it a long light, sometimes on one side, sometimes on every side, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 20. On ǽgðere healfe on either side, 1014; Erl. 150, 15.
scúfan
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Ús ys miht geseald ðe tó sceófanne on ðás wítu ðisse deópnysse, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 38, 17. of proceedings which imply violence, to thrust into prison, out of a place, etc. Drihten heó (the fallen angels) furðor sceáf in ðæt neowle genip, Cd.
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swég
unregulated, confused sound, noise, din, crash ⬩ regulated, modulated or articulate sound, ⬩ sound made by living creatures, voice, cry or note of a bird, song ⬩ sound made by means of an instrument, ⬩ voice; also the instrument ⬩ a person
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Voc. ii. 12, 8. regulated, modulated or articulate sound, sound made by living creatures, voice, cry or note of a bird, song Dyptongus is twýfeald swég. Ælfc. Gr. 4; Zup. 7, 13.
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bróc
a brook
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On cocbróc . . . on mylenbróc . . . on beánbróc . . . on ðan lace ðǽr ðá brócas twisliað, C. D. v. 198, 34. Add
drihten
A ruler, lord, the Lord
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A ruler, lord, the Lord Gumena drihten lord of men, Cd. 205;7 Th. 254, 18; Dan. 613. Eorla drihten lord of earls, Beo. Th. 2105; B. 1050. Drihten Créca lord of the Greeks, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 38; Met. 26, 19.
æl-fylc
a foreign land ⬩ aliena provincia ⬩ foreigners ⬩ a foreign army ⬩ an enemy ⬩ peregrinus exercitus ⬩ hostes
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a foreign land; aliena provincia Ðæt hie on ælfylce on Danubie stæðe wícedon till they encamped in the foreign land on the banks of the Danube, Elen.
tún
an enclosed piece of ground ⬩ a yard ⬩ court ⬩ the enclosed land surrounding a single dwelling ⬩ a manor ⬩ vill ⬩ 'an estate with a village community in villenage upon it under a lord's jurisdiction,' ⬩ the buildings or inhabitants being referred to ⬩ the towns of Roman Britain ⬩ a habitation of men ⬩ the residence or estate of a single person ⬩ an estate ⬩ farm ⬩ a collection of dwellings ⬩ a village ⬩ town
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Mai, 25) spring comes to our dwellings on the 23rd of February, Anglia viii.312, 19. Se mónþ gǽð on Sunnandæge on túne (cf. cymð se mónð tó mannum, 14: 8), 304, 12. Cymeþ on ðám ylcan dæge us tó túne forma mónað. Menol.
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be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Ox. 845. of action, to go about a business, to attend to Wé sceolon on ðissum dagum begán úre gebedu, Hml. Th. i. 246, 27. Ðá ðing tó begánne and tó bewitanne ðe tó scipene belimpað, Angl. ix. 260, 3. to cultivate (lit. and fig.)
Aríus
A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A. D. 336
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A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A.
híwan
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Add: the domestics of a household Þá híwan familiares domus illius, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 231, 15. Ðá cóm sum þára hína, cleopode mec, 5, 3; Sch. 565, 12. Twégen æceras on gemang hína lande (land let to the members of a household?), C. D. iii. 400, 7.
FÍC
Fig ⬩ the fruit of the fig-tree ⬩ fīcus ⬩ a disease so called, the piles ⬩ hemorrhoids ⬩ fīcus
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a Fig, the fruit of the fig-tree; fīcus: found at present only in the following compounds in the sense of a tree or fruit, etc. — fíc-æppel, -beám, -leáf, -treów. a disease so called, the piles, hemorrhoids; fīcus Wið seóndum ómum, ðæt is fíc for running
un-weorþ
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add: of low estate Preóst þe bið cýpa, and of þám áríst of unwurðum men tó wurðfullum negotiator clericus ex ignobili gloriosus, Chrd. 70, 6