sam-hwilc
Some
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In. 23 ; Th. i. 118, 4. Swá hwæt swá ús God sylle máre ðonne wé néde brúcan sceolan . . . ne sylþ hé hit ús tó ðon ðæt wé hit hýdon, oððe tó gylpe syllan samhwylcum mannum ðe náht swíðe God ne lufiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 53, 17
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út-lendisc
Outlandish ⬩ foreign ⬩ a stranger
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Hé útlændisce hider in tihte, 959; Erl. 121, 3
wealh-hafoc
A foreign hawk ⬩ a gerfalcon ⬩ herodius
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Ða fugelas nocticoraces hátton wǽron in wealhhafoces gelícnesse (vulturibus similes ), Nar. 16, 13. Wealhhafeca falconum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 68: 37, 23
weall-geweorc
Wall-work, ⬩ wall-building ⬩ the destruction of walls
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Hé gesette hí tó his weallgeweorcum, ðæt hí worhton his burga ( in aedificationibus urbium suarum ),Anglia x. 91, 96. the destruction of walls Aries byð ram betwux sceápum and ram tó wealgeweorce, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 12, 5
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healfunga
By halves, partially, imperfectly
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Hit is nyttre ðæt hit mon healfunga sprece it is better that it should be said in part only, Past. 31; Swt. 207, 7: 32; Swt. 209, 22. Gif wé healfunga and be summm dǽle heora gódan weorc secgeaþ si quædam illorum bona ex latere requiramus, 211, 16
of-þryscan
to beat down, repress, suppress
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Ðæt hé on him selfum ofþrysce ða lustas his unþeáwa in semetipso suggestiones vitiorum reprimat, 14, 5; Swt. 85, 12
on-scyte
an attack, assault ⬩ an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting
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Th. ii. 578, 23. an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting Mǽst ǽlc óðrum derede wordes and dǽde; and húru unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan [and mid wróhtlácan, MS. E.], Wulfst. 160, 5.
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ge-singan
To sing; ⬩ cănĕre
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Ðætte on Cantica Canticorum wæs gesungen what was sung in the Song of Songs, 11, 15
wan-sǽlig
Unblest ⬩ miserable ⬩ evil
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In ðisse wonsǽlgan worulde lífe, 158, 33; Gú. 919. Weras wansǽlige mé (Christ) slógon and swungon, Andr. Kmbl. 1925 ; An. 965. Wonsǽlige, Elen. Kmbl. 953 ; El. 478. Fróde sace sémaþ, sibbe gelǽraþ, ða ǽr wonsǽlge áwegen habbaþ, Exon.
þrægan
To run ⬩ proceed in a course
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To run, proceed in a course Sume tungul læsse gelíðaþ, ða ðe lácaþ ymb eaxe ende, oððe micle máre geféraþ, ða hire midore ymbe þearle þrægeþ (-aþ?)
wíh
An idol
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Hé (St.Bartholomew) ne wolde wíg weorðian (cf. the account in Shrn. 120, 17-32), Apstls. Kmbl. 95 ; Ap. 48. Hé hǽþengield ofer word Godes, weoh gesóhte, Exon. Th. 244, 6; Jul. 23. Wóden worhte weós, 341, 28; Gn. Ex. 133
ge-dwimorlic
Illusory, existing only apparently
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Ignem in oculis fratrum esse considerans . . . eos, quos phantastico reperi igne deludi, revocavit, Gr. D. 123, 16-124, ll.. seó kycene forburne; ac hit . . . wæs þæs deófles dydrung . . . Ðá gebróðra wǽron mid ðám gedwymorlicum fýre gebysgode, Hml.
ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
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App. p. 44, where, in an extent of the manors of Crowhurst and Fylesham, in Sussex, 8 Edw. I, we read, 'xxiii ambræ salis, quæ faciunt xii quarteria, secundum mensuram Londoniæ.'
DIHT
a setting in order, disposing, contriving, disposition, conduct, consultation, deliberation, purpose ⬩ disposĭtio, excogitātio, consĭlium, propŏsĭtum ⬩ a dictating, direction, order, command ⬩ dictātio, directio, jussum, mandātum
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Ic eom unscyldig, ǽgðer ge dǽde ge dihtes, æt ðære tíhtlan I am guiltless, both in deed and purpose, of the accusation, L.
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folc-gemót
A folk-meeting ⬩ pŏpŭli consessus
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Stătūtum est quod dēbent pŏpŭli omnes, et gentes ūnĭversæ singŭlis annis, sĕmel in anno scīlĭcet convĕnīre, scīlĭcet in căpĭte kal. Maii,' Th. Anglo-Saxon Laws, vol. i. 613, note a.
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FRÓFOR
comfort ⬩ solace ⬩ consolation ⬩ help ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ refuge ⬩ sōlāmen ⬩ sōlātium ⬩ consōlātio ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ refŭgium
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In me frófre gǽst ge-eardode in me the Spirit of comfort hath dwelt, 10 b; Th. 13, 24; Cri. 207. Folce to frófre for comfort to the people, Beo. Th. 27; B. 14: Menol. Fox 115; Men. 57.
eardian
To dwell, live, feed ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ inhabĭtāre
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For yfelnesse ðara eardiendra ðǽr on ðære byrig a malītia inhabĭtantium in eo, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 22: Ps. Th. 82, 6: 135, 27: Ps. Spl. 16, 13. Eardendra, Ps. Th. 106, 33.
leód-biscop
a suffragan
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In Rtl. 194, 34-40 occurs the following 'Chore episcopi; Grece core, Latine vicari, episcopi: hii in vicis et villis constituti habentes licentiam constituere gradum minorem, non presbiterum neque diaconum, propter scientiam episcopi in cujus regione
LYTEL
LITTLE
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Ic geseah weaxende blósman litlum and litlum videbam crescere paulatim in gemmas, Gen. 40, 10. [Goth. leitils; O. Sax. luttil: Icel. lítill: O. H. Ger. luzil, luzzil.]
ge-gán
to go ⬩ go or pass over ⬩ come to pass ⬩ happen ⬩ ire ⬩ præterire ⬩ evenire ⬩ to occupy ⬩ overcome ⬩ overrun ⬩ subdue ⬩ occupare ⬩ vincere ⬩ subigere ⬩ to observe ⬩ practise ⬩ exercise ⬩ effect ⬩ accomplish ⬩ observare ⬩ exercere ⬩ perficere ⬩ efficere
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Eall ðás wundor geeódon in ussera tída tíman all these wonders happened in the period of our times, 43 b; Th. 147, 11; Gú. 725. to occupy, overcome, overrun, subdue; occupare, vincere, subigere Ðæt ðú hám on us [hus MS.] gegán wille that thou wilt occupy
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