earhlíce
Fearfully, timidly, disgracefully, basely ⬩ trepĭde, remisse, ignāve, turpĭter
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Hí hine earhlíce ofslógon they basely slew him, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 9
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sibsumness
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Chr. 860; Erl. 70, 34. Lufa sibsumnysse and geþwǽrnysse, Wulfst. 247, 1
scín-líc
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Of the nature of an apparition, phantasmal Suoefno and næhta scínelíco sompnia et noxia fantasmata (the glosser seems to have read noctes fantasmaticae? ), Rtl. 180, 16
un-befohten
Unfought ⬩ unopposed
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Unfought, unopposed Ðá wénde se here ... ðæt hié mehten faran unbefohtene ðǽr ðǽr hié wolden, Chr. 911; Erl. 100, 23: Byrht. Th. 133, 28; By. 57
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un-fulworht
Unfinished ⬩ uncompleted ⬩ imperfect
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Unfinished, uncompleted, imperfect Ða ðe ... swá hwylce bysiga swá hý on handa hæfdan unfulworhte lǽtaþ ex occupatis manibus quod agebant inperfectum relinquentes, R. Ben. 20, 3
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wyll
Wool
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Wool Ða wylle and ða horna hý dóð heom tó nytnysse lanam et cornua in usum suum convertunt, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 31
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dracu
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Trouble, affliction Eal hit is for synnum and gyt weorþeð máre, þæs þe béc secgað, wracu (dracu, v. l. ) and gedrecednes, Wlfst. 91, 7. v. dreccan
geár-geriht
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Þæt wé eal gelǽstan on geárgerihtan þæt úre yldran hwílum ǽr Gode behétan; ðæt is sulhælmessan and Rómpenegas and cyricsceattas and leóhtgescota, Wlfst, 113, 9. Add
ge-laured
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Substitute: Mixed with the juice or blossom of laurel Dó spátl tó and gelauredne ele, ꝥ is laures seáw oððe blóstman gemenged, Lch. ii. 226, 2
hand-hwíl
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Tídum and handhwílum horis et momentis, Hy. S. 145, 5
hlútorlic-ness
Sincerity ⬩ purity
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Sincerity, purity Syþþan hí þá hlúttorlicnysse his módes and þá clǽnnysse his lífes ongeáton probantes vitae illius sinceritatem et serenae mentis modestiam, Guth. Gr. 111, 84
maga
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Hé cuæð ðæt gé móston drincan ge-wealden wínes for eówres magan mettrymnesse modico vino utere propter stomachum et frequentes tuas infirmitates, Past. 319, 7. Add
weg-farende
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Add: -farend, es; m. A wayfarer Úre dagas gewítað swá swá wegfarende menn, Hml. S. 28, 154. Hí begunnon tó áxienne æt óþrum wegfarendum, 31, 992
wǽpned-hád
The male sex
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The male sex Swá hwæt swá wǽpnedhádes beó ácenned quidquid masculini sexus natum fuerit, Ex. 1, 22: Num. 1, 2. Ærfeweard wépnedhádes, Chart. Th. 483, 17
wǽpen-strǽl
An arrow to be used as a weapon
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An arrow to be used as a weapon Synd mé manna bearn mihtigum tóðum wǽpenstrǽlas filii hominum dentes eorum arma et sagittae, Ps. Th. 56, 5
Hǽðfeld
Hatfield in Hertfordshire
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Hatfield in Hertfordshire Hér gesæt Þeodorius ærcebiscop senoþ on Hǽðfelda in this year archbishop Theodore presided over a synod at Hatfield, Chr. 680; Erl. 40, 11
hearp-slege
A striking, playing of the harp ⬩ striking the harp
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A striking, playing of the harp On hearpan and on hearpslege and on stefne sealmcwides in cithara, in cithara et voce psalmi, Ps. Lamb. 97, 5
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ofer-ealdormann
A chief officer
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A chief officer Hé wæs hyre þéna hire húses and hire geférscipes oferealdormann erat primus ministrorum et princeps domus ejus, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 22
on-ǽht
Possession
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Possession Ic sellu ðé þeóde erfeweardnisse ðíne and onǽhte ðíne gemǽru eorþan dabo tibi gentes hereditatem tuam et possessionem luam terminos terrae, Ps. Surt. 2, 8
Coshám
COSHAM or CORSHAM ⬩ Wilts ⬩ loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
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COSHAM or CORSHAM, Wilts; loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Læg se cyng seóc æt Coshám the king lay sick at Corsham Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 13