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weorold-þearf

(n.)
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weorold-þearf, e; f.
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What is needed for the life of this world Swá swá hé gehét him andlyfne and heora weoruldðearfe forgifan, eác swylce lýfnesse sealde ðæt hí móstan Cristes geleáfan bodian eis, ut promiserat, cum administratione victus temporalis, licentiam quoque praedicandi

earning-land

(n.)
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The passage is: Ðá nam Ealdulf hit and sealde ðám ðe hé wolde tó earningclaude. Cf. the expression in the same charter: Wé wrítað him ðone croft . . . ðæt hé hæbbe hit swá rúm tó bóclonde, swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, C. D. iii. 258, 27

eln

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Eln ulna, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 10. Cubitum fæðm betwux elboga[n] and handwyrste, palmus span vel handbred, ulna eln vel spanning betwux þúman and scitefingre, 43, 51-53. Hé geseah hí úp áhefene swá swá mannes elne fram þǽre eorðan, Hml. S. 23 b, 274. Add

heáfod-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-beorg, es; m.
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A chief hill (?) On cissan beorg middanweardne . . . ; swá tó heáfodbeorge westeweardon, C. D. v. 179, 26-30. Ðis synt ðá landes meǽre tó Bryningtúne. Ǽrest on heáfdbeorh; ðonne on wyrtwalan . . . swá tó herpaðe; andlang herpaðes tó Imman beorge ; of

be-tweox

(prep.)

between ⬩ inter

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between; inter Nú ic eów sende swá swá lamb betweox wulfas ecce ego mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos, Lk. Bos. 10, 3 : 11, 51: Ps. Th. 87, 4 : 88, 5: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 90; Met. 11, 45 : 11, 168; Met. 11, 84 : 24, 25; Met. 24, 13

tapor-æx

(n.)
Grammar
tapor-æx, e; f.

A small axe

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A small axe Swá feorr swá mæg án taperæx beón geworpen út of ðam scipe up on ðæt land quam longius de nave potest securis parvula, quam Angli vacant tapereax super terram projici, Chart. Th. 317, 30. Habbe hé áne taperæx on his [handa], Chr. 1031; Erl

ungel

(n.)
Grammar
ungel, es; m.(?)

Fat

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Fat Ungel arvina, Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 11. Mid ungle ł mid fǽtnysse lamba cum adipe agnorum, Cant. M. ad fil. 14. Beó mín sáwul gefylled swá swá mid rysle and mid ungele sicut adipe et pinguedine repleatur anima mea (Ps. 63, 5), Homl. Th. i. 522, 35

brýd-bed

Grammar
brýd-bed, brýd-bedd, nuptial bed.
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Wearð ꝥ brýdbed mid brǽðe áfylled, Hml. S. 4, 32. His brýdbedd, 7, 43. Brúcan his dohtor árleásan brídbeddes, Ap. Th. 3, 7. On eówrum brýdbedde, Hml. S. 4, 19. Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbedde, Hml. Th. i. 200, 21: ii. 10, 26: Hml. A. 27, 82. Add

coc

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coc, cocc.
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'Hwá sealde kokke wísdóm?' Ðæt getácnað ðætte ǽghwelc ðǽra láreówa . . habbað onlícnesse ðǽm kokkum . . . Ðorme grǽt se láreów swá swá kok on niht . . . Ðæs cocces ðeáw is . . . Past. 459, 29-461, 2. Se kok ðe wé ymb sprǽcon, 12. Coca pullorum, An. Ox

fann

(n.)
Grammar
fann, e; f.
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Fon vanna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 15. Hý habbað micelne múð swá fann (swǽ fon, v. l.) ore amplissimo sicut uannum, Nar. 35, 31. Hí habbað eáran swá fann (fan, v. l.) aures habentes tamquam uannum, 37, 11. Man sceal habban . . . fauna, trogas, æscena, Angl

lǽlian

(v.)
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Substitute: to hurl a dart (?) Ꝥte nales ðá sweartan deóblu in mínre sídan léligen, swá swá gewuniað, scytas ut non tetri daemones in latera mea librent, ut solent, iacula, Lch. i. lxxiii, 33. to get black and blue Æfestian, lǽlian libescant (cf. lǽl

nægel-seax

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Add: a razor Swá swá næglseax ( nouacula ) scearp þú dydest fácn, Ps. L. 51, 4. Nægelsexes tácn is ꝥ þú mid þínum scitefingre dó ofer þínne óþerne swilce þú ceorfan wille, and stráca syþþan on þín leór mid þínum fingre swilce þú scearan wille, Tech.

sáwlian

(v.)
Grammar
sáwlian, ode

To give up the ghost, expire

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To give up the ghost, expire Hé ne geswác his gebeda óþ ðæt hé sáwlode, Homl. Th. ii. 518, 1. Flaccus hét ðone preóst beswingan óþ ðæt hé sáwlode, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 291. Sóna swá hé ðyder com swá sáwlode ðæt mǽden, 22, 101: Homl. As. 59, 202.

tín-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
tín-nihte, adj.

Ten days old

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Ten days old On .x. nihtne mónan bidde swá hwas swa ðú wylle, hyt ðe byoþ gere. Se .x. nihta móna hé ys god tó standanne mid æðelum monnum, Lchdm. iii. 178, 19-21. Se ðe biþ ácenned on .x. nihtne ealdne mónan, se biþ ðrowere, 160, 28

þiclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þiclíce, adv.

Thickly, ⬩ in great numbers, ⬩ in quick succession

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Thickly, in great numbers, in quick succession Ðá hié gesáwan ða deádan men swá þiclíce tó eorþan beran, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 25. Steorran of heofenan feóllan, náht be ánan oððe twám, ac swá þiclíce ðæt hit nán mane áteallan ne mihte, Chr. 1095; Erl

Linked entry: þicce

beácen

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Beácn indicium, An. Ox. 345. Beácne prodigio, 2870. Hí átendon heora beácna swá swá hí férdon, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 2. Add Bécen (-on, -un) signum occurs often in the Lindisfarne and Rushworth glosses, where the W. S. version has tácn. Similar entries v

á-gitan

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Add: to find, get to know a person Wille wé be him áwrítan swá swá wé hine ágeáton we will write of him as we found him , Chr. 1086; P. 219, 19. a fact Gif se abbod his geearnunga swá ágitt quem si talem esse perspexerit abba , R. Ben. 110, 3. Swá

Linked entry: á-gytan

hýr-mann

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A hireling, mercenary :-- Iób cwæð : ' Mannes líf is campdóm ofer eorðan, and swá swá médgildan dagas swá sind his dagas ( sicut dies mercenarii, dies ejus. Job 7, 1)'. . . Se hýrman his edleánes anbidað, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 31. 'Ǽnne man ic ofslóh of þínre

weald-leðer

(n.)
Grammar
weald-leðer, es; n.

A rein

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A rein Hí ne móton swíþor styrian ðonne hé him ðæt gerúm his wealdleðeres tó forlǽt, Bt. 21: Fox 74, 8. Se gemetgaþ ðone brídel and ðæt wealdleþer ealles ymbhweorftes heofenes and eorþan orbis habenas temperat, 174, 19. Ðá gelæhton ða weardmen his wealdleðer

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, to be fitting. [In line 11 2. gerise bet.]
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Add: with noun subject þænne dream gerist. Men. 58. Fǽmne ast hyre bordan geríseð, On. Ex. 64 : 67. I a. with dat. of object Ðé gerist mára campdom. Hml. Th. i. 418, 8. Dam aide ne gehrtseð (conuenil) Ssceapa, Lk. L. 5, 36. with pronoun subject, referring