hirwend-lic
Contemptible
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The word might be the acc. fem. of an adjective, or it might be an adverb, in which case contemtim must be read
úp-lic
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On úplicere gesihde in oromate, i. uisione superna, An. Ox. 404. Tó þám úplican lífe ad superos, 2214
sǽ-cocc
A cockle
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A cockle Hwæt féhst ðú on sǽ? Crabban muslan sǽcoccas cancros, musculos, neptigallos, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 11. a farthing-worth of muscles were a feste for suche folke, oþer so fele Cockes (cokkys, MS. G. : cokeles, MS. I.), Piers P. C text x. 95
weá-tácn
A sign of misery, a woeful signal
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A sign of misery, a woeful signal Nis þǽr on ðam londe, ne wóp ne wracu, weátácen nán, yldu ne yrmðu, Exon. Th. 201, 5; Ph. 51. Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121
webba
A weaver
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Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Willelm cwæð saccles Wulwærd ðane webba, Chart. Th. 648, 3. [The webbes ant the fullares (of Flanders), P. S. 188, 14. Chauc. webbe: Piers P. webbe a (female) weaver.]
spear-lira
The calf of the leg
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The calf of the leg Spærlira sura, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 71: 71, 55. Sperlira, 65, 43. Spærlirena surarum, Hpt. Gl. 478, 56. Spærlirum suris, 483, 37. Spærliran suras, 482, 65. On spearlirum in suris, Deut. 28, 35. Speoruliran suras, Lchdm. i. lxxi, 10
tó-lǽtenness
Abandonment, ⬩ a giving up
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Abandonment, a giving up Ðeós wyrt ealle ealde and unlácnigendlíce ádlu tófereþ, swá ðæt hé byþ gelácnud þeáh hé ǽr his hǽle on tólǽtennesse wǽre the patient will be cured, though before he had been in despair of his health, Lchdm. i. 262, 3
a-stælan
To charge ⬩ impute
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.: To charge,impute Ꝥ mé nǽfre deófol on ástǽlan ne mæge ꝥ ic buton andetnesse beó mínra synna that the devil may never be able to lay to my charge that I am without confession of my sins, Ll. Th. ii. 264, 15
á-þriéttan
'loathe any one,
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dele 'loathe any one,' and add Ús nǽfre ne áðrýt þǽra góda genihtsumnys, Hml. Th. ii. 588, 8. Hié ðæt folc áþrýtton þæt hié him on hond eódon they tired out the people so that they yielded to them, Ors. 5, ll; S. 238, 10
a-wegan
to lift up ⬩ take or carry away ⬩ levare ⬩ auferre ⬩ to weigh out ⬩ weigh to any one ⬩ appendere
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Th. i. 308, 17. to weigh out, weigh to any one; appendere Abraham ðá awæh feówer hund scillinga seolfres Abraham appendit quadringentos siclos argenti, Gen. 23, 16.
cyne-þrym
A kingly host, royal majesty or glory ⬩ regia multitudo, regis majestas
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A kingly host, royal majesty or glory;regia multitudo, regis majestas Mid cyneþrymme with a kingly host, Cd. 209; Th. 260, 8; Dan. 706 : Exon. 120 b; Th. 462, 12; Hö. 51. He cwom on cyneþrymme he came in royal majesty, Ps. Th. 95, 12.
mægen-cræft
Main force ⬩ great power or might ⬩ mighty power
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Main force, great power or might, mighty power Mægencræft ðe him meotud engla forgiefen hæfde the power which the Lord of angels had given him, Exon. 49 a; Th. 170, 1; Gú. 1105.
middaneard-líc
Earthly ⬩ worldly ⬩ mundane ⬩ earthly
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On middaneardlícum lustum in worldly pleasures, 368, 3. Ealle middaneardlíce þing forhogiende despising all the things of this world, 130, 1. Middaneardlíce genipu mundana nubila, Hymn. Surt. 74, 3: 91, 23: Homl. Skt. 2, 241
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ge-nemnan
To name ⬩ nominare
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Martynus then one of the sailors named St. Martin, Shrn. 147, 8. Hí beóþ Godas genemnede [Cot. genemde] they are named gods, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 9. Hí Angle ge-nemnode wǽron they were named Angles, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 29
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þel
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A thin piece of wood or metal, a plank, plate Gylden þel áslægen bratea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 42. Weel planca (þell? þele? the line is: Corpus virgineum natat ceu plana carina, Ald. 199), 95, 79.
ge-wun
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Ox. 287. Gyf lytlan gewune beóð, geswinc hit ná byð, for þí þe of gewunan hit cóm si paulatim adsueti fiant, labor non erit, quia ex usu uenit, Scint. 64, 1. Ðeós wyrt is tó þám herigindlic ꝥ hý man wið gewune drenceas gemencgeað, Lch. i. 172, 6
hæfen
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Add: hafon. abstract, the having or possessing of something Mid gódra weorca biggenge and mid háligra mægena hæfene, K. Ben. 3, 7.
heáfod-smæl
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The opening in a tunic for the head to pass through, the collar of a tunic: Heáfodsmæl capitium (tunica coccinea, capitium et manicae sericis clavatae, Ald. 77, 15. Glosses to the same passage elsewhere are: Capitium hæt, An. Ox. 5320: Hpt.
mǽnan
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Scipia mǽnde (or under mǽnan to lament; III ?)
rihtlǽcan
To make right, rectify, correct, amend
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Úton wé nú ǽlces yfeles geswícan and rihtlǽcan ús sylfe on eallan þingan, 174, 30.