sculdor
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Add: sculdra, an Hé dó of mæssehacelan and twyfeldende hí onbútan lecgehim on wynstran sculdran (in sinistra scapula), Angl. xiii. 406, 588
un-gewilde
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Add: Not under control of (dat. ) Se earm stód un-gebígendlic ǽghwæs þám ágendfreán ungewylde brachium inflexibile remansit, Gr. D. 254, 38
well-will
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a spring Ǽrest on welwill; of welwyllæ . . . andlang streámes eft on wellwyll, C. D. v. 344, 29-345, 9. Cf. wille-wæter
riht-scrífend
One who declares the sentence of the law ⬩ lawyer
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One who declares the sentence of the law lawyer Rihtscrífend ł dómsettend jurisconsultus, jurisperitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 17 : i. 20, 69
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rysc-pytt
A pit or pool
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A pit or pool in which rushes grow In hriscpyt; of hriscpytte intó ðere díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 385, 2-3
sam-híwan
Members of the same household or family
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Members of the same household or family Sam*-*híwna yrfebéc jus liberorum, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 46. Somhíwena yrfebéc, ii. 49, 14
wæl-rún
The secret of approaching slaughter
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The secret of approaching slaughter Fyrdleóð ágól wulf on walde, wælrúne ne máð (proclaimed the coming carnage), Elen. Kmbl. 56; El. 28
weder-dæg
A day of fine weather, a fine day.
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A day of fine weather, a fine day. v. weder, I a Beorht sumor, wearme wederdagas, Exon. Th. 191, 30; Az. 96
ælmes-weorc
Alms-deed, work of charity
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Alms-deed, work of charity Ðæt wé úre synna béton mid fæstenum and mid gebedum and mid ælmesweorcum, Bl. H. 25, 17
bróðor-cwealm
Brother-murder, fratricide ⬩ fratricidium
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Brother-murder, fratricide; fratricidium Se me gemonige bróðorcwealmes who shall remind me of my fratricide, Cd. 49; Th. 63, 10; Gen. 1030
bryd
A drawing, drawing out ⬩ extractio
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A drawing, drawing out; extractio Mid wǽpnes bryde by the drawing of a weapon, L. Alf. pol. 38; Th. i. 86, 16
CLYWE
A clew ⬩ ball of thread or yarn ⬩ ball ⬩ globus ⬩ glomus
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A clew, ball of thread or yarn, ball; globus, glomus Clywe globus Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 66; Wrt. Voc. 59, 35
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cneów-sib
A race ⬩ generation ⬩ generatio
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A race, generation; generatio Cende cneówsibbe cénra manna he begot a race of brave men Cd. 161; Th. 200, 13; Exod. 356
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hleów-bord
A board which serves for covering or protection [the binding of a book]
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A board which serves for covering or protection [the binding of a book], Exon 107 a; Th. 408, 14; Rä. 27, 12
áre
Honour ⬩ honesty ⬩ favour ⬩ benefit ⬩ pity ⬩ mercy ⬩ honor ⬩ honestas ⬩ gratia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ misericordia
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Árna ne gýmden they had no regard of honour, 113; Th. 148, 20; Gen. 2459. Us is ðínra árna þearf to us is need of thy mercies, Exon. 11 b ; Th. 16, 19; Cri. 255. Árna gemyndig mindful of benefits, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 22; Gen. 2163: Beo.
Arewe
ARROW, the name of a river in several counties ⬩ fluvii nomen
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Arwan] the army [of the Danes] went then from London, with their ships, into the river Orwell [in Suffolk], Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 14.Gibson says of Orwell,—Hunc suspicor antiquitus fuisse pronunciatum Arwel, tum quod Saxonicum A sequentibus sæculis transiit
be-metan
To measure by ⬩ compare ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ metiri ⬩ commetiri ⬩ comparare ⬩ æstimare
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Ðæt hý ná siððan nánes anwealdes hý ne bemǽtan, ne nánes freódómes that afterwards they did not consider themselves [possessed] of any power, nor of any freedom 3, 7; Bos. 62, 11.
CǼG
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Gástes cǽgum [MS. cǽgon] with the keys of the spirit, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 11; Exod. 524. Cǽgan, Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 29; Rä. 43, 12
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DROSNA
Grounds, sediment, lees, dregs ⬩ fæx, fæces
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He gelǽdde me of fenne drosna eduxit me de luto fæcis, Ps. Spl. 39, 2. Of ðám drosnum from the dregs, Ps. Th. 39, 1. Hí druncon óþ ða drosna usque ad fæces bibērunt, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 45. Eles drosna dregs of oil; amurca = άμόργη, Ælfc.
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ECG
EDGE, a sharpness, blade, sword ⬩ ăcies, acūmen, glādius, ferrum
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Mid gryrum ecga with terrors of swords, 971; B. 483. Æscum and ecgum with spears and swords, 3548; B. 1772. Billa ecgum with edges of bills, Cd. 210; Th. 260, 14; Dan. 709