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freóls-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
freóls-bóc, e; f.

A charter of freedomlībertātis chartaχάρτης

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A charter of freedom; lībertātis charta =χάρτης Ðis is seó freólsbóc to ðan mynstre æt Byrtúne, ðe Æðelréd cyng æfre écelíce gefreóde this is the charter of freedom to the monastery at Burton, which king Æthelred for ever freed. Th. Diplm. A.

geár-þénung

(n.)
Grammar
geár-þénung, e; f.

A yearly serviceannual serviceannuum ministĕrium

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A yearly service, annual service; annuum ministĕrium Gif preóst misendebirde ciriclíce geárþénunga, dæges oððe nihtes, gebéte ðæt if a priest misorder the annual services of the church, by day or by night, let him make amends for it, L. N. P.

mǽg-rǽdenn

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-rǽdenn, e; f.

Kinshiprelationship

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Hé (Julius Cæsar) hiene (Octavianus ) for mǽgrǽdenne gelǽrde, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 244, 24. Nǽfre ic ðæs þeódnes þafian wille mǽgrǽdenne I will never consent to marry the prince, Exon. 67 a; Th. 249, 9; Jul. 109

Linked entry: mǽgþ-rǽdenn

niht-nihstig

(adj.)
Grammar
niht-nihstig, -nestig; adj.

Fasting for a night

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Fasting for a night Sele nihtnestig drincan, Lchdm. ii. 64, 18. Gedrinc ǽlce dæge neahtnestig, 30, 26. Drince iii morgenas neahtnestig, 296, 12. Mid his selfes nihtnestiges migoþan, 42, 1. Sele nihtnestigum drincan, 64, 9, 19 : 186, 5.

Linked entries: nihstig nihstig

pinn

(n.)
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[From Latin pinna.] an instrument for writing, a pen Mið pinn ł urittsæx calami, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 17

BLÉGEN

(n.)
Grammar
BLÉGEN, e; f.

A BLAIN, blister, bile or ulcerpustula, ulcus

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A BLAIN, blister, bile or ulcer; pustula, ulcus Wið ða blégene, genim nigon ægra and seóþ híg fæste for blains, take nine eggs and boil them hard, Lchdm. i. 380, 1. Wið ða blacan blégene against black blains, L. M. 1, 58; Lchdm. ii. 128, 21

gegnum

(adv.)
Grammar
gegnum, adv.

Forwardobviam

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Forward; obviam For hwam ne móton we ðonne gegnum gangan why then may we not go forward? Salm. Kmbl. 705; Sal. 352. Eódon ðú gegnum ðanonne they thence went on forward, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 21; Jud. 132 : Beo. Th. 633; B. 314 : 2813; B. 1404

sulh-gang

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-gang, es; m.
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Cf. for a similar use of gang in measurements Icel. sólar-gangr = a day) Æt heáfde peninc, æt sulhgange peninc, Wulfst. 170. 37

un-trymþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-trymþ, e; f.

Weaknesssicknessinfirmity

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Gif hwylc wíf seteþ hire bearn ofer hróf oððe on ofen for hwylcere untrymðe hǽlo ( alicujus morbi sanandi causa ), L. Ecg. C. 33; Th. ii. 156, 36

Linked entry: trymþ

weorold-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-þearf, e; f.
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What is needed for the life of this world Swá swá hé gehét him andlyfne and heora weoruldðearfe forgifan, eác swylce lýfnesse sealde ðæt hí móstan Cristes geleáfan bodian eis, ut promiserat, cum administratione victus temporalis, licentiam quoque praedicandi

Wir-healh

(n.)
Grammar
Wir-healh, gen. -heales; pl. -healas; m.

Wirralthe peninsula between the Dee and the Mersey

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Wirral, the peninsula between the Dee and the Mersey Fór se here of Wírheale (-healan, v. l.) in on Norð-Wealas, Chr. 895; Th. i. 170, 171.

Linked entry: healh

wróht-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
wróht-georn, adj.

Quarrelsomecontentiouseager for strife,

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Quarrelsome, contentious, eager for strife, Similar entries v. wróht, IV On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ða wróhtgeornan, on óðre ða gesibsuman. . . . Hé be ðæm wróhtgeornan secgean wolde quomodo admonendi qui jurgia serunt, et pacifici. . . .

belgan

(v.)
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Þára wóhnes bealh for þám þeáwum his riht-wísnysse quorum tortitudo in norma ejus rectitudinis offendebat, Gr. D. 104, 14. Hiá bulgon bituih him seolfum indigne ferebant intra semel ipsos, Mk. L. R. 14, 4

feþe-leás

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For 'Footless' substitute: Without the power to walk, and add

ge-swope

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swope, ge-swópe ?
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the vowel being replaced by the consonant following it in the alphabet, a not unfrequent device, and o put for p to avoid three consecutive p's) peripsima superhabundans, pur*-*gamenta, Hpt. 33, 250, 15. —

hundred-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-sócn, e; f.
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Attendance at the hundred-gemot; fine for non-attendance Omnes forisfacturas terrarum suarum, id est, burgbrice, hundredsócna, áthas, ordélas, . . . hámsócna et frithbrice et foresteall, Cht. Th. 187, 23. Cf.

hord-weorþung

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Hé þám bátwearde bunden golde swurd gesealde, þæt hé syððan wæs máðme ðý weorðra, B. 1902), costly reward Ful oft ic for lǽssan leán teohhade, hordweorðunge, hnáhran rince, sǽmran æt sæcce, B. 952. Cf. hring-, sinc-weorþung; weorþung; III

leoþu-wác

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For leoþuwác in middle of l. 2 l. lioþuwác, dele Iust passage, and add Of liþewácum helmum lentis frondibus, An. Ox. 923. Liþewácum, tógum (tagum, Hpt. Gl. 514, 69) lentis (viminibus caedentes, Aid. 66, 39), 4693.

Linked entry: wác

leás-bregdness

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For 'Leo 220, 22' substitute Se sceocca eów lǽrð þyllice scíncræftas ꝥ hé eówre sáwla hæbbe ðonne gé gelýfað his leásbrǽdnysse (-brédene, v. l. ), Hml. S. 17, 107.

líget-sliht

(n.)
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líget-sliht, e; f. l. es ; m.
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For hreónessum and lígetslehtum (-slihturn, v. l.) tempeslatibtis cortiscis, 133, 31. Leigeð-slæhtas fulgura, Mt. p. 10, 3