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heáfod-leahter

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S. 16, 267: Hml. A. 76, 101. Cf. heáfod-synn; heáfod-mægen

hyse

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Add: a man Swylce geongum hægstealde, rince, hysse sicut effebo hircitallo, An. Ox. 3476. Swá ungebyrdum hysse, 7, 247. Ungebarde hysse, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 33. (All three are glosses to Ald. 48, 2.) a shoot, scion Hisses, hosses pampinos, Hpt.

sǽ-grund

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Add: the deep Se apostol Paulus sǽde sylf wunode on sǽgrunde middan ofer dæg and ofer niht ( nocte et die in profundo mares fui; a night and a day I have been in the deep, 2 Cor. 11, 25), Hml. S. 31, 899

send

(n.)
Grammar
send, e; f.
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Ben. 87, 11. Cf. sand

streát

(n.)
Grammar
streát, es; m. (?), n. (?).
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A place with bushes (?), a thicket (?) Ðys sind ðá landgemǽra into Dunnestreáttúnne (cf. in loco qui dicitur Dunnestreátún, i. 164, 8) . . . innon hænstreát; of ðám streáte, C. D. ii. 384, 12-20. [Cf. (?)M. H.

Linked entry: hen-streát

tó-weaxan

(v.)
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, Gr. D. 159, 26

maniend

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Add: a creditor sǽde wǽre hefelíce geswenced fram his maniende (moniendan, v. l.) for twelf scillingum quia a creditore suo pro duodecim solidis graviter offligeretur, intimavit. Gr. D. 157, 32. hét ágeáfe his maniende (-um, v. !.

sǽ-lác

(n.)

a gift or present or offering

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a gift or present or offering that comes from the sea or from a lake Beowulf maþelode: Hwæt ðé ðás sǽlác ( what B. had brought to Hrothgar from Grendel's lake-dwelling ) brohton tíres tácne, Beo. Th. 3308; B. 1652: 3253; B. 1624

weá-tácn

(n.)
Grammar
weá-tácn, es; n.

A sign of misery, a woeful signal

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A sign of misery, a woeful signal Nis þǽr on ðam londe, ne wóp ne wracu, weátácen nán, yldu ne yrmðu, Exon. Th. 201, 5; Ph. 51. Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121

webba

(n.)
Grammar
webba, an; m.

A weaver

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A weaver Webba textor, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 48. Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Willelm cwæð saccles Wulwærd ðane webba, Chart. Th. 648, 3. [The webbes ant the fullares (of Flanders), P. S. 188, 14. Chauc. webbe: Piers P. webbe a (female) weaver.]

ǽ-gewrítere

(n.)
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In Kent. Gl. 245 ‘legum conditores’ is rendered by a word which Zupitza reads as scepttenras. This in Junius’ copy of the MS. is given by ægewriteras.

hal

(n.)
Grammar
hal, es; n.

A, secret place, a corner

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A, secret place, a corner Ðá gemétte hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13

sopp-cuppe

(n.)
Grammar
sopp-cuppe, an; f.

A sop-cup, a cup into which sops were put

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A sop-cup, a cup into which sops were put Ic ann mínæn cinæhláfordæ ánræ sopcuppan Chart. Th. 553, 31: 554, 4. Ic ann Ælfwerdæ ánræ sopcuppan and Æþelwerde ánæs drincæhornæs 555, 4. Ánæ soppcuppan an þrým pundum 527, 7. Twá sopcuppan 522, 22

Linked entry: soppe

toll-setl

(n.)
Grammar
toll-setl, es; n.

A toll-booth,custom-house

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A toll-booth, custom-house Tolsetl teloneum, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 36. Ðá geseah sittan sumne mannan æt tollsetle (in teloneo; in a tolbothe, Wick. Mt. 9, 9), Homl. Th. ii. 468, 9. Matheus nǽfre æfter his gecyrrednysse æt tollsetle ne sæt, 288, 18

Linked entry: toll-sceamol

ge-

(prefix)

with

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Sige on him ge-wann he gained [won] a victory over him, Num. 21, 1. Ic on wicge ríde I ride on a horse, Exon. 127 a; Th. 489, 14; . 78, 7.

on-sendan

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Add Þâ þe hine forð onsendon ofer ŷðe, B. 45. <b>IIa.</b> of a thing, to have issuing forth: :-- Þæt þû (a stone pillar) on þis folc onsende wæter, An. 1508. <b>IIb.

be-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
be-frinan, l. be-frignan, -frinan; p. -frán, pl. -frúnon, -frinon; pp. -frúnen, -frinen,

to ask a person a question,to askquestion,to ask about somethingto ask a person about somethingto ask for some-thingto ask of a person what one wishes to be told

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A. 98, 216: 99, 257. question in-direct befrán his witan hwæt him þúhte be þám, Hml. A. 93, 46: 156, 115. befrán ðá hwám ðá gebytlu gemynte wǽron, Hml. Th. ii. 354, 34. befrán on hwilcne tíman þone steorran gesáwon, i. 82, 8.

Linked entry: frignan

æcelma

(n.)
Grammar
æcelma, an; m.

A chilblainmula

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A chilblain; mula, L. M. 1, 30; Lchdm. ii. 70, 16

Linked entry: ecilma

æhtere

(n.)
Grammar
æhtere, es; m.

An estimatora valueræstimator

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An estimator, a valuer; æstimator, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 25

æled-leóma

(n.)
Grammar
æled-leóma, an; m.

A gleaming firefire-brandignis micans

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A gleaming fire, fire-brand; ignis micans.Beo. Th. 6241; B. 3125