be-lǽfan
To remain ⬩ to be left ⬩ remanere ⬩ superesse
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To remain, to be left; remanere, superesse Án of him ne belǽfde unus ex eis non remansit Ps. Spl. C. 105, 11
un-rǽd
evil counsel ⬩ ill-advised course ⬩ bad plan ⬩ folly ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ prejudice ⬩ hurt
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Non fuit pejus concilium factum in Anglia de tali re, Chr. l016; Erl. 157, 22. Ðæs unrǽdes ( the building of the tower of Babel ) stíðferhð cyning steóre gefremede, Cd. Th. 101, 15; Gen. 1682. Gif ðú unrǽdes ne geswícest, Exon.
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Mid worde and mid wædde, 1014; Erl. 150, 14. Trymme hé eal mid wedde ðæt ðæt hé beháte, L. Edm. B. 5; Th. i. 254, 17.
winter-getæl
A number of years
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A number of years Ða ágán wæs winter-geteles (-tæl-,v. l.) seofon and twéntig, Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 22
feorh-lege
Life-law ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ vītæ lex ⬩ fātum ⬩ mors
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Life-law, fate, death; vītæ lex, fātum, mors Ðæt on ðone hálgan handa sendan to feorhlege fæderas usse that our fathers lay their hands on the holy one unto death, Elen. Kmbl. 913; El. 458.
swég
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Tyrnende swégas rotatiles trocheos, Germ. 403, 8. sound made by means of an instrument, v. swég-cræft. voice; also the instrument Ðære býman swég, Ex. 19, 19. Hearpan swég, Beo. Th. 179; B. 89.
Linked entries: swég-cræft swóg
mann-mirring
Destruction of men
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Destruction of men Ac man þǽr ne gespǽdde bútan manmyrringe they did not succeed without loss of men, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 29
Linked entry: mirring
mene-scilling
A coin worn as an ornament
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A coin worn as an ornament Menescillingas lunules, Ep. Gl. 13 b, 37: Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 15. Mynescillingas, 49, 72
grorn
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m[?] Grief, sadness; luctus, mœror, Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 22; Reim. 49
Linked entry: gnorn
termen
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m, A term, fixed date Gif ðú wille witan ðæt gemǽre terminum septuagesimalis, ðonne tele ðú . . . ðonne on ðam teóðan stent se termen, ðæt gemǽre, Lchdm. iii. 228, 3. On non̄ Aprilis byð se forma termen on ðam circule ðe ys decennovenalis, oððe pascalis
weorold-folgoþ
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m, A worldly service, service with an earthly lord Sceolde Sanctus Martinus néde beón on ðære geférǽdenne cininges ðegna . . . Næs ná ðæt hé his willan on ðæm woruldfolgaðe wǽre . . . Ðá hé wæs týn wintre, and hine hys yldran tó woruldfolgaðe tyhton,
weorold-mæg
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m, A kinsman according to the flesh Mé æfter sculon míne woruldmágas welan bryttian. Cd. Th. 131, 18; Gen. 2178
efen-fela
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Dele 'indecl.', and add: substantive with gen. Man ne mihte nánne mete gegyrwan, ꝥ þára wyrma nǽre emfela þǽm mete, Ors. 1, 7; S. 36, 28. Gán inn emfela manna of ǽgðre healfe, Ll. Th. i. 226, 20. Dó béga emfela, Lch. ii. 20, 24. Ealra emfela, 28, 14.
Harold
Harold, second son of Cnut ⬩ Harold, son of earl Godwin
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Harold, son of earl Godwin Hér forþférde Eádward king and Harold eorl féng tó ðam ríce and heóld hit xl wucena and ǽnne dæg in this year departed king Edward and earl Harold came to the throne and held it forty weeks and one day, 1066; Erl. 198, 1.
mearc-ísern
A branding-iron
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A branding-iron Mearcísern cauterium, Ep. Gl. 8 d, 35: Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 76: ferrum quo note pecudibus inuruntur, 3. Mercíseren, 102, 58
mæsse-lác
The mass-offering ⬩ the host
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Isidoro et Papiæ dicitur oblatio, quæ ad altare fertur et sacrificatur a Pontificibus, a quo offertorium nominatur. In Festus; fertum genus libi dictum, quod crebrius ad sacra ferebatur altero genere libi.']
metend
One who measures or metes
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Middangeardes metend ex Ormista (the A. S. gloss seems to be intended as a translation of the title commonly given to Orosius' History, [H]Ormesta Mundi, and is the measurer or describer of the world, i. e. a general history of the world), Wrt.
tíd-sang
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Edg. C. 45; Th. ii. 254, 6: R. Ben. 67, 18: Homl. Th. ii. 160, 19-24. Æt ǽlcan tídsange eal híréd áþenedum limum ætforan Godes weófode singe ðone sealm : Domine, quid multiplicati sunt, and preces, and collecta, Wulfst. 181, 26: 171, 14.
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þegen-scipe
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Edg. ii. 3; Th. 266, 18: L. C.