lǽca
A leech ⬩ doctor ⬩ physician
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A leech, doctor, physician Se lǽca ðe sceal sáre wunda wel, gehǽlan hé mót habban góde sealfe ðǽrtó the doctor who has to make a good cure of painful wounds, must have good salve for the purpose, L. Pen. 4; Th. ii. 278, 15: 5; Th. ii. 278, 20
land-rǽden
Institution ⬩ disposition
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Institution, disposition, ordinance of a district or country Héde se ðe scíre healde ðæt hé wite á hwæt eald landrǽden sý and hwæt þeóde þeáw videat qui scyram tenet, ut semper sciat que sit antiqua terrarum institutio, vel populi consuetudo, L. R. S
ráre-dumla
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A bittern Ráredumlæ onocrotalum, avis quae sonitum facit in aqua, Shrn. 29, 6. Ráradumbla onocrotalus, Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 21. Ráredumle, 280, 26 : 63, 70 : buban, 126, 61. [M. H. Ger. rór-tumel a bittern : Ger. rohr-dommel : M. Du. roes-domel. O. H. Ger
eardung
A habitation, a dwelling, tabernacle ⬩ habĭtātio, habitācŭlum
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A habitation, a dwelling, tabernacle; habĭtātio, habitācŭlum Is geworden eardung his on Sion facto est habĭtātio ejus in Sion, Ps. Spl. 75, 2: 32, 14: Ps. Spl. T. 77, 32: Ps. Th. 106, 3: Hy. 6, 11; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 11: Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 20
scip-ryne
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A course or channel for ships Hé lét delfon án mycel gedelf and wolde ðæt scipryne sceolde ðǽrinne licgean eall swá hig dydon on Sandwíc he had a great trench dug and intended that in it ships could run, just as they did at Sandwich, Chart. Th. 341,
ge-drinc
A drinking ⬩ compotatio ⬩ convivium
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A drinking; compotatio, convivium We lǽraþ ðæt man ǽnig gedrinc, and ǽnig unnit ðár ne dreóge we teach that man suffer not there any drinking nor any vanity, L. Edg. 28; Th. ii. 250, 12 : Exon. 88 a; Th. 330, 27; Vy. 57 : Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 25
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ge-fær
A going ⬩ journey ⬩ course ⬩ march ⬩ expedition ⬩ profectio ⬩ expĕdītio
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A going, journey, course, march, expedition; profectio, expĕdītio Ðisses fugles gefær this bird's course, Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 20; Ph. 426. On gefare in profectiōne, Ps. Spl. 104, 36. Ðæs ðe hie feónda gefær fyrmest gesǽgon after they first saw the enemies
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ge-grind
A grinding or rubbing together ⬩ a noise ⬩ whizzing ⬩ clashing ⬩ commotion ⬩ collīsio ⬩ contrītio ⬩ frăgor
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A grinding or rubbing together, a noise, whizzing, clashing, commotion; collīsio, contrītio, frăgor Grímhelma gegrind the crashing of helmets, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 29; Exod. 330 : 95; Th. 124, 15; Gen. 2063. Geótende gegrind grund eall forswealg the abyss
ge-met-líc
Moderate, temperate, measurable, fit ⬩ moderatus, temperatus, mensurabilis, aptus ⬩ mediocris
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Moderate, temperate, measurable, fit; moderatus, temperatus, mensurabilis, aptus Hæle wísfæst and gemetlíc a man wise and moderate, Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 12; Fä. 87. Him gemetlíc seó may be suitable for him, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 21: 40, 3; Fox 238, 21;
teóðung-ealdor
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A chief of ten monks, a dean Hwylce mynstres teóðingealdras ( decani) beón sceolon. Gif seó geférrǽden tó ðam micel sý, sýn gecorene of ðám sylfum gebróðrum ðá ðe gódes gewittes sýn, and sýn gesette tó teóðingealdrum (constituantur decani ), R. Ben.
þegnung-bóc
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A service-book, a book giving the religious services that were to be performed Leviticus on Grécisc and ministerialis on Lýden, ðæt ys þénungbóc on Englisc, for ðam ðara sacerda þénunga sind ðár áwritene, Lev. pref. Some úre ðéningbéc onginnaþ on Aduentum
word-gerýne
A mystery expressed in words, a deep saying
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A mystery expressed in words, a deep saying Him tácna fela tíres brytta onwráh wordgerýnum, Exon. Th. 29, 16 ; Cri. 463. Sum biþ listhendig tó áwrítanne wordgerýnu, 299, 3; Crä. 96. Ic ðæt ongiten hæbbe þurg wítgena wordgerýno on Godes bócum, Elen. Kmbl
clif-hlép
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Substitute: clif-hlíp (-hlép, -hlýp), es; m. A cliff-leap, a going headlong to destruction Clifhlép pessum (cf. pessum, pracceps, Corp. Gl. H. 92, 370: pessum spilth, 90, 213: ofer clif per praeceps (v. clif)), Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 6 ( = Corp. Gl. H.
ge-hǽman
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Add: in a good sense, to marry Gehǽmed nupta, An. Ox. 1176. in a bad sense, to have illicit intercourse Uenus wæs swá fúl and swá fracod on gálnysse, þæt hyre ágen bróðor wið hý gehǽmde, Wlfst. 107, 16. Ꝥ man wið swustor gehǽme, Ll. Th. i. 404, 27
hirste
a frying-pan ⬩ a gridiron
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a frying-pan Bán míne swá swá on herstan (frixorio) herste sint, Ps. Vos. Srt. 101, 4. a gridiron Hyrste craticula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 53. Herst[um?] graticulis, ferreis factis (flectis?), Ld. Gl. H. 36, 175. Herst[an?] latriuncula, craticulas prunis
wæl-gim
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The word seems to be an epithet for the sheath of a sword, which is called in the riddle the sword's byrne Byrne is mín (a sword's) bleófág, swylce beorht seomað (-d, MS.) wír ymb ðone wælgim, ðe mé waldend geaf, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4
wæter-þísa
A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale
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A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale Hé wǽghengest wræc, wæterþísa (-þiswa, MS., but the w is marked for erasure) fór snel, Exon. Th. 182, 1;Gú. 1303. Hé (the whale) hafaþ óþre gecynd, wæterþísa wlonc, 363
bréden
Broad; ⬩ latus
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Broad; latus Seuerus geworhte weall of turfum, and brédenne [breden MS: bred weal, col. 1: bred weall, col. 2] ðár on ufon, fram sǽ to sǽ Severus made a wall of turfs, and a broad wall thereupon, from sea to sea, Chr. 189; Th. 15, 22, col. 3
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bredende
Deceitful, cunning, crafty; ⬩ dolosus
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Deceitful, cunning, crafty; dolosus Sendon [MS. sendan] hí Marius, ðone consul, ongeán Geoweorþan, a swá lytigne, and á swá bredende, swá he wæs they sent Marius, the consul, against Jugurtha, as he was always so cunning, and so crafty, Ors. 5, 7; Bos
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tún-cyrice
A church in a tún
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A church in a tún(q. v. ) Habbe hé þat lond fré his day and his wíues, and after here bothere day meó þe túnkirke, and men fré . . . þat lond schal intó túnkirke . . . and þó men fré, Chart. Th. 572, 20-33. Intó ðe túnkirke on Mardingford, 593, 2
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