morþor
murder ⬩ mortal sin ⬩ great wickedness ⬩ torment ⬩ deadly injury ⬩ great misery
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Draca morþre swealt the dragon perished by the sword, Beo. Th. 1789; B. 892. Ic on morþor ofslóh minra sumne hyldemága, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 32; Gen. 1093. Morþor sceal mon under eorþan befeolan, ðe hit forhelan þenceþ, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 23; Gn.
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ge-mang
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J 64, 4. of the relation of anything in a local group to the other members of the group, although these do not actually surround it Zosimus hine sylfne tó fulfremednysse áþenede gemang þám emnwyrhtum. Hml. S. 23 b, 97.
ge-mǽre
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A border, margin, coast Tó ðǽm gemǽrum ad oras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 52. in the case of a country or district. frontier, border, (by the sea) coast -Þá brycge þe æt þǽm gemǽre wæs, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 78, 15.
deáþ
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Tó þon écan deáþe, 61, 8. cause or occasion of death (as in to be the death of a person) Eálá deáþ, ic beó þín deáþ, Bl.
manig-feald
Manifold ⬩ multifarious ⬩ of many kinds ⬩ various ⬩ consisting of many parts ⬩ complex ⬩ Manifold ⬩ numerous ⬩ abundant ⬩ plural
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Th. 67, 17. Ys mænigfeald multiplicata est, 118, 69. Ðes pistol is swíðe menigfeald ús tó gereccenne this epistle is very complex for us to expound. Homl. Th. i. 448, 7. Ús þincþ tó manigfeald ðæt wé swíðor ymbe ðis sprecon. Lchdm. iii. 276, 8.
stingan
to thrust something into ⬩ to thrust one's self into the affairs of another ⬩ to prick with something, to sting, stab, pierce
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I. prm.; Th. ii. 398, 19
díc
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Hé hét delfan þá eorðan swá ꝥ hors urnon embe ꝥ hús þurh þá dígelan díca, Hml. S. 27, 39. an earthwork with a trench Gihaðrigað ðec fióndas ðíne mið díce (dícg, L.) circumdabunt te inimici tui uallo, Lk. R. 19, 43.
full-gán
to follow a profession ⬩ carry on an office ⬩ apply oneself to ⬩ practise a habit ⬩ to give effect to ⬩ carry out ⬩ to execute a command, task ⬩ do a person's will
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Th. 23, 4. to execute a command, task, c., do a person's will Ǽlc wuht his rihtgesetnesse fuleóde bútan menn ánum, Bt. 5, 3; F. 12, 9.
land
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Storm landu (arua) forhwyrfð, 51, 17. (1 a) land attached to a dwelling and in contrast with it :-- Benedictus wunode uppon lande Benedict was out in the fields of the monastery Gr. D. 165, 14. Sé þe on londe sý he that is in the field Mt.
and
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Th. i. 426, 30. Ðá ábæd his fóstormódor án hridder, and tóbærst on emtwá, ii. 154, 16. where the object of the second is that of the first, but is not expressed Hér Æþelburg tówearp Tántún and (þe, þone, v. ll. ).
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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beadu-róf
War-renowned ⬩ bold in war ⬩ in pugna strenuus
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War-renowned, bold in war; in pugna strenuus Beadurófes beácn a beacon of the war-renowned, Beo. Th. 6301; B. 3161. He hǽlo and frófre beadurófum abeád he offered safety and comfort to the bold in war, Andr. Kmbl. 191; An. 96
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byrigan
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To bury; sepelire Alýf me ǽrest byrigan mínne fæder permitte mihi primum sepelire patrem meum, Lk. Bos. 9, 59 : 9, 60: Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 21: Hy. 10, 29; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 29: Nicod. 21; Thw. 10, 30: 21; Thw. 11. 4
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eótenisc
Belonging to or made by a giant, giant ⬩ giganteus, a gigante factus
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Belonging to or made by a giant, giant; giganteus, a gigante factus Geseah ðá eald sweord eótenisc then he saw an old giant sword. Beo. Th. 3120; B. 1558. Ætbær eald sweord eótonisc bore away the old giant sword, 5225 ; B. 2616
Finchamstede
FINCHAMPSTEAD, Berkshire
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FINCHAMPSTEAD, Berkshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi Ðises geáres to ðan sumeran, innan Barrucscíre æt Finchamstæde, án mere blód weóll in the summer of this year [A.
hungor-geár
A year of famine
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A year of famine Ðá hæfde se hálga wer gedǽled ðæs mynstres þing hafenleásum mannum for ðam hungergeáre the saint had distributed the provisions of the monastery to indigent men on account of the year of famine, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 20
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mǽl-mete
Food to eat
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Food to eat Ne biþ ðec mǽlmete nymþe mores græs no food shall there be for thee but the grass of the moor. Cd. 203; Th. 252, 7; Dan. 575. [Grein, quoting Dietrich, would read mǽl méte ( = obvius), v. Hpt. Zeitsch. x. 358.]
næs-gristle
the gristle or cartilage of the nose
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the gristle or cartilage of the nose Naesgristlae cartilago, Ep. Gl. 7 b, 5. Naesgristle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 45. Næsgristle, 13, 10. [Þe laðe helle wurmes þe freoteð ham ut te ehnen ant to nease gristles, O. E, Homl. i. 251, 16.]
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preóst-scír
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The district in which a priest exercises his duties, a parish Ne spane nán mæssepreóst nánne mon of óðre cyrcean hýrnysse tó his cyrcan, ne of óðre preóstscýre lǽre, ðæt nton hys cyrcan geséce, L. E. I. 14; Th. ii. 410, 31
rǽd-mægen
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, force that is productive of good or abundant good (?), cf. lof-mægen (v. rǽd, IV) Ðá wæs wæstmum áweaht world onspreht ... rǽdmægne oferþeaht the world was aroused to fruitful life, and overspread by productive force, Exon. Th. 353, 10; Reim. 10