þanc-word
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A word of thanks Swá scríþende hweorfaþ gleómen, þearfe secgaþ, þoncword sprecaþ, simle sumne gemétaþ geofum unhneáwne, Exon. Th. 326, 32; Víd. 137
ge-pós
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and add Swá byð se ealda man ceald and snoflig; flegmata ꝥ byð hráca oððe geposu, deriað þám ealdan, Angl. viii. 299, 36
hláf-gebrece
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A fragment of bread Hé his cristallum cynnum sendeð swylc swá hláfgebrece mittit crystallum suum sicut frusta panis, Ps. Th. 147, 6. Substitute:
nytlicness
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Add: profit, advantage Swá ꝥ hit sí for micelre nyttlicnesse (magnae utilitatis) ꝥ hyra weorc forholen beón ne magon, Gr. D. 61, 10
wéding
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Benedictus lǽrde ꝥ hé scolde gestillan fram þǽre wédunge and ungewittignesse swá mycelre wælhreównysse ( a tantae crudelitatis insaniae), Gr. D. 164, 27. Add
syl-weg
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A miry way (?) On sylweg; andlang weges on ða hǽðihtan leáge, and swá on ðæt fúle slóh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 262, 22
ge-dihtan
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Add: (i) to direct, order, give direction to a person (dat.) Wíse menn hit áfunden þurh þone hálgan wísdóm, swá heom God gedihte, Lch. iii. 154, 7. Án scyp þe Godd sylf gedihte Nóe to wyrcaune, Wlfst. 10, 10. (l a) with acc. of direction, to give a direction
BLÓWAN
to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossom ⬩ florere, efflorere, reflorere ⬩ to be in full vigour or bloom ⬩ to burst, blossom
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to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossom; florere, efflorere, reflorere Wudu sceal blǽdum blówan the wood shall blow with flowers, Menol. Fox 527; Gn. C. 34: Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 6; Rä. 35, 9. Wæs Aarones gyrd gemétt blówende and berende hnyte Aaron's rod
andgit-fullíc
Fully or clearly understood ⬩ intelligible ⬩ omnino intellectus ⬩ intelligibilis
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Fully or clearly understood, intelligible; omnino intellectus, intelligibilis Ǽlc stemn is oððe andgitfullíc oððe gemenged. Andgitfullíc stemn is ðe mid andgite biþ geclypod, swá swá is, Ic hérige ða wǽpnu, and ðone wer arma virumque cano, — every voice
axe
Ash ⬩ ashes ⬩ cinis
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Ash, ashes; cinis Swá swá dust oððe axe as dust or ashes, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 9: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 211; Met. 20, 106. On ðære stówe ðe man ða axan gít in loco in quo cineres effundi solent, Lev. 1, 16. Bearwas wurdon to axan and to ýslan the groves became
lǽce-feoh
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A physician's fee, money paid to a doctor Swá hwylc man swá óðrum wonwlite ongewyrce forgylde him ðone womwlite and his weorc wyrce óþ ðæt seó wund hál sig and ðæt lǽcefeoh ðam lǽce gylde, quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem inflixerit, emendet ei vulnus
mundian
to protect ⬩ shelter ⬩ guard ⬩ To act as guardian
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to protect, shelter, guard Se ðe ðé mundaþ swá swá fæder, Homl. Th. i. 274, 6: Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 28; Gú. 231. Baldwine geaf Ælfgife wununge on Bricge and hé hí mundode and heóld da hwíle ðe heó ðǽr wæs, Chr. 1037; Erl. 167, 4. Cristenum cyninge gebyreþ
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níd-scyld
Bounden duty
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Bounden duty Sóna swá hé tó ðære áre cymþ, swá þyncþ him ðæt se hié him niédscylde sceolde se se hié him sealde as soon as he comes to the honour, it seems to him that he who gave it him was bound to grant it as a matter of right; repente perveniens
þilian
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to plank, lay planks as in making a bridge Ðá hét Maxentius oferbricgian ða eá eal mid scipum, and syððan ðylian swá swá óðre bricge, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 22. Tó þilianne plancas ponere, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 659, 33. Tó þillianne, 5, 8, 10, 14. Tó þelliene
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ymb-licgan
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to lie round, surround, encompass Ealne ðisne ymbhwyrft ðises middangeardes, swá swá Oceanus útan ymbligeþ orbem totius terrae, Oceani limbo circumseptum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt 8, 2. Seó líne ðe wile xxxiii síða ealne eorðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Salm.
arodlíce
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Hé síðode arodlíce tó ðǽre dúne, Hml. Th. ii. 60, 22. Heó ardlíce fǽrde, Hml. S. 2, 35. Swá hwæt swá þín hand mage wyrcan, wyrce arudlíce (ard-, v. l.) (instanter ), Gr. D. 327, 26. Ongunnon þá wyrhtan ardlíce ( instanter ) biddan heom metes, 251, 18
clerc-hád
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Add: the state of a secular clerk Ðá ðe clerichádes synd and munuchádes wilniað clericorum si qui monasterio sociari voluerint, R. Ben. 106, 13. Swá sácerdhádes swá clerichádes sacerdotum vel clericorum, 110, 8. Clerocháde cleratis (ab clericatus gradu
éþian
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Se gást éþað (spirat) þǽr hé wile, Gr. D. 146, 12. Oeðað (ocðiga, R.) spirat, Jn. L. 3, 8. Swá swá se man swelteþ, swí swylteþ eác þá nýtenu, and gelíce hí ealle éþiað (spirant), Gr. D. 264, 20. Þonne þá wyrmas éðedon, þonne eóde him of þý múðe mid þý
freó-bearn
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Add: of human beings Hié ( the descendants of Abraham ) gesittað be sǽm tweónum ... leóde þíne, freóbearn fæder, folca sélost, Exod. 445. Abraham andswarode '... Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum,' Gen. 2182. of Christ Háligne Gást swá écne swá Fæder
land-gemǽre
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Landgemǽres territorii An. Ox. 844. Nú hæbbe wé scortlíce gesǽd ymbe Asia londgemǽro ; nú wille wé ymbe Europe londgemǽre (e altered to o) áreccean swá micel swá wé hit fyrmest witon, Ors. i, I ; S. 14, 26-28. Hé on Rómána londgemǽro hergeade cum oram