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hand-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
hand-cræft, es; m.

Skill or power of the hand, handicraftstrength, power of hand

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Mid his handcræfte with his manual skill [in tent-making], i. 392, 16. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó-eácan láre leornige handcræftgeorne we enjoin that every priest besides book-learning diligently learn a handicraft, L. Edg.

hand-seten

(n.)
Grammar
hand-seten, e: f.

The setting of one's hand to a deed, etc., a signature, sign manual

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., a signature, sign manual Ðas trymeþ se forespecena kyng mid Cristes róde tácne and his weotena hondsetena his geofa thus the aforesaid king confirms his gifts with the sign of Christ's cross and the signature of his witan, Cod. Dipl.

heáf

(n.)
Grammar
heáf, es; m.

Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing

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Ðú gehwyrfdest mínne heáf mé tó gefeán convertisti planctum meum in gaudium mihi, Ps. Th. 29, 11: Blickl. Homl. 195, 17

Linked entry: heóf

ofer-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, occupy, take possession ofto desist from, abstain from

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Ofersétun sáwle mine occupaverunt animam meam, 58, 4. Done mǽstan dǽl his hæfþ sǽ oferseten the greatest part of it the sea has occupied, Bt. 18, l; Fox 62, 11 [We maȝen ouersitten þis lond.

on-sagu

(n.)
Grammar
on-sagu, e; f.

A charge brought against a person, accusation

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Manega mid leásum onsagum geneálǽhton multi falsi testes accessissent, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 60

Linked entry: sagu

slide

(n.)
Grammar
slide, es; m.

A slip, falllapsusof an actual slip a slip into misfortune or error

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Ðú generedest fét míne fram slide (de lapsu) Ps. Spl. 55, 13: 114, 8. Forwyrd ł slide lapsum, ruinam Hpt. Gl. 440, 61. þurh synna slide through falling into sin Exon. Th. 263, 13;Jul. 349. Slidas lapsus Hymn. Surt. 7, 17

snáw

(n.)
Grammar
snáw, es; m.

Snow

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Snáw cymþ of ðam þynnum wǽtan ðe byþ up átogen mid ðære lyfte, and byþ gefroren ǽr ðan hé tó dropum geurnen sý, and swá semtinges fylþ Lchdm. iii. 278, 23. Ðǽr (in Ireland) seldon snáu leng ligeþ ðonne þrý dagas Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 31.

spátl

(n.)
Grammar
spátl, es; n.

Spittlesalivasputum, screa, saliva,

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Se ná ne forbeág mid his nebbe ðara triówleásena monna spátl, Past. 36; Swt. 261, 9: Exon. Th. 88, 7; Cri. 1436. Spádl, Elen. Kmbl. 600; El. 300. Spáðl, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 30. Ða spǽtlu áþwógon úre sweartan gyltas, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 26.

Linked entries: spádl spǽtl

ge-síþcund

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-síþcund, adj.

Of the rank of a 'gesith

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Gif gesíþcund man fare, þonne mót he habban his geréfan mid him, and his smiþ and his cildféstran if a 'gesithcund' man go away, then may he have his reeve with him, and his smith and his child's fosterer, 63; Th. i. 144, 2: 45; Th. i. 130, 9: 54; Th.

swól

(n.)
Grammar
swól, es; m. (?), n. (?)

Heat, burning of the heat of fireof the sun's heatof feverish heatsultry

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Oa swóle byrneþ þurh fýres feng fugel mid neste, 212, 23; Ph. 214. of the sun's heat Hé swá swíþe swǽtte swá hé in swóle ( caumate ) middes sumeres wǽre, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 30 MS.

freót

the condition of being freea grant of freedommanumission

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Add: the condition of being free Ǽlcon men freót þe wíteþeów wǽre, oðþe hé mid his feó gebohte, Cht. Crw. 23, 28. Gif þeów mon wyrce on Sunnandæg bútan his hláfordes hǽse, þolie his freótes, Ll. Th. i. 104, 6.

ge-byrd

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Oft þæt gegongeð þætte wer and wíf in woruld cennað bearn mid gebyrdum, Vy. 3. of a child, the being born Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gesýnelican gegaderunge menniscre gebyrde onfénge, Bl. H. 165, 36.

curn-stán

(n.)

a mill-stone

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a mill-stone Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 79

cwearn

(n.)

a mill-stone,

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a mill-stone, Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 42

cwyrn-burne

(n.)
Grammar
cwyrn-burne, an; f.

A mill-stream molāris torrens

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A mill-stream; molāris torrens, Som. Ben. Lye

bil-wit

(adj.)

mild

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mild, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 4; Gen. 856

DYRNE

(adj.)
Grammar
DYRNE, dierne; def. se dyrna, seó, ðæt dyrne; adj.

close, hidden, secret, obscure occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrusdark, deceitful, eviltenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus

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Hie hafaþ in siofan innan dyrne wúnde they have within their mind a secret wound, Frag. Kmbl. 57; Leás. 30.

Linked entries: derne dierne

ge-secgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-secgan, -sæcgan, -secgean; to -secganne, -secgenne; p. -sægde, -sǽde, pl. -sægdon, -sǽdon; impert. -sege; pp. -sægd, -sǽd

To say, tell, relate, declare, provedicere, narrare, indicere

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Gesege me dicito mihi, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 1. Ðæt ðú gesecge sweostor mínre that thou mayest say to my sister, Exon. 50 a; Th. 172, 31; Gú. 1152: Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 27.

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Ꝥ hí míne forðfóre mid bénum Dryhtne bebeódan (commendent), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 357, 11. Tó bebeódenne commendenda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 80. Beboden commissus, 132, 36. Þá bebodenan credita, 96, 73.

fercung

(n.)
Grammar
fercung, e; f.

Provisionsfood

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.: ac heó hæfde gebróht on hire þínene fǽtelse hire fercunge non potero manducare ex his quae mihi praecipis tribui . . .; ex his autem quae mihi detuli manducabo, Hml. A. 110, 272

Linked entry: fercian