bútan
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Hé hæfde ealle Asiam on his geweald ...; bútan þǽm þe hé eác fór mid gefeohtum on Sciððie, Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 2. notwithstanding, in spite of, for all (that) Þurcyl beád metsunga tó þám here ..., and búton þám (for eallon þám, v.l. ) hí hergodan, Chr
a-dýdan
To put to death ⬩ to destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ mortify ⬩ perdere ⬩ occidere
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Ðæt ic náteshwon nelle heonon forþ eall flǽsc adýdan mid flódes wæterum that I will not, by any means, henceforth destroy all flesh with the waters of a flood, Gen. 9, 11.
CLÚT
CLOUT, patch ⬩ plate ⬩ pittacium, commissura, lamina
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Wurdon forþaborene ísene clútas iron plates were brought forth, Homl. Th. i. 424, 19. Lecgaþ ða ísenan clútas háte glówende to his sídan lay the iron plates glowing hot to his side, Homl. Th. i. 424, 35
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húsel-fæt
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Subdiaconus is underdiácon se ðe ða fatu byrþ forþ tó ðam diácone and þénaþ under ðam diácone æt ðam hálgan weófode mid ðam huselfatum, L. Ælfc. C. 15; Th. ii. 348, 11.
niht-gerím
Reckoning by days ⬩ number of days
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Ealra hæfde Similar entries v. and syxtig ðá hé forþ gewát and nigon hund eác nihtgerímes in all the number of his days when he died was nine hundred and sixty-five years, Cd. Th. 72, 28; Gen. 1193
ge-warnian
To warn
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Ðá gewarnode man hí ðæt ðǽr wæs fyrd æt Lundene then they had notice that there was a force at London, Chr. 1009; Erl. 143, 12. Ðá wearþ Godwine gewarnod then was earl Godwin warned, 1052; Erl. 183, 2.
ge-cennan
to beget ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ to clear ⬩ declare ⬩ prove ⬩ purgare ⬩ advocare ⬩ manifestare
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to beget, bring forth, produce Gicende edidit, Rtl. 108, 29. From forleigere ne aru we gecenned ex fornicatione non sumus nati, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 41. [Cf. O. H.
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ge-neádian
To compel
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We bióþ genédode we are forced, Past. 53; Swt. 417, 30; Hat. MS
un-gestæððiglíce
Unsteadily ⬩ without stability
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Unsteadily, without stability Ðonne mon ða fæstrǽdnesse his módes innan forlíst, ðonne bið hé hwílum swíðe ungestæððiglíce ástyred útane on his limum qui statum mentis perdidit, subsequenter foras in inconstantiam motionis fluit, Past. 47; Swt. 359,
heorra
a hinge
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Heorre (hearre, v.l.) cardo, 317, 2. a hinge; the bar which forms part of a hinge Swé forhwerfed bið on hiore hyrran sicut (ostium) vertitur in cardine suo, Kent. Gl. 991.
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bealcettan
to belch ⬩ to come forth ⬩ to utter
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Hé sceal oft bealcettan, 236, 14. to come forth Of þríh balcetteþ (cum) de (sepulchri) tumba (pulvis) ebulliat, An. Ox. 1884. to utter Mín heorte bealcet good word, Ps. Th. 44, 1. Bylcetteþ eructuat, i. a corde emittit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 12.
a-scúfan
To drive away ⬩ expel ⬩ banish ⬩ repel ⬩ shove away ⬩ expellere ⬩ pellere ⬩ abigere ⬩ extrudere ⬩ emittere
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To drive away, expel, banish, repel, shove away; expellere, pellere, abigere, extrudere, emittere Forþ ascúfan to drive forward, Exon. 129b; Th. 498, 1; Rä. 87, 6.
Engla land
The land of the Angles or Engles
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D. 731, from the present Lincolnshire to the Frith of Forth, on the south of which Æbber-curníg is located
leód-rúne
A witch ⬩ pythonissa
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M. 375 on the forms of feminine names in -rín, -rúna]:-- Wið ǽlcre yfelre leódrúnan ... eft óðer dust and drenc wið leódrúnan, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 138, 23, 26. Cockayne translates the word 'heathen charm.' Cf.
mægden-cild
A female child ⬩ girl
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Ðonne ða wíf heora bearn cendon, ðonne féddon hié ða mǽdencild and slógon ða hysecild, and ðǽm mǽdencildum hié fortendun ðæt swíðre breóst foran, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 10-12. Tǽcende ðám mǽdencildum docendo puellas, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 28, 16
under-smúgan
To creep under ⬩ come upon unawares ⬩ surprise
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Ðæt ǽnig þinc ne undersmuge on wege gesyhðe ne quid forte subripuerit in via visus, 113, 11. Swá hý nǽfre mid oferfylle undersmogene and beswicene ne weorðan ne subrepat satietas aut ebrietas, R. Ben. 64, 19
hlinc-rǽw
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The boundary line formed by a link or bank Andlang hlingrǽwe tó ðæs niðærlangan hlincæs eástendæ; andlang hlincæs æft út on eá, C. D. v. 243, 2. Andlang hlincrǽwæ . . . ðonne andlang hegæréwæ, 255, 35. Andlang ðére ealdan hlinchréwe, vi. 36, 7.
and-weard
Present ⬩ præsens
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Fór ðé andweardne before thee present, Cd. 40; Th. 54, 2; Gen. 871: Andr. Kmbl. 2449; An. 1226. Óþ ðisne andweardan dæg usque in hunc præsentem diem, Mt. Bos. 28, 15. On ðis andweardan lífe in this present life, Bt. 10; Fox 26, 30.
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circul
A circle, the zodiac ⬩ circulus, zodiacus = ζωδιακός
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For ðam brádan circule ðe is zodiacus geháten, under ðam circule yrnþ seó sunne on account of the broad circle which is called zodiacus, under which circle the sun runs, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 5, 20, 21; Lchdm. iii. 242, 2.
FLÝS
A fleece ⬩ wool ⬩ vellus ⬩ lānūgo
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Gilde ðæt flýs mid twám pæningum let the fleece be paid for with two pence, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 11, MS. H. Mid his flýse with its fleece, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 9, 10, MSS. B. H.