cleweða
A clawing, scratching ⬩ scalpturigo, scalpurigo
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Oth. clæweða] biþ swíðe rów, and ðeáh-hwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, he wundaþ, and wund sáraþ the itch is very free from pain, and the scratching is very comfortable, and yet if it be kept up too long, it produces a wound, and the wound is painful
Linked entry: clæwetða
dǽd-fruma
A deed-doer, perpetrator, labourer ⬩ facinoris vel facinorum auctor, actor
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Grendel, diór dǽdfruma Grendel, the dire perpetrator, Beo. Th. 4186; B. 2090. Cain and Abel, ða dǽdfruman, dugeþa strýndon, wélan and wiste Cain and Abel, the original labourers, acquired goods, wealth and food, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 27; Gen. 970
fóre-gísel
A foremost hostage ⬩ principal or eminent hostage ⬩ præstans vel electus obses
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Norþhymbre and Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde cyninge áþas geseald, and Eást-Engle fóregísla vi the Northumbrians and East-Angles had given oaths to king Alfred, and the East-Angles six principal hostages, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 4
for-rotian
To become wholly rotten ⬩ to rot ⬩ putrefy ⬩ computrescĕre
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Ðæt sió réþnes ðæs wínes ða forrotedan wunde clǽnsige that the harshness of the wine may cleanse the corrupted wound, Past. 17, 10; Hat. MS. 25 a, 9
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manigfeald-líce
Manifoldly ⬩ in many ways ⬩ in the plural
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Manifoldly, in many ways; as a grammatical term, in the plural Monígfaldlíce multipliciter. Ps. Surt. 62, 2. Wé mihton be eallum ðám óðrum stafum mænigfealdlíce sprecan we might speak of all the other letters under various heads, Ælfc.
ge-rǽde
A housing, harness, trappings, equipage ⬩ phaleræ, apparatus
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A housing, harness, trappings, equipage; phaleræ, apparatus Ða here-geata medemra þegna syndon hors and his gerǽda the heriots of the medial thanes are a horse and his trappings, L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 12, MS. G: Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 22, MS. B.
sundor-geréfland
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Land reserved to the jurisdiction of a geréfa (?) On ðæm sundorgeréflande in tribulano (in the same glossary in tribulanam is rendered in þa burh) territorio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 4. Cf.
Linked entries: réf-land geréf-land
geond-smeágan
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In the Corpus Gloss. the entry immediately preceding that just given is, 'enixe, omnibus uirtutibus nitit,' v. Corp. Gl. H. 48, 211. This explains the mistake in Wrt.
ge-weorp
A throwing ⬩ tossing ⬩ dashing ⬩ what is thrown up ⬩ a heap ⬩ jactus ⬩ jactātio ⬩ projectio
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A throwing, tossing, dashing, what is thrown up, a heap; jactus, jactātio, projectio Ofer waroþa geweorp over the dashing of the waves, Andr. Kmbl. 611; An. 306.
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stig-weard
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[The word, which is found generally with the form stí-ward and in late documents, occurs in Eadred's will, and in a connection which seems to shew the relative importance of the officer denoted by it.
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hátan
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Add: : To be called so and so. the complement a proper name Meroe hátte án ígland, Lch. iii. 258, 18. þý wege þe háte Appia, Bl. H. 193, 12. In tún þone þe hátte (háta, L. ) Gezemani in uillam quae dicitur Gesemani, Mt. R. 26, 36.
hóp
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Could the gloss belong to stagnosa paludis, the Latin words being understood as describing parts of the marsh? In another gloss, Wrt.
dylstiht
Mattery, mucous ⬩ mucōsus
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Mattery, mucous; mucōsus Gif hie dylstihte sién if they be mucous, L. M. 1, 29; Lchdm: ii. 70, 9
fácen-stæf
A deceitful or treacherous deed ⬩ nēquĭtia
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A deceitful or treacherous deed; nēquĭtia Nalles fácnstafas fremedon they perpetrated no treacherous deeds, Beo. Th. 2041; B. 1018
fiscaþ
A fishing ⬩ piscātus
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A fishing; piscātus Ðǽr biþ swýðe mycel fiscaþ there is very much fishing, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 14
fracod-líce
Shamefully ⬩ turpĭter
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Shamefully; turpĭter Hí wyllaþ fracodlíce him betwynan sacian they will shamefully quarrel among themselves, Homl. Th. ii. 292, 35
fram-gewítan
To go away from ⬩ depart from ⬩ discēdĕre
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To go away from, depart from; discēdĕre Hie him framgewítaþ they depart from him, Bt. 8; Fox 26, 10
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fyrwet-georn
Curious ⬩ inquisitive ⬩ cūriōsus
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Curious, inquisitive; cūriōsus Fela biþ fyrwetgeornra there are many inquisitive, Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 31; Gn. Ex. 102
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be-syrewian
To ensnare, deceive ⬩ circumvenire, decipere, machinare
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To ensnare, deceive; circumvenire, decipere, machinare Hí woldon hine besyrewian they would deceive him, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 34
ge-flítfullíc
Contentious ⬩ contentiōsus
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Contentious; contentiōsus Wæs geflítfullíc senoþ æt Cealchýþe there was a contentious synod at Chalk, Chr. 785; Erl. 56, 7