dígle
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a secret place Of þám þýstorfullon díglum de latebrosis recessibus, An. Ox. 4, 23: Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 56. Of heolhstrum, of díglum de recessibus, i. de occultis vel de secretis, 139, 5. On deóhlum in secretioribus (ventris), Kent.
ellen
elder-tree
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In tó gryddeles elrene, of gryddeles elrene in tó ðára smalan ác, C. D. B. i. 117, 27. Usque ad ellerne, C. D. iii. 447, 31. Tó ðám ellene, v. 226, 14. On ðæt ellen; of ðám ellenne, iii. 85, 8. On ðæt ǽnlýpe ellyn; ðonne of ðan ellynne, v. 398, 28.
ge-sceapennys
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Seó óðer gesceapennys wæs swá þæt God gesceóp Euan of hire weres sídan. Ne sind þás twá gesceapennyssa nánum óðrum gelíce.
ge-cnyssan
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Ic eom nú swá ꝥ twig ꝥ bið ácorfen of þám treówe, and áworpen on micclum ýstum and éghwanon gecnissed, Hml. S. 30, 192. of mental distress Ðú gecnysydyst mé allisisti me, Ps. Spl. C. 101, 11. Hé wæs gecnyssed fram sumum geþancum, Hml. S. 23 b, 48.
hýr
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</b> where the thing is money, interest, usury :-- Hýre fęnoris, usurę, Germ. 389, 45. payment contracted to be made for personal services, wages Gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre I will pay ii you back out of my wages
sprecan
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Th. i. 206, 6 substitute : (the claim made on account of the slain thief?s death)] add: where the subject is an agreement, whose terms are stated Ealswá ðá foreward spreocað, C.
sceamol
A bench, stool.
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Þe 'halewen makeden of al þe worlde ase ane stol (scheomel, MS. C.: schamel, MS. T. ) to hore uet, A. R. 166, 16. I sal set þe faas of þe schamel of þi fete to be, Ps. 109, I
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HEALM
HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a plant ⬩ a roof of straw ⬩ stipula ⬩ culmus, calamus, stipula, festuca ⬩ a reed
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HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a plant Healm culmus, Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 67, 127; Wrt. Voc. 38, 49. Healmes láf stipulæ, Som. 67, 129; Wrt. Voc. 38, 51.
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híw-rǽden
A family, ⬩ household, ⬩ house, ⬩ a religious house
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For bénum abbodes and ðære heórǽdene æt Bercleá for the prayers of the abbot and of the brethren at Berkeley, Chart. Th. 129, 30: 168, 24. Sib sí ðisse híwrǽddenne pax huic domui, Lk. Skt. 9, 5: 19, 9: Gen. 28, 2: Ex. 2, 1.
út-gang
A going out ⬩ exit ⬩ egress ⬩ Exitus ⬩ finis ⬩ effectus ⬩ terminus ⬩ egressus ⬩ a going out of a place ⬩ egress, exit ⬩ the right of egress ⬩ a coming out from a position within a body ⬩ evacuation of the body ⬩ the going out of a period ⬩ the conclusion ⬩ end ⬩ an exit ⬩ passage ⬩ a privy ⬩ an evacuation
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Næfð útgang sió stów, Lchdm. ii. 218, 17. in a special sense, of part of the body Viscera inilve, meatis útgang, anus bæcþearm, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 59.
segn
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</b> used metaphorically Wynród segn sóðfæstra the cross, the standard of the righteous, Salm. Kmbl. 471 ; Sal. 236. Gesáwon randwígan segn ( the pillar of fire ) ofer sweóton, Cd. Th. 185, 23 ; Exod. 127
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BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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Hitherto this word has only been found in poetry Ðá ic, on morgne, gefrægn mǽg óðerne billes ecgum on bonan stælan then on the morrow, I have heard of the other kinsman setting on the slayer with the edges of a bill, Beo. Th. 4963; B. 2485.
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ge-hwylc
Each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ whoever ⬩ whatever ⬩ quisque ⬩ unusquisque
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Of gehwilcum burgum from every city, 86, 29. Nú smeádon gehwilce men now some men have enquired, ii. 268, 7. Dǽda gehwylcra of all deeds, Elen. Kmbl. 2563; El. 1283.
séman
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Then was I one of the men who were nominated for the purpose . . . When we had brought them to an agreement. Chart. Th. 170, 6-35. to satisfy a person in a matter of doubt or difficulty Séme ic ðé recene ymb ða wrætlícan wiht, Salm.
wíc-geréfa
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The reeve of a wíc. v. wíc, III.
fæst-rǽd
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Add: of firm counsel. of persons or personifications Sió wiþerwearde wyrd is sió sóþe gesælþ, þeáh hwæ-acute;m swá ne þince, for þám heó is fæstrǽd and gehǽt simle ꝥte sóþ biþ adversa fortuna semper vera est, cum se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt
glitnian
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Add: of light or of that which emits light Glitenaþ hálig dæg and beorht þearle rutilat sacrata dies et splendida valde, Hy. S. 47, 6. Betwux þæs heortes hornum glitenode gelícnys þǽre hálgan róde breohtre þonne sunnan leóma, Hml. S. 30, 42.
sóm
agreement, concord ⬩ the bringing about of concord, reconciliation, adjustment of differences ⬩ an agreement, arrangement of a matter in dispute
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of secular men L.
for-specan
to speak against ⬩ speak ill of ⬩ denounce ⬩ to misrepresent a case, ⬩ state wrongly ⬩ to lose that which is the subject of a suit ⬩ to speak to no purpose ⬩ waste one's words
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to speak against, speak ill of denounce Forsprecað hí foran tó ðisum folce, þæt 'swá hraðe swá hí becumað tó ðyssere byrig, gehseftað hí,' Hml.
cyrc-weard
A churchwarden, sacristan ⬩ ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius
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-wyrd] féng to ðam abbodríce æt Abban dúne Æthelstan, warden ofthe church, succeeded to the abbacy at Abingdon, Chr. 1044; Th. 300, 26. Cyrcweard sacri scriniarius, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 23; Wrt. Voc. 61, 4. Cyrcwerd ædituus, R. Conc. 1.
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