hand-cræft
Skill or power of the hand, handicraft ⬩ strength, 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
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
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
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ofer-sittan
to sit upon, occupy, take possession of ⬩ to 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
A charge brought against a person, accusation
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Manega mid leásum onsagum geneálǽhton multi falsi testes accessissent, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 60
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slide
A slip, fall ⬩ lapsus ⬩ of 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
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
Spittle ⬩ saliva ⬩ sputum, 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.
ge-síþcund
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
Heat, burning ⬩ of the heat of fire ⬩ of the sun's heat ⬩ of feverish heat ⬩ sultry
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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 free ⬩ a grant of freedom ⬩ manumission
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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
a mill-stone
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a mill-stone Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 79
cwearn
a mill-stone,
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a mill-stone, Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 42
cwyrn-burne
A mill-stream ⬩ molāris torrens
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A mill-stream; molāris torrens, Som. Ben. Lye
bil-wit
mild
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mild, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 4; Gen. 856
DYRNE
close, hidden, secret, obscure ⬩ occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrus ⬩ dark, deceitful, evil ⬩ tenebrīcōsus, 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.
ge-secgan
To say, tell, relate, declare, prove ⬩ dicere, 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.
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be-beódan
'to give . . . generally,' ⬩ to order ⬩ enjoin ⬩ to commit ⬩ commend ⬩ to 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.