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treów-bytt

(n.)
Grammar
treów-bytt, (?), e; f.
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= treów-, cf. trýwen byt fiasco, 149, 33), eadem et fiascones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 78

wíte-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-weorþ, wíte-wirþe; adj.
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Punishable, liable to punishment Nú ꝥ unnytte word bið wítewyrðe (wítes wyrðe, v.l. poenalis) þe bútan níðe byð, Gr. D. 208, 8

féþre

(adj.)
Grammar
féþre, adj.

Laden ⬩ loaded

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Laden, loaded Sélre byð oft féðre þænne oferféðre better is often loaded than overloaded; meliora plura quam gravia honera fiunt, Angl. ii. 373

Linked entries: ofer-féþre fóþer

ofer-tredan

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Flíhð ǽlc hors áfǽred ðurh ðá ylpas, and gif him hwá wiðstent hé byð sóna ofertreden (oftreden, v. l. ], Hex. 16, 14. Add

wórung

(n.)
Grammar
wórung, e; f.
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Wandering, rambling Ys se syxta heáfodleahter gecweden sleacnes . . . of þǽre byð ácenned . . . unstaþolfæstnes stówe and wórung of stówe tó stówe, Verc. Först. 178

drop-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
drop-mǽlum, adv.

By drops, drop by drop ⬩ guttātim

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By drops, drop by drop; guttātim Yrnþ dropmǽlum swíðe hluttor wæter very clear water runs drop by drop, Homl. Th. i. 508, 34. v, mǽl III

ge-wriþenness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wriþenness, e; f.
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Binding, condition of being bound up Þǽr byð þearf tó fæstere gewriðennysse there will be need for firmer binding, Lch. i. 370, 20

Linked entry: -wriþenness

Wódnes-dæg

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On Wodnesdæg, þe byð caput ieiunii, bisceopas áscádað út of cyrican . . . þá þe on openlican synnan hý sylfe forgyltan, Wlfst. 104, 9. Add

mód-geþanc

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Add: mind, thoughts Þ mæg se mon begytan, sé þe his módgeðanc æltowe byþ, Gr. D. 2, 5.

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, to sharpen.
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Ísen mid ísene byð gescyrped and mann scyrpð (exacuit) ansýne freónd(es) his, Scint. 205, 4. Hig scerptan exacuerunt, Ps. L. 63, 4. Add

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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sulling Aliquam terrae partiunculam, hoc est duarum manentium ... ritu Cantiae án sulung dictum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 249, 19. Terrae particula duarum manentium, id est, án sulung, 250, 8. Yc gean intó Cristes cyrican on Cantwarabyrig ðæs landes æt Holungaburnan

Linked entry: swulung

á-blissian

(v.)
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to moke glad God ne byð nǽfre geblissod (áblissod, v. l.) mid earmra manna cwale Deus miserorum cruciatu non parcitur Gr. D. 335, 14

fiþerling

(n.)
Grammar
fiþerling, es; m.

A quarter

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A quarter Quadrans, ꝥ ys fyðerlinc . . . quadrans byð se feórða dǽl þǽra þinga þe man mæg rihtlíce tðdǽlan on feówer, Angl. Viii. 298, 10

glæd-scipe

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Þæt wé magon cuman tó þám eásterlican dæge þe aa byð mid fullum glædscipe and wynsumnysse and écere blisse, Angl. viii. 323, 40. Add

deorc-full

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Mt. 6, 23 : Lk. 11. 34) byð, Scint. 187, 14

here-bróga

(n.)
Grammar
here-bróga, an; m.

The terror produced by an army or by war,

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The terror produced by an army or by war, Beo. Th. 928; B. 462

un-geclǽnsod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geclǽnsod, adj.

Uncleansed ⬩ unpurifed

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Uncleansed, unpurifed Swá hwá swá ungeclǽnsod byð, hé gefrét ðæs fýres ǽðm, Homl. Th. i. 616, 23: L. E. I. 44; Th. ii. 440, 21

Linked entry: un-clǽnsod

un-tódállíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tódállíc, (-dǽl-); adj.

Indivisible ⬩ inseparable

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Indivisible, inseparable Tódǽl ða twá, ðonne byð án tó láfe; ðæt ys untódállíc, Anglia viii. 318, 30. Untódǽllícre[ro] inseparabili, indivisibili, Hpt. Gl. 430, 50

Linked entry: tó-dállíc

ge-betron

(adj.)
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witon wel hwæt byð lamentum, Angl. viii. 313, 12

Linked entry: betera

for-glendrad

(v.)
Grammar
for-glendrad, for-glendran.

To devour ⬩ consume

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Forglendrad conglutinatus (confounded by glosser with glutitus?), Ps. L. 43, 25. ¶ forglendred (-end? a voracious person; lurco?) serviunculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 49. Substitute:

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