sárgian
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add: of physical ill Seó þrúh monigum monna þe heora eágan sárgedon and hefegodon wearð tó hǽle loculum nonnullis oculos dolentibus saluti fuisse perhibent, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 450, 22. of mental pain Ymb ðæt ilce sárgode se wítga hinc propheta conqueritur
þorn
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Of hafucðorne tó ðan langan þorne at Ichenilde wege ; ðæt swá tó ðan þriddan þorne æt wírhangran ; of ðám þorne tó ðám feórðan þorne on wrangan hylle foreweardre stent; ðæt swá forð tó dám fíftan þorne; tó þám ele-beáme, C. D. v. 297, 16-20
wæl-mist
A mist that covers the bodies of the slain
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A mist that covers the bodies of the slain Hreám wæs on ýðum, wæter wǽpna ful, wælmist ástáh (the passage refers to the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea) Cd. Th. 206, 12; Exod. 450.
Wæwærðlíce
Well, successfully (?)
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Of ðissum syx tídum wihst se quadrans swýðe wæwerðlíce, and forð stæpð wel orglíce swylce hwylc cyng of his giftbúre stæppe geglenged, Anglia viii. 298, 34.
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æsc
ash-tree ⬩ a ship
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D. vi. 252-3 for the large number of place-names in which æsc occurs) Æsces sceal mǽst there must be most of ash, Lch. ii. 86, 8. a ship Aesc cercilus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 56. Æsc cercylus, 14, 16.
horn-boga
A bow with the ends curved like a horn or a bow made of horn [?], ⬩ a horn-bow,
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A bow with the ends curved like a horn or a bow made of horn [?], [cf. Icel. horn-bogi a horn-bow, Cl. and Vig. Dict.] Léton forþ fleógan hildenædran of hornbogan, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 34; Jud. 222 : Beo. Th. 4866 : B. 2437.
croft
A CROFT ⬩ a small inclosed field ⬩ prædiolum ⬩ agellulus septus
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A CROFT, a small inclosed field; prædiolum, agellulus septus Æt ðæs croftes heáfod at the top of the croft Cod. Dipl. 553; A. D. 969; Kmbl. iii. 37, 23. In ðone croft, of ðæm crofte to the croft, from the croft 681; A.
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Sodoma
The town of Sodom
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The town of Sodom Ða cininingas of Sodoman and Gomorran . . . on ðám burgum Sodoma and Gomorra Gen. 14, 10, 11. Hé eardode on ðære byrig Sodoma 13, 12. Hig eodon tó Sodoman weard 18, 22. On dære byrig Sodoman 18, 26. On Sodoman weallsteápe burg Cd.
sol
a sole ⬩ a collar of wood, put round the neek of cattle to confine them to the stelch ⬩ Sole ⬩ a rope or halter to tie cattle in the stall ⬩ soles, fetters, and shackles'
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, 'a collar of wood, put round the neek of cattle to confine them to the stelch. "A bow about a beestes necke." Palsgrave.' Halliwell. 'Sole, a rope or halter to tie cattle in the stall,' Kennett's Parochial Antiquities.
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toln
Toll
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Heore is ðæt scip ... and se tolne of ealle scipen eorum est navicula ... et theloneum omnium navium, 318, 1
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swǽrlíce
of doing or bearing what is painful, grievously ⬩ of sleeping, heavily, ⬩ graviter
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Skt. i. 21, 261. of sleeping, heavily, Wé feóllon on slǽpe swárlíce, swylce wé on deáðe lágon, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 239
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healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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Z. 225, 4. as a specification of position or direction. one of two sides of an object (v. 3.) ꝥ tóswollene lim (the foot) fram þǽre uferran healfe beþe, Lch. ii. 68, 14. Lǽt blód of earme, næs on þá healfe þe ꝥ sár biþ, 262, 16.
æðele
noble ⬩ eminent, not only in blood or by descent, but in mind ⬩ excellent ⬩ famous ⬩ singular ⬩ nobilis ⬩ generosus ⬩ præstabilis ⬩ egregius ⬩ excellens ⬩ noble ⬩ vigorous ⬩ young ⬩ nobilis ⬩ novellus
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Of ðam æðelestan cynne of the most noble race, 3, 19; S. 547, 25. Æðelast tungla the noblest of stars, Exon. 57 a; Th. 204, 6; Ph. 93: Ps. Th. 84, 10. Æðelust bearna. the noblest of heroes. Elen.
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MǼD
MEAD ⬩ meadow
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On Wíferþes mǽduan hege to the hedge of Wiferth's meadow, iii. 78, 21. Andlang heges on Eomeres mǽduan, (cf. on Eomeres médwa 405, 24); of ðam mǽduan . . . andlang burnan on Hereferþes mǽduan, 78, 6-9. Tó wudumǽdwan; of ðæm mǽdwan, 246, 22.
á-dón
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Voc. ii. 119, 1. of Hé ádéð eów of ðisse worulde, Bt. 19; F. 70, 17. Ðú ádydes ðá bearwas of londe, Past. 355, 11. Tó tácne ðæt hé hié of ðeówdóme dyde (ádyde, v. l.) ob detersam servitutem, Ors. 4, 11; S. 204, 9.
ge-gangan
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</b> of movement. movement irrespective of the point of departure or destination. to go on foot, walk Gif huoelc gegeongað ( ambulauerit ) on næht, Jn.
bregdan
to pluck ⬩ pull ⬩ draw ⬩ drag ⬩ to bind ⬩ knot ⬩ to change ⬩ to change ⬩ to move ⬩ be pulled ⬩ to flash
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. 173, 10. of lightning, to flash Swilc leóht swilce þǽr líget brúde, Hml.
ríceter
power ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ violence ⬩ force
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in proportion to the greatness of his position in life, but of each according to his need and weakness, 57, 21.
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ágen-spræc
One's own tongue ⬩ an idiom ⬩ the peculiarity of a language ⬩ idioma
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One's own tongue, an idiom, the peculiarity of a language; idioma, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 41
ass-myre
A mare ass ⬩ she-ass ⬩ asina
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A mare ass, she-ass; asina And xx assmyrena and twenty of mare asses, Gen. 32, 15