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dugoþ-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
dugoþ-gifu, e; f. [dugoþ = duguþ, gifu a gift]

Liberality, munificencelargĭtas, munificentia

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Liberality, munificence; largĭtas, munificentia Ic Wulfstán Lundeniscra manna bisceop mínes hláfordes dugoþgife ǽfre geþwǽrige I Wulfstan, bishop of the London men, ever consent to my lord's munificence, Cod.

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feorh-dolh

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-dolh, -dolg, es; n.

A life-wounddeadly woundlētāle vulnus

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A life-wound, deadly wound; lētāle vulnus Geseóþ nú ða feorhdolg ðe gefremedon ǽr on mínum folmum see now the deadly wounds which they ere inflicted on my palms, Exon. 29 a; Th. 89, 10; Cri. 1455

disc-þegn

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disc-þegn, -þegen, -þén.
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Ic geann Ælmǽre mínon discþéne þára ehta hída æt Cateringa*-*túne, Cht. Th. 560, 36. Add

for-hýdan

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Forhýddan oferhygde mé inwitgyrene absconderunt superbilaqueos mihi, Ps. Th. 139, 5. Hú nytt bið se forholena cræft oððe ðæt forhýde (-hýdde, v. l.) gold sapientia abscondita et thesaurus invisus, quae utilitas in utrisque?, Past. 377, 7. Substitute

mylen-gafol

(n.)
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revenue derived from a mill Hǽr stent gewriten hwæt Baldwine abbod hæfð geunnen his gebróþra tó caritatem, ꝥ is ii mylne-gafel æt Lacforde, hælf pund at ꝥ án and xii óran æt ꝥ óþer, Nap. 46

Linked entry: gafol

cú-butere

(n.)
Grammar
cú-butere, an; f.

Cow's butterbutter made of cow's milk vaccæ butyrum

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Cow's butter, butter made of cow's milk; vaccæ butyrum Reáde netlan awylle on hunige and on cúbuteran boil red nettles in honey and in cow's butter L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 268, 18: iii. 16, 20

Linked entry: butere

tó-dreósan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dreósan, p. -dreás; pl. -druron; pp. -droren

To fall to pieces, fall away, decay

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He schal todreosen so lef on bouh, Misc. 94, 48. Alle þe bones beoþ todrore, 152, 182

Linked entries: dreósan tó-feallan

EÁST

(n.)
Grammar
EÁST, es; m.

EAST ŏriens

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Ðæt eálond on Wiht is þrittiges míla lang eást and west; and twelf míla brád súþ and norþ Vecta insŭla hăbet ab ŏriente in occāsum triginta circĭter mīlia passuum; ab austro in bŏream duodĕcim, Bd. I. 3; S. 475, 19

Linked entries: Eást eásta

fléte

(n.)
Grammar
fléte, fliéte, flýte, an; f: flét, e; f. [fleótan to float]

What floats on the surfaceCreamskimmingcurdsflos lactislactis crĕmor exemptuscoagŭlum

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Menge wið flétan, and nán óðer molcen þicge let him mingle it with curds, and eat no other milk-food, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 26

Linked entries: flét fliéte

eodor-wír

(n.)
Grammar
eodor-wír, es; m.

A wire-enclosurecingulum, sēpiens fīlum mĕtallĭcum

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Grn Ic eom mundbora mínre heorde, eodorwírum fæst I am the protector of my flock, fortified by wire-enclosures, Exon. 105a; Th. 398, 23; Rä. 18, 2

molcen

(n.)
Grammar
molcen, es; n.

Curdled milk

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Curdled milk Molcen lac coagolatum, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 29: ii. 52, 7. Swá þicce swá molcen, L. M. 3, 39; Lchdm. ii. 332, 18. Nim súr molcen, 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 98, 25

ge-tredan

(v.)

to tread downconculcare

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to tread down; conculcare Ðý læs hia getrede ða ilco miþ fótum hiora ne forte conculcent eas pedibus suis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 6. Getreden biþ conculcetur, 5, 13: Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 5

bóc-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-scyld, es; m.

A beechen shieldfagineum scutum

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[bóc a beech-tree, scyld a shield] A beechen shield; fagineum scutum Ic ge-an [MS. geann] Siferþe mínes bócscyldes I give to Siferth my beechen shield, Th. Diplm. A. D. 938; 561, 5

un-árweorþian

(v.)

to dishonour

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A.) mínne Fæder and gé unárwurðiaþ (-weorðodon, Jn. Skt. MS. A.) mé honorifico Patrem meum et uos inhonoratis me, Homl. Th. i. 442, 21

hand-æx

(n.)
Grammar
hand-æx, e; f.
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An axe that could be used with one hand, a hatchet Handæx dextralis (dextralis securis genus, idem quod manuaria, Migne. Cf. Spanish destral a small axe or little hatchet), Wrt. Voc. ii. . 140, 1

ge-streón

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Mid mangunge, gestreóne commercio, 3064. Ne mage gé Gode ðeówian and eóweres feós gestreóne, Hml. Th. ii. 460, 31.

morþ

(n.)
Grammar
morþ, es; n. m.

deathdestructionperditionthat which causes deathmurderslaying with an attempt at concealment of the deedmurderhomicide

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Ðæs ðe hé blódgyte, wælfyll weres wǽpnum gespédeþ, morþ mid mundum, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 13; Gen. 1528

scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
scúfan, scéufan, sceófan; p. sceáf, pl. scufon, sceufon, sceofon; pp. scofen, sceofen
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I. to shove, push, try to move something :-- Hé sceáf mid ðam scylde. ðæt se sceaft tóbærst, Byrht. Th. 135, 50; By. 136. Sume sceufon, sume tugon, and seó Godes fǽmne hwæðre stód.

geómrung

(n.)
Grammar
geómrung, geómerung, e; f.

A groaning, moaning, lamentationgĕmĭtus, lāmentum

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Fram geómrunga heortan mínre a gĕmĭtu cordis mei, Ps. Spl. 37, 8. On geómerunga mínre in gĕmĭtu meo, 6, 6: Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 14. Hí getácniaþ háligra manna geómerunge they betoken the groaning of holy men, Homl. Th. i. 142, 18.

Linked entries: gémerung geómerung

þeóh

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh, gen. þeós; dat. þeó; pl. þeóh; gen. þeóna; dat. þeón; n.
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Under mín þeóh subter femur meum, Gen. 24, 2: 47, 29: Ps. Th. 44, 4. Bind on ðæt winstre þeóh up wið ðæt cennende lim, Lchdm. ii. 328, 22. Þeóh bathma, i. femora, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 28. Ðeeoh (ðyóh, lxxiv, 3) bathma, Lchdm. i. lxx, 2.

Linked entry: þégh