sulh-gang
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A plough-gang (pleuch-, plough-gang as much land as can be properly tilled by one plough, Jamieson's Dict. See too pleuch-gate, ib.
un-sweotol
Not evident ⬩ not to be seen ⬩ not discernible
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Not evident, not to be seen, not discernible Nán ðara gesceafta ne mæg bión búton óþerre, ðeáh hió unsweotol sié on ðære óþerre, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 26. Ne mæg hira ǽnig bútan óþrum bión, þeáh hí unsweotole ( or adv.? ) somod eardien, Met. 20, 146
Linked entry: sweotol
wer-tihtle
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An accusation where the crime of which a person is accused involves the payment of the wer; the crime itself Be wertyhtlan. Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4
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wyrþen
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Perhaps wyrþenna should be taken as a gloss to occas, v. wyrþing), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 57: 52, 20. v. preceding word (?)
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wróht-georn
Quarrelsome ⬩ contentious ⬩ eager for strife,
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Hé be ðæm wróhtgeornan secgean wolde quomodo admonendi qui jurgia serunt, et pacifici. . . . Quem seminantem jurgia dicere voluit, Past. 47; Swt. 357, 12, 23
án-tíd
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Add:as an alternative meaning: An appointed hour, time when something is due Ymb ántíd óðres dógores wundenstefna gewaden hæfde þæt þá liðende land gesáwon, i. e. the boat was in sight of land at the time when it was due to be so. Cf. án-daga
bladesian
to flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ be hot
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to flame, blaze, be hot Bryne ł bladesige on fíre sóþ lufu flammescat igne karitas, Hy. S. 10, 14. Bladesiendum (blat-, Hpt. Gl. 464, 51) coquentibus, i. assantibus, An. Ox. 2469. to emit an odour Bladesiað redoleant, i. spirent, An. Ox. 554.
Linked entries: bladesnung blatesian
cǽg-loca
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The cǽglocan in the passage are the repositories which the wife could lock up with keys (v. cǽg supra); if the stolen property were not put into these, the keys of which were in her keeping, she was to be held guiltless
ge-dragan
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Here the form belongs to gedragan, but the meaning points to gedreógan; perhaps gedrcóg should be read
Linked entry: dragan
on-bídan
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Add Þǽr his Pompeius on ánre dúne onbád, Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 23. with clause Hé gesæt be þám swere anbídende hwæt him gelimpan scolde, Bl. H. 239, 22
prætt
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Be þám ꝥ preóstas hí warnien wið þá scýnlican híwinga deófla prættes (prettes, 7, 26) ( ante transformationes daemonum), Chrd. 98, 33. Cwæð se Hǽlend him tó, 'Foxas habbað holu' . . .
ridda
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Add Férde sum ǽrendfæst ridda be ðǽre ylcan stówe, Hml. S. 26, 221. Add Ðǽr cóm rídende sum egeful ridda (cf. There appeared an horse with a terrible rider . . . he that sat upon the horse had complete harness of gold, 2 Macc. 3, 25), Hml. 25, 773
wælt
apparently some part of the thigh ⬩ a sinew
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As regards the form of the word, it might be compared with O.H.Ger. walza decipula, pedica.)
wíglian
To practise divination or sorcery
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Ne sceal nán cristen mann nán þincg be ðám mónan wíglian, Lchdm. iii. 266, 17
á-wendendlic
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Ðæt ylce swurd wæs áwendendlic the sword might be turned aside, Hex. 28, 3. Mid áwendenlicum méce romphea versatili, An. Ox. 1151.
BÓT
help, assistance, remedy, cure ⬩ auxilium, remedium, emendatio, sanatio ⬩ a BOOT, compensation due to an injured person as damages for the wrong sustained, redressing, recompense, an amends, a satisfaction, correction, reparation, restoring, renewing, repentance, an offering ⬩ compensatio, emendatio, reparatio, oblatio ⬩ to-boot, with advantage, moreover, besides
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, repentance, an offering; compensatio, emendatio, reparatio, oblatio Gif feaxfang geweorþ, L scætta to bóte if there be a taking hold of the hair, let there be 50 sceats for compensation, L.
hríþer
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Be westan hríðerleá, 109, 12. Hríðden, i. 261, 8.] Add
hættian
To take the hair and skin from a person's head
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To take the hair and skin from a person's head Ðonne dó man út his eágan and ceorfan of his nóse and eáran and uferan lippan oððe hine hættian then let his eyes be put out and his nose and ears and upper lip be cut off; or let him have the hair and skin
cyp
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a beam
ge-hyldan
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to bend