ealfara
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A pack-horse Þonne wæs þridde healf þúsend múla þe þá seámas wǽgon, and xxx. þúsenda ealfarena and oxna þá ðe hwǽte bǽron, Nar. 9, 10. See Nap. 78; Jord. 126. (where the word is connected with Spanish (from Arabic) al-faras)
wǽde-ráp
A stay ⬩ halyard ⬩ rigging
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Untóslitenum wǽderápum (the passage is: Quod nostrarum carbas antennarum indisruptis rudeniibus feliciter transfretaverint, Ald. 80), 88, 32
æncnetrym
a narrow step ⬩ a little bit
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The word pedetemptim (An. Ox. 7, 221: 8, 165) is glossed by this form in the passage: Qui pedetemptim in pubertatis primordio instrumentis medicinallbus imbuti, Ald. 41, 33
Linked entry: trem
háwung
Looking, observation
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Looking, observation Ic eom gesceádwísnes and ic eom ǽlcum manniscum móde on ðam stale ðe seó háwung byþ ðám eágum I am Reason, and in every human mind I hold the same place that observation does in the eyes, Shrn. 178, 10: 21
ofer-higian
to overreach
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Sinc eáþe mæg gold on grunde gumcynnes gehwone oferhigian hýde se ðe wylle easily may treasure, gold in the ground, overreach every man (i. e. make the effort at concealment vain), hide it who will, Beo. Th. 5525; B. 2766
Linked entry: higian
ge-þoftscipe
Companionship ⬩ society ⬩ consortium
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Companionship, society; consortium Ðýlæs he sié innan asliten from ðæm geþoftscipe ðæs incundan déman lest he be inwardly cut off from the society of the internal judge, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 351, 24; Hat. MS. 67 a, 16, 20: Swt. 353, 3
Linked entry: þoftscipe
tó-meldan
to destroy peace by talebearing, ⬩ by spreading reports
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Dante's Inferno, Canto 28, which describes the punishment of the sowers of scandal and schism), Exon. Th. 446, 22; Dóm. 26
Linked entry: meldan
ge-dwolsum
Misleading
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Substitute: Misleading Æfre sé þe áwent of Ledene on Englisc, ǽfre hé sceal gefadian hit swá ꝥ ꝥ Englisc hæbbe his ágene wísan; elles hit biþ swíþe gedwolsum tó rǽdenne þám þe þæs Ledenes wísan ne can, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 4, 10
spracen
The berry-bearing alder ⬩ rhamnus frangula.
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'The berry-bearing alder; rhamnus frangula. Germ. Spreckenholz Dan. spregner Swed. dial. sprakved,' Lchdm. ii. 406. The word glosses apeletum in Wrt.
á-wemman
to disfigure ⬩ to defile
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to disfigure Decennovennalis ... ys gecíged of þrým áwemmedum dǽlum (component parts altered from the forms of the original words), ꝥ ys of decem and novem and annalis, Angl. viii. 325, 17. to defile ꝥ mín sáwle ne seó áwæmmod Hml. A. 172, 63
hýre-mann
a subject ⬩ follower ⬩ servant ⬩ subordinate ⬩ a parishioner ⬩ a hearer
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ignorance of the teacher the followers go astray, and often from the wisdom of the teacher the followers are preserved; per pastorum ignorantiam hi, qui sequuntur, offendant, Past. 1, 4; Swt. 29, 5.
Linked entries: hýrig-mann hýr-mann híre-man
wíc-geréfa
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The reeve of a wíc. v. wíc, III.
þrístlíce
Boldly ⬩ confidently
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Oft þeóf þrístlíce sorgleáse hæleð forféhð, Exon. Th. 54, 21; Cri. 872. Ðú ( the devil ) þrístlíce þeóde lǽrest, Andr., Kmbl. 2371; An. 1187
weoroldlíce
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secularly, civilly Ne sind ealle cyricean ná gelícre mǽðe weoruldlíce wurðscipes wyrðe, þeáh hig godcundlíce hálgunge habban gelíce, L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 16. Worldlíce, L.
fæger
beauty
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hwæt belimpþ his tó þe?, Bt. 14, 2; F. 42, 32-36. Hwæþer ðú beó á þý fægerra for óþres mannes fægere, 30, 1; F. 108, 28. what is beautiful Þeáh hé mycel áge und feala fægeres, him bið mycel daru gif hé hit geseón ne mæge, Bl. H. 21, 8
spircan
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(Both these passages refer to the same circumstance.)
hám-weard
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(arrived) at one's place of abode Þá wé hámweard wǽron cum venissemus ad diversorium, Gen. 43, 21. of a body of people, e.g. troops, towards the place or district dwelt in by them, on the way home, cf. hám; 2. with substantive verb þá hié þá hámweard
Wóden
Woden
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The name is of rare occurrence in the literature Wóden worhte weós, wuldor alwalda rúme roderas, Exon. Th. 341, 28; Gn. Ex. 133.