byrgen
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Heó þǽm apostolum æteówde ealne hire gegyrelan þe heó wolde æt hire byrgenne habban, Bl. H. 143, 29-36. Be his lífe and be his forðfóre and be his byr(i)geune (sepultura), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 348, 14
cǽg-bora
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Cf. cǽg-hirde
CYST
CHEST, coffer, coffin, sheath, casket ⬩ capsa, capsella, cista, cistella, loculus
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A CHEST, coffer, coffin, sheath, casket; capsa, capsella, cista, cistella, loculus Hire cyste cistam suam, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 21. He ða cyste æt-hrán tetigit loculum, Lk. Bos. 7, 14. On cyste dyde condidit in capsella, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 9.
mann-dryhten
A lord of men ⬩ liege lord
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Ðá ic ðæt wíf (Sarah) gefrægn wordum cýðan hire mandrihtne (Abraham), 102; Th. 135, 15; Gen. 2243.
ge-leórednes
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Geleórednesse oromate, i. in visione somni, 2278. a passing from this world, departure, decease Se dæg wæs tó becumen hire geleórednysse, Hml. S. 33, 285. <b>III a.
weámódness
Anger, passionateness, irascibility
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Ðære sáwle miht is ðæt heó sylf beó geðyldi and ǽlce weámódnysse fram hire áwyrpe, Basil admn. 3; Norm. 38, 27. [ Ira, þet is on Englisc wemodnesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 19.]
wencel
A child
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A child Gif his hláford him wíf sylle and hig suna hæbbon and dohtra, ðæt wíf and hire winclo (liberi) beóð ðæs hláfordes. Gif se wiel cwið: 'Mé ys mín hláford leóf and mín wíf and míne winclo,' Ex. 21, 4, 5.
Linked entry: wincel
of-dúne
Down
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Nis hire éþre tó feallanne ofdúne ðonne up, 33, 4; Fox 130, 38. Ðeáh ðú teó hwelcne bóh ofdúne tó ðære eorþan, 25; Fox 88, 22.
Linked entry: á-dún
celmert-mon
A hired servant, hireling ⬩ mercenarius
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A hired servant, hireling; mercenarius He celmertmon is mercenarius est, Jn. Rush. War. 10, 12, 13. Celmertmonn mercenarius, Jn. Lind. War. 10, 12. Ða celmertmenn mercenarii, Lk. Lind. War. 15, 17.
fætnes
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Hig wǽron gemæste and wiðerodon for hira fǽtnisse, Deut. 32, 15. Hé onféhð innan ðæs inngeðonces fǽtnesse (pinguedinem), ðæt is wísdóm, Past. 381, 5. and add
smeágung
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Hé híra líf ðurh ðá smeúnga ðæs hálgan gǽstes ongeat eorum vitam spiritu perscrutante deprehendit, Past. 115, 14
wítnere
A punisher ⬩ tormentor
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Ðonne beóð ða hire (the soul's) wítneras, ða ðe hí tó ðám leahtrum forspeónon, Homl. Th. i. 410, 31. Se hláford sealde hyne ðam wítnerum (tortoribus), Mt. Kmbl. 18, 34. Se heretoga cwæþ: 'Gé beóð gewítnode' . . .
swǽman
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Ure Louerd ne mei uor reouðe wernen hire, ne sweamen hire heorte mid wernunge, A. R. 330, 11. Þe swemande sorȝe soȝt to his hert, Allit. Pms. 54, 563.
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gebed-rǽden
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For hire gebedrǽdenne, iii. 421, 4. Hió mádmas to Cantwaran cyricean brohte hire tó gebedrǽdene (to secure prayers for herself), I ch. iii. 422, 15: Hml. S. 32, 259. Byst þú on úre eallra gebedrǽdene eris in nostris omnium precibus. Ll.
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ge-clǽnsian
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Ox. 40, 18. to clear, prove innocent of a charge Þá witan gerehton þæt heó sceolde hire fæder hand geclǽnsian ... and heó ... geclǽnsude hire fæder þæs ǽgiftes ( she cleared her father of the charge that he had not repaid the money ), Cht.
geoc
a YOKE ⬩ jugum ⬩ a yoke of oxen ⬩ boum jugum, boves jugo juncti ⬩ conjux
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Be hýr-geohte [hyr-geoce: B. hýr-oxan] of a hired yoke, 60; Th. i. 140, 7. conjux Gebede ł geoc conjugem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 20
wæscan
To wash
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Wacxon hig hira reáf, Ex. 19, 10. Waxan hig ðæt innewerde, Lev. 1, 9, 13. Ðá hig hira reáf wóxon( lavissent), Ex. 19, 14. Ðæt hi heora hrægel weócsan and clǽnsodon, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 5. Hé wolde his reówan and hwítlas on sǽ wacsan (wæscan, MS.
hrægel-talu
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A fund for providing vestments Ic ðas land ǽcelíce sælle into sanctæ trinitatan ðám híwum tó hira beódlandæ and tó hregltalæ ego has terras dono æternaliter familiæ æcclesiæ sanctæ trinitatis ad refectorium fratribus et ad vestimenta, Cod. Dipl.
cweart-ern
A guard-house, prison ⬩ custodia, carcer
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A guard-house, prison; custodia, carcer Ðæs cwearternes hirde híg betǽhte Iosepe custos carceris tradidit eos Ioseph, Gen. 40, 4. Ic wæs on cwearterne eram in carcere, Mt. Bos. 25, 36, 39: Lk. Bos. 3, 20: Jn. Bos. 3, 24: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 59
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writ-bred
A writing-tablet
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Ðá álýfde se ðám cnihtum ðæt hí hyne ofslógen mid heora writbredum and hine ofsticodon mid hira writýrenum, Shrn. 117, 29