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cine

(n.)
Grammar
cine, es; m.
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Substitute: A folded sheet of parchment Cine quaternio (quaternio chartae invicem compactae, Migne), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 35, 3. Cine quaternio, bod on cine diploma, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 65, 67. Cine quaternio, boga diploma, 75, 10, 12

domne

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Þá wæs domne Leó pápa on Róme, Chr. 853; P. 64, 29. Tó ðæs bisceopæs mearcæ . . . swá tó domnes hlincæ, C. D. v. 84, 16: 243, 22. Cf. (?) domni pól, vi. 221, 30: iii. 377, 24. Add

ed-níwian

(v.)
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On dómes dæge úre Drihten edníwaþ ealle gesceafte, Shrn. 64, 24. Ongunnan hí þá heargas edníwian (-níwan, v. l.) þá þe ǽr forlǽtene wǽron coeperunt fana, quae derelicta erant, restaurare, Bd. 3, 30; Sch. 331, 15. Add

fercung

(n.)
Grammar
fercung, e; f.

Provisionsfood

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Provisions, food Heó nolde his sanda brúcan . . .: ac heó hæfde gebróht on hire þínene fǽtelse hire fercunge non potero manducare ex his quae mihi praecipis tribui . . .; ex his autem quae mihi detuli manducabo, Hml. A. 110, 272

Linked entry: fercian

ge-mǽnsumung

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Substitute: Administration of the Eucharist, v. ge-mǽnsumian; l a On bǽre mæssan gemǽnsumung ys gearwud in qua missa communicatio prebetur, Angl. xiii. 414, 706. Æfter gemǽn-sumunge ł húselgange post communionem, R. Ben. 1. 69, 6

helpend

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Hé symble untrumum and þearfum árede and hiora helpend wæs on hiora sáre infirmis et pauperibus consulere opem ferre nan cestabat, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, II. Helpend am þínes auxiliatus sum tui. Rtl. 19. 9. Add

híwet

(n.)
Grammar
híwet, híwett, es; n.

Hewingcutting

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Hewing, cutting Tó ðǽm ðæt wé sién geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre bútan ðǽm hiéwete ǽlcre suingean ut in templum Dei sine disciplinae percussione disponamur, Past. 253. Hýwyt dolatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 63

Linked entries: hýwyt hiéwet

léc

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Hwæt secge ic be eágum mínum . . . þá mé mid léce forhwyrfdon unrihtum ? quid dicam de oculis meis . . . qui me intuitu perverterunt iniquo? Angl. xi. 118, 50. Hé wæs gestæððig on his léce, Hml. S. 31, 296. Add

sumer-hús

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-hús, a
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summer-hause Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wolde wyrcan þá healle ǽrest on eástdǽle and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan and winterhús and sumerhús and wynsume búras twelf hús tógædere, Hml. S. 36, 98

un-ácumendlic

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Add: intolerable Þá gefór on Iulianes mód unácumendlic (intolerabilis) forhtnys, Gr. D. 37, 26. impossible to do Se hláford bær þone cnapan tó Martine trúwigende ꝥ him unácumendlic nǽre þone cnapan tó gehǽlenne, Hml. S. 31, 956

Linked entry: á-cumendlic

un-ámirred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ámirred, adj.
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Uninjured, unrlestroyed Gif gé ( men seized by a lioness) wyllað gelýfan on Críst, þonne mage gé gán unámyrrede heonan; gif gé nellað þone geleáfan habban, nát ic gif eówre godas eów gehelpan magon, Hml. S. 35, 285

Linked entry: á-mirran

wealda

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wealda, an ; m.

A ruler.

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A ruler. Similar entries v. án-, an-, Bret-, bryten-, eal-wealda. [O. Sax. ala-waldo: O. H. Ger. -walto: Icel. valdi.] as a proper name(?) Innan Wealdan hricg on Eádríces gemǽre, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 259, 9

hæften

(n.)
Grammar
hæften, e; f.

Captivity, custody

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Captivity, custody Ða betste of ðes eorles híréde innan ánan fæstene gewann and on hæftene gedyde he took the best of the earl's household within a fortress and placed them in custody, Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 29

heáh-getimbru

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-getimbru, -getimbro; pl. n.

A lofty building, a place built on highpergama (πέργαμα), capitolia

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A lofty building, a place built on high, Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 9; Gú. 556: 22 a; Th. 60, 24; Cri. 974: 25 a; Th. 72, 34; Cri. 1182: Cd. 35; Th. 46, 5; Gen. 739

Linked entry: heáh-timber

Coln

(n.)
Grammar
Coln, e; f?

The river COLNE, EssexColnius, in agro Essexiensi

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The river COLNE, Essex; Colnius, in agro Essexiensi Hie flugon ofer Temese, ðá up be Colne on ánne íggaþ they fled over the Thames, then up by the Colne to an island Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 28

smeá-mete

(n.)
Grammar
smeá-mete, es; pl. -mettas; m.

A delicacy

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A delicacy On ðás tíd (Lent) sceal beón forhæfednes gehwylcra smeámetta L. E. I. 40; Th. ii. 438, 9. Disc mid cynelícum mettum (smeámettum, MS. B.) gefylled discus, regalibus epulis refertus Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 15

túr

(n.)
Grammar
túr, es; m.

A tower

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A tower Intó ðam túre on Lundene, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 31. Ðone weall ðe hí worhton onbútan ðone túr, 1097; Erl. 234, 27. Sié ginyhtsumnisse in túrum ðínum fiat habundantia in turribus tuis, Rtl. 176, 13

Linked entry: torr

á-sprungen

(adj.)
Grammar
á-sprungen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Defunct

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Defunct Is þeáw ꝥ ásprungenra manna líc and ǽwfæstra manna man byreð on ciricean consuetudo est monachorum et hominum religiosorum cadavera (cf. monachos vel homines religiosos defunctos, 53, 9) in ecclesiam portare, Ll. Th. ii. 160, 24

BÓSUM

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSUM, bósm, es; m.

The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior partssinus, gremium, pectus, internasinus

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The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts; sinus, gremium, pectus, interna Ðæt ic híg bǽre on mínum bósume, swá fóstormódor déþ cyld ut portarem eos in sinu meo, sicut portare solet nutrix infantulum, Num.

un-geþwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽre, adj.

not in harmonyat variancediscordantnot in agreementgiven to discordquarrelsomedisagreeabletroublesomevexatious

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not in harmony, at variance, discordant, not in agreement Ungeþwǽra discordator, discors, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 77. Simle bióþ ða gódan and ða yflan ungeþwǽre betwyh him, ge eác hwílum ða yflan bióþ ungeráde betwuh him selfum, ge furþum án yfel man bið