leáh
A lea
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A lea, as a termination of local names -leigh, -ley, -ly; it occurs frequently in the charters Hríðra leáh campus armentorum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 232, 21. Ðis syndon ða landgemǽro tó madanleáge (cf. 120, 28 madan lieg) ǽrest on witena leáge, iii. 121,
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mangere
A monger ⬩ merchant ⬩ trader ⬩ dealer
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A monger (in iron-monger, cheese-monger, &c. ), merchant, trader, dealer Mangere mercator vel negotiator, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 72. Hwæt sægst ðu, mancgere (mercator) ? Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 23. Ne preóst ne beó mangere a priest shall not be a merchant
maðelian
To speak ⬩ harangue ⬩ make a speech ⬩ declaim
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To speak, harangue, make a speech, declaim Maðelaþ concionatur, i. conclamat, loquitur, contestatur in populo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 34. Maðalade contionatur, declamat, Wülck. Gl. 15, 36. Satan maðelode, sorgiende spræc, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 27; Gen. 347. Abraham
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mis-wendan
To pervert ⬩ apply to a wrong use ⬩ abuse ⬩ To turn in a wrong direction, be perverted
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trans. To pervert, apply to a wrong use, abuse Ðá miswendon sume ða englas heora ágenne cyre, and hý sylfe tó deóflum geworhton then some of the angels made an ill-use of the choice that was theirs, and made themselves devils, Homl. Th. i. 112, 7. Hé
myndgian
to bear in mind ⬩ recollect ⬩ to bring to the mind of another ⬩ recall ⬩ remind
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to bear in mind, recollect Gé sweltaþ deáþe nymþe ic dóm wite sððan swefnes ðæs mín sefa myndgaþ ye shall die unless I know the import of the true dream, of which my mind is still conscious, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 31; Dan. 144. Wé ðæs hereweorces myndgiaþ
big-leofa
Food, victuals, nourishment ⬩ cibus, victus, alimentum ⬩ Money, wages ⬩ stips, stipendium
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provision by which life is maintained, Food, victuals, nourishment; cibus, victus, alimentum Ðú nimst witodlíce of eallum mettum ... ðæt híg beón ǽgðer ge ðé ge him to bigleofan tolles igitur ex omnibus escis ... et erunt tam tibi quam illis in cibum
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BOD
A command, commandment, precept, mandate, an edict, order, message ⬩ jussum, mandatum, edictum ⬩ a commandment
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A command, commandment, precept, mandate, an edict, order, message; jussum, mandatum, edictum Hwæt is ðæt bod micle [MS. micla] in ǽ quod est mandatum magnum to lege? Mt. Lind. Stv. 22, 36: Mk. Lind. Stv. 12, 28, 29, 30, 31: Lk. Lind. Stv. 2, 1. Bod
regollíce
Regularly, in accordance with rule (v. preceding word)
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Regularly, in accordance with rule (v. preceding word) Ða þing ðe regollíce gedémed wǽron quaeque erant regulariter decreta, Bd. 2, 4;S. 505, 36. Ðæt biscopas and abbudas, munecas and mynecena, preóstas and nunnan tó rihte gebúgan and regollíce libban
sige-wang
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A plain where victory is won, a glorious plain. where actual fighting has taken place Se mǽsta dǽl ðæs heriges læg on ðam sigewonge, Judth. Thw. 25, 36. where actual fighting is not referred to, a place in which evil is overcome Smeolt wæs se sigewang
steóra
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One who directs the course of a ship, lit. Steóra gubernio, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 7: gubernator, 56, 17: proreta, ii. 69, 5: 75, 10. Swelce se stióra slépe on midre sǽ and forlure ðæt stiórróður ... Se biþ swíðe onlíc ðæm stióran ðe his stiórróðor forliést
súþan
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from the south On ðysum geáre com micel sciphere hider súþan of Lidwiccum, Chr. 918; Erl. 102, 22. Gefaren tósomne súðan and norðan, Cd. Th. 120, 2; Gen. 1988. Gif hér wind cymþ westan oððe eástan, súðan oððe norðan, 50, 11; Gen. 807. Súþan, Exon. Th
widlian
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To defile, pollute, violate, profane Ne ðæt ingaas in múð widlas (coinquinat) ðone monno. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 11. Measapreóstas sunnadæg widlas (violant), 12, 5. Ðás yflo wiðlað (widlas, Rush., communicant) ðone monno, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 23. Hi ( the
wrǽc
Vengeance
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Vengeance. This form seems to be implied by later English forms, e. g. Þatt was mikell wræche, þatt all follc for till helle, Orm. 19 ; don wreche (rimes with speche, leache, teche), Misc. 143, 56 ; tak wreche (rimes with preche), Alis. 2858: but there
ǽþ-rýt
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and add Náht is lang, náht ys ǽ þryte ( longum ) ꝥ ná on sceortum sý geendud, Scint. 217, 6. Gyf hit ne þúhte ǽsþryt (-þrytt. v. l. ) tó áwrítenne. Lch. iii. 276, 3. Þý lǽs ðe hit eów ǽðryt þince, Hml. Th. i. 88, 32. Þe lǽs þe hyt beó ǽþryt gelǽredum
bere-ærn
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Bereern (her-, L. ) horreum, Lk. R. 12, 24. Þ á feówer hyrnan þ æs berenes, Lch. iii. 290, 28. Bernes flór (berern,L.) area. Lk. 3, 17. Æt bernes dure, Ll. Th. i. 440, 2. On hláfordes berne . . . of his áganum berne, Ll. Th. i. 434, 16, 19 : Cht. E. 377
blǽd
fruit.
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fruit. Blǽd coma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 41. Hé ábreác þæs forbodenan treówes æpples . . . hié þá blǽde þigdon, Angl. xi. 1, 19. Ábiteriað ðá bléda fructus amarescit, Past. 341, 24. Ácuciað ealle eorðlice blǽdu (-e, -a, v. ll.) and blðwað (printed bláwað)
bledu
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Bledu patera, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 44: fiola, 290, 79 : ii. 36, 63. Blede tácen is þæt þú árǽre úp þíne swýþran hand, Tech. ii. 125, 9. Man bær þám cásere wín on ánre blede. Hml. S. 31, 631. Hrer on blede, Lch. ii. 314, 3 : 308, 29. Drince hé góde blede fulle
cwealm
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Cwealm nex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 21. Þæt fífte ( the fifth plague in Egypt) wæs hyra nýtena cwealm (pecorum et jumentorum strages ), Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 6. Æfter þǽra cilda cwealme ( the murder of the Innocents ), Mart. H. 10, 10. Mid hungre oþþe mid cwealme
cyrten
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Add: comely in person Se seofoða heáfodleahter is geháten ídel wuldor . . . þonne se man gewilnað þæt hé sý cyrten, and nele foresceáwian þæt úre líchaman beóð áwende tó duste, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 29. Heó ( Esther ) wæs on wæstme cyrten, Hml. A. 95, 99
cláþ
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Add: a cloth Þú noldest þæt ǽnig cláð betweuh wére ( nullo interposito velamento ), Shrn. 185, 34. Stód án cýf oferwrogen . . . hí brúdon of ðone cláð ( operimentum ), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 35. a garment God hyre ásende tunecan. Heó . . . ðone cláð hire