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lǽwa

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is mín lǽwa hic me tradet Hml. . Th. ii. 244, 5. Hwílon cweþað preóstas ꝥ Crístes lǽwa . . . mage wið Críst hine betellan, swilce hé neádunge gefremode ꝥ fácn wið hine, Hml. S. 27, 157. Add

nón-sang

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Ac ꝥ is riht ꝥte æfter nónsange mon mæssan gehýre, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 36. Add

slá

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Gyf þé slána lyste, þonne sete þú þínne winstran þúman on þínes litlan fingres lið and pýt mid þínum scytefingre in þíne wynstran hand on þornes getácnunge þe hí on weaxað, Tech. ii. 124, 24. Add

stott

(n.)
Grammar
stott, es; m.
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Ðæt is vii oxen and viii cý and iiii feldhrýþera and ii stottas ( equi uiles ), Nap. 56, 7

wer

(n.)
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B. ii. 247, 20. Twýgen weoras in fluvio qui dicitur Stúr, i. 598, 8. v. beám- (C. D. v. 148, 21), sǽ-wer; see also Midd. Flur

halan

(n.)
Grammar
halan, [or hamlan]

afterbirth

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afterbirth Gáte geallan on wíne gedruncen wífa halan him ofádéþ goat's gall, drunken in wine, removes women's afterbirth for them, Lchdm. i. 356, 8 Similar entries v. Gloss : Lchdm. ii

Sweó-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
Sweó-þeód, e; f.

The Swedish people

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The Swedish people Ne ic tó Sweóðeóde sibbe oððe treówe wihte ne wéne, Beo. Th. 5836; B. 2922. Swíðe mycel here ǽgðer ge landhere ge sciphere of Swaðeóde(Sweóðode, MS. F.), Chr. 1025; Erl. 163, 9

Linked entry: Swa-ðeód

tún-scír

(n.)
Grammar
tún-scír, e; f.

Stewardship

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Ðonne ic bescired beó fram túnscíre redde rationen uilicationis tuae, jam enim non poteris uilicare . . . Cum amotus fuero a uilicatione, Lk. Skt. 16, 2-4

tygele

(n.)
Grammar
tygele, (?), an; f.

A lamprey

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A lamprey Tigle murenula (the word occurs in a list of the names of fishes; murenula is elsewhere glossed by ǽl, 66, 5: 281, 66; sǽ-ǽl, q.v.), Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 66. Cf. (?) preceding word

Linked entry: tigle

sceran

(v.)
Grammar
sceran, sciran, sceoran; p. scær, scear; pl. scǽron, sceáron; pp. scoren.
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Sceáp scyran, Anglia ix. 261, 10. Hé fór scép tó sciranne ad tondendas oves, Gen. 38, 13

weorþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
weorþ-líce, weorþelíce; adv.
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Ne gefrægn ic nǽfre wurðlícor sixtig sigebeorna sél gebǽran, Fins. Th. 74; Fins. 37: Cd. Th. 126, 12; Gen. 2094. Men wurðlícor lybbaþ þonne treówu the life of men is more excellent than that of trees Shrn. 168, 24.

gíme-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gíme-leás, adj.
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Th. i. 238, 5. Útádrǽfdum gýmeleásra preósta fýlþum ejectis negle-gentium clericorum spurcitiis, Angl. xiii. 366, 16. <b>I a.

býdel

(n.)
Grammar
býdel, es; m. [beódan to bid, order, proclaim] .
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Th. ii. 120, 8.

Linked entry: bǽdel

ge-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-limpan, he -limpeþ, -limpþ; p. -lamp, -lomp, pl. -lumpon; subj. p. -lumpe, pl. -lumpen; pp. -lumpen

To happenoccurbefallcome to passtake placeaccĭdĕreevĕnīrecontingĕre

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Ðá gelamp hit then it happened, Gen. 40, 1 : Homl. Th. ii. 120, 14. Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum comfort afterwards came to the sad of mood, Beo. Th. 5875; B. 2940. Ðá sió tíd gelomp when the time came, Bt. Met.

dǽd-bétan

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Th. ii. 170, 23. Be ðám ðe . . . wið ðá dǽdbétendan ðeódað de is qui . . . junguntur excommunicatis, R. Ben. 50, 9, 17. Úre Drihten gelǽt þá dǽdbétendan ( the penitent ) æfter sóðre dǽdbóte tó ðǽre úplican Hierusalem, Hml. Th. ii. 68, 24

hell-ware

(n.)
Grammar
hell-ware, -wara; pl.

The inhabitants of hell

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The inhabitants of hell Ealle gesceafta heofonwara eorþwara helwara onbúgaþ Criste all creatures, those in heaven, those on earth, those in hell, bow to Christ, Homl. Th. ii. 362, 1: i. 36 26. Ealle hellwara all the inmates of hell, Exon.

Linked entry: hell-waran

medum-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
medum-líce, adv.

moderatelyin a small degreeimperfectlyworthilyfitlykindly

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Voc. ii. 11, 3. Meodomlíce digne, Rtl. 2, 41

wíte-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-hús, es; n.

A house of punishmenttormentprisonan amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyredhell

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On wítehúse in amphitheatrum (the passage is: In amphitheatrum sanctos ferreis collariis connexos cruentus carnifex imperat duci, Ald. 49), 489, 69. hell Hé héht ðæt wítehús wræcna (the fallen angels ) bídan, Cd. 3, 21; Gen. 39 : 304, 11 ; Sat. 628.

geó-geára

Grammar
geó-geára, [Perhaps this should be taken as two words. v. An. 1388
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Sé þe þá fǽhðo wið God geára grimme gefremede.] Add: :-- Geára oððe geógeára jam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 11. Geógeára (-, -ieára, v. ll.) geworht antiquitus facta, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 57, 20. Geógeára (-, v. l.) jamdudum, 4, 4; Sch. 370, 23.

wác

Grammar
wác, <b>; II.</b>
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Þá man talað wáce þe woldon for Godes ege georne riht lufian, Wlfst. 243, II. <b>II a.</b> of non-material things :--- III. add :-- Hé beleác hine on cwearterne and sende him bigleofan lytelne and wácne, 35, 38.