ǽrendung
carrying a message, acting as an emisary ⬩ a message, an errand
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Ben. 50, 13. a message, an errand Ðæt wæs hræd ǽrendraca; sé tylode tó secganne hys ǽrndunge ǽr ðon ðé hé lyfde, Shrn, 95, 21
wind-gerest
A windy resting-place (?) ⬩ a hall open to the winds (?)
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Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (? For the hall as a sleeping-place, cf.
hand-þegen
An attendant, one of a retinue, servant
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An attendant, one of a retinue, servant Ðá hé ðá ðyder férde ðá wǽron his handþegnas twegen when he journeyed thither, two of his attendants were with him, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 3.
homela
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A word of uncertain meaning occurring in the following passage Gif hé hine on bismor tó homolan bescire mid x sciłł. gebéte. Gif hé hine tó preóste bescire mid xxx sciłł. gebéte, L. Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 5.
ge-lífan
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Hé ne geliéfð ðæs grínes ðe hé mid gebrogden wyrð, ǽr ðon hé hit gefréde, Past. 331, 20. Sé þe wénþ ꝥ þis sóþ ne sié, ðonne ne geléfþ hé nánes sóþes, Bt. 36, 3; F. 178, 7. Wé þe gelýfað Crístes ǽristes, Hml. Th. i. 222, 2.
hí-réd
A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates
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Gif hé beó tó ðam gewelegod ðæt hé hýréd and éht áge if he be so enriched as to have a household and property, L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 23 [cf. 13 híwisc landes]. Frióne hieréd a free monastery, L.
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nearwe
straitly ⬩ strictly ⬩ closely ⬩ narrowly ⬩ strictly ⬩ exactly ⬩ oppressively ⬩ forcibly ⬩ anxiously ⬩ in a manner causing trouble
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Ðá heó nearwe beswác yldran ússe when the serpent deceived our first parents to their hurt, 226, 30; Ph. 413 : Frag. Kmbl. 51.; Leás. 27
werlíce
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Ðeáh gif wífmann bið werlíce geworht, and strang tó Godes willan, heó bið ðonne geteald tó ðám werum ðe æt Godes mýsan sittaþ, Homl. Th. i. 188, 28-34: 360, 13: 542, 25
hol
Hollow
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Hý beóþ innan hole they are hollow within, Herb. 180, 1; Lchdm. i. 316, 2. Gif heó hæfþ hole eágan if she be hollow-eyed, Lchdm. iii. 144, 7
á-wirgan
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Men habbað heó sylfe swýðe stranglíce wið God áwerged and wið his hálgan, Wlfst. 207, 9. ¶ the most frequently occurring form is the pp. used as adjective:-- Se áwyrgeda malignus, Ps. Spl. 14, 5.
Wiht
the Isle of Wight
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Hé on Wiht gehergade, 661; Th. i. 54, 24. Hié Wieht (Wiht, v. l.) forhergedon, 681; Th. i. 62, col. I. Hér Cerdic and Cynríc genámon Wihte eálond (Wihtland, Wiht ðæt eáland, v. ll.), 530; Th. i. 26, 33.
Beorg-ford
BURFORD in Oxfordshire
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BURFORD in Oxfordshire Hér Cúþréd, Wæst-Seaxna cining, gefeaht ðý xxii geára his ríces, æt Beorgforda [MS.
ge-máhlíce
Importunately, peremptorily, boldly, pertinaciously
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Importunately, peremptorily, boldly, pertinaciously Se cyng hét swýðe gemáhlíce ofer eall ðis land beódan the king very peremptorily ordered it to be proclaimed over all this land, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 22.
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un-gedéfe
Troublesome ⬩ disagreeable
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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan oþþe ðǽr hwilc ungedéfe þing on gedón bið, i. 398, 2. Mannum ungedéfum hominibus importunis, Scint. 38, 15.
be-stapan
to step ⬩ to tread
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Ð æt ðín fót ne bestæppe on his grinum, Hex. 52, 13. to tread, print a footstep þá lástas beóþ on þǽre ilcan onsýne þe hié þǽr on forman on þá eorþan bestapene wǽron, 61. H. 127, 21
lógian
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Hit biþ tó langsum eall hér tó lógigenne be ðám clǽnum nýtenum oððe be þám unclǽnum on ðǽre ealdan ǽ it is too tedious to give here an ordered account of everything in the old law concerning the clean and unclean animals, Hml. S. 25, 82. Add
wóh-gestreón
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Þí lígeas forbærnaþ . . . þá þe nú hér syndon on unnyttre gesyhðe . . . wóggestreóna, Verc. Först. 87, 5. Add
ge-stician
To stick ⬩ pierce ⬩ transfix
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To stick, pierce, transfix Hét mon me ðæt ic ðone swile gesticode jussērunt me incīdĕre tŭmōrem illum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 1.
fóster-nóþ
A pasturage ⬩ pasture ⬩ pascua
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A pasturage, pasture; pascua On stówe fósternóþes me he gestaðelode in lŏco pascuæ me collŏcāvit, Ps. Spl. T. 22, 1
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munuc-líce
Monastically ⬩ after the manner of a monk
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Monastically, after the manner of a monk Hé munuclíce leofode betwux ðám lǽwedan folce, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 67