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.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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For the reasons I have stated, I believe it was to the south-west of Lurham. — Dr.
beón
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Add: to be Wesan and beón fore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 61. absolute, to exist, (of life) to last Ðú eart éce and á byst, Shrn. 199, 21. Þá hwíle þe mín líf byð, Cht. E. 230, 7.
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
stópel
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Forlét úre Drihten his ða hálgan fét ðǽr on ða eorþan besincan . . . and swá núget on ðære eorþan ða stóplas onáþrycte syndon, Blickl. Homl. 127, 14-26
syn-rust
The foulness of sin
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The foulness of sin Synrust þweán and ðæt wom ǽrran wunde hǽlan to wash away the foulness of sin and to heal the scar of the former wound, Exon. Th. 81, 9; Cri. 1321.
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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.
líf-leás
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Add: that has ceased to live Sum man . . . his feorh forlét. . . . Se hálga wer geneálǽhte þám lífleásan men (cf. þone sáwlleásan líchaman, Hml. S. 31, 249), Hml. Th. ii. 504, 35. not endowed with life Geoffrian heora lac þám lífleásum godum. Hml.
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.
freód
Affection ⬩ good-will ⬩ friendship ⬩ peace ⬩ ămor ⬩ dilectio ⬩ amīcĭtia ⬩ pax ⬩ grātia
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Ðæt ðú wille syllan sǽmannum feoh wið freóde that thou wilt give treasures to the seamen for their friendship, Byrht. Th. 132, 60; By. 39
gafol-heord
A taxable stock or hive of bees ⬩ grex ad censum
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With us it is ordered that he shall pay five sustras of honey for a tax; ' bochero, id est, ăpum custōdi, pertĭnet, si gavelheorde, id est, grĕgem ad censum tĕneat, ut inde reddat sīcut ĭbi mos [MS. moris] ĕrit.
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leód-hata
A tyrant
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For wédenheortnesse ðæs leódhatan Brytta cyninges propter vesanam Brittonici regis tyrannidem, Bd. 3, 1; S. 524, 2: Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 30. Láðne leódhatan [Holofernes], Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 22; Jud. 72.
manna
Man ⬩ a man
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For ðissum earfoþnessum ðe wé ðissum mannan dydon, Blickl. Homl. 247, 18. Ic ádilige ðone mannan delebo hominem, Gen. 6, 7. God geworhte ǽnne mannan of láme, Homl. Th. i. 12, 29. Ðá wolde God wyrcan mannan, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 9.