sæccan
to fight, contend
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Similar entries v. preceding word(sæc); but cf. also sacian, sacan
be-cnáwe
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Ic ne am bicnówe ðat ic (printed it; but cf. ic ne eom ge-cnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne þanon ut, 222, 27) áni man úðe ðenen út . . . hámsócne, C. D. iv. 226, 4
leán-gifa
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One who gives recompense or reward Swylce se rihtwísa leángyfa nó mid wordum ac mid dǽdum ðus cwǽde as if the righteous Recompenser had said not with words but with deeds, Lchdm. iii. 436, 23
þǽnan
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To moisten Gif tó stíð sié; þǽn (printed þæm; but see geþǽn mid hunige, 144, 1) mid ðý hunige, Lchdm. ii. 108, 17. Þénda smerwunga wyrce of ele make moist smearings of oil, 182, 16
Linked entry: þénda
eofole
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A plant-name Twá snáda eofolan (but cf. the same recipe in Lch. ii. 324, 20:-- ii. snǽda elenan. See, however: Ebule ł eobulum wealwyrt ł ellenwyrt, iii. 302, Col. 1), Lch. iii. 28, 27
fnǽrettan
To snort ⬩ neigh
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To snort, neigh, make a loud sound with the breath Frendens hnǽgende, fnǽrettende (printed fnæs-, but see E. S. xi. 511), vel grymettende, frendit i. stridet dentibus, rugiet grymetteþ. Wrt. Voc. ii. 150. 52-55
ge-hnyssan
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[But gehnyst might belong to ge-hnyscan. Ci. ge-hnistun under ge-hnescan; V. 2.] (?)
wicu
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Add: where the reference is to any day but Sunday, week as in week-day Gyf se terminus becymð on ðone Sunnandæg . . . Gyf se terminus gescýt on sumon dæge þǽre wucan, Lch. iii. 244, 17
cýp
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Gl. 492, 32 the same form occurs, but in another gloss of the same passage the form is cýue, An. Ox. 2, 236), An. Ox. 3657, where see note
hrér-ness
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(under onhrérnisse; but see Angl. xxi. 237). Add
míte
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., but see Wülck. Gl. 121, 23) l. (?) mustfleógan vel [must]wurmas, míte, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 75-
dæftan
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For Glos. . . . 73 read Germ. 400, 476, and add Se fæder hét feccan þone cniht, and hine sóna scrýdde mid deórwurðum reáfum, and hét dæftan his búr mid pallum and mid wáhryftum wurðlíce þám cnihte, Hml. S. 35, 49
min-dóm
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But see min
hryte
Balidinus ⬩ 'balidinus ⬩ balius
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The word occurs in a list of names of colours, but the meaning is uncertain. Ducange has 'balidinus forte legendum badius vel balius nostris bay, bayard.'
ge-neósian
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Hí ne dorston ꝥ hálige hús mid ingange geneósian, ac æt ðǽre dura hí gebǽdon they didn't venture to enter the house when they visited it, but prayed at the door, Hml, Th. i. 504, 10. Add
þridding
The doing of a thing for the third time
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Halliwell gives thirding with this meaning as a Suffolk word) Ðirding (but the word has been altered to ðirde. v. Skeat's collation) scipdrincende tertio naufragantem, Rtl. 61, 31
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grimena
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Grímenæ seems a pl. gen. of the preceding word, governed by rím, but the meaning is not clear
fódnóþ
sustenance ⬩ support ⬩ food ⬩ annona
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Th. 370, 27. a stock of provisions; annona Fódnaðas annonas (printed fodraðus annonus; but see Bd. Sch. 42, 36, the passage here glossed), Txts. 180, 20
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wær-word
A word of caution, forewarning
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A word of caution, forewarning Wærwordum antefatis(as if from ante-fatus= spoken before, cf. antefataforewyrde, 100, 28; but the Latin is ante fatis. Cf. Hpt. Gl. 529, 40 fatis ge*-*wyr[dum]), Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 34: 5, 42
swic-cræft
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Deception, treachery, fraud Se þurh swiccræft ( by treachery; but the Latin has in seditione ) manslyht geworhte, Mk. Skt. 15, 7. Deóflíce dǽda on swiccræftan, L. Eth. v. 25; Th. i. 310, 18: vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 18