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eorl-cund

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Mund þáre betstan widuwan eorlcundre .l. scillinga gebéte; ðáre óðre .xx. scill. ; þáre þriddan .xii. scill. ; þáre feórðan .vi. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 20, 10. Add

un-pleólíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-pleólíc, adj.

Not dangerous ⬩ without risk

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Not dangerous, without risk, as regards physical hurt Unpleólícre hit bið on lytlum scipe and on lytlum wætere, ðonne on miclum scipe and on miclum wætere, Prov.

hund-eahtatig

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Heacute; hund-eahtatig scipa gegaderade, 4, 6 ; S. 170, 34. II. as adj. Hund*-*eahtatigon síðon octuagies, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 286, 5

dǽdbótnys

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For Scint. 9 substitute Be dǽdbótnysse de penitenlia Scint. 41, 4

hund-twéntig

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Mid hundtwéntigum sciłł. Ll. Th. i. 410, 9. Mid hundtwéntigum sciłł. (hundtwentig scillinga, v. l. ), 402, 6. Geselle hé hundtwéntig sciłł, 66, 16. Hundtwentig scillinge, 390, 25. Add

Linked entry: twéntig

feoh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
feoh-leás, adj.

Moneyless ⬩ priceless ⬩ pĕcūniæ ĭnops ⬩ sine prĕtio

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Moneyless, priceless; pĕcūniæ ĭnops, sine prĕtio Ða ðe feohleáse wǽron him scipu begéton they who were moneyless got themselves ships, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 27. Ðæt wæs feohleás gefeoht that was a priceless fight, Beo. Th. 4873; B. 2441

ofer-þeccan

(v.)

to cover

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Scip mid ýðum oferþeht, 378, 15: Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 18: Exon. Th. 353, 10; Reim. 10

lah-breca

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For 'Scint. 2, Lye' substitute Wiðstandan þám lah*-*brecan resistere sacrilego Scint. 9, 10

sǽ-mearh

(n.)

a sea-horse, a ship

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Heáhstefn scipu, sǽmearas. Exon. Th. 361, 5; Wal. 15. ]

Linked entry: sǽ-hengest

steóra

(n.)
Grammar
steóra, stiéra, styra, an; m.
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Gelic ðam scipe búton ǽlcum steóran, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 21. fig. God is steóra and steórróþer, forðæm hé reht and rǽt eallum gesceaftum, swá swá god steóra (stióra, Cott. MS.) ánum scipe, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 25

Linked entries: steórere stiéra

gálfullíce

(adv.)
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For Scint. 13 substitute On geoguþe gálfullíce (luxuriose ) lybbende and on ylde forhæbbende, Scint. 70, 8

ge-efenlǽcestre

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For 'Scint. 13, Lye' substitute Lang clǽnnyss æfter synne geefenlǽcestre ( imitatrix ) ys mǽdenhádes, Scint. 71, 11

Linked entry: efen-lǽcestre

fægnung

(n.)
Grammar
fægnung, e; f.

A rejoicing, exultation ⬩ jubĭlātio, exultātio

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A rejoicing, exultation; jubĭlātio, exultātio Is eádig folc ðæt ðe can wyndreámas oððe fægnunge est beātus pŏpŭlus qui scit jubĭlātiōnem, Ps. Lamb. 88, 16. On fægnunga hí rípaþ in exultātiōne mĕtent, Ps. Spl. 125, 6, 8.

Linked entry: ge-fægnung

swimman

Grammar
swimman, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Hú hé þonne swam mid þám ilcan scipe, þonne hit wæs ýþa full qualiter cum carabo undis pleno nataverat, Gr. D. 347, 21. Add Ágeót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele ábrecð úp and swimð bufon, Hml. Th ii. 564, 14

æften

(n.)

evening

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evening Eftern lócað aduesperascit (the glosser seems to have read vesper aspicit: in the Rushworth gloss also the word has been misunderstood, as it is rendered by éfern longeð ðú wást, the last two words apparently suggested by -scit ), Lk.

þurh-þyrel

(adj.)
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þurh-þyrel, adj.

Pierced through ⬩ perforated

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Pierced through, perforated Gif hrif wund weorðeþ, .xii. sciłł. gebéte. Gif hé þurhþirel weorðeþ, .xx. sciłł. gebéte, L. Ethb. 61; Th. i. 18, 7. Gif sió lendenbrǽde biþ on bestungen, geselle .xv. sciłł. tó bóte; gif hió biþ þurhþyrel (-þyrl, MS.

Linked entry: þyrel

út-here

(n.)
Grammar
út-here, gen. -her(i)ges; m.

A foreign army

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Ða scipu sceoldan ðisne eard healdan wið ǽlcne úthere, 1009; Erl. 141. 25

waroþ

(n.)
Grammar
waroþ, (waruþ, waraþ, wareþ), wearoþ, weroþ, warþ, es; m.

A shore ⬩ strand

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Hé geseah scip on ðæm warþe, Blickl. Homl. 233, 1. On ðæm warðe (worðe, Rush. ) in litore, Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 4. Gewát him tó waroðe rídan þegn Hródgáres, Beo. Th. 473 ; B. 234. Ða líchoman cóman tó ðam waroðe, Shrn. 54, 23.

Linked entry: wearoþ

fleótan

to float ⬩ to swim ⬩ to flow

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Eahta daga fulla ꝥ ilce scip fleát (enatavit) wætres full, Gr. D. 249, ll. Nim eádoccan moran þá þe fleótan wille, Lch. iii. 6, 28.

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpnian, -wépnian; p. ode; pp. od

To arm ⬩ furnish with weapons ⬩ armāre

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Hí ðæt scip genámon eall gewǽpnod and gewǽdod they took the ship all armed and equipped, Chr. 992; Erl. 131, 34

Linked entry: ge-wǽmnod