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ge-mæc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mæc, adj.

Equal, like, well-matched, suited

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Equal, like, well-matched, suited Hí wíf habbaþ him gemæc they are well-matched in marriage, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 4. Gemæcca ł gelíco æquales [or v. ge-mæcca?], Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 36.

Linked entries: maca- mæc ge-mec

ge-mitting

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mitting, -mittung, e; f.
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Æt heora gemittinge in their meeting, 4, 6; Bos. 85, 26. Wega gemittung a meeting of ways; compĭtum, Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 77, 5; Wrt. Voc. 55, 8

Linked entry: ge-méting

séðung

(n.)
Grammar
séðung, e; f.
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Hé ðæs árleásan eáre gehǽlde tó séðunge soðre godcundnysse ( in proof of true divinity ), 248, 2. Hé heora goda geendunge mid swutelum séðungum gewissode, i. 558, 16. Séðingum assertionibus, Hpt. Gl. 525, 35. Séðincgum, 409, 53

telge

(n.)
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Cockayne refers the word to telg and translates dyeing; but the passage at 190, 21, in which the same date is said to be 'eallum gód þingum gód' suggests a different meaning. The forms of the whole piece are corrupt. (?)

til

(n.)
Grammar
til, es ; n.
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Th. 420, 12; Rä. 40, 2. goodness, kindness, v. til, III Me on ðínum tile gelǽr ðæt ic teala cunne ðín sóðfæst weorc healdan in bonitate tua doce me justificationes tuas, Ps. Th. 118, 68

þeóf-gild

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf-gild, es; n.
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Payment made in the way of fine or compensation by one convicted of stealing Swerian hí ðæt him nǽfre áð ne burste, ne hé þeófgyld ne gulde (i.e. that he had never been convicted of stealing ), L.

un-endebyrdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-endebyrdlíce, adv.

In a disorderly mannerwithout orderirregularly

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In a disorderly manner, without order, irregularly Gif hé unendebyrdlíce onet mid ðære sprǽce si inordinate ad loquendum rapitur, Past. 15; Swt. 93, 18.

Linked entry: endebyrdlíce

un-cwíd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cwíd, un-cwídd; adj.

Undisturbed by chargesin undisputed possession

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Undisturbed by charges, in undisputed possession Se ðe sitte uncwýdd and uncrafod on his áre on lífe, L. Eth. iii. 15; Th. i. 298, 9. Ðǽr se bónda sæt uncwýd (-cwýdd, MS. G.) and unbecrafod (cf. ubi bunda manserit sine calumpnia, L. H.

Linked entry: cwíd

un-áblinn

(n.)
Grammar
un-áblinn, es; n.

A not ceasing

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ðæs yfelan geþóhtes I see the wicked device of thy heart; the tempter of the race of mess hath begotten in thee those incessant recurrences of (that never ceasing from) that evil thought, Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 46, 10

Linked entry: á-blinn

un-tǽllíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tǽllíce, adv.

Blamelesslywithout reproach

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Hí wǽron rihtwíse and heóldon Godes beboda untǽllíce erant justi incedentes in omnibus mandatis Domini sine quaerella (Lk. 1, 6), Homl. Th. i. 200, 35

Linked entries: tǽllíce un-tállíce

word-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
word-snotor, adj.

Expert in speecheloquentlearned

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Expert in speech, eloquent, learned Óslác, gamolfeax hæleð, wís and wordsnotor, Chr. 975 ; Erl. 126, 21. Lýfing se wordsnotera biscop, 1047; Erl. 171, 28. Wordsnoteran (Homerum), Hpt. Gl. 463, 53.

á-barian

(v.)
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For ábaredum (ábored, in marg.) ob detectum, apertum, revelatum, Hpt. Gl. 474, 78. Ábarude retectos, Germ. 393, 64

apuldre

(n.)
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See other examples in charters, Cht. Crw. p. 53. [O. H. Ger. affultra ; f. malus.] Add

ang-ness

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Add: of physical pain Hwílum wyrmas geséceð þá uferan dǽlas and heortcoþe wyrceað and angnessa and geswówunga, Lch. ii. 176, 13. in a more general sense Ne bið þǽr a[n]gnes ne nǽnigu gnornung non angor, moeror, Dóm. L. 266.

Linked entry: agnes

bræc

(n.)
Grammar
bræc, brec, es; n. (?)

A brackbreak

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bræce; of ðan bræce andlang beces innon ródstubban (cf. the same boundaries in another charter:-- Of ðan ealdan mére innon ðám brece; andlang breces innon ródstubban, iv. 129, 34), C. D. vi. 170, 36

céling

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L. 65, 12) in refrigerium, Hml. S. 4, 340. Add

cyll

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Wit geworhton þá hýde tó twám kyllum . . . and wit dydon þæs flǽsces hwylcnehwugu dǽl in þá kylla . . . þá bleówan wit þá kylla and ástigon þǽron, Hml. A. 205, 342-348. Add

crocca

(n.)
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In bracket dele all but Scandinavian forms, and add: crocce (?), an; f. Crocha, chroca, chroa, croha citropodes, Txts. 46, 171. Crohha luteum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 27. Crocca, 51, 24:olla fictilis, 65, 38: anfora, i. 25, 9.

felofor

Grammar
felofor, felofor, feal(e)-, fe(o)lu-, -fer

a bitternonocrotalusporphyrio

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Lev. 11, 18) Onocrotalum, avis quae sonitum facit in aqua, ráredumlæ vel felufor, Shrn. 29, 6 (a list of glosses on Lev. 11). Feolufer onocrotallus, Txts. 83, 1445. Felofor, feolufer porfyrio, 88, 807. Fealfor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 28.

fin

(n.)
Grammar
fin, fíne e; f.

a heap

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Fíne strue (pyram strue stipitum in edito constructam. Aid. 34, ii), An. Ox. 7, 157: 8, 125. a wooden hut (?): Fín cella lignaria, Txts. no, 1169. a heap of other material On cyniges límfíne; of ðǽre fíne, C. D. B. i. 518, 41