mónaþ
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Appendix A. and the Martyrology given in the Shrine. Add
seohtre
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Ondlong ðæs sihtran in ðone ealdan secgmór, C. D. vi. 218, 22. On cytan seohtres ford, v. 374, 22-23. On seohteres heáfod; of þám seohtere, C. D. B. iii. 624, 20. Æt otansihtre, C. D. i. 216, 27.
rysc
A rush
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Ðá heó geseah ðone windel on ðám rixum (in papyrione) Ex. 2, 5
sæd
Sated, weary, filled, having had one's fill
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Sated, weary, filled, having had one's fill (the word is not used in the sense of modern sad) Sæd effetus, i. plenus, Germ. 396, 215.
Sæfern
The river Severn
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Westweardes on Sæferne, Latin forms in the charters are Saberna, i. 64, 11: Sabrina, 84, 2: Saebrina, ii. 59, 18. ii. 150, 9, 14
sǽtung
A lying in wait, plot, snare
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A lying in wait, plot, snare Sǽtunge aucupatione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 43. Setunge, 101, 25. Gif him þince ðæt hé feala earna ætsomne geseó, ðæt biþ yfel níð and manna ǽtunga and seara, Lchdm. iii. 168, 11.
ǽr-morgen
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On ǽrmorgenum in matutinis, Ps. L. 72, 14. Add:
hand-geweorc
Work of the hand, handiwork
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On his handgeweorc byþ gefangen se synfulla in operibus manuum suarum comprehensus est peccator, 9, 15
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hosp-word
A word expressing contempt, contumely, reproach, abuse
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A word expressing contempt, contumely, reproach, abuse Án ðæra hospworda hé forbær suwigende one of their reproaches he bore with in silence, Homl. Th. ii. 230, 8.
or-hlyte
Having no share of, not participating in, free from, without
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Having no share of, not participating in, free from, without Orhlyte oððe bedǽled expers, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 43; Som. 13, I: 47; Som. 48, 44. Orhlita exsors, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 48. Wá ðære sáwle ðe orhlyte hyre lîf ádríhþ ðæra háligra mihta. Homl.
smorian
To choke, suffocate
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Halliwell gives smore as a word in northern dialects, and quotes Hall's Chronicles; and smoor is given as a Lincolnshire word, E. D. S. Pub.]
ge-þrístlǽcan
To dare ⬩ presume ⬩ excite ⬩ provocare
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To dare, presume, excite; provocare Ne geþristlǽcaþ hí ó ðæt hí mánswergen on his noman they never dare to sware falsely in his name, Shrn. 109, 17.
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hlís-ful
Famous, ⬩ of good repute, ⬩ renown
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Ðý læs ðe hé wurde tó hlísful on worulde and ðæs heofenlícan lofes fremde wǽre lest he should become too famous in this world and be a stranger to the praise of heaven, Homl. Th. ii. 142. 26.
swefnian
To appear in a dream to a person ⬩ To dream ⬩ to fall asleep.
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with acc. of person, cf. mǽtan, To appear in a dream to a person Swá bwæt swá hine swefnaþ whatever he dreams, Lchdm. iii. 184, 9. Swá hwæt swá ðé geswefnaþ, 154, 24. Áhicgan on sefan ðínne hú ðé swefnede, Cd. Th. 224, 5; Dan. 131.
frécne
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Ðý lǽs ðá gongen on suá frécne stíge ne in praecipiti pedem ponant, Past. 41, 7. Ðonne se hirde gǽð on frécne wegas cum pastor per abrupta graditur, 29, 23. Forléton wé þá frécnan wegas and síðfato relictis periculosissimis locis, Nar. 17, 13.
freóls-tíd
a festival ⬩ an anniversary
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On Godes hálgena freólstídum in sanctorum festiuitatibus, 39, 4. Freólstída and fæstentída rihtlíce understandan, Wlfst. 113, 1
wan-sceaft
misfortune ⬩ misery ⬩ unhappiness ⬩ some form of disease
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Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle, 329, 10 ; Vy. 32. some form of disease Hú mon sceal ða wǽtan and wonsceafta (ða wonsceaftan in the section, 246, 6, where no other malady than ða wǽtan is referred to except ða áheardodan swilas) útan
á-seóþan
to clear from impurity ⬩ to clear impurity from something ⬩ to try ⬩ examine
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Tó áseódenne expendere (see á-seódan above, d sometimes-= ð in this glossary), Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 2
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á-teorigendlic
getting exhausted ⬩ wearied ⬩ failing ⬩ transitory ⬩ perishable ⬩ defective
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A. 46, 536. in grammar, defective þæt is áteorigendlic, Reor is defectivum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 161, 20. Sume word syndon gehátene þæt synd áteorigendlice, defectiva, 203, 2
for-gedón
To do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ perdĕre
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To do for, destroy; perdĕre Ǽr Rómaburh abrocen wǽre and forgedón ere the city Rome was broken into and done for, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 10, note