ge-brycgian
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to bridge a road, cover with planks, stones, &c. so as to make it passable Wearð æteówod . . . án weg fram ðám húse þe hé on gewát . . . ástreht oð heofonan. Se weg wæs mid pællum gebricgod, Hml. Th. ii. 186, 34. to bridge a stream
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ge-wirþe
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Amount of so much. Take here <b>ge-wyrþe</b> in Dict., and add Hé gesealde twégra æcera gewirde landes concessit duo iugera ruris, C. D. vi. 207, 16. Heó on hire múð sende þreóra corna gewyrde, Hml. S. 23 b, 716
hæftan
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Add: to give in charge to, handover to Ne ǽnig man óðerne tó nearwe ne hæfte, ne on unriht ne geþeówige let not any man imprison other too straitly, nor wrongfully enslave, Wlfst. 70, 6. Fúlum wítehúsa adelseáþe tó hæftenne putido ergastulorum latibulo
heolstrig
dark ⬩ secret
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Full of hiding places, dark, secret On heolstrigere dígelnesse in latebrosum (lautumiae) latibulum, An. Ox. 3317. Of heolstriccum de latebrosis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 38. used substantively, a secret place: Of dígelnessum, heolstrigum (of dígelnessum, of
heápian
To heap up ⬩ accumulate ⬩ bring together
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To heap up, accumulate, bring together On heápedon ingesserunt (ubi cloacarum cuniculi putores stercorum ingesserunt, Ald. 45, 27), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 21. Heápedan concinnant (qui sacramentis concinnant (cf. concinnatas, cumulatas, 80, 50) frivola falsis
hundred-sócn
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Attendance at the hundred-gemot; fine for non-attendance Omnes forisfacturas terrarum suarum, id est, burgbrice, hundredsócna, áthas, ordélas, . . . hámsócna et frithbrice et foresteall, Cht. Th. 187, 23. Cf. Of Hylle . . . hámsócne and forsteall, griðbrice
horte
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A whortleberry Hortan facinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 69. Wínberigena (i. hortena) deáge deághian bacciniorum fuco inficere, Hpt. Gl. 524, 22. Hortena, An. Ox. 2, 433: 8, 340. (The last three are glosses to Ald. 75, 17.) Cf. (?) On hortan ford, C. D. vi.
leás-bregdness
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For 'Leo 220, 22' substitute Se sceocca eów lǽrð þyllice scíncræftas ꝥ hé eówre sáwla hæbbe ðonne gé gelýfað his leásbrǽdnysse (-brédene, v. l. ), Hml. S. 17, 107. Mercurius wæs swíðe fácenful and swicol on dǽdum, and lufode stala and leásbrédnysse,
Ligora-ceaster
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Leicester Rád se here út of Ligeraceastre, and brǽcon þone friþ, Chr. 917; P. 98, 2 : 921 ; P. 101, 6. Æt Ligraceastre (Legra-, Ligran-, v. ll. ), 918; P. 105, 22. On Legraceastre, 943; P. 111, 16. Eádmund Myrce geeóde . . . Ligoraceaster and Lindcylene
milite
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Soldiers Þá genámon hié þá milite . . . Wǽron þá milite þæs geréfan men, Nap. 45. Þá milite geworhton þyrnene coronan and setton on his heáfod (milites praesidis (þæs geroefe kempe, R. ) . . . plectentes coronam de spinis posuerunt super caput ejus,
of-tredan
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Add: literal Gif ðám ylpum hwá wiðstent, hé byð sóna oftreden, Hex. 16, 14. figurative Míne fýnd . . . oftreden (conculcent) on eorðan mín líf, Ps. Th. 7, 5. Ne lǽt þú mé oftredan þá ofermódan under heora fótum non veniat mihi pes superbiae, 35, 11.
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' . . . Críst sceáwode his heortan and geseah his prættas, . . . foxunga wǽron
swæþ
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add: — Eálá! wǽre mé gelýfed ꝥ ic móste þínum swaðum fyligan and þínes deórwyrðan andwlitan gesihðe brúcan, Hml. S. 23 b, 710. add Hé gemétte ꝥ fæt swá gehál ꝥ on him ne mihton beón fundene náne swaðu ( vestigia ) þæs bryces, Gr. D. 97, 23. v. (?) swæþ
timbrung
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Hít næs ná búton gewyrhtum ꝥ his húses timbrung weóx Sæternesdagum non immerito domus ipsias fabrica sabbato crescebat, Gr. D. 322, 10. Þá læg þǽr án stán þone hí mynton hebban upp on þæs húses timbrunge lapis jacebat, quem in aedificium levare dicreverant
unc
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Add: — Férdon mín fæder and módor út, and genámon unc and férdon tó sǽ, and út reówan. Þá wé úp cómon, þá næs úre módor mid ús, nát ic for hwí þá genam úre fæder unc, and bær ús wépende forð on his weg, Hml. S. 30
wær
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Add On þeáwum wær moribus cautus. Chrd. 19, 13. Sió wiþerweardnes biþ . . . wæru . . . mid þǽre styringe hire ágenre frécennesse adversam fortunam videos ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem, Bt. 20; F. 72, 6. Se wara weard his ágenre þearfednesse
am-byre
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Substitute: Unfavourable, contrary (of wind) Þyder, hé cwæð, þæt man ne mihte geseglian on ánum n, mónðe, gyf man . . . ǽlce dæge hæfde ambyrne wind, Ors. l, I ; Bos. 21, 20. [Cf. Icel. aud-viðri a head wind. Mod. Icel. and-byrr (= mðt-byrr). (Dr. Craigie's
martyr-dóm
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On ðá tiid . . . suá huelc sua biscephád under-féng, hé underféng martyrdóme . . . nán twió næs ðæt hé sceolde cuman tó hefegum martyrdóme illo in tempore quo quisquis plebibus praeerat, primus ad martyrii tormenta ducebatur. . . quemque dubium non erat
windel-streáw
Windle-straw, some kind of coarse grass or reed
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Windle-straw, some kind of coarse grass or reed (v. windle-straws, E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) Eár spica, egle aresta, windelstreów calmum, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 22: ii. 16, 74. Genim ðæt micle greáte windelstreáw twyecge, ðæt on worþium wixð, Lchdm. ii.
ofersǽwisc
From beyond the sea ⬩ transmarine
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From beyond the sea, transmarine: — Ofersǽwisc rind bark from beyond the sea (cinnamon), Lchdm. ii. 52, 3. Landferþ se ofersǽwisca hit gesette on Léden, Glostr. Frag. 10, 21. Hé (Benedict of Wearmouth) ða ciricean gefretwade mid godcunde wísdóme and