un-ásecgendlíc
beyond the powers of language to describe ⬩ unspeakable ⬩ indescribable ⬩ ineffable ⬩ not proper to tell ⬩ not to be told
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Hé nam of hire eall ðæt heó áhte on golde and on seolfre and on unásecgendlícum þingum ( things innumerable ), Chr. 1042; Erl. 169, 21.
be-wǽfan
To befold, wrap round, cover, clothe ⬩ obvolvere, amicire, operire, induere
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Heó nam hyre wǽfels and bewǽfde híg illa sustulit pallium et operuit se, Gen. 24, 65. Martinus me bewǽfde mid ðyssere wǽde Martin clothed me with this garment, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 34.
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wringan
To wring ⬩ to twist ⬩ to squeeze out
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To wring, to twist Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. to squeeze out moisture from something Ic nam ða wínberian and wrang on ðæt fæt tuli uvas et expressi in calicem, Gen. 40, 11.
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windel
A basket
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Ðá nam heó ánne riscenne windel (fiscellam scirpeam) on scipwísan gesceapenne, Ex. 2, 3, 5, 6. Man sceal habban wilian, windlas, systras, sǽdleáp, Anglia ix. 264, 12
Linked entries: windel-streáw windel-treów
clǽg
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Add: ¶ as a component of words denoting places with a clayey soil, Clay- in local names Of clǽgbróce . . . on clǽgbróc, C. D. vi. 52, 25, 29. Cléigate, iv. 178, 2. On clǽghyrste, C. D. B. iii. 45, 7. On clǽgweg, andlang clǽgweges, 44, 25: C.
seáþ
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Hí ðá moldan námon oð þæt þǽr wæs deóp seáð ( fossa ) ádolfen, þætte wǽpnedman mihte oð his sweóran on gestandan, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 3. Hé hét ðá gebróðor in ðæs húses flóre hím seáð (foueam) ádelfan, 4, 28; Sch. 520, 9.
friþ-gild
A peace-guild ⬩ a society for the maintenance of peace and security ⬩ fœderātōrum sodālicium
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This name was given to certain guilds or clubs established during, or before, the reign of king Athelstan, for the repression of theft, the tracing of stolen cattle, and the indemnification of persons robbed, by means of a common fund raised by subscription
ge-hwǽr
On every side ⬩ everywhere ⬩ undique ⬩ ubique
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Nemnaþ men ðæne mónaþ gehwǽr Iulius men name that month everywhere July, Chr. 975; Erl. 124, 33; Edg 25 : Elen. Kmbl. 2364; El. 1183, Wel wíde gehwǽr everywhere far and wide, Menol. Fox 118; Men. 59.
gér
a year ⬩ annus
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Recd. 139, 23. the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gér a year, hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gér a year, as,- RUNE [gér] byþ gumena hiht, ðonne God lǽteþ hrusan syllan beorhte blǽda beornum
gréting
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A. 1, 2. term applied to a person or thing, appellation Heofenlicere grétincge synderlic gifu cęlestis eulogię (the name Benedict) pręrogatiua, An. Ox. 2571.
wealh-wyrt
Wall-wort ⬩ dwarf elder ⬩ the word glosses ebulum and intula
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Genim ðás wyrte ðe man ebulum and óðrum naman ellenwyrte nemneþ, and eác sume men wealwyrt hátaþ, i. 202, 3-6. Uualhwyrt intula, Txts. 69, 1075. Wealewyrt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 71. Walwyrt, Wülck.
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hægel
hail ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon rune RUNE = h, the name of which letter is hægl
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Sealde heora neát hæglum tradidit grandini jumenta eorum, 77, 48. the Anglo-Saxon rune RUNE = h, the name of which letter is hægl RUNE byþ hwítust corna hail is whitest of grains, Hick. Thes. 135; Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 4.
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scír-mann
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Hwæt elles meahte beón getácnod þurh Eze-chiel búton ða scírmenn per Ezechielem praepositorum persona signatur, 21, 3 ; Swt. 153, 24. an inhabitant of a district (v. scir, ) Gregorius befrán, hú þære scíre nama wǽre, ðe ða cnapan of álǽdde wǽron.
sceáwere
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add: a watchman Episcopus is grécisc nama, ꝥ is on léden speculator, and on englisc sceáwere, for þám þe hé is geset tó þám ꝥ hé ofersceáwian sceole mid hys gýmene þá lǽwedan, swá swá God sylf cwæð tó Ezechiele: ' Speculatorem dedi te ic þé gesette tó
tíd-líc
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Sume naman syndon temporalia, ðæt synd tídlíce, ða æteówiaþ tíman, 5; Zup. 14, 16
un-gilde
Not entitled to wergild
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Homo qui aliquem innocentem affliget in via regia, si jaceat, jaceat in ungildan ækere [as the technical name of the crime here referred to was forsteal (cf. si in via regia fiat assaltus super aliquem, forestel est, L. H.
up-lendisc
Uplandish ⬩ country (as opposed to town) ⬩ rural ⬩ rustic
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Chaucer's: Poure persoun dwellyng uppon land) wite his naman; mæg beón ðe glædre his heorte ðe hé sum þing hérof undergyte, Anglia viii. 317, 38. Ic wéne, lá, uplendisca preóst, ðæt ðú nyte hwæt beó atomos, 318, 14.
Linked entry: uppe-land
H
hail
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The name of the Runic letter was hægl hail Hægl byþ hwítust corna, Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 4; the forms accompanying the poem and given by Kemble are these, RUNE RUNE RUNE (see printed page)
wyrt-gemang
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Maria nam án pund deórwyrðre sealfe mid ðam wyrtgemange ðe hig nardus hátaþ Maria accepit libram ungenti nardi pistici preciosi, Jn. Skt. 12, 3. Wyrtgemang and alewan mixturam murrae et aloes, 19, 39. Myrre and gutta and cassia ...
swaþu
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The word occurs in a list giving the names of various parts of a pig: — Rysle ausungia, flicce perna, spic larda, meargh lucanica, wrót bruncus, rop jus, swína swaþu suesta, byrst seta, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 50-57.