swaru
swearing, oath,
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C. tit. 34; Th. ii. 130, 24) swaru. [Mid false sware, O.E. Homl. ii. 259, 35. Of alle sunnen . . . of sum uals word, of sware, A.R. 344, 3. He sahtnesse mid sware (treoðe, 1st MS.) hadde ifastned, Laym. 10893.]
be-sprecan
mention ⬩ to claim ⬩ To complain of ⬩ blame ⬩ To complain
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For hwí besprecað nú men þás crístnan tída, and secgað þæt nú wyrsan tída sién ?
nú
Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when
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Ðonne is nú tó geþencenne on ðás hálgan tíd, nú wé úrne líchoman clǽnsiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 39, 1. Nú ic sceal geendian earmlícum deáþe, nú wolde ic gebétan, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 205.
hrycg-hǽr
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Hair on the back of an animal Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemestan on síðfæte bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð if you have with you on a journey hairs from a wolf's back and from the tip of its
á-lísness
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His álýsnesse of his earfoðum, 22, arg. as a religious term, redemption Þǽre tíde neálǽhte úre álésnesse, Bl. H. 77, 14. Tó écre álýsnesse, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 462, 12. Heora álýsnesse of heora scyldum æfter fulluhte, Ps.
blód-læswu
Blood-letting
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Frægn hé hwonne hyre blódlǽs (-lǽswu, v. l.) ǽrest wǽre . . . þæt þǽre tíde blód-lǽs (-lǽsewu, -lǽswu, v. ll.) wǽre frecenlic, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 563, 10-564, 11. On þǽre blódlǽs(e) (-lǽswe, v. l.), Sch. 563, 3. Hú mon scyle blódlǽse forgán.
fæstnes
stability ⬩ tenacity ⬩ resolution ⬩ vigour ⬩ firmness
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Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 14-35), Ors. 1, 2 tit.; Th. 513, 4
feórþling
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Syx tída wyrcað ánne fýrðling, and feówer fýrðlingas wyrcað ánne dæg, Angl. viii. 318, 47. Dele 'feórþung, e; f. . . . example,' and last two examples, and add
ge-mǽrian
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Léhtes singal tído gelimplicum gimaerende lucis diurna tempora successibus diterminans, Rtl. 164, 38.
in
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Lǽran þæt hié sylfra betweónum freóndrǽdenne gelǽston in hira lífes tíd, El. 1209. without prep. In ealle tíd all the time, Ph. 77: Edw. 32
dógor-rím
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Number of days, time of life; diērum numĕrus, vitæ spătium Óþ-ðæt ende cymeþ dógorrímes till the end of the number of days cometh, Exon. 62 b; Th. 231, 6; Ph. 485. Náne forlét deáþ dógorríme death lets none escape after a number of days, Bt. Met.
circul
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On þissum circulum ǽrest stent se circul þe gebyrað tó þǽre lengtenlican tíde, 328, 44-7. v. getæl-, tácn-circul
þing-gemearc
Measuring (time) by events
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Measuring (time) by events (?
BEORHT
BRIGHT ⬩ light ⬩ clear ⬩ lucid ⬩ splendid ⬩ excellent ⬩ splendidus ⬩ lucidus ⬩ coruscus ⬩ clarus ⬩ formosus ⬩ bright ⬩ brilliant ⬩ magnificent ⬩ noble ⬩ glorious ⬩ sublime ⬩ divine ⬩ holy ⬩ clarus ⬩ præclarus ⬩ eximius ⬩ augustus ⬩ divus ⬩ sanctus
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Easter-time, on that bright day Exon. 48 b; Th. 168, 17; Gú. 1079.
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Geóhel-dæg
Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide
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Yule-day, a day at Yule-tide On ðone forman dæig on geáre ðæt is on ðone ǽrestan geóheldæig eall cristen folc worðiaþ cristes acennednesse on the first day of the year, that is, on the first day of Yule all christian folk honour Christ's birth
un-gelícness
Difference ⬩ dissimilarity ⬩ diversity
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Difference, dissimilarity, diversity Ic cwæð ðæt ǽghwelc mon wǽre óðrum gelíc ácenned, ac sió ungelícnes hiera earnunga hié tíhð sume behindan sume ...
ge-blót
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Hé hét dón tó geblóte ealle þá cuman þe hiene gesóhtan, Ors. 1, 8 tit. ; S. 1. 20. Add: —
tigel-stán
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A tile, pan-tile Tigelstán imbrex, Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 50
fierst
A space of time ⬩ time ⬩ tempŏris spătium ⬩ tempus
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A space of time, time; tempŏris spătium, tempus Forgif ðú me fierst and ongiet give me time and understanding, Exon. 118a; Th. 453, 28; Hy. 4, 21
unriht-hǽman
To cohabit unlawfully ⬩ to commit adultery or fornication
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C. 17, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 29