swícend
A deceiver, betrayer
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A deceiver, betrayer Se sáula swícend the devil, Homl. Ass. 196, 39: 197, 87
tunge-þrum
a ligament of the tongue
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a ligament of the tongue Tungeðrum (undertungeþrum, lxxiv, 9) sublinguae, Lchdm. i. lxx, 9
Linked entries: þrum under-tungeþrum
sealh-rind
the bark of sallow
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the bark of sallow Nim sealhrinde, Lchdm. ii. 98, 9. Gréne sealhrinde, 318, 9
ge-tingelíce
eloquently
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eloquently Ðæt cild getingelíce spræc the child spoke eloquently, Homl. Th. ii. 490, 32
burg-waru
the inhabitants of a city as in a body,
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the inhabitants of a city as in a body, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096
ge-elþeódian
To alienate, derange the mind
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To alienate, derange the mind Druncennyss mód geelþeódað ebrietas mentem alienat, Scint. 106, 18
Linked entry: el-þeódgian
spyre-mann
One who tracks
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One who tracks His speremon the man who tracked him, Chart. Th. 172, 25
Linked entry: spere-mann
áweg-ádrífan
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In this verb and in others with the same prefix áweg should be separated
á-wirgung
A curse
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A curse Þám gelamp seó áwyrigung þe se wítega cwæð, Hml. S. 15, 115
ge-wendan
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Oð þæt þú eft gewende tó þǽre ylcan eorþan þe þú of cóme, Hml. S. 12, 24. to return, the subject active Án gewoende unus reuertitur, Lk. p. 9, 9. ¶ with reflex. dat. :-- Hí gewendon him hám they returned home, Hml.
Æðel-wulf
Æthelwulf ⬩ Æthelwulfus
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D. 837, king Ecgbryht died, and Æthelwulf his son succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons, Chr. 836; Th. 117, 34, col. 1. A. D. 855, her, Æðelwulf cyning gefór here, A. D. 855, king Æthelwulf died. Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 24
fergan
to carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear ⬩ portāre ⬩ vehĕre ⬩ ferre ⬩ to go ⬩ īre
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to carry, convey, bear; portāre, vehĕre, ferre We willaþ Hláford fergan to ðære beorhtan byrg we will bear the Lord to the bright city, Exon. 18 a; Th. 32, 26; Cri. 518: 104 b; Th. 397, 1; Rä. 16, 13.
here-gild
A war-tax ⬩ the Danegild ⬩ tax to support an army
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Scotfré fram heregeld free from payment of the war-tax, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 224, 20
stig
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cf. stig-weard Gif cniht binnan stig sitte if a servant sit within the hall (?), Chart. Th. 612, 32. Stigo vistrina (suestrina? the word occurs at the head of a list 'de suibus'), Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 41. Stigu auriola (oriola?
brigdan
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The oath of the other party from whom a man seizes his (stolen) cattle . . . The oath of him who seizes his (stolen) property, Ll. Th. i. 178, 10-180, 8
Linked entries: æt-bryidan bryidan æt-bryidan ge-bryidan
ge-stælan
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Heó þá fǽhðe wræc þe þú Grendel cwealdest . . . heó wolde hyre mǽg wrecan ge feor hafað fǽhðe gestǽled ( to the full has she made good her charge of slaying), B. 1340
ge-cígnes
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Ofer mínre gecígnesse þú gesettest ealle þíne apostolas tó mínre byrgenne on the occasion of my call (when the time of my death was announced to me), thou didst appoint all thy apostles to attend my burial (cf.
wearg-brǽde
Some form of disease; ⬩ impetigo, ulcus, carcinoma
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.; the Latin has ulcus) weaxe on þám nosum oððe on ðám hleóre, Lchdm. i. 86, 1. Wið ðæt wearhbrǽde ( the Latin has carcinomata) hwam on nosa wexe, 116, 11.
Linked entries: werh-brǽde brǽde
tropere
One of the service books of the Church, that which contained the tropes ⬩ tropariurn
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One of the service books of the Church, that which contained the tropes (tropus cantus ecclesiastici genus); tropariurn. v. Maskell's Monutnenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae, 1. p. xxxvii .i. tropere, Chart. Th. 430, 10.
ge-dræg
What is drawn together ⬩ a concourse, an assembly, ⬩ a noisy assembly, the tumult made by such an assembly
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Þǽr wæs cirm micel geond Mermedonia mánfulra hlóð, fordénera gedræg, 43. of things, material Ofer deóp gedreag over the deep tumult of the waves, Ra. 7, 10. non-material Sinsorgna gedreag, Kl. 45