hearga
a grove ⬩ a temple ⬩ fane ⬩ an idol
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Se hálga herigeas þreáde, deófulgild tódráf, An. 1689. the word is also applied to a Christian temple Heargas fana (but Giles gives templa: Nescitis quod templa Dei sint ilia vestra, Ald. 140, 19), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 21
féþé-here
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Féþehere felethi (= Pelethi, Ald. 11, 37), Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 45: 148, 32: An. Ox. 776. Add
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feþer-cræft
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Feþercræfte plumario (arte plumaria, Ald. 15, 26), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 15. For 'Som. Ben. Lye' substitute
heald-ness
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Ald. 25, 35), Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 71. Add:
ge-gafelian
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Beón gegavalad proscriberentur (ne possessiones earum fiscali jure proscriberentur, Ald. 69, 6), Hpt. Gl. 517, 59
geán-nis
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Gl. 513 substitute Geánnysse obuiam (in sponsi obuiam subuolas, Ald. 65), An. Ox. 4610
glidering
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Ald. 57, 12), Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 66
Linked entry: glydering
þurh-wund
Wounded by a weapon which has passed quite through
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Alf. pol. 61; Th. i. 96, 11. [Cf. Sinness þatt stinngenn and þurrhwundenn all þatt bodig and tatt sawle, Orm. 17443.]
wendend
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That which turns round Wendend vertigo (teres vertigo coeli, Ald. 10), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 32. Cf. hweorfa
be-byrd
to fringe ⬩ border
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Ald. 77, 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 46
áþ-swerian
to curse
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devotabant (se,Ald. 38, 19), Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 48. (?)
hirting
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Refreshing treatment Hyrtinge fotu (medicus ... putrida fibrarum procurans ulcera fotu, Ald. 150, 16), An. Ox. 17, 10
Pierisc
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Ald. 182, 31) (printed pueriscan puerio ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 48
sceadwung
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Add: something affording shade Sceadewunge umbraculo (furvo facessante veteris instrumenti umbraculo, Ald. 8, 1), An. Ox. 438
swátan
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[Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.]
swelgend
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a very deep place, an abyss, a gulf, whirlpool Ðýlæs hí forswelge sió swelgend ðære upáhæfenesse ipso elationis suae barathro devorantur, Past. 57, 3; Swt. 439, 3. Seó grundleáse swelgend (gítsunge) vorans rapacitas. Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 32. Swelgend vorago
wígle
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Divination, heathen practice Wíglum cere-monias (the passage is: Ad tortas simulacrorum ceremonias, Ald. 41), Anglia xiii. 33, 162
wiþer-winn
Contest ⬩ conflict
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Contest, conflict Wiþerwinnes exercitationis (qui laboriosi certaminis coronam difficillimis propriae exercitationis viribus nanciscuntur, Ald. 2), Hpt. Gl. 405, 20
mǽl-sceafa
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Mǽlscaua a caterpillar (described thus : Centenis pedibus gradior per gramina ruris, Ald. 272, 33), An. Ox. 23, 53. Add
níþlíce
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The passage in which muliebriter occurs is: Timidorum more militum horrorem belli muliebriter metuentium, Ald. 11. 22. Cf. níþing