preóst-scír
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The district in which a priest exercises his duties, a parish Ne spane nán mæssepreóst nánne mon of óðre cyrcean hýrnysse tó his cyrcan, ne of óðre preóstscýre lǽre, ðæt nton hys cyrcan geséce, L. E. I. 14; Th. ii. 410, 31
god-módor
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A GODMOTHER Æt ðam fulwihte hyre onféng sum godes þeów ðære noma wæs rómána ... heó slép æt ðære godmódor húse a certain servant of God, whose name was Romana, was her sponsor at baptism ... she slept at the godmother's house, Shrn. 140, 24
searu-cræftig
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skilful, skilled in (with gen.), cunning (in a good sense) Snottor, searocræftig sáwle rǽdes, Frag. Kmbl. 80; Leás. 42. Sum biþ searocræftig goldes and gimma, Exon. Th. 296, 29; Crä. 58. wily, cunning (in a bad sense), 416, 7; Rä. 34, 7
ge-hweorf
versed ⬩ practised ⬩ clever ⬩ versutus ⬩ converted
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versed, practised, clever; versutus Sum biþ ðegn gehweorf on meoduhealle one is a thane familiar in the meadhall, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 15; Crä. 68. Similar entries v. hwearf. converted Nymðe gé gewerfe beón nisi conversi fueritis, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 18
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ge-níðla
An enemy, a foe
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An enemy, a foe Nǽfre ðú gelǽrest ðæt ic dumbum and deáfum deófolgieldum gǽste geníðlum gafol onháte never shalt thou induce me to promise tribute to dumb and deaf idols, foes to the spirit, Exon. 68 a; Th. 251, 26; Jul. 151
sige-wíf
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Grimm supposes this word may be a general denomination of wise women, D. M. 402 ; the passage in which it occurs is a charm, where it is addressed to bees when swarming Sittaþ gé, sigewíf, sígaþ tó eorþan, Lchdm. i. 384, 24
siru
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An artifice, a snare, wile, crafty device ; as a military term, an ambush Gif hwá gewealdes ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh syrwa (with guile, Exod. 21, 14), L. Alf. 13 ; Th. i. 48, 1, note. Sette syrwa pone insidias, Jos. 8, 2
stán-rocc
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A high rock, a peak; an obelisk Stánrocces obolisci (cf. obolisci, genus lapidis, 78, 17. Obolisci ðæs stánes, 82, 43), Wrt. Voc, ii. 62, 57. Stánrocca, torra scopulorum, Hpt. Gl. 449, 15. Stánrocca ł torra scopulorum, saxorum eminentium, 454, 47. Cf
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sundor-setl
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A residence apart, a hermitage:?-Hé ongan wilnian wéstenes and sundersetle[s?]. . . Hé leornode be ðám ancerum ðe on wéstene and on sundorsettlum heora líf leofodon, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 20-24. Hé his fultum tó ðam sundorsetle sóhte, 3; Gdwin. 24, 2
teosol
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A small squared piece of stone, a die Tasul(-ol) tessera, Txts. 101, 2000. Tæsium tesellum (tessellis in text, v. tæfl), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 44. Tæfles monnes, ðonne teoselum weorpeþ, Exon. Th. 345, 9; Gn. Ex. 185. Tesulas tesseras, Txts. 114, 84
tíd-fara
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A traveller the time of whose journey is come (?), or one who journeys for a (short) time (?) Nú ðú ( the blessed soul immediately after death ) móst féran ðider ðú fundadest . . . eart nú tídfara tó ðam hálgan hám, Exon. Th. 102, 18; Cri. 1674
þille
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A boarding, flooring, floor Ðille tabulata, tabulamen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 8, 10. Þille tabulamen, i. 290, 73. [O. H. Ger. dilla; f.; dil, dillo; m. planca, ima pars navis, pluteus, tabula parietis: Ger. diele: Icel. þilja; f. a deal, plank, planking.
ǽþmian
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Substitute. to send forth vapour, be heated, be in a ferment Þá þe on gewilnunge grǽdignysse ǽþmeað qui desiderio cupiditatis exestuant, Scint. 112, 11. to send forth a smell Ǽþmmigende redolentia, Germ. 391, 202. [O. H. Ger. át(o)món flare, spirare
dínor
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A coin Denarius is se dínor þe áwehð decem nummos þæt sind týn penegas, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 285, 2. Þá mǽstan digneras folles, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 2. Dínra beorh (a hill where money had been found? ), C. D. v. 332, 18
heah-rún
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'A damsel having a spirit of divination' Heahrún pithonissa (pithonissam necromantiae spiritu vaticinantem, Ald. 26, 11. The reference is to Acts 16, 16 : Puellam quandam habentem spiritum pythonem), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 47. Cf. hel-rún, hel-rýnegu, helle-rúne
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mynster-stede
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A monastic edifice, monastery (as a building) Eall his mynsterstede full fæste gestód, búton þám gebedhúse ánum in þám hé læg seóc; eall hit ábifode dum ejus omnis domus in sua soliditate persisteret, cubiculum in quo jacebat aeger contremuit Gr. D.
þwang
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a strip of skin Befleh ǽnne þwang ( corrigiam ) þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh, Gr. D. 198, 4. a shoelace 'Cum and unscó mé' . . Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslúpan, Gr. D. 221, 22
gang-tún
A draught-house
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Add: A draught-house Hí worhton ánne gangtún þǽr ðǽr se god Baal ǽr wæs gewurðod (they brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house ; fecerunt pro æde Baal latrinas, 2 Kings 10, 27), Hml. S. 18, 379
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Spaldas
a tribe name left in Spalding
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a tribe name left in Spalding (?). In a list giving the extent of territory belonging to various districts in England it is said Spalda syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 20. Cf. Spaldyng, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 333, col. 2
specca
A speck ⬩ spot ⬩ blot
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A speck, spot, blot Ðone sweartan speccan maculam pullam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 11: 92, 84. Speccan notae, 114, 80: 60, 18: scoriae, Hpt. Gl. 421, 59. Smire ða speccan (in a case of shingles) mid ðære sealfe, Lchdm. ii. 88, 19