in-tó
Into
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Noe eode intó ðam arce ingressus est Noe in arcam, 7, 7. Ic gange intó ðære byrig in urbem vado. Ic gange intó ðínum huse introibo in domum tuam. Intó ðære ceastre rád se kyning in civitatem equitavit rex, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 15-7.
in-weorud
a household
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A band of domestics or courtiers, a household ÐDæt wæs innweorud Earmanríces, Exon. 86 b ; Th. 325, 13; Víd. 111
inwit-gecynd
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A malicious, evil nature, Salm. Kmbl. 660; Sal. 329
in-ylfe
A gut ⬩ bowel
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A gut, bowel Inelfe intestinum, Wrt. Voc. 65. 55. Inilve; 284, 2. Inelve interamen, 286, 60. Ðý læs ðæt innelfe útsíge lest the matrix prolapse, L. M. 3. 37; Lchdm. ii. 328, 25. Gif men síe innelfe úte ... gedó ðæt innelfe on ðone man if a man's bowel
íren-gelóma
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An iron implement Ða írengelóman ferramenta, Nar. 9, 19
Linked entry: ge-lóman
irfe-land
heritable land
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Land that passes as an inheritance, heritable land Ic cýðo hú mín willa is ðet mín ærfelond fére ðe ic gebohte on ǽce ærfe I declare how my will is that my heritable land shall go, that I bought in perpetual inheritance, Chart. Th. 476, 12. Hie dydon
Ír-land
Ireland
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Ireland Ðrie Scottas cuómon tó Ælfréde cyninge of Ýrlande, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 6, note. Tó Írlande, 918; Erl. 104, 15: 1051 ; Erl. 176, 18. Se preóst cwæþ ðæt án wer wǽre on Írlande gelǽred, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 200. Hé férde geond eal Yrrland, Homl.
Linked entry: Íra-land
irþ-land
Arable land
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Ðonne is ðes londes ðe ic hígum selle xvi gioc ærþelandes and médwe now of the land that I give to the convent there are sixteen acres of arable land and meadow, Chart. Th. 477, 26
Linked entry: ærþe-land
ísen-ordál
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The ordeal by hot iron, in which the accused who wished to clear himself had to bear, on the naked hand, a piece of red hot iron. The passages from which the following extracts are taken will illustrate this mode of trial Gif hit sý ýsenordál beón þreó
Linked entry: or-dál
íwan
To show ⬩ bring before the eyes ⬩ display ⬩ reveal
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Wénþ gif hé hit him iéwe ðæt hé him nylle geþafigean ðæt hé hine sníðe he expects, if he show it [the knife] to him, that he will not allow him to cut him, Past. 26, 3 ; Swt. 185, 25. Ðíne miltse ýwe show thy mercy, Exon. 11 b; Th. 15, 32; Cri. 245.
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lactuca
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Him is nyt ðæt hé hláf þicge and lactucas ðæt is leahtric it is beneficial for him to eat bread, and lactucas, that is, lettuce, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Ealle míne ládþeówas ðe mec on swelc earfeðo gelǽddon locorum demonstratores qui nos in insidias deducebant, Nar. 16, 25. In Mt. Kmbl.
Linked entries: lǽttewestre lǽd-teów láteów látwa
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
lǽce-hús
A hospital
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[The translator seems not to have kept close to the text, but to have rendered the passage in accordance with the part played by the Good Samaritan.
lǽce-wyrt
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a herb having medicinal virtue Se wísa Augustinus cwæþ ðæt unpleólíc sý ðeáh hwá lǽcewyrte þicge ac ðæt hé tælþ tó unálýfedlícere wiglunge gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge the learned Augustine said, that it is not dangerous
Lǽden-geþeóde
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The Latin language Lǽre mon furður on Lǽdengeþióde ða ðe mon furðor lǽran wille ... Ðá ic ða gemunde hú sió lár Lǽdengeþiódes áfeallen wæs giond Angelcynn let those to whom it is desired to give further instruction, be instructed in Latin ... When I
læfer-bedd
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A bed of rushes Læferbed pirorium [v. læfer], Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 14; Wrt. Voc. 33, 14
lǽne-
Transitory ⬩ transient ⬩ not enduring
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Transitory, transient, not enduring Cwæþ se godspellere Martha and Maria getácniaþ ðis lǽnelíce líf and ðis gewítendlíce, Blickl. Homl. 73, 9.
lǽn-land
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Land let on lease, which was never out of the possession of the lessor Ðonne is ðæs landes iii hída ðe Óswald arcebisceop bócaþ Eádríce his þegne swá swá hé hit ǽr hæfde tó lánlande there are three hides of land that archbishop Oswald conveys by charter
lafian
To lave ⬩ bathe ⬩ pour water on
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To lave, bathe, pour water on Nim ðone wǽtan and wyrm and lafa ðín heáfod mid take the liquor and warm it and lave thy head with it, Lchdm. iii. 48, 7.