ge-byre
The time at which anything happens ⬩ a favourable time ⬩ an opportunity ⬩ occasio ⬩ opportunitas
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The time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; occasio, opportunitas Hwonne him eft gebyre weorþe, hám cymeþ when there shall again be an opportunity to him he will come home, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 3; Gn. Ex. 105
fyrian
To make a furrow ⬩ to plough ⬩ till ⬩ proscindĕre aratro
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To make a furrow, to plough, till; proscindĕre aratro, Scint. 32
swán-geréfa
An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood. He seems to have been under the direct control of the alderman
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In ða tiid wæs hama suángeréfa tó súðtúne and hé rád ðæt hé wæs et ceastre and ðone aað gesceáwade suá hine his aldormon héht Eádwulf there was then a very great case about pasture in the wood at Sutton (in Worcestershire).
first-mearc
an interval of time ⬩ intercăpēdo
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an interval of time; intercăpēdo, Som. Ben. Lye. V. frist-mearc
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mónaþ-fyllen
The time of full moon
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The time of full moon Mónaþfylene plenilunio, Hpt. Gl. 525, 63
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ticia
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A tick (an insect infesting animals) Ticia ricinus, Txts. 109, 1130
heáh-hweólad
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High-wheeled Héhhwiólad wǽn carracu*-*tium, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 26
first
time ⬩ respite ⬩ (additional) time ⬩ in time
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time. Take here fyrst in Dict., and add: a space of time Fyrst intercapedo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 276 7 Huu longes tídes ł huu long firstes quantum temporis, Mk. L. 9, 21. Beó hé feówertig nihta on carcerne . . . Gif hé út oðfleó ǽr þám fierste, Ll.
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óþ
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Th. 106, 17. (1 b) with another preposition :--- add: with a time word Oð ðone first þe hé hyt geháwað, Solil. H. 27, 6. Oð dómes dæg, B. 3069. Oð þá nigoðan tíd, El. 870. Heó wæs wunigende on wudewan háde oð feówer and hundeahtatig geára, Hml.
sǽd
seed, ⬩ seed, ⬩ the ripe fruit, ⬩ fruit, growth ⬩ sowing ⬩ seed, progeny, posterity
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Se háta sumor giereþ and drígeþ sǽd anð bléda, Met. 29, 61. fruit, growth Of wlite wendaþ wæstma gecyndu, biþ seó síðre tíd sǽda gehwylces mǽtræ in mægne, Exon.
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hreówan
To rue ⬩ grieve
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For ðæm ðe hie ne mágon ealneg ealla on áne tíd emnsáre hreówan neque enim uno eodemque tempore æque mens de omnibus dolet, 53, 3; Swt. 413, 29.
heardlíce
boldly ⬩ hardily ⬩ hardly ⬩ severely ⬩ inflexibly
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Se man, sé ðe wile on ǽlce tíd heardlíce and forwernedlíce lyfigean, sé bið fulfremed, Wlfst. 284, 8. severely, inflexibly Tó écrc forwyrde heardlíce (districtius) gedéman, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 504, 1. in a way that causes pain.
fús
ready ⬩ eager ⬩
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Hýðweard gearo, sé þe ǽr lange tíd leófra manna fús æt færoðe feor wlátode, B. 1916
mǽd
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On manegum landum tilð bið redre ðonne on óðrum, ge yrðe tíma hrædra, ge mǽda rædran, Angl. ix. 259, 10. Feldlǽs, mǽda, and yrðland, C. D. vi. 39, 9. Tó mǽdwuum, iii. 386, 1.
hwatung
Divination
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Nis ná sóðlíce álýfed nánum cristenum men ðæt hé ídele hwatunga; begá swá hǽðene men dóþ ðæt is ðæt hig gelýfon on sunnan and on mónan and on steorrena ryne and sécon tída hwatunga hyra þing tó begynnanne homini christiano certe non est permissum vana
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mæstling
A kind of brass ⬩ aes ⬩ aurichalcum ⬩ electrum ⬩ a vessel made of the metal
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The word is used to gloss aes, aurichalcum, and electrum Mæstlingc ǽr and tin aurichalcum, aes et stannum, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 11. Mæstlinc, gréne át auricalcos. Wrt. Voc. 286, 66. Cwicseolfer vel mæstling electrum i. sucus arboris, ii. 142, 78.
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íþ-ness
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Ús wæs ánes þinges éþnes ( una res fuit saluti ), ꝥ se snáw leng ne wunede þonne áne tíde, Nar. 23, 21. Hié for hira ágenre iéðnesse ðæt fleóð quietem propriam spectando refugiunt, Past. 41, 10.) Þára þe ǽrest on earfoðum byð and eft on éðnesse, Ps.
rétan
To cheer, gladden, comfort
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Hú sewísdóm hine eft réte and rihte mid his andsworum, tit. 5; Fox x, 10. Ðæt dolh rét mid ferscre buteran, Lchdm. ii. 354, 5. Wudewan and steópcild hý (eorlas and heretogan) sculon rétan and þearfena helpan, L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 318, 26.
ofer-niman
to take by violence, to violate ⬩ to take away, carry off ⬩ to take away
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P. ii. 13 tit.; Th. ii. 180, 22. [The section to which the title refers is as follows: ——] Gif ǽnig man ofernyme unbeweddod mǽden si invenerit vir puellam virginem, et apprehendens concuberit cum illa, Deut. 22, 28.
swefel
Sulphur, brimstone ⬩ sulphur
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. . . mæstlingc, ǽr and tin, swefel and glæs, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 11: Lchdm. i. 200, 2. Swefl, ii. 56, 10