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wíg-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-hús, es; n. (in Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41 it is masc.)

A war-housea towerfortification

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Menn wyrcaþ wíghús him ( elephants ) on uppan, and of ðám feohtaþ, Hex. 9 ; Norm. 16, II

túnes-mann

(n.)
Grammar
túnes-mann, es; m.

A man living on a manor

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Eth. ix. io; Th. i. 342, 25 in which 30 pence is fixed as a fine for not paying the heorð-penig and Rómfeoh, 30 pence being the value of an ox according to L. Ath. v. 3; Th. i. 232, 7: v. 6, 2; Th. i. 234, 1: v. 8, 5; Th. i. 236, 31), L. N. P.

Linked entry: tún-mann

betonice

(n.)
Grammar
betonice, an; f : also Lat. betonĭca, æ; f.

The herb BETONYbetonĭca officinālis

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Genim ðás ylcan wyrte and betonĭcam take this same wort and betony, Herb. 135, 3; Lchdm. i. 252, 4

Linked entries: betoce bettonice

for-hylman

(v.)
Grammar
for-hylman, p. de; pp. ed

To cover overconcealobdūcĕreoccŭlĕre

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To cover over, conceal; obdūcĕre, occŭlĕre Ne dorste forhylman Hǽlendes bebod he dared not conceal the Saviour's command, Andr. Kmbl. 1469; An. 736

Linked entry: -hylman

manetian

(v.)

to admonishreprove

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Andr. Kmbl. 1492; An. 747. (?)

mere-líðende

(adj.)

sea-faringa sea-faring person

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Th. 515; B. 255: Andr. Kmbl. 705; An. 353

gryre-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
gryre-líc, adj.

horrible, terrible

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horrible, terrible, Andr. Kmbl. 3101; An. 1553: Exon. 108b; Th. 415, 27; Rä. 24; 3: Beo. Th. 2886; B. 1441: 4278;B. 2136

húsel-disc

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-disc, es; m.

Housel-dishthe paten

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Ðis mon sceal wrítan on húsldisce and on ðone drenc mid háligwætere þweán and singan on this is to be written on a paten and washed into the drink and sung over, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 3

Linked entry: offrung-disc

mecgan

(v.)
Grammar
mecgan, p. mægde(?)

To stirmix

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To stir, mix Cnuca eall ðás tógadere and magce tógadere pound all these together, and stir together, Lchdm. iii. 134, 8. Nime ðat dust and mæcige mid ðan æge take the dust and stir it up with the egg, 126, 19.

Linked entry: mæcige

míl-getæl

(n.)
Grammar
míl-getæl, es; n.

The number of paces in a milea mile

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The number of paces in a mile, a mile On ríme ðæs læssan mílgetæles ðe stadia hátte fíf hund and ðæs miclan mílgetæles ðe leuua hátte þreó hund and eahta and syxtig reckoning according to the smaller mile, which is called stadia, it is five hundred miles

un-brygd

(n.)
Grammar
un-brygd, (?), es; m.

A not unfair turnfair dealing

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Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unbrýde and unforboden, and ic hit ágnian wille tó ǽgenre ǽhte so I have it, as he gave it, who had the right to give, without fraud and unforbidden, and I mean to possess it as my own property

earfoþ-lic

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is tó átellanne seó gedrecednes . . . and ꝥ geswinc and manna fyll, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 31. grievous Earbetlicust (earbed-) molestissimum, Txts. 79, 1320. Earfoðlicost, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 13

or-wéne

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, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 4. dele last passage, and add Sum eáwfæst wer wæs yfele gehæfd, and læg at forðsíðe his freóndum orwéne, Hml.

under-standan

Grammar
under-standan, <b>.
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</b> add Ic geanbidode swíþe wet oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, and hú þú hit understandan woldest; and eác þý furþor ic tiolode geornfullíce ꝥ ðú hit forstandan mihtest I waited till I knew what you would, and in what way you would conceive of it

watel

(n.)
Grammar
watel, es ; m.

A wattle interwoven twigs

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Hé mycelne aad gesomnode on beámum and on ræftrum and on wágum and on watelum on ðacum advexit plurimam congeriem trabium. tignorum, parietum, virgeorum, et tecti fenei, Bd. 3, 16 ; S. 542, 23.

rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdness, es; f.
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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. an arrangement, agreement, condition Ðæt ðeós gerǽdnis stondon móte in écnesse, and ðis syndon ðara manna naman ðe æt ðære rédnisse wǽron, Chart. Th. 168, 30. v. ge-rǽdness, rǽde

un-forbærned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forbærned, adj.

Unburntnot burnt upnot consumed by fire

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Gyf man án bán findeþ unforbærned, hí hit sceolan miclum gebétan, Swt. 21, 12. Tiburtius eode ofer ða byrnendan gléda unforbærnedum fótum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 380

Linked entry: for-bærnan

búc

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Add: a vessel Búc lagena, An. Ox. 56, 54. Him wearð geboren tó búc ful wæteres, Hml. Th. ii. 422, 29. Butas (búcas ?), bléda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17. glossing buccula ( = a cheek?, or the beaver of a helmet?, or the boss of a shield?

byrst

(n.)
Grammar
byrst, a bristle.
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., in passage from Lch. read swínen . . . bristle, and add Byrst seta, An. Ox. 51, 1. Brysti setes, Txts. 109, 1132. Manu, brystae (biriste, Hpt. 33, 244, 5) juba, setes porci et leonis cabalique, 110, 1182.

deóp-lic

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Deóplicu (depp-, MS.) is seó ácsung and winsumu tó witanne þám þe hyt witan mæg, Shrn. 191, 20. God geswác ðæs dihtes ðæs deóplican cræftes, Hex. 20, 15. II. grievous, terrible :-- Deóplice, egeslice minacem, An. Ox. 3523