briddas
the young of any of the feathered tribe ⬩ pulli.
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the young of any of the feathered tribe; pulli
mearc
a limit ⬩ bound ⬩ term ⬩ a limit ⬩ boundary ⬩ a boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estate ⬩ a boundary ⬩ confine of a district ⬩ border ⬩ the territory within the boundaries ⬩ fines
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His metis rus hoc gyratur ... forþ on ða mearce ... andlang mearce ... ðonon tó Æðelbirhtes mearce ... ðonan forþ on ða mearce tó Beonetlégæ gæmǽre ... ðonan west on ða mearce ðǽr Ælfstán líþ on hǽðenan byrgels ... ðonan Wulfstanes mearce, Cod. Dip.
herung
praise ⬩ approbation ⬩ praise ⬩ lauds
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Ox. 402. a service of praise, lauds: Begém herunga lofsangas þe we hlyniende syngað attende laudum cantica quę excubantes psallimus, Hy. S. 26, 6
swice
departure, escape, ⬩ escape from that which threatens to befall, evasion ⬩ outcome, event, issue ⬩ deceit, fraud, treachery ⬩ offence, stumbling-block, snare ⬩ scandalum
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Helle hlinduru nágon hwyrft ne swice, útsíþ ǽfre the gates of hell allow of no return or escape, of egress ever, Exon.
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niman
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Z. 249, 10 : 19: 251, 1. with idea of choice, purpose, use, treatment, or occupation, with idea of choice, to pick out from a number, at random or with intention Nim sume tigelan take any tile (out of a number), Past. 161, 3.
HÚ
How
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Eálá on hú grimmum and on hú grundleásum seáðe swinceþ ðæt sweorcende mód, Bt. Met.
FLÝS
A fleece ⬩ wool ⬩ vellus ⬩ lānūgo
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He nyðerastíhþ swá swá rén on flýs descendet sicut plŭvia in vellus, Ps. Lamb. 71, 6: Ps. Th. 147, 5. Of flýsum mínra sceápa wǽron gehlyde þearfena sídan the sides of the poor were clothed with the fleeces of my sheep, Job Thw. 165, 2.
gafol-heord
A taxable stock or hive of bees ⬩ grex ad censum
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A taxable stock or hive of bees; grex ad censum Beóceorle gebýreþ, gif he gafolheorde healt, ðæt he sylle ðonne lande gerǽd beo.
Linked entries: heord gafol-swán
steám
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Of hómena æþme and stiéme cymþ eágna mist, 26, 26.
ríp
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On hærfeste wícode se cyng on neáweste ðare byrig, ða hwíle ðe hié hira corn gerypon, ðæt ða Deniscan him ne mehton ðæs rípes forwiernan, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 7. Ǽr wintres cyme on rýpes tíman, Exon. Th. 214, 28; Ph. 246.
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ge-limplíce
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Th. i. 216, 34. rightly, properly (of arrangement or order) Þæt hié oncnéwen hú gelimplíce úre God on þǽm ǽrran tídum þá rícu sette ut iníelligant unum Deum disposuisse tempora, Ors. 2, I; S. 64, I.
slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Of wundum oððe of sníþingum oððe of slegum Lchdm. ii. 82, 23. of a serpent's sting, cf. sleán Wið nædran slege Lchdm. ii. 10, 21; 110, 22. a striking, beating, scourging Seó sunsciéne slege þrowade Exon.
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Ceolwald
Ceolwald
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Ceolwald, son of Cuthwulf, an ancestor of the West-Saxon kings Ceolwald wæs Cúþwulfing Ceolwald was the son of Cuthwulf, Chr. Th. 2, 3
eorþ-crypel
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In ðære ðe eorþcrypel [se eorþcryppel, Lind.] læg in quo părălytĭcus jăcēbat, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 4: Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 18. Se Hǽlend cwæþ to ðæm eorþcrypele [eorþcrypple, Lind.] Iēsus ait părălytĭco, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 5. To cweðanne ðæm eorþcryple dīcere
-iht
felgan
To stick to ⬩ betake oneself to ⬩ go or come under, below or beneath anything ⬩ to go into ⬩ enter a place ⬩ to undergo ⬩ inhærēre ⬩ sŭbīre ⬩ ināre ⬩ intrāre
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To stick to, betake oneself to, go or come under, below or beneath anything, to go into, enter a place, to undergo; inhærēre, sŭbīre, ināre, intrāre Óþ he on fleáme fealh until he betook himself to flight, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 42.
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ceáp-gyld
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Þingie hé on þám ceápgilde, náht on þám wíte, 210, 16. Þone þeóf út niman be his were and be fullan ceápgilde, 228, 28. ꝥ wé niman eall ꝥ hé ( the thief ) áge, and niman ǽrest ꝥ ceápgyld of þám yrfe, 228, 15.
land-leód
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Ox. 17, 18
stocc
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Ox. 3251. Of þǽre lége þæt hit cymð tó frobirig stocce ( to Froburg stocks ?), Cht. Crw. 25, 48. Þá yrsodon þá cempan ongeán þone cniht, and gesettan hine on ǽnne heardne stocc and his sceancan gefæstnodon on þám fótcopsum, Hml. S. 35, 147
turnian
to turn ⬩ revolve round an axis or centre ⬩ to turn
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.), revolve round an axis or centre Ða árleásan turniaþ on ymbhwyrfte, Homl. Th. i. 514, 23. Seó firmamentum tyrnþ symle onbútan ús . . . and ealle ða steorran, ðe hyre on fæste synd, turniaþ onbútan mid hyre, Lchdm. iii. 254, 16.
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