sceáta
a corner,angle ⬩ bosom, lap ⬩ a cloth, napkin
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Ðone norþsceátan man hǽt Polores . . . and se súþsceáta hátte Bachinum . . . and ðone west*-*sceátan man hǽt Libeum . . . se þridda sceáta is án hund and syfan and hund syfantig míla westlang, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 2-9. the lower corner of a sail (cf. sheet
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wana
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As appears especially in the first of the following passages, the word and the numerals which precede and follow it as much form a compound as do the words which give the number they express in modern English :-- Hé wæs áne-wana-xxx-wintre (xxix wintra
sárgung
Lamentation, grief
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Lamentation, grief Ðǽr is sorgung and sárgung and á singal heóf, Wulfst. 114, 5. Beó ðú forþloten tó sárgungum esto pronus ad lamenta, Scint. 6
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FÚS
Ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ prompt ⬩ quick ⬩ eager ⬩ hastening ⬩ prone ⬩ inclined ⬩ willing ⬩ ready for death ⬩ dying ⬩ promptus ⬩ cĕler ⬩ părātus ⬩ prōnus ⬩ cŭpĭdus ⬩ propĕræ morti devōtus ⬩ mŏrĭbundus
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Ealle ða gemoniaþ módes fúsne all these admonish the prompt of mind, Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 1; Seef. 50; Andr. Kmbl. 3307; An. 1656. Ðú me fúsne frignest thou askest me dying, Exon. 50 b; Th. 175, 27; Gú. 1201: 49 b; Th. 171, 22; Gú. 1130.
bune
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Add: a reed Canna, harundo, calamus vel bune (cf. calamus vel canna vel arundo hreód, i. 79, 27: cf. too Bun-hám with Hreód-hám in local names, and see N.E.D. bun.
dirne
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Add:to examples given in Dict. under dyrne: secret, hidden Dyrne hordas (gerýna) abdita archana, An. Ox. 4215. Dyrnum pricelsum clandestinis stimulis, 4655. Of dymmum díglum vel of dyrnum de latebrosis recessibus, Wrt.
ge-fealdan
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Hé gefielt his mód mid wóre twiefealdnesse ad semetipsa duplicitatis perversitate corda replicuntur, 245, 15. Án clíwen suíðe nearwe gefealden ( involutum ), 241, 24. Gefalden bóc volumen, Mt. p. 1, 7.
leó
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Add: gen. f. leó pas Grécisce naman . . . hic leon þeós leó ; ac wé forlǽtað þone n on Lédensprǽce and cweðað leó, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 42, 1. Swé swé leá sicut leo;, Ps. Srt. 16, 12: ii. 184, 40.
ge-sellan
To give, give up, betray, sell ⬩ dare, tradere, vendere
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Ðú me ge-sealdest sweord thou gavest me a sword, 120 b; Th. 463, 18; Hö. 72. Ðe feorh gesealdon who gave up life, Andr, Kmbl. 3231; An. 1618: 865; An. 433.
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for-wyrd
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Add: f. or uncertain Ðeós forwyrd perditio haec, Mt. R. L. 26, 8. Is án forwyrd and ænde ( interitus ) þæs mannes and nýtena, Gr. D. 264, 16. Cwilde, forwyrde internicionis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 72: Guth. 38, 22.
ge-healdsum
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<b>IIIa</b>, continent Geheald[sume] caelibes An. Ox. 665. safe, inviolate For gehealdsumere side[ful-nesse] pro pudicitia conservanda An. Ox. 2666. Gehealtsumestre integerrime (virtutis ), 4511
Hæestingas
Hastings
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Hí heafdon ofergán Súþseaxe and Hæstingas [Hæsting, l. 36] they had overrun Sussex and Hastings, 1011; Erl. 144, 27. Tó Hæstinga ceastre at Hastings, L. Ath. 1, 14; Th. i. 208, 2
ge-tæl
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<b>III a</b>, a word that denotes a number, a cardinal numeral :-- Adverbia cumað of ǽlcum getele, Ælfc. Gr.
ge-brocian
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-brocod) in Dict. and add: to hurt, injure, break a bone. Cf. ge-broc, Gif widobáne gebroced weorðeð, Ll. Th. i. 16, 6. to afflict, distress, trouble, vex.
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gylt
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Add: a failure of duty, a sin, crime, an offence Getriówe bediólað gelt (qui) fidelis (est animi) celat (amici) commissum (Prov, 11. 13), Kent. Gl. 362. Gereónedes gyltes concinnati sceleris i. culpe, An. Ox. 2919. Gylte reaiw. Ex. 32, 35.
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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Se cyng him wel gegifod hæfde on hámon and on golde and seolfre and forbærndon Tegntún and eác fela óðra gódra háma ... and ðone hám æt Peonhó ... and ðone hám æt Wealthám and óðra cotlífa fela the king had given him many gifts oft vills and of gold and
BÝRGAN
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Nim ðé ðis ofæt on hand, bít hit and býrge take to thee this fruit in hand, bite it and taste, Cd. 25; Th. 33, 12; Gen. 519
land-ceáp
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, and nine hundred shillings for the land, Cod.
réceleást
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Hí for heora slǽwþe and for gímeléste and for récceléste forléton unwriten ðara monna þeáwas ðe on heora dagum foremǽroste wǽron, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 34.