set-hrægl
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A cloth for covering a seat Setrægl tapeta , Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 19. Ic gean tó Cristes weofede ánre lytlere goldenre róde and ánes sethrægles ( an altar-cloth? ], Chart. Th. 564, 10, 18. Án lang healwáhrift and þríó sethrægl, 538, 4
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féging
a joining ⬩ composition
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Add: a joining Foeging junctura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 16. as a grammatical term, composition Ealle ðá eahta dǽlas underfóð féginge, búton interjectio ána, and gif se nama bið geféged of twám ansundum dǽlum. . . Ælfc. Gr. Z. 88, 3: 266, 11
ge-lúcan
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Add: to close what is open Hyt þá wunda áclǽnsað and ðá dolh gelýcð, Lch. i. 108, 22. to lock, fasten with a bolt, & c. Gelocen boge an arblast (v. arblast), a crossbow; balista, . Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 56
ge-mǽnung
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Union in marriage, nuptials Fǽmnan beóð hyre on fultume oð þæne dæg eówra gemǽnunga, Hml. A. 132, 538. Tó hwan forhǽle ðú ús þíne gemǽnunge swá clǽnre fǽmnan, 135, 650. Cf. ge-mǽnsumian; <b>III a.</b>
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ge-cígednes
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Dele second passage, and add: a call, summons Seó stefn sume hwíle geswigode tó his gecígednysse and hine eft genemde, Gr. D. 53, 8. v. ge-cigan; II. 2. a name or appellation Gecíednysse uocabulo, i. nomine, An. Ox. 1503
gráfa
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A grove, copse Be-westan ðá leáge eft tó gráfan hrycge (cf. grǽfan hrycg, 388, 29), C. D. iii. 389, 2. Tó dyrnan gráfan; of dyrnan gráfan, v. 262, 9. ¶ in a compound :-- Tó erscgráfan, C. D. iii. 434, 22
hyscan
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Hyscð inridebit, Ps. L. Rdr. 2, 4. Hisctun ( exprobrauerunt ) mé fýnd míne, Ps. L. 41, 11. Fram stefne hisc-endre a uoce exprobrantis, 43, 17. Hihsendes bysmeres subsannantis ganniturę. An. Ox. 5229. v. á-hyscan, on-hyscan (not in-hyscan). Add
ofer-drincere
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One who drinks to excess, a drunkard Þa þe óeth;re men mid mánáðum beswícað beóð ealswá miceles wítes scyldige swá ðá manslagan and ðá unrihhǽmeras and ðá oferdrinceras, Hml. A. 147, 95: 148, 124: Nap. 66, 4: 71, 7
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regol
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Add: a ruler for drawing lines, v. regolian. a tabular arrangement, list given in tabular form Ðá talo ł reglas ðá Eusebius in ténum talum geendebrednade canones quos Eusebius in decem numeros ordinavit, Mt. p. 2, 18. Regulas, 3, 9
réþ-ness
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Take here hréþ-ness, and <b>I a.</b> add Þǽra Langbeardna réðnes ( saevitia ) byð gemetegad þurh his gife, Gr. D. 234, 1. Sealde hé bysne his folgerum ꝥ hí móston forbúgan réðnysse, Hml. A. 72, 176
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sár-stæf
an insult, a reproach
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A term intended to pain, an insult, a reproach Godes andsacan sægdon sárstafum swíðe gehéton ðæt hé deáþa gedál dreógan sceolde God's adversaries said with bitter words, vehemently vowed, that he should suffer death, Exon. Th. 116, 10; Gú. 205
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wǽpen-gewrixl
A passage of arms ⬩ an exchange of blows ⬩ a conflict, fight
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A passage of arms, an exchange of blows, a conflict, fight Gif hit geweorðe, ðæt wǽpngewrixl weorðe gemǽne þegene and þrǽle, Wulfst. 162, 7.
wamb-hord
A womb-hoard, used of the weapons contained in a fortified place
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A womb-hoard, used of the weapons contained in a fortified place Mé (the fortified place ) of hrife fleógaþ hylde pílas; hwílum ic sweartum swelgan onginne brúnum beadowǽpnum ; is mín innað til, wombhord wlitig, Exon. Th. 399, 12;Rä. 18, 10
ælmes-leóht
Light brought to church by one keeping a vigil during a fast
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Light brought to church by one keeping a vigil during a fast Ðonne man fæste . . . forlǽte man ǽlce worldbysga, and læges and nihtes swá man oftost mæge on cirican gewunige, and mid ælmesleóhte wacigan ðár georne, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 1
healoc
A hollow, corner, bending ⬩ angulus, latibulum ⬩ corner
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A hollow, corner, bending Hér sint tácn áheardodre lifre ge on ðám læppum and healocum and filmenum here are symptoms of a hardened liver both on the lobes and hollows and membranes, L. M. R. 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 5
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wíg-smiþ
A war-smith ⬩ war-maker ⬩ warrior ⬩ a man
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A war-smith, war-maker, warrior, a man (poet.) Engle and Seaxe, wlance wígsmiðas, Wealas ofercóman, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 21: Exon. Th. 314, 14; Mód. 14. Ic wígsmiðum sægde, ðæt Sarra mín sweostor wǽre, Cd. Th. 163, 24; Gen. 2703
spear-hafoc
A sparrow-hawk ⬩ nisus ⬩ nisus
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A sparrow-hawk Spaerhabuc alietum (alietus an hobey, Wülck. Gl. 562, 48), Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 67. Spearhafuc, 7, 65: i. 280, 20. Spearhafoc hetum, 62, 16: accipiter vel raptor, 29, 58: ismarus ( = ismerlus? cf. French émerillon a merlin ), 63, 25
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tín-wintre
Ten years old
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Ten years old .x. wintre cniht mæg bión þiéfðe gewita a ten year old boy can be accessory to a theft, L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 18. Ðá ða hé týnwintre on ylde wæs, Homl. Th. ii. 498, 28
traht-bóc
A book of exposition ⬩ a treatise ⬩ commentary
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A book of exposition, a treatise, commentary Gregorius gedihte manega hálige trahtbéc, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 15 : i. 436, 10.
tún-mann
A man belonging to a tún
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A man belonging to a tún Túnman villanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 49. Furseus oncneów ða sáwle; se wæs his túnman ǽr on lífe (he had lived on the estate (tún) belonging to Fursey's monastery), Homl. Th. ii. 344, 18
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