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scripp

(n.)
Grammar
scripp, es; n. (?)

A scrip ⬩ bag

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A scrip, bag Petrus forlét lytle þing, scripp and net, ac hé forlét ealle þing, ðá ðá hé for Godes lufon nán þing habban nolde, Homl. Th. i 394, 7

sib-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
sib-cwide, es ; m.

A speech professing peace and friendliness ⬩ fair words

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A speech professing peace and friendliness, fair words Ða leásan men, ða ðe mid fungan treówa gehátaþ fægerum wordum . . . hafaþ on gehátum hunigsmæccas, sméðne sybcwide, Fragm. Kmbl. 54; Leás. 29

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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a foundation (lit. or fig.) (cf. staddle the bottom of a hay-stack, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. 15, 19) Staþol fundamen, Wrt. Voc. ii, 152, 15. Se fruma and se staþol eallra góda ðe of him cumaþ, Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 4. Biþ Drihten úre se trumesta staþol, Blickl

Linked entry: scaþel

ge-stíran

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Take here ge-steoran, ge-stióran, ge-stiéran, ge-stýran in Dict., and add: I. to guide, direct a person Meaht þú Adame gestyran . . . and he þínum wordum getrýwð, Gen. 568. Higo ðín rumlíce bihalda . . . "þte beodum sié gisteóred familiam tuam pro-pitius

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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a pledge, what is given as security Wed vel álǽned feoh pignus, gylden wed vel feoh arra, wed vel wedlác arrabona vel arrabo, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 5-7. Wed pignus, ii. 82, 25. Þeós gerýnu is wedd and híw; Cristes líchama is sóðfæstnyss. Ðis wed wé healdaþ

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

gearo

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Add: in a state of preparation, so as to be capable of immediately performing (or becoming the object of) such action as is implied or expressed by the context Symle hý Gúðlác gearone fundon Gú. 885. Beó gé gearwe (gearua, L., parati ), Mt. 24, 44. Þá

heáfod

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Add: A head Heáfod caput, heáfud cephal, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 40, 41. the head of a living creature. of a human being Bróht wæs heáfud (-od, L. ) his on disce, Mt. R. 14, 11. Þeáh him mon sleá mid sweorde wiþ þæs heáfdes though one strike at his head with

a-sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sprecan, p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon ; pp. -sprecen [a, sprecan]

To speak out ⬩ speak ⬩ eloqui ⬩ loqui

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To speak out, speak; eloqui, loqui Hwylc mæg ǽfre mihta Drihtnes asprecan and aspyrian quis loquetur potentias Domini? Ps: Th. 105, 2. Ðú asprǽce locutus es, 59, 5 : 58, 12: 73, 21

Linked entry: sprecan

hwæs

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæs, adj.

Sharp ⬩ keen

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Sharp, keen Hí hwæsne beág ymb mín heáfod heardne gebýgdon they encircled my head with a crown sharp and hard [the crown of thorns], Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 23; Cri. 1444

in-heord

(n.)
Grammar
in-heord, e ; f.
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A herd belonging to the lord and kept on his estate Ǽhteswáne ðe inheorde healt gebyreþ ... servo porcario, qui dominicum gregem curie custodit, pertinet .... L. R. S. 7 ; Th. i. 436, 22

letanía

(n.)
Grammar
letanía, an; also with pl. -as; m.

A litany

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A litany Ðæt hé ðysne letanían sungan quia hanc litaniam modularentur, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 24. Mid reliquium and mid letanían, Wulfst. 170, 18. Cristes folc mǽrsiaþ letanías, Shrn. 79, 28

mis-bysnian

(v.)
Grammar
mis-bysnian, p. ode

To set a bad example

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To set a bad example Gif ða láreówas wel tǽcaþ and wel bysniaþ ðonne beóþ hí gehealdene; gif hí mistǽcaþ, oððe misbysniaþ, hí forpǽraþ hí sylfe, Homl. Th. ii. 50, 3-5

mód-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
mód-cræft, es; m.

Mental power or skill

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Mental power or skill Da ðe snyttro mid eów and módcræft habben, Elen. Kmbl. 815; El. 408. Módcræfte séc þurh sefan snyttro ðæt ðú wite. Exon. 14a; Th. 28, 4; Cri. 441

ge-neát-land

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát-land, es; n.

Land granted for services or rent

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Land granted for services or rent Ǽgðer ge of ðegnes inlande ge of geneát-lande both from a thane's inland and from 'geneát-land,' L. Eádg. 1, 1; Th. i. 262, 8

borh-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
borh-fæst, adj.
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Bound by the giving of security Wolde he gedón ꝥ ic him wære borhfæst . . . and ætfæste hé mé míne efenþeówene [the marriage would be security for continued service], Hml. A. 203, 254

be-swemman

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To wash an animal by sending it into the water þeáh swín beswemde weorðen, þonne sleáð hí eft on ðá solu and bewealwiað hí þǽron (sus lota reversa in volutabro luti). Add:

broc

(n.)
Grammar
broc, l. brocc,

a badger

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a badger, Brocc taculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 78. in local names :-- Agrum eni uo cabulum est brochyl, C. D. i. 97 13. Brocceshám ðes dennes nama, ii. 74, l. and add

ge-réþre

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-réþre, adj.
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Constant Hé bið simle ryhtes geðeahtes geðafa, for ðǽm hé bid suíðe arod and sutðe geréðre on ryhtum weorcum dttm rectis persuasionibus acqutescit, constanter se in bono opere dirigit, Past. 306, 15

ge-sceád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sceád, adj.
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reasonable, discreet, prudent Hí setton him ǽnne wícnere getreówne and swíðe gesceádne, Hml. S. 23, 217. Þá ne beóð ná wíse ne gescáde þe Godé nellað hýran, Ll. Th. i. 334, 5

ge-stedigian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stedigian, p. od
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To bring to a standstill Férde se hálga wer . . . þá gehýrde hé feorran fǽrlíce hreám wépendre meniu, and hé wearð þá gestedegod befrínende geome hwæt ꝥ fǽrlices ware, Hml. S. 31, 242

Linked entry: stedigian