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morgen-mete

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-mete, es; m.

A morning mealbreakfast

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[ȝief he frend were me sceolðe ȝief him his morȝemete (cf. 231, 19 where it is called forme mete) þat he þe bet mihte abide þane more mete, O. E. Homl. i. 237, 33.]

gigant

(n.)
Grammar
gigant, gygant, es; m.

A giantgigas

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A giant; gigas Untydras onwócon, eotenas, swylce gigantas unnatural progenies sprang forth, monsters, also giants, Beo. Th. 226; B. 113. Swá swá gigant yrnþ on his weg ut gigas ad currendam viam, Ps. Th. 18, 6.

þræft

(n.)
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a quarrel, dispute, contention, chiding Siteþ symbelwlonc searwum lǽteþ wíne gewǽged word út faran þræfte þringan þrymme gebyrmed æfæstum onǽled oferhygda ful flushed with the feast he sits, affected with wine, words he guilefully lets fare forth, crowd

on-lícness

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Först. 106, 11. (2 ) (in the) likeness of something :-- Girice on scræfes onlícnesse æteówed, Bl. H. 197, 18. likeness to something Ðá láreówas habbað onlícnesse ðǽm kokkum, Past. 459, 31

weorpan

Grammar
weorpan, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>Ib.</b> where the implement used in throwing is given
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Þá hét hé mid þǽm palistas . . . þæt hiere mon mid þǽm þwyres on wurpe, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 174, 10. 2. add Þá forceáw hé his ágene tungan, and wearp hine þǽr mid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 25.

brim-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
brim-ceald, -cald; adj. [brim, ceald cold]

Cold as the water of the sea, ice-cold frigidus ut aqua maris, frigidissimus, gelidus

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Wæter wynsumu of ðære moldan tyrf brimcald brecaþ pleasant waters, sea-cold, break forth from the turf of the earth, 56 b; Th. 202, 9; Ph. 67

Linked entry: brym-ceald

horsc-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
horsc-líce, adv.

Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudentlynaviter, strenue, agiliter

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Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudently Biþ seó tunge tótogen forðon heó ne mæg horsclíce [MS. horslíce] wordum wrixlan wið ðone wergan gǽst the tongue shall be rent asunder, therefore it will not be able to converse readily

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, to mark, <b>mearcian</b> to fix bounds. [These may be taken together; cf. mearc.]
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Add: to trace out boundaries for, plan out Hé mearcode þá stówa þe gé eówre geteld on sleán sceoldon metatus est locum, in quo tentoria figere deberetis, Deut. 1, 33. <b>I a.

þancian

(v.)
Grammar
þancian, p. ode.
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Skt. 6, 23. with gen. of that for which thanks are given Wé þanciaþ ðínes weorðlícan wuldordreámes, Hy. 8, 9. Hié þanciaþ þrymmes þrístum wordum, Cd. Th. 242, 26; Dan. 425.

hand

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For B. 2137 see hand-gemǽne, dele the passage from Ll. Th. i. 18, 1. and add: a hand: — Gif hé heáhre handa dyntes onféhð if he receives a blow from an uplifted hand, i. e. a violent blow. (For the force of heáh cf. (?)

Domuc

(n.)
Grammar
Domuc, e; f? Dommoc-ceaster; gen. -ceastre; f.

Dunwich, on the sea coast of Suffolk, the seat of the first East Anglian bishopric, which was subsequently fixed at Norwich loci nomen in agri Suffolciensi ora maritĭma

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Felix se bisceop, se com of Burgundana ríces dǽlum, onféng biscopsetl on Dommocceastre, and mid ðý he seofontyne winter on bisceoplícum gerece fóre wæs, ðǽr he on sibbe his líf ge-endode Felix episcŏpus, qui de Burgundiōrum partĭbus venit, accēpit sedem

Linked entry: Dommoc-ceaster

neoþor

(adv.)
Grammar
neoþor, nioþor, niþor; adv.

Lowerin an inferior position

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(without a positive form) Lower, in an inferior position Niþor inferius, nyþemyst infime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 14. Se ðe wæs neoþor on endebyrdnysse wearþ fyrmest on þrowunge he (Stephen) that was lower in order, was first in suffering, Homl.

Linked entry: niþor

scipe

(n.)
Grammar
scipe, es; m.
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. ¶ -scipe -ship, helps to form many nouns

West-mynster

(n.)
Grammar
West-mynster, es; n. Westminster
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The Latin form Westmonasterium is found in a doubtful charter of the reign: Locum qui dicitur Westmonasterium quod a tempore sancti Augustini institutum, multaque ueterum regum munificentia honoratum, propter uetustatem et frequentes bellorum tumultus

-hám

(suffix)
Grammar
-hám, es; m.

the abode of the elves

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'The Latin word which appears most nearly to translate it is vicus, and it seems to be identical in form with the Greek κώμη.

Bret-walda

(n.)
Grammar
Bret-walda, an; m.

A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in EnglandSaxonum in Britannia rex supremus.

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The word is given in this alphabetical order because it occurs once in the Chronicle, and is thus written by historians; however, its more correct form appears to be brýten-walda, q. v

ár

Grammar
ár, honour.
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For þæs crístendómes áre from respect for Christianity, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 5 : Angl. xii. 510, 1. Wyrþe þú eart ꝥ þú onfó wuldor and áre, Bl. H. 75, 1. Lof secgean þára ára and þára weorþmenda þe Drihten mancynne forgeaf, 123, 4.

dreógan

(v.)
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For þen héðenscipe þe hí drugon, Chr. 634; P. 27, 7. God sceáwað hwæt þǽr man dreóge wordes oððe weorces, Wlfst. 278, 31. Hǽðenscipe dreóge, Ll. Th. ii. 296, 28.

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj.
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As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.

Linked entry: six-hynde

cyn-ren

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Ðú fyldest þás eorþan mid mistlicum cynrenum nétena, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 26. v. fore-, wyrt-cynren