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Cwat-brycg

(n.)
Grammar
Cwat-brycg, cwat-bricg,e; f. [Ethelw. Cantbricge: Flor. Quatbrig: Hunt. Quadruge: Matt. West. Quantebridge] Bridgenorth in Shropshire; oppidi nomen in agro Salopiensi
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Hí gedydon æt Cwatbricge be Sæfern they arrived at Bridgenorth on the Severn, Chr. 896; Th. 173, 43, col. 1: col. 2 has Brygce. Æt Cwatbrycge, Th. 174, 1, col. 1, 2.

dyderung

(n.)
Grammar
dyderung, dydrung, e; f.

An illusion, delusion, pretence delūsio, simŭlātio

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An illusion, delusion, pretence; delūsio, simŭlātio Ðæs hálgan andwerdnyss acwencte ðæs deófles dyderunge the presence of the saint quenched the delusion of the devil, Homl. Th. ii. 140, 19.

hwearft

(n.)
Grammar
hwearft, es; m.

A circuitcirclerevolution

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Brádne hwearft the broad expanse [of the sky ], 53 b; Th. 187, 29; Az. 38. Ymb wintra hwearft after years have rolled on, Th. 188, 5; Az. 41

Linked entry: hwyrft

líf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
líf-leást, -lǽst, e; f.

death

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Loss of life, death On ǽlcum ðara daga gif man ǽnige ǽddran geopenaþ on ðara tíde ðæt hit biþ lífleást oððe langsum sár on each of those days, if a vein be opened at that hour, it is death or long disease, Lchdm. iii. 152, 5.

mæsse-lác

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-lác, es; n.

The mass-offeringthe host

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Isidoro et Papiæ dicitur oblatio, quæ ad altare fertur et sacrificatur a Pontificibus, a quo offertorium nominatur. In Festus; fertum genus libi dictum, quod crebrius ad sacra ferebatur altero genere libi.']

ge-wenge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wenge, es; n.

The cheekmaxilla

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The cheek; maxilla And ðam ðe ðé slihþ on ðín gewenge et qui to percutit in maxillam, Lk. Bos. 6, 29; and to him that schal smyte thee on o cheke, Wyc.

grindel

(n.)
Grammar
grindel, es; m.
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Guest, English Rhythms, ii. 40, note 1, observes 'As far as we can judge from the drawing which accompanies the description, the grindel was a kind of heavy iron grating, which rather encumbered the prisoner by its weight, than fixed him in its grasp.

þrymlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þrymlíce, adv.

Magnificentlysplendidlygloriously

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Án and þryttig geára hé ríxode þrymlíce on Hierusalem, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 470

un-brygd

(n.)
Grammar
un-brygd, (?), es; m.

A not unfair turnfair dealing

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Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unbrýde and unforboden, and ic hit ágnian wille tó ǽgenre ǽhte so I have it, as he gave it, who had the right to give, without fraud and unforbidden, and I mean to possess it as my own property

cnósl

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Gl. 521, 22) proles, An. Ox. 5033. Eal Adames cnósl omnes homines, Dóm. L. 129. Cnósle stirpe, An. Ox. 1601: progenie, 7, 89: prolem, 26, 31. Hig ǽton Jacobes cnósel comederunt Jacob, Ps. L. 78, 7. Add

clíþa

Grammar
clíþa, l. cliþa, cleoþa,
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and add Cliþa cataplasma, medicamentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 38. Clyþa malagma, i. medicamentum, Hpt. 33, 239, 28. Lácnunge, cliþan cataplasma, An. Ox. 3050. Cleoþan, lǽcedóm, 1973.

dim-nes

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Add: darkness, want of light Dimnis ( caligo ) under fótum his, Ps. Srt. 17, 10. Þýstreful dimnys tenebrosa caligo, An. Ox. 3297. Utan wé geþencan dómes dæg and dimnessa helle grundes, Hml.

frætwung

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Hé mé beád bæteran frætegunga and his hring mé lét tó wedde, Hml. S. 7, 29. Add

lád-rinc

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lád-rinc, For 'The word, ... vehicularius' substitute: In attempting to determine the meaning of this word it should be noticed that lád in all its other compounds, lád-mann, -scipe, -teáh, -teów, has the force of leading, guidance. The
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Cf. too: ductor, qui ad conducendum aliquem in via per alterius regionem datus est a quovis principe, Migne

-mǽre

(suffix)
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Add Mǽran illustris (Agnae gloriosum exemplar), An. Ox. 4276. Add Mǽre sublimis (celsitudo), An. Ox. 1007. Hú beorht, mǽre, ǽnlic o preclara (virginitatis gratia ), 1266. Mǽre celeberrimns, i. excellentissimus (Agathae rumor), 3937.

sprecel

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</b> Add: v. fela-sprecolness: <b>spreng.</b> v. ǽ-spreng (under ǽ-spryng)

þǽr-rihte

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Add: of an event which immediately succeeds another ꝥ cild þe bið ácænned, sóna hit cýð mid wópe and þǽrrihte wítegað þissere worulde geswinc, Hml.

wiþer-breca

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Add: an adversary, opponent. Þeáh . . . ealle þá streámas hunige flówen, and him þonne ne sié ofer eorðan nǽnig wiðerbreca, Verc. Först. 114, 9. Þú slóge ealle wiþerbrecan mé percussisti omnes adversantes mihi, Ps.

tó-torfian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-torfian, p. ode.

to fling in different directionsto toss aboutto stone to piecesdestroy by throwing stones

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Me þe sculde al toteon mid horse, oðer þe al totoruion mid stane, O. E. Homl. i. 9, 21. Stones hi doþ in heore slitte and þe totorveþ, O. and N. 1119

á-styntan

(v.)

to bluntdullto checkstop

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Láreówas [hé] ástynte magistros confutat, i. vincit, An. Ox. 2102. Þæt hé ástente elideret, i. offenderet, Hpt. Gl. 471, 32. Ástyntende arewan retundens catapultas, An. Ox. 4235