þri-milce
The early name for the month of May
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Ðonne Drymelces mónað bið geendod ðonne bið seó niht eahta tída lang, 87, 28. Ðrymylce mónað, Chr. Erl, Introd. xxxi, margin
ed-wenden
A reverse, alteration, end ⬩ mūtātio, āversio, cessātio
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Ǽr ðon edwenden worulde geweorþe ere that an end shall be to the world, Exon. 56 b; Th. 200, 14; Ph. 40
Linked entry: -wenden
hwearf
A wharf ⬩ bank ⬩ shore
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A wharf, bank, shore Ðá gyrnde ðæt hé móste macian foran gén Mildryþe æker ǽnne hwerf wið ðon wódan tó werianne then he desired that he might make a bank opposite Mildred's fold for protection against floods [?], Chart. Th. 341, 7
mann-cyst
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Manly virtue Healdan wé þæt mid gódum dǽdum and mid æðelum mancystum, þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, and in ðám dǽdum þe wé þurhteón magon, Verc. Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst
Linked entry: cyst
leáh
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In l. 12 after Kmbl. insert ii. and add Þurh ðone leá on ðám leáge; þurh ðone lytlan leá westeweardne . . . þurh ðone leá norðeweardne, C. D. v. 207, 12-23
a-leát
bent down
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bent down Aleát wið ðæs engles bent down before the angel, Num. 22, 31;
for-cyrfst
cuttest down ⬩ he cuts down
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cuttest down, he cuts down. Homl. Th. ii. 408, 8: Ps. Lamb. 128, 4;
bi-windla
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Onbútan ðone gáran on ðone biwindlan (pi-winðlan, 15), C. D. v. 148, 16. ?
morgen-gifu
The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage
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Gif heó(a widow) binnan geáres fæce wer geceóse, ðonne þolige heó ðære morgengyfe, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 8 (cf. 522, 3: 576, 2).
niþer-scyfe
A pushing down ⬩ falling down ⬩ hasty downward movement
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A pushing down, falling down, hasty downward movement Niþerscyfe per praeceps, Hpt. Gl. 468, 74
Linked entry: scyfe
for-démednes
Condemnation ⬩ proscription ⬩ condemnātio ⬩ proscriptio
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Condemnation, proscription; condemnātio, proscriptio Þurh tyn winter full Godes cyricena bærnesse, and unsceað*-*ðiendra fordémednesse, and slege háligra martyra unblinnendlíce dón wæs per décem annos, incendiis ecclēsiārum, proscriptiōnĭbus innŏcentum
ele-tredde
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An oil-press, press in which olives are crushed Wǽron feáwa eleberian . . . hét hé þá gegaderian and dón on eletreddan ( in praelo ), Gr. D. 50, 29. Of þǽre eletreddan ( ex prelo ) nǽnige gemete ǽnig dǽl eles út eóde, 251, 2
ge-módsum
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In agreement, in accord For ðon swá micle swí hié gemódsumeran (-sumran, v. l. ) bióð betwux him, swí hié beóð bealdran ðá gódan tó swenceanne quia, quo sibi in malitia congruunt, eo se robustius bonorum afflictionibus illidunt, Past. 361, 13
be-streddon
To bestrew
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To bestrew, cover by scattering Hé þæt Crtístes mǽl on ðone seáð ásette, and hit heóld, oð þæt his ðegnas mid moldan hit bestréddon and gefæstnedon donec adgesío a militibus puluere terrae figeretur. Bd. 3, 2 ; Sch. 194, 20. Substitute:
scyld-wyrcende
committing sin or guilt
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committing sin or guilt Ðú (the soul) ðone líchoman scyldwyrcende gewemdest, Exon. Th. 91, 4; Cri. 1487. Ðonne ðeós woruld scyldwyrcende byrneþ, 232, 5; Ph. 502: 269, 4; Jul. 445. Ðú womfulle, scyldwyrcende sceaþan áwurpe, Elen. Kmbl. 1520; El. 762
stód-fald
An enclosure for a stud of horses
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An enclosure for a stud of horses Tó ðam aldan stódfalde; and ðonne fram ðam stódfalde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 21. Of ðam wylle on ðone stódfald; of ðam stódfalde, vi. 213, 21. Be norðan stódfaldan, iv. 66, 8
LEÁF
LEAVE ⬩ permission ⬩ license
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MS. leáfe) yfel tó dónne they have leave to do evil, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 13. Hæbbe hé fulle leáfe swá tó dónne, L. Wil. ii. 1; Th. i. 489, 8. Ðá ðá Aulixes leáfe hæfde ðæt hé ðonan móste, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 42; Met. 26, 21.
bríd-gifu
a bride ⬩ a gift ⬩ A marriage-portion ⬩ dowry ⬩ dos
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A marriage-portion dowry; dos Ðeós brídgifu hæc dos, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 31; Som. 12, l
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lytig
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Wénst þú þæt seó mengio þínra monna þé mæge dón gesǽligne ? Nese, nese. Ac gif hié yfele sint and lytige, ðonne sint hié þé pleólicran gehæfd þonne genæfd, Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, note 10
dreósan
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.), fall down, fall to pieces Þes middangeard ealra dógra gehwám dreóseð and fealleð, Wand. 63. Þá dúna dreósað and hreósað montes ruent, Dóm. L. 100.