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teld

(n.)
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teld, es; n.

A tent, pavilion; left still in tilt of a cart

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[And Alfríc biscop I biqueðe míne teld and mín bedreáf þat ic best hauede út on mí fare mid mé, Chart. Th. 566, 32.]

þurh-sleán

(v.)

to smite through ⬩ strike through ⬩ to smite

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Skt. i. 12, 235. Ðá wearð heó mid micelre sárnysse ðurhslegen, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 21. to smite Ic ðerhslǽ ł hríno ðone hiorde percutiam pastorem, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 27. [O. Frs. thruch-slá: O. H. Ger. durh-slahan percutere, pulsare.]

þreó-teóða

(num.; adj.)
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þreó-teóða, þreotteóða

thirteenth

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Paulus is se ðreotteóða ðyses heápes, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 30. Seó ðreotteóðe mǽigð, i. 396, 4. On ðære þrytteóðan wucan, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 20 rubc. On ðæm þreóteóðon geáre, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 33. Þrytteóðan, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 272

wídness

(n.)
Grammar
wídness, e ; f.
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Th. ii. 578, 10-13

clam

(n.)
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Dryhten gescylde ús wiþ þá écan clammas, Wlfst. 226, 9. a bond, pledge Clam oððe wed clasma (v. mál in Dict. ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 2

cipp

(n.)
Grammar
cipp, es; n.? Substitute: <b>cipp,</b> es; m.
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Voc. i. 15, 7. a weaver's beam Hé sceal habban . . . wulcamb, cip, Angl. ix. 263, 13

ealu-scóp

(n.)
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One who recites poetry where there is drinking Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig preóst ne beó ealuscop ne on ǽnige wísan glíwige mid him sylfum oþ[þe mid] óðrum mannum, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 15. Gif preóst oferdruncem lufige, oþþe glíman oþþe ealascop wurðe, 296, 12.

fǽman

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Add: of fluids, when boiling Wyl wæter on croccan, dó hunig on, fleót simle ꝥ fám of oþ hit nelle má fǽman, Lch. ii. 104, 20.

ge-hlot

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Alexander nobis prodidit, diis ipsis mutis et surdis, in potestate antistitis quid velit fingere Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 126, 33

ge-síclian

(v.)
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D. iv. 57, 4

ge-tot

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Th. ii. 52, 7. Add

ge-wénan

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Th. ii. 340, 6

gód-dǽd

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Þeáw is ꝥ hi æfæstiað óþra manna góddǽda mos est invidere aliis virtutis bonum, 117, 5. a benefit; Ps. Th. 77, 13

hryscan

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Mid hrýscendum þearma strengum argutis (i. stridolis) fibrarum fidibus, 5006

íþ-hilde

(adj.)
Grammar
íþ-hilde, adj.
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Take here examples given under éþ-hylde in Dict., and add Éþhelde vel fulhealden contentus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 1. Ná his éðhylde weldǽde non suo contentus officio, Scint. 133, 3.

Linked entry: eáþ-hylde

letting

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Add: [In the passages from Lch. iii. letting glosses impeditio] : hindering, hinderance, impediment Hí ealle þyder inn onfangene wǽron bútan ǽlcere lettinge, þá wæs ic ána út ásceofen, Hml. S. 23 b, 414. Lættinge, 407.

sárigness

(n.)
Grammar
sárigness, e; f.

Sadness

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Skt. i. 23, 102. Hé hig funde slǽpende for unrótnesse (later MS. sárignesse) dormientes prae tristitiam, Lk. Skt. 22, 45. Tristicia þet is þissere worlde sarinesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 22.

wel-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
wel-hwǽr, adv.

Everywhere ⬩ generally ⬩ commonly

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Voc. ii. 67, 22: vulgo 79, 36. Unriht gewuna welhwǽr is árisen Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 33. Swǽ gelǽrede biscepas, swǽ swǽ welhwǽr (well-, Cott. MSS.) siendon Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 4. Wæs wíde and welhwǽr Waldendes lof áfylled Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 11.

Linked entry: wel-gehwǽr

hand-seax

(n.)
Grammar
hand-seax, es; n.

A short sword, dagger ⬩ a short sword, dirk

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Hæfdon handseax on heora handa habentes in manibus vomeres, 5, 13; S. 633, 16. Godes engel stód mid handsexe God's angel stood with a dagger, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 17.

heáfod-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-burh, gen. -burge; f.

Chief town, capital, metropolis ⬩ metropolis

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Chief town, capital, metropolis Forgeaf him wununge on Cantwarebyrig, seó wæs ealles his ríces heáfodburh he gave him a dwelling in Canterbury, that was the chief town of all his kingdom, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 31.