hring-setl
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A circus On hrincgsetles openre wafunge in circi spectaculo, An. Ox. 3510. Rincsettles, 3535
offrung-claþ
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An offertory cloth; offertorium (v. N. E. D. offertory ; 4) iii. offringcláþas, Nap. 50
peall
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See An. Ox. 326
slacian
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Slacige, sláwige pigeat, An. Ox. 3094. Scleag(i)ende torpens, pigrescens, 18, 11. Add
wilige
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Wylie sporta, An. Ox. 17, 42. Wilian quala, corbes, Hpt. 31, ii. 234. Add
sǽ-holm
Sea
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Sea Sǽholm oncneów, gársecges begang, ðæt ðú gife hæfdes, Andr. Kmbl. 1058; An. 529
fyrs
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Fyrrsum ramnis, An. Ox. 23, 12. Add
on-lóciend
An on-looker, spectator
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An on-looker, spectator Heó wæs swíðe lufigendlíc eallum onlóciendum, Anglia ix. 30, 97
Linked entry: -lóciend
for-spillan
to wanton
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Forspillendes forligres lenocinantis prostibuli, An. Ox. 4964. Forspillendra þéna, glíwra parasitorum, 4165
for-swelgend
A devourer
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A devourer Forswelgend grassatrix, i. deuoratrix (parcarum non ulli parcentum atrocitas ), An. Ox. 2209
Linked entry: swelgend
séma
An arbitrator ⬩ umpire
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An arbitrator, umpire Séma (sýma, síma) sequester, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Zup. 43, 16
Linked entry: sýma
god-bót
An atonement made to the church
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An atonement made to the church, L. Æthel. 6, 51; Th. i. 328, 4
þeód-cwén
A great queen, ⬩ an empress
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A great queen, an empress Þeódcwén the empress (Elene), Elen. Kmbl. 2310; El. 1156
ge-feónd
an enemy
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an enemy Þeáh hié ǽr longe gefiénd wǽren, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 13
studu
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A post, pillar, prop, stud (v. Halliwell's Dict. 'Stud the upright in a lath and plaster wall, Oxon.') Áhéng hé ðone sceát on áne studu ðæs wǽges ( in una posta parietis ). . . . Ðæt hús forbarn nemþe seó studu án (bútan ðære ánre stýðe, MS.
Linked entries: stuðan-sceaft styðe
á-rásian
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Add: to try, put to the proof Hé sceolde gecunnian and árásian, hwæþer se Drihtnes wer hæfde wítedomes gást an vir Dei prophetiae spiritum haberet, explorare conatus est, Gr.
Linked entry: rásian
fóster
food ⬩ nourishment ⬩ sustenance ⬩ feeding ⬩ giving food ⬩ bringing up ⬩ fostering ⬩ bringing forth progeny
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Dele first passage, and add: food, nourishment, sustenance Sió lifer is blódes timber and blódes hús and fóstor, Lch. ii. 198, 2. Seó sóðe lufu is þǽre sáwle fóstor, Ll. Th. ii. 428, 38. Geunn ús tó þissum dæge dæghwámlices fóstres, Wlfst. 125, 11.
módor
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Add: a female parent. a woman who has given birth to a child Suǽ suǽ cild irnð tó his móder (-ur, v.l. ) greádan. Past. 103, 23: Wlfst. 193, 9. Hé wæs Bryttisc on his móder healfe, Chr. 1075; P. 202, 7.
Afrisc
African ⬩ Africanus
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African; Africanus Afrisc meówle an African maid, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 7; Exod. 579