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weorc-úhta

(n.)
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weorc-úhta, the hour of matins on a day that is neither a Sunday nor a Saint's day (excepto Dominus diebus et festivitatibus sanctorum, Chrd. 23, 21)
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: — Weorcúhtan besceáwige se bisceop ꝥ se intervallum beó swá lang ꝥ . . . , Chrd. 24, 7

á-gitan

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Add: to find, get to know a person Wille wé be him áwrítan swá swá wé hine ágeáton we will write of him as we found him , Chr. 1086; P. 219, 19. a fact Gif se abbod his geearnunga swá ágitt quem si talem esse perspexerit abba , R. Ben. 110, 3.

Linked entry: á-gytan

un-forboden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forboden, adj.

Unforbiddennot prohibitedfree from any moral or legal hindrance

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Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unforboden ( no one had a right to forbid the entering into possession of the property ), L. O. 13; Th. i. 184, 5. Unforboden and unbesacan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 234, 20.

Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan

CROCCA

(n.)
Grammar
CROCCA, an; m.

A CROCKpitcherearthenware pot or pan vas fictiletestaolla

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A CROCK, pitcher, earthenware pot or pan; vas fictile, testa, olla Mín mægen ys forseárod, swá swá lǽmen crocca exaruit velut testa virtus mea Ps. Th. 21, 13. Crocca olla Ps. Lamb. 59, 10; Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 53; Wrt.

Linked entries: chroa crohh cryccen

án-hoga

(n.)
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án-hoga, an; m. [án-wuniende]

A lone dwellerrecluse

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A lone dweller, recluse Geworden ic eom swá swá spearwa ánhoga oððe ánwuniende on efese oððe on þecene factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8. Se ánhoga the recluse, Exon. 60b; Th. 222, 10; Ph. 346: 47a; Th. 162, 3; Gú. 970

rípe

(adj.)
Grammar
rípe, adj.
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Swá swá rípe yrþ quasi maturam segetem, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 35. Se westmbǽra hærfest bringþ rípa bléda, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 15 : Met. 29, 63

Linked entry: rúpe

un-gebrosnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebrosnod, adj.

Uncorruptedundecayed

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Ðá wæs heó swá ungebrosnad geméted swá heó ðý ilcan dæge wǽre forðféred, Shrn. 94, 36. His handa siondan ungebrosnode in ðære cynelícan ceastre, 114, 1: Chr. 641; Erl. 27, 11: Homl. Th. ii. 568, 24

weorold-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-þearf, e; f.
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What is needed for the life of this world Swá swá hé gehét him andlyfne and heora weoruldðearfe forgifan, eác swylce lýfnesse sealde ðæt hí móstan Cristes geleáfan bodian eis, ut promiserat, cum administratione victus temporalis, licentiam quoque praedicandi

earning-land

(n.)
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Cf. the expression in the same charter: Wé wrítað him ðone croft . . . ðæt hé hæbbe hit swá rúm tó bóclonde, swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, C. D. iii. 258, 27

eln

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Hé geseah hí úp áhefene swá swá mannes elne fram þǽre eorðan, Hml. S. 23 b, 274. Add

heáfod-beorg

(n.)
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heáfod-beorg, es; m.
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. ; swá tó heáfodbeorge westeweardon, C. D. v. 179, 26-30. Ðis synt ðá landes meǽre tó Bryningtúne. Ǽrest on heáfdbeorh; ðonne on wyrtwalan . . . swá tó herpaðe; andlang herpaðes tó Imman beorge ; of Imman beorge eft on heáfodbeorge, 300, 7-22

a-gǽþ

happens

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happens Hit agǽþ eall swá it happens so as [also], Deut. 13, 2

(adv.)
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wó, adv.

Wronglyperverselyunequally

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Wrongly, perversely, unequally Hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40

bel-hringes beácn

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Sóna swá þæt beácn þæs belhrincges gehýred bið, R. Ben. 67, 20. Add

midl

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midl, l. mídl, míþl,
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and add Swá horsum mídlu (frena) synd on tó ásettenne, Scint. 55, 11

á-wrigennes

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Swá hé geseah on ǽr þurh Godes áwrygennysse, Hml. S. 3, 102. Add

a-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-yrnan, he -yrnþ ; p. -arn, pl. -urnon ; pp. -urnen [a out, yrnan to run]

To run overto pass or go overpassgopræteriredecurrere

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To run over, to pass or go over, pass, go ; præterire, decurrere To náhte híg becumaþ swá swá a-yrnende wæter ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens, Ps. Lamb. 57, 8.

Linked entry: a-urnen

druncnian

(v.)
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R. 12, 45. to make drunk Swá hwæt swá druncnað ( inebriat ) swá wín, Scint. 106, 7

hýr-mann

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A hireling, mercenary :-- Iób cwæð : ' Mannes líf is campdóm ofer eorðan, and swá swá médgildan dagas swá sind his dagas ( sicut dies mercenarii, dies ejus. Job 7, 1)'. . . Se hýrman his edleánes anbidað, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 31.

weald-leðer

(n.)
Grammar
weald-leðer, es; n.

A rein

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Heó wæs on gyldenum scryd, and æt ðam wǽron gyldene hors, and on ðám wǽron ða wealdleðer swá up getíged, swá swá hig urnon tó heofenum up, Shrn. 156, 12.