for-trendan
To obstruct by rolling ⬩ stop an opening
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To obstruct by rolling, stop an opening Hí námon swíðe micelne stán and fortrendon þǽre byrgenne duru they took a very big stone and stopped the sepulchre's mouth by rolling the stone to it, Nap. 62
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god
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Wé biddað and on Godes naman beódað ꝥ . . ., 364, 21. On Godes Ælmihtiges naman, Cht. E. 231, 11: Ll. Th. i. 180, 22: 182, 6. Nú hálsige ic ðé þurh God þ . . ., Hml. Th. i. 426, 31. Gif hwelc mon hine on Godes naman geandette, Ll.
hryte
Balidinus ⬩ 'balidinus ⬩ balius
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The word occurs in a list of names of colours, but the meaning is uncertain. Ducange has 'balidinus forte legendum badius vel balius nostris bay, bayard.'
rúnung
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Add: secret talking Hí ( the guards of Christ's sepulchre) námon þone sceatt and swáþeáh múþetton and on synderlicum rúnungum þæt riht eall rǽddon (in secret talks apart they supposed what the truth was ), Hml. A. 79, 161
un-genemnendlic
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Not to be named (?), unknown (?) Þá semninga wearð hé mid fǽrlicum and ungenæmnendlicum deáile forþ-féred subita et inopinata (has in(n)ominata been read ? the Greek version has ἀγνώστῳ) morte defunctus est, Gr. D. 341, 13
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gealg-treów
a gallow-tree
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The older form remains in local names e. g. Gallowtree-gate in Leicester) Tó ðám galhtreówe on deópan dene, C. D. iii. 439, 12
óra
A border, edge, margin, bank
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A border, edge, margin, bank (mostly in place names, -or in Windsor, Bognor. v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. xxxv: Leo, A. S. Names. p. 92) In ðone stede ðe is gecueden Cerdices óra, Chr. 495 ; Erl. 14, 10: 514; Erl. 14, 21. Æt Cerdices óran, Erl. 2, 3.
þunor-wyrt
Thunder-plant ⬩ house-leek ⬩ sempervivum tectorum
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Plant Names), house-leek; sempervivum tectorum Nime þunorwyrt, Lchdm. ii. 118, 2. [On plants that were a protection against thunder, see Grmm. D. M. pp. 167, 1147.]
þwítan
To thwite ⬩ to cut ⬩ cut off
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Monige of ðære ilcan styþe spónas ðweoton and sceatþan nómon (ðæt geþwit náman, MS. B.) astulis ex ipsa destina excisis, 3, 17; S. 544, 44, col. 2 (sprytlan ácurfon, col. 1).
yfel-dǽde
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Ðæra manna naman ðe wǽron entas and yfeldǽde, Homl. Th. i. 22, 31
sprǽc-hús
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auditorium, locus in quo conveniebant monachi, quod in eo essent monachicae scholae, ibique praeceptores docerent, discipuli audirent magistros docentes, Migne] Bútan spǽchúses (auditorii, printed adiutorii) stówe; seó fram þám swýþust ys geteald þám naman
gaderung
a joining, union ⬩ an assembly ⬩ gathering ⬩ gathering ⬩ a gathering of words, text
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Th. ii. 190, 33. gathering of crops, fruit, &c. v. gaderian; IV Hærfest, bóceras getrahtniað þæne naman for þǽre rípunge oððe for þǽre gaderunge, Angl. viii. 312, 27. a gathering of words, text Geadrung textu, Mt. p. 10, 17
hǽlend
A healer, Saviour, Jesus
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Ðú nemst hys naman Hǽlend. Hé sóþlíce hys folc hál gedéþ fram hyra synnum vocabis nomen ejus Iesum; ipse enim salvum faciet populum suum a peccatis eorum, 1, 16.
be-cnyttan
to tie up in a bundle ⬩ to tie round ⬩ surround with a bond ⬩ to tie ⬩ attach with a string, ⬩ to tie a rope,
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Þæt heó náme ǽnne wernægel and becnytte tó ánum hringe mid hire snóde, ii. 28, 18. with acc. of the fastening to tie a rope, Hí becnytton ánne wriþan onbútan his swuran, Hml. S. 23, 607
wiþo-winde
Withy-wind ⬩ with-wind ⬩ convolvulus
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Plant Names), convolvulus Wiþewinde involuco, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 2. Wiðwinde viticella, i. 33, 13. Genim wiþowindan twigu, Lchdm. ii. 34, 17. Wiþowindan leáf, 52, 6. Wiþewindan, 122, 18
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cwide
the expression of a thought, a sentence, period ⬩ sententia ⬩ a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will ⬩ dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum ⬩ a legal enactment, decree ⬩ edictum, deretum
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Every letter has three properties, nomen, figura, potestas, that is a name, and a form, and a sound [power ], Ælfc.
HEL
HELL ⬩ the place of souls after death ⬩ Hades ⬩ the infernal regions ⬩ the place of the wicked after death
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In ðæt háte hof ðam is hel nama into that hot abode whose name is hell, Cd. 217; Th. 276, 24; Sat. 193.
Augustus
the first Roman Emperor ⬩ the month of August ⬩ mensis Augustus
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Agustus. the month of August; mensis Augustus On ðam monþe ðe man Augustum nemneþ in the month which is named August, Herb. 7, 1; Lchdm. i. 96, 23
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tún-cressa
Town-cress ⬩ garden-cress ⬩ nasturtium ⬩ lepidium sativum
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Plant Names), garden-cress, nasturtium; lepidium sativum Tuuncressa nasturcium, Txts. 79, 1359. Túncǽrse, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 4, 64: i. 67, 70. Túnkerse, 31, 50. Nim túncersan sǽd, Lchdm. ii. 90, 18
ídel
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Ne nemn þú Drihtnes naman on ýdel ( in vanum); ne byð unscyldig sé þe his naman on ýdel (frustra ), nemð, Ex. 20, 7. Ne dwela ðú on ídel be not deceived without cause (2 Mace. vii. 18), Hml. S. 25 157. idleness, Prov. Kmbl. 1: 61 (in Dict.)