byre
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Ðæs ða byre siððan gyrne onguldon, ðe hí ðæt gyfl þégun for which their children since with grief have paid, that they ate that fruit, Exon. 61b; Th. 226, 22; Ph. 409. Mǽru cwén bǽdde byras geonge the illustrious queen solicited her young sons, Beo.
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CAMP
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A contest, war, battle; certamen, pugna, bellum Ic ne gýme ðæs compes I care not for the contest, Exon. 105b; Th. 402, 26; Rä. 21, 35.
DYNT
a stroke, stripe, blow ⬩ ictus, plaga, percussio ⬩ A bruise, DINT, noise, crash ⬩ contusio, impressio, sonus
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Wyrcþ hlúdne dynt makes a loud crash, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 9
egesa
Fear, horror, dread ⬩ tĭmor, horror, terror, formīdo
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Fox 12, 34; Met. 12, 17: Cd. 202; Th. 250, 3; Dan. 541: Ps. Th. 66, 6. Egesan geaclod terrified with fear, Andr. Kmbl. 1609; An. 806: Beo. Th. 5465; B. 2736
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GÆRS
GRASS ⬩ a blade of grass ⬩ herb ⬩ hay ⬩ grāmen ⬩ herba ⬩ fænum
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Fox 20, 196; Met. 20. 98. Gyf he máran gærses beþyrfe if he need more grass, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 17.
GALAN
To sing ⬩ enchant ⬩ call ⬩ cănĕre ⬩ incantāre ⬩ insŏnāre ⬩ clāmāre
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Fox 7, 3; Met. 7, 2. Wíf fyrd-leóþ gólon [MS. galan] the women sang a martial song, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 3; Exod. 577. Ða ðe gehýrdon gryreleóþ galan Godes andsacan those who heard the adversary of God sing the horrid lay, Beo. Th. 1576; B. 786.
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Iotas
The Jutes
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The Anglo-Saxon version of Bede, i. 15, has Geat for Iot, but in 4, 16 Iutorum provincia is rendered Eota land. See Grimm. Gesch. D. S. 511 sqq
leáp
a basket ⬩ trunk
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I.] a weel for catching fish Leáp corbis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 6: calatus, 127, 73. Leóht leáp imbilium, Wrt. Voc. 287, 27: ii. 46, 40. Leáp vel wilige cophinus, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 32; Wrt. Voc. 55. 37.
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mucg-wyrt
mug-wort ⬩ muggart ⬩ muggon ⬩ mother-wort
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See Lchdm. iii. 339 for other references, and Grmm. D. M. 1152
scot
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Fox 539 ; Gn. C. 40. a scot (as in scot and lot, scot-free), a shot (as in to pay one's shot), a contribution, tax. v. sáwel-scot, sceót*-*an, <b>VII. V.</b> a building, v. sele-scot, ge-sceot
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ge-dál
A division ⬩ separation ⬩ parting ⬩ distribution ⬩ dīvīsio ⬩ sepărātio ⬩ dīvortium ⬩ distrĭbūtio
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Æfter ðæs líchoman gedále and ðære sáwle after the separation of the body and soul, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 12. Ðú ondrǽtst ðé on ðam gedále thou fearest to distribute, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 25.
ge-fricgan
To learn by asking or by inquiry ⬩ hear of
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Fox 9, 54; Met. 9, 27. Ða ðe snyttrocræft ðurh fyrngewritu gefrigen hæfden they who had learned wisdom through ancient writings, Elen. Kmbl. 310; El. 155.
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un-weorþian
to dishonour ⬩ disgrace ⬩ to become dishonoured
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Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 29. Seó cwén, ðe ðín word forseah, ne unwurðode ðé ǽnne, ac ealle ðíne ealdormenn non solum regem laesit regina, sed et omnes principes (Esther 1, 16), Homl. Ass. 93, 53. Gé unworðadun mec uos inhonoratis me, Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 49.
un-rihtwísness
Unrighteousness ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice
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Ðonne hwæm hwæt cymþ máre ðonne ðé þincþ ðæt hé wyrþe sié, ne biþ sió uisryhtwísnes nó on Gode, ac sió ungleáwnes biþ on ðé selfum, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 226, 32. Sió duru ðære unryhtwísnesse janua iniquitatis, Past. 21; Swt. 157, 22.
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un-gleáw
without understanding ⬩ without skill ⬩ not sagacious ⬩ ignorant ⬩ blind ⬩ dull ⬩ not apt for service
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Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse ( imprudentes; but the Latin is not literally translated) wǽron, 10, 6. of things dull, not apt for service : -- Sweord gebrǽd gód gúðcyning, gomele láfe, ecgum ungl[e]áw ( dull of edge; cf. sió ecg gewác, bát unswíðor
werlíce
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Ðǽr wǽron getealde æt ðam gereorde fíf ðúsend wera; for ðon ðe ða menn, ðe tó ðam gástlícan gereorde belimpaþ, sceolon beón werlíce geworhte, swá swá se apostol cwæð: 'Beóð wacole, and standaþ on geleáfan, and onginnaþ werlíce ( quit you like men; viriliter
wic-þegen
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A brother in a monastery who performs the duties of an office for a week Wicþegn betica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 45. Be wicþénum (de septimanariis coquine). Gebróðru gemǽnelíce heom betwyh þénien, and nǽnig sý beládod fram ðære kycenan þénunge . . .
wiþ-metan
To compare
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Ða cræftas ne sint tó wiþmetanne (metanne, v. l. ) wiþ ðære sáwle cræfta ǽnne, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 116, 2
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and-weardnes
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For þǽre andweardnesse þínes yrres a vultu irae tuae, Ps. Th. 37, 3. Se Hǽlend Petrum lǽrde on his andweardnysse ( while present ), Hml. Th. i. 378, 15. On andwerdnysse beón to be present, ii. 288, 7. On andwyrdnysse standan, 30, 12.
castel
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For native English usage, cf. ꝥ woerc castellum, Lk. L. 24, 13.] an old British or Roman earthwork (?). v. N. E. D. castle, 8 On ánne castel at Swíndúne; of ðý castele . . . tó ánne castel; of ðí castele on ánne herepað, C. D. iii. 397, 18-21