lyffetere
A flatterer
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Ðonne ádumbiaþ ða ýdelan lyffeteras then shall the vain flatterers be dumb, Homl. Th. ii. 570, 35. Faraþ tó ðám lyffeterum ðe eów ǽr leáslíce ólæhton go to the flatterers that before fawned on you falsely, 570, 23: i. 494, 10
Linked entry: lystere
bismer-líce
irreverently ⬩ blasphemously
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Add: with ignominy Man sceal þá geoguðe lǽdan gehæft heánlíce and swá bysmorlíce bringan of heora éðle, Wlfst. 295, 18. irreverently, blasphemously Hí ic besencte on helle grund, forþan hig sprǽcon bysmorlíce be mé, Wlfst. 295, 30.
fíc
a fig ⬩ a fig-tree
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Be fíce de ficulnea, 21
gemynd-wirþe
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Worthy to be had in remembrance, of persons Wé witon manige foremǽre and gemyndwyrþe weras forþ-gewitene þe swíþe feáwa manna á ongit, Bt. 19; F. 70, 12. of things, worthy of record Hé mé ealle ðá þe gemyndwurðe wǽron onsende ea mihi, quae memoria digna
ge-sǽlig
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Napier suggests that ge-sǽli should be read, and that the gloss belongs to fertur. Cf. fertur sǽd, An. Ox. 4, 2.]
ge-swencednes
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D. 73, 5 : Fram geswincednesse (the vowel of the second syllable is not clear, it may be y) a tribulatione, Ps. L. 106, 39
Linked entry: swencedness
wealg
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' might be left out
fyrhto
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Be fyrhto þæs tintreglican wítes de terrore futuri judicii, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 487, 15. Hé mid mycelre fyrhte wæs geslegen, Guth. 88, 18. Add
háwere
An observer, a spectator ⬩ spies
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An observer, a spectator Ðýlæs hie síen tó óðerra monna gefeohte holde háweras, and dón him selfe náwuht lest they be friendly spectators of other men's struggle, and themselves do nothing; ne, si in hoc præsentis vitæ stadio ad certamen alienum devoti
ge-sufel
A word of uncertain meaning ⬩ but descriptive of a certain kind of bread
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Mon geselle cxx gesuflra hláfa let cxx 'gesufel' loaves be given, Th. Ch. 460, 32: 469, 3
Linked entry: ge-syfled hláf
tó-hlecan
To disjoin, ⬩ pull to pieces
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In the glosses among which the word occurs initial h before a consonant does not seem to be inserted elsewhere, though it is twice omitted, in lecum rimosae, 400, 69, wisligendre sibilantis, 394, 278) diuulsa, Germ. 398, 112
tó-tellan
To distinguish in counting ⬩ count separately
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To distinguish in counting, count separately Án íglond ligþ út on gársecg ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera ne wuhte ðon má on wintra dæg tóteled an island lies out in the ocean, where in summer no night can be distinguished in reckoning time, any more than
weorold-geþyngþ
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Worldly dignity Ǽlc heáh ár hér on worulde bið mid frécnessum embeseald; efne swá ða woruldgeþincþa (-geþingþa, v. l.) beóð máran, swá ða frécnessa beóð swíðran, Wulfst. 262, 3
brand-stefn
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Icel. brandr a ship's beak; or [brand- = brant- ?] high-prowed. Ne mæg wind áwecgan ne wæterflódas brecan brond-stæfne, An. 507. Substitute: Having a prow with a beak?
Linked entry: brond-stæfn
þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Þrittig síðon seofon beóð twá hundred and týn, Anglia viii. 303, 7. Þrittig síðon twelf, 29. Þrittigun sýþum hundteóntig þúsenda, Blickl. Homl. 79, 25, Ða þryttig scyllingas, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 3.
ymb-haga
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There are other charms connected with bees on pp. 384, 397), Lchdm. i. 395, 5. v. ymbe a swarm of bees
morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
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be given up to the kinsmen (of the slain man), and if the accusation be brought, and the attempt of the accused to clear himself fail, let the bishop pass sentence, L.
Linked entries: morþ-weorc morþ-wyrhta
húru
At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially
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Be emnihte oððe húru be ealra hálgena mæssan by the equinox or in any case by Allhallows' mass, L. Eth. ix. 9; Th. i. 342, 22. Eallum cristenum gebyreþ ðæt hí riht lufian and húru [ certainly ] gehádode men scylon á riht rǽran, L. I.
Linked entry: híru
ge-wit
wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness
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Cyning geweóld his gewitte the king recovered consciousness, Beo. Th. 5399; B. 2703
Linked entry: wit
and
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Add: , end Aend suilcae, end suilce atqueve, Txts. 42, 98. introductory to a clause which is not preceded by one with which it can be connected Ðá cwæð Eustachius: 'And ne sǽde ic ꝥ wilde deór hí gelǽhton?', Hml.