cýs-wuce
Cheese-week, the last week of eating cheese before Lent ⬩ septimana dominicæ quinquagesimæ
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In the Greek church quinquagesima Sunday is the last day on which cheese may be eaten till Easter. The same rule prevailed in monasteries of the Benedictine order, which only were known in England before the Conquest.
for-secgan
To for-say ⬩ mis-say ⬩ pretend ⬩ deny ⬩ say against ⬩ accuse ⬩ prædīcĕre ⬩ diffāmāre ⬩ nĕgāre ⬩ accūsāre
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Edg. ii. 4, titl; Th. i. 266, 21. Swá hwá swá óðerné forsǽde whosoever accused another, Homl. Th. i. 50, 16. Ða leásan gewitan hine forsǽdon the false witnesses accused him, i. 50, 14
mǽtan
To dream
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Ongitan swelce eów mǽte, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 4: tit. 26; Fox xiv, 16. Hit gelamp ðæt hine mǽtte. Gen. 37, 5. Mín swefen ðe mé mǽtte, 37, 6. Óðer swefen hine mǽtte, 37, 9: 41, 5, 11: 42, 9. Gif hé secge ðæt him mǽtte swefen, Deut. 13, 1.
rǽd-bora
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D. tit. ; Th. i. 352, 2. Rǽdboran jurisperiti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 41. Rédboran, 112, 13. Rǽdborena juris peritorum, Hpt. Gl. 524, 68. Cf. rǽd-gifa
wrǽc
Vengeance
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Þatt was mikell wræche, þatt all follc for till helle, Orm. 19 ; don wreche (rimes with speche, leache, teche), Misc. 143, 56 ; tak wreche (rimes with preche), Alis. 2858: but there appears to be no instance in Old English of a nominative wrǽc which is
sceam-fæst
Shamefast ⬩ modest, bashful
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Shamefast (corrupted later into shamefaced. v. 1 Tim. 2, 9 where Wicklif has schamefastnesse, the modern copies of the A. V. shamefacedness; the Revised Version has restored shame*-*fastness), modest, bashful Scamfæst verecundus vel pudens, Wrt.
on-dryslíc
Terrible, dreadful
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Sum sume swíðe ondryslícu ( tremenda ) secgende wæs, Bd. 5, 12 tit. ; S. 627, 3
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hwíl-stycce
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A fragment or short portion of time Ǽghwæ ðæs ðe hie on ǽnegum hiora hwílsticcum geearnian mǽgen all that they can earn in any of their fragments of time, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 12
hwílwend-líce
Temporarily
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Temporarily, for a time only Beóþ blówende and welige hwílwendlíce ðæt gé écelíce wædlion be flourishing and wealthy for time that ye may be beggars for eternity, Homl. Th. i. 64, 15: 162, 15: ii. 384, 26
ge-lǽtan
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Icel. láta til lands, at landi to stand towards land], to stand, shape a course :-- Gelíce þám þe on léfan scipe neáh lande gelǽtaþ (like those that in a crazy vessel shape a course near land, have nearly made the land ), and hit þonne se storm út ádrífeð
bunden
bound, tied ⬩ bound
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bound, tied;bound, Beo. Th. 3805; B. 1900;
wræc-fæc
A time of misery.
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A time of misery.Exon. Th. 354, 51; Reim. 64
ymb-hweorfness
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Change, alteration Tído ymbhuoerfnise temporum vicissitudine, Rtl. 37, 35
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gryre-hwíl
A time of terror
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A time of terror Andr. Kmbl. 935; An. 468
fyrst-mearc
Marked or appointed time ⬩ a space of time ⬩ interval ⬩ tempus constĭtūtum ⬩ tempŏris spatium ⬩ intercăpēdo
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Marked or appointed time, a space of time, interval; tempus constĭtūtum, tempŏris spatium, intercăpēdo Sunne oncneów fyrstmearc his the sun knew his appointed time, Ps. Spl. T. 103, 20.
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ap-flód
The low tide ⬩ ledo ⬩ æstus maris
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The low tide; ledo, æstus maris, Martyr. 20, Mar
ge-bond
bound ⬩ tied up
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bound, tied up,Bd. 3, 10; S. 543, 23;
scirden
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Of tiles or sherds Scerden testeum, Germ. 400, 553
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be-heáfodlic
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Capital Beheáfodlicne dóm capitalem senten-tiam, An. Ox. 4042
abbod-ríce
The rule of an abbot ⬩ an abbacy ⬩ abbatia
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The rule of an abbot, an abbacy; abbatia On his tíme wæx ðæt abbodríce swíðe ríce in his time the abbacy waxed very rich, Chr. 656; Ing. 41, 1. On ðis abbotríce in this abbacy, Chr. 675; Ing. 51, 12
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