wísere
sign-post
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Tó Afene; on wísere; on ða fúlan lace, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 301, 36
copel
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Ǽrest on copelan stán . . . eft on copelan stán, C. D. B. iii. 624, 17, 22
ge-dífan
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To plunge, immerse Rammes wul on wætere gedýfed and æfter þám on ele, Lch. i. 356, 12
Linked entry: ge-dýfan
norþeást-hyrne
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a north-east corner Stód þǽr án ród on ðǽre eorðan on ðám norðeásthyrnan, Vis. Lfc. 71
be-cnedan
to knead up
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to knead up Merces sǽd on hláf be-cneden oþþe on wín gegniden, Lch. ii. 248, 4
Linked entry: cnedan
Numantie
The Numantians
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The Numantians Se consul fór on Numentíne, Ispania folc, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 29. Numentie áhnescaden, 5, 3; Swt. 222, 15. On Numantie, 220, 22. Numantia duguþ, 222, 8. Numentia fæsten, 5, 2; Swt. 218, 32. On Numantium, 5, 3; Swt. 220, 19.
be-delfan
To dig in or around ⬩ to bury ⬩ inter ⬩ circumfodere ⬩ sepelire
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To dig in or around, to bury, inter; circumfodere, sepelire Óþ i hine bedelfe usque dum fodiam circa illam, Lk. Bos. 13, 8. Bedealf hyt on eorþan he buried it in the earth, Mt. Bos. 25, 18. Bedolfen, Elen. Kmbl. 2159; El. 1081
burh-gemót
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A BURGMOTE, city-moot, meeting of townsmen, corporation; urbis comitia Hæbbe man þríwa on geáre burhgemót thrice in a year let a city-moot be held, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 3: L. C. S. 18; Th. i. 386, 4
démend
A judge, an umpire ⬩ jūdex, arbĭter
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A judge, an umpire; jūdex, arbĭter God sceal on heofenum dǽda démend God shall be in the heavens judge of actions, Menol. Fox 531; Gn. C. 36: Exon. 76 a; Th. 286, 1; Jul. 725: Andr. Kmbl. 173; An. 87: 2379; An. 1191
for-sweorcan
To be very dark ⬩ to darken ⬩ obscure ⬩ calīgāre ⬩ obscūrāre
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On forsworcenan in obscūro, Prov. 7
mónaþ-ádl
A disease that occurs at intervals of a month
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A disease that occurs at intervals of a month Ða ðe ðonne on gewunon mónaþádle numene beóþ ... Ðæt wíf mid ðý heó ðone gewunan þrowaþ mónaþádle cum in suetis menstruis detinentur ...
staþol-wang
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Lǽteþ hió ða wlitigan wyrtum fæste stille stondan on staþolwonge ( in the field they occupy ), Exon. Th. 417, 4; Rä. 35, 8. Teón wé of ðisse stówe and unc staþolwangas ( places where we may establish ourselves ) sécan, Cd. Th. 114, 31; Gen. 1912
un-gefynde
Not to be found or provided as food
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Not to be found or provided as food(?) (cf. (?) the phrase mete findan to provide food) Se æcer ðe stent on clǽnum lande, and bið unwæsðmbǽre oððe ungefynde corn bringð oððe deáf terra, quae exculta sterilem segetem gignit, Past. 52; Swt. 411, 19
Linked entry: ge-fynde
wérig-ferhþ
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Hí hreówigmóde wurpon hyra wǽpen of dúne, gewitan him wérigferhþe on fleám sceacan, Jud. Thw. 25, 24; Jud. 291. Wérigferðe . . . reónigmóde, Exon. Th. 361, 14; Wal. 19
brýd
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Dele 'one ... purchased,' and add Brýd gamos, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 53: nupte, ii. 62, 14. On þone gemánan þæs brýdguman and þǽre brýde, Bl. H. 11, 6. Hé onféng æþele brýd, Shrn. 49, 2. Brýda beháta pacta sponsalia, Hpt. Gl. 498, 43
forhtiendlic
fearful ⬩ timorous ⬩ fearful ⬩ terrible
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Substitute: fearful, timorous Þǽm forhtiendlicum meticulosis (a gloss on Ald. 6, 27, meticulosis municipibus? Cf. An. Ox. 5271), Wrt.
for-scippan
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Ox. 26, 61. Þurh ðá ofermódignesse mǽre englas on heofonum wurdon forsceapene tó atelicum deóflum, Wlfst. 145, 23. Scinnan forscepene spirits from angels changed to devils, Sat. 72. Take here for-sceoppan, -sceppan and add
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ge-légu
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a tract of land. Cf. (?) leáh(-g). In the following compounds Confiniae terrae, ab australi plaga Uuisleág . . . a septemtrionale Meósgelégeo (-leg- ?), C. D. B. i. 266, 26. On marge wei and Grimgelége, C. D. v. 136, 2. Wið ráhgeléga, iii. 391, 32
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ge-lóm
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Frequent Hí worhton áne cyrcan þám hálgan, for þan þe gelóme ( or adv. ?) wundra wurdon set his byrgene. Hml. S. 32, 172. Þá wunda þe þá hǽþenan mid gelómum scotungum on his lîce macodon, 182. Hé mid gelómum siccetungum mǽnde, 31, 1019
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ge-dwolsum
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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