wæter-leás
Without water, dry
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Hé gáð ðerh stówa (-e, Rush.) wæterleása (-e, Rush.) perambulat per loca inaquosa, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 24
hand-cláþ
A hand-cloth, towel ⬩ a hand-towel
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A hand-cloth, towel Ic geseó Godes engel standende ætforan ðé mid, handcláþe, and wípaþ ðíne swátigan limu I see God's angel standing before thee with a handcloth, and he wipes thy sweaty limbs, Homl. Th. i. 426, 30
cniht-cild
A male child ⬩ boy ⬩ puer
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A male child, boy; puer Wæs on ðam ylcan mynstre cnihtcild sum, ne wæs yldre ðonne þrý-wintre there was in the same monastery a boy, he was not older than three years Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 27
on-lícness
Likeness, image
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Hé hæfþ mon geworhtne æfter his onlícnesse, Cd. Th. 25, 19; Gen. 396; Exon. Th. 424, 10; Rä. 41, 37
tó-stician
To stab to pieces ⬩ wound severely by stabs ⬩ destroy by thrusts
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To stab to pieces, wound severely by stabs, destroy by thrusts Funde he hiene ǽnne be wege licgan mid sperum tósticad healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum, confossum vulneribus et extrema vitae efflantem, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14
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FEL
skin ⬩ hide ⬩ pellis ⬩ cŏrium ⬩ cŭtis
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Næs hyre feax ne fel fýre gemǽled neither her hair nor skin was marked by the fire, Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 1; Jul. 591. Fell pellis, Wrt. Voc. 71, 18. Felles ne récceþ he cares not for my skin, Exon. 127 a; Th. 488, 12; Rä. 76, 5.
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blind
dark ⬩ dim ⬩ blind
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Hé hét hí búgan tó his blindum godum, Hml. S. 25, 217. of passion, &c. Blindre gyrninge caecae cupidatatis, An. Ox. 5288. Þæs blindan lustes. Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 3. Blindre fyrhto ceca formidine, Wrt.
fore-spræc
advocacy ⬩ excuse ⬩ preliminary speech ⬩ a preface ⬩ prologue
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Take these together under fore-sprǽc, and add: speech on behalf of a person or thing. advocacy Hé ús gefreóð mid his foresprǽce from écum wítum advocatione sua nos ab aeternis suppliciis liberans, Past. 261, 10.
híwan
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Hí(g)na ealdor the head of a household: Gemétte hé þǽr fǽmnan wæs nift þæs hína ealdres (patris familias), Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 231, 11.
mǽd
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Hec sunt prata . . . stocméd healf benorðan hegforde, be stúre méda sué ðér tó limpað, ii. 65, 27. On súðmǽdwan; of ðǽre mǽde, iii. 77, 18. Æt ðǽra hína mǽde, vi. 4, 26. On cuttes mǽd ; of þǽre mǽde, iii. 456, 30. Onbútan ðá mǽdewe, iii. 386, 5.
ge-gerwan
To prepare ⬩ make ready ⬩ clothe ⬩ array ⬩ adorn ⬩ furnish
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Heó alegde hire hrægl ðe heó mid gegyred wæs and hie gegyrede mid ðon sélestan hrægle she laid aside the garment that she was clothed with, and arrayed herself with the finest garment, Blickl. Homl. 139, 6, 7 : 89, 35 : 103, 3.
byrgen
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Heó þǽm apostolum æteówde ealne hire gegyrelan þe heó wolde æt hire byrgenne habban, Bl. H. 143, 29-36. Be his lífe and be his forðfóre and be his byr(i)geune (sepultura), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 348, 14
tácn
A token, sign ⬩ a sign, significant form ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a token, a credential ⬩ a sign, monument ⬩ a sign of the Zodiac ⬩ a sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a sign to attract attention, a signal ⬩ a sign of anything future, a prognostic ⬩ a sign, an action that conveys a meaning ⬩ a sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state ⬩ </b> as a medical term, a symptom ⬩ a sign, symbol, emblem ⬩ a sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidence ⬩ a supernatural sign, miracle, prodigy ⬩ a signal event, remarkable circumstance
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</b> a sign, monument :-- Hé hét brycge gewyrcan his sige tó tácne ðe he on ðæm síþe þurhteón þohte, Ors. 2, 5;Swt. 84, 4. <b>Id.
gehwǽr
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Þearfe bringeð Maius micle geond menigeo gehwár, Men. 79. to every place Hé férde fram Antiochiam, for þan þe hé wæs apostol, and sceolde gehwǽr gecuman and Crístendóm árǽran (cf. dixit eis: ' euntes in mundum universum praedicate euan-gelium, ' Mk.
ge-strínan
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Hé monncynnes mǽst gestriénde (-strýnde, v.l. ) rodra wearde, Past. 9, ii. Hé gestriónde (gestriónende wæs, L.) óþre féfe, Mt. R. 25, 16. Gestreónde, 17.
CYN
every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN ⬩ genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progenies ⬩ Gender ⬩ genus ⬩ a sex ⬩ sexus
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Ǽlc nýten biþ oððe he, oððe heó every animal is either he, or she, 6; Som. 5, 34. Neutrum is náðor cynd, ne werlíces, ne wíflíces neuter is neither kind, neither of male nor of female, 6; Som. 5, 32.
a-fýsan
to hasten ⬩ festinare ⬩ tendere ⬩ to hasten away ⬩ impel ⬩ accelerate ⬩ incite ⬩ excite ⬩ make ready ⬩ incitare ⬩ accelerare ⬩ paraturn vel prornptum reddere
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Th. 131, 4; By. 3. to hasten away, impel, accelerate, incite, excite, make ready; incitare, accelerare, paraturn vel prornptum reddere Ðonne he afýsed biþ when he hastened away, Exon. 653; Th. 241, 11; Ph. 654.
bel-hús
A BELL-HOUSE ⬩ campanile vel campanarium ⬩ turris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula
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þegen-rihtes weorþe if a freeman had five hides of his own land, a church and kitchen, a bell-house ... then was he worthy of thane-right L.
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Cásern
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He became so dear to the Romans, and so honoured, that they never called him anything but father; and, in honour of him, they called his wife, empress, Ors. 6, 11; Bos. 121, 5-15
be-hófian
To have need of ⬩ to need ⬩ require ⬩ egere ⬩ indigere ⬩ Impersonally ⬩ it BEHOVETH ⬩ it concerns ⬩ it is needful or necessary ⬩ oportet ⬩ interest
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He mægenes behófaþ gódra gúþrinca he requires strength of good warriors Beo. Th. 5288; B. 2647 : Exon. 98 a; Th. 367, 1; Seel. 1.
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