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timber-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
timber-geweorc, es; n.

Timber-work, ⬩ preparation or cutting of timber for building (?)

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Timber-work, preparation or cutting of timber for building (?) In bócholte timbergeweorc and widigunge in beechholt the right to get timber for building and to cut wood for fuel, Cod. Dip. B. i. 344, 12

hǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽst, hǽste[?]; adj.

Violent, vehement, impetuous

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an adverb parallel with sáre and grimme : v. preceding word], Cd. 110; Th. 146, 2; Gen. 2416

suþerige

(n.)
Grammar
suþerige, A plant name glossing satirion, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 18. Cockayne takes the word to be the same as sæþerige (q. v.), and the gloss to be a mistake, Lchdm. ii. 403, col. 1; but cf. satirion sanycle, Wülck. Gl. 613, 33,
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saniculum sanicle i. wudemerch, 554, 8

ge-wyrdelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wyrdelíce, adv.
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Eloquently (see next word); with careful attention to words (?) Snodorlíce, þæt is gewyrdelíce sagaciter, pru-denter (gramaticorum regulas . . . sagaciter inquirendo, Ald. 5, 2), Hpt. Gl. 411, 24.

ge-dieglan

(v.)

To hide ⬩ cover ⬩ velare

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To hide, cover; velare He wolde ðara scamfæstna giemelieste mid líðelícum wordum gedieglan he would cover [velare] the negligence of the modest with gentle words, Past. 31, 2; Swt. 207, 23; Hat. MS. 39 b, 23

gilp-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
gilp-cwide, es; m.

A boastful speech

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A boastful speech Ðam wífe ða word wel lícodon gilpcwide Geátes well did those words please the woman, the boastful speech of the Gaut. Beo. Th. 1284; B. 640; Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 12; Gú, 1209

fremfull

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God cwæð be synfullum mannum twá word swíde fremfulle, Hml. Th. ii. 602, 7: Hml. S. 12, 146

médan

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Ondsware ýwe sé hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him make answer that can encourage himself to say in words how the wood is called, Rä. 56, 15

a-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cweðan, he -cwyþ; p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To say ⬩ tell ⬩ answer ⬩ dicere ⬩ eloqui ⬩ respondere

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To say, tell, answer; dicere, eloqui, respondere Ðæt word acwyþ that word says, Beo. Th. 4099; B. 2046. Word acwæþ, wuldres aldor he spake the word, the chief of glory, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 14; Gen. 639. Ðæt me acweden syndon quæ dicta sunt mihi, Ps.

Linked entries: a-cwǽdon a-cwæþ

Þyringas

(n.)
Grammar
Þyringas, pl.

The Thuringians

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The Thuringians Wód weóld Þyringum, Exon. Th. 320, 17; Víd. 30: 322, 16. Mid Eást-Þyringum, 323, 30; Víd. 86. Maroara habbaþ bewestan him Þyringas, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 11. v. Grm. Gesch. D. S. c. xxii

holt-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
holt-wudu, a; m.

a wood; ⬩ silva, ⬩ nemus, ⬩ wood from a holt, ⬩ forest-wood; ⬩ lignum,

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a wood; silva, nemus, Beo. Th. 2743; B. 1369: Exon. 58 a; Th. 209, 16; Ph. 171. wood from a holt, forest-wood; lignum, Beo. Th. 4669; B. 2340: Rood Kmbl. 179; Kr. 91

eiseg

(adj.)
Grammar
eiseg, adj. [ = egseg, egeseg, from egesa fear]

Terrible, horrible ⬩ terrĭbĭlis

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Terrible, horrible; terrĭbĭlis Cleopaþ ðonne se alda út of helle, wriceþ word-cwedas wéregan reorde, eisegan stefne then the chief calleth out of hell, uttereth words with accursed speech, with horrible voice, Cd. 213; Th. 267, 6-10; Sat. 34-36

Linked entry: egesig

hlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
hlanc, adj.

Lank, ⬩ lean, ⬩ gaunt

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Lank, lean, gaunt: — Ðæs se hlanca gefeah wulf in walde at that rejoiced the gaunt wolf in the wood, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 205. Swá ðú on hrime setest hlance cylle sicut uter in pruina, Ps. Th. 118, 83

án

(adv.)
Grammar
án, adv.

Only ⬩ tantum

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Only; tantum Cweþ ðín án word speak thy word only; tantum dic verbo, Mt. Bos. 8, 8

hand-brǽd

(n.)
Grammar
hand-brǽd, hand-bréd. Perhaps hand-bred should be read and the quotation be taken to the next word. But in support of hand-brǽd may be noted the form breð ( = brǽð) odor, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 58, and the phrase gód hande brád. v. hand;
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Wicklif has handibreede v. N. E. D. handbrede

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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sulling Aliquam terrae partiunculam, hoc est duarum manentium ... ritu Cantiae án sulung dictum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 249, 19. Terrae particula duarum manentium, id est, án sulung, 250, 8. Yc gean intó Cristes cyrican on Cantwarabyrig ðæs landes æt Holungaburnan

Linked entry: swulung

fyrgen-holt

(n.)
Grammar
fyrgen-holt, es; n.

A mountain-wood ⬩ montāna silva

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A mountain-wood; montāna silva On fyrgenholt into a mountain-wood, Beo. Th. 2791; B. 1393

Linked entry: firgen-holt

weorold-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gesceaft, e; f.
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the created world Óð ðæt ðeós woruldgesceaft þurh word gewearð wuldorcyninges, Cd. Th. 7, 23 ; Gen. 110. created things, creatures God wolde ðæt him eorðe and uproder and síd wæter geseted wurde woruldgesceafte on wráðra gield, Cd.

Linked entry: weorold-sceaft

wudu-ælfen

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-ælfen, wudu-ælfenn, -elfen[n], e; f.

A wood-elf ⬩ wood-nymph

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A wood-elf, wood-nymph Wudu-elfen dryades, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 15. Wuduælfenne oreades, ii. 65, 44

peorð

(n.)
Grammar
peorð, the name of the Runic p. Its meaning is doubtful. Grimm notices the name for f in the old Sclavonic alphabet, fert, and the Persian name for one of the figures on the chess-board, ferz. Kemble seems to take the latter, translating the word by
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chess-man; but it is doubtful whether the knowledge of chess was early enough among the Teutons to allow of this interpretation. v. Zacher Das Runenalphabet, pp. 7-9. The verse which accompanies the Rune in the Runic poem is the following Peorð byþ symble

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