for-leógan
To lie greatly ⬩ belie ⬩ valde mentīri ⬩ ementīri
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Thes. ii. 102, 41
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be-swingan
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Th. i. 470, 25. Hí beswingað mé, 152, 9. Saulus beswang þá crístenan, 392, 1. Gif mon cierliscne mon unsynnigne beswinge, Ll. Th. i. 84, 3. Mid gierde mon bið beswungen, and mid stæfe hé bið áwreðed, Past. 125, 25. Wǽre þú tó-dæg beswuncgen?, Coll.
hæn-fugul
A hen
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C. 40; Th. ii. 164, 21. Gewurp tó sumum hen [hæn, MS. B.] fugule throw it to a hen, Herb. 4, 10; Lchdm. i. 92, 16.iiii hænfugulas four hens, Th. Chart. 509, 18. Ðǽr æfter swulten ða henne fugeles after that the hens died, Chr. 1130; Erl. 259, 25
twi-bóte
Needing double compensation
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Needing double compensation Se ðe stalaþ on Gehhol oþþe on Eástron oþþe on ðone Hálgan Ðunresdæg . . . ðara gehwelc wé willaþ sié twybóte, swá on (the offence in each of these cases) Lenctenfæsten, L. Alf. pol. 5 ; Th. i. 64, 25.
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æg-lǽca
A miserable being ⬩ wretch ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum
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A miserable being, wretch, monster; miser, perditus, monstrum Atol æglǽca the fell wretch, Beo. Th. 1188; B. 592 : Cd. 216; Th. 274, 28; Sat. 161: Andr. Kmbl. 2717; An. 1361
ge-sibsumnes
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Of þǽre offrunga þe man for gesibbsumnysse offrað de pacificorum hostiis, Lev. 7, 32. Þ wé úre gesibsumnesse and geþwǽrnesse fæstlícost ús betweónan healdon, Ll. Th. i. 246, 22. Add
of-lǽte
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Add Noldest þú ná ofrunga and ofláta (-an ?) náne sacrificium el oblationem noluisti, Ps. Th. 39, 6.
gita
Yet ⬩ still
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Yet, still Dóþ gieta swá yet do they so, Cd. 48; Th. 61, 7; Gen. 993. Gita yet, Bt. Met. Fox 23, 13; Met. 23, 7.
for-scrífan
to condemn ⬩ proscribe ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ proscrībĕre ⬩ to write ⬩ cut into ⬩ cut down ⬩ incīdĕre ⬩ succīdĕre
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to condemn, proscribe; condemnāre, proscrībĕre He ðæt scyldige werud forscrifen hefde he had proscribed the guilty host, Cd. 213 i Th. 267, 5; Sat. 33.
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ge-rádegian
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Add: ge-rádigian to arrange a matter Ðis ðe ic tó sibbe and tó gesehtnesse betweoh þám mynstre gerádigod (þe radi god, MS. ) hæbbe (cf. the title of the charter: De aquis et molendinis constitutio regis Eadgari), C. D. B. iii. 417, 5
cnotta
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Add: a knot, fastening Hét hé þone wer gebindan and ǽnne mæssepreóst . . . mid heardum cnottum samod, Hml. S. 29, 214. Unbindan þá fæstan cnottan synna, 10, 47. Hé unhand þá rápas and þá cnottan þára bænda, Gr.
cantic
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Cantic Deuteronomio, þæt is Adtende celum . . . óþrum dagum sý cantic gesungen, þæt is lofsang þe tó þám dæge belimpð, R. Ben. 38, 2-5. Þæne saltere mid gewunelican cantican, 44, 20. Singan þrý canticas of wítigena bócum, 35, 13. Add
glóf
GLOVE ⬩ chirothēca ⬩ χειρoθήκη
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Th. 4177; B. 2085. Glóf mantium? Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 118; Wrt. Voc. 25, 58. Wilfriþ cwæþ ðæt he forléte his twá glófan on ðam scipe Wilfrid said that he had left his two gloves in the ship, Guthl, 11; Gdwin. 54, 14, 9, title.
trem
a step
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a step Ic ðæt geháte ðæt ic heonon nelle fleón fótes trym I vow that I will not flee hence one footstep (cf. ðæt he nolde fleógan fótmǽl landes, 139, 57; By. 275), Byrht. Th. 138, 68; By. 247. Fótes trem, Beo. Th. 5044; B. 2525.
Linked entries: wiþ-tremman ægnetrem æncnetrym trym
án-ád
Solitude ⬩ a desert ⬩ solitudo ⬩ desertum
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Solitude, a desert; solitudo, desertum On ðam ánáde in the desert, Exon. 37a; Th. 122, 12; Gú. 304: 37b; Th. 123, 34; Gú. 327. On ánǽde in a desert, 122b; Th. 471, 22; Rä. 61, 5
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glæd
Gladness ⬩ joy
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Gladness, joy Swá missenlíce meahtig dryhten eallum dǽleþ sumum earfeþa dǽl sumum geógaþe glæd thus diversely does the mighty Lord allot to all, to one a share of troubles, to one the gladness of youth, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 14; Vy. 68; Perhaps here the
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bleó-bord
A coloured table on which games of chess are played ⬩ tabula colorata in qua prœlia latronum luduntur
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in war, to another skill at the table, cunning at the coloured board, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 20; Vy. 71
rǽd-bora
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Hé ( the Messiah ) biþ geháten wundorlíc, rǽdbora, strang God, Homl. Th. ii. 16, 7 : Dóm. L. 42, 38. Aðelwold ðe is mín rǽdbora a secretis noster Athelwoldus, Chart. Th. 241, 27 : Beo. Th. 2655; B. 1325. God næfþ nǽnne rǽdboran, Ælfc. T.
teóðung
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The word remains as the name of a local division in many of the southern counties, v. Stubbs' Const.
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æfesen
Pasturage ⬩ the charge for pigs going into the wood to fatten on acorns ⬩ pasnagium ⬩ pretium propter porcos in quercetum admissos
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Pasturage, the charge for pigs going into the wood to fatten on acorns; pasnagium, pretium propter porcos in quercetum admissos Gif mon níme æfesne on swínum if [a man] any one take pasturage on swine, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 18
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