land-sittende
Occupying land
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in land or in cattle, and how much money it was worth, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 32
hús-wist
A house ⬩ household
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A house, household Ic ingange on ðínum húswiste ł into ðínum húse introibo in domum tuam, Ps. Lamb. 5, 8
ærn
A place ⬩ secret place ⬩ closet ⬩ an habitation ⬩ a house ⬩ cottage ⬩ locus ⬩ locus secretior ⬩ domus ⬩ casa
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A place, secret place, closet, an habitation, a house, cottage; locus, locus secretior, domus, casa Bireþ into his ærne beareth into his habitation, L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 16
fyran
To go ⬩ īre
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To go; īre Ine fyrde to Sce. Petres Ine went to St. Peter's, Text Rof. 61, 15
bed-clýfa
A bed-chamber ⬩ closet ⬩ cubile hominis ⬩ cubiculum
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A bed-chamber, closet; cubile hominis, cubiculum Gang into ðínum bedclýfan infra in cubiculum tuum, Mt. Bos. 6, 6
Linked entries: bed-cófa bedd-clýfa gebed-clýfa
clengan
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Substitute: To adhere, remain Dreám bið in innan, clengeð, lengeð joy is within, remains, is prolonged, Rä. 29, 8
hwer
A kettle ⬩ pot ⬩ basin ⬩ caldron ⬩ cooking-vessel
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Ðá hét se cásere meltan on hwere leád and pic and hé hét ðone cniht on ðæs hweres welm ásetton the emperor ordered lead and pitch to be melted in a caldron, and ordered the young man to be put into the boiling of the caldron, Shrn. 91, 7.
baðian
To wash ⬩ foment ⬩ cherish ⬩ lavare ⬩ fovere ⬩ To BATHE ⬩ lavari ⬩ balneare ⬩ aquis se immergere
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Wit unc in ðære burnan baðodan we two washed ourselves in that brook, Exon. 121b; Th. 467, 2; Hö. 132. v. intrans. To BATHE; lavari, balneare, aquis se immergere Seldon heó baðian wolde she would seldom bathe, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 6.
ed-hwyrft
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Ex. 42. return to a condition Þá þǽr sóna wearð edhwyrft eorlum siððan inne fealh Grendles módor there was a return to the old state of things for the men after Grendel's mother had forced her way in, B. 1281
scilling
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Se Godes wer þá sealde þám biddere and cwæð ꝥ hé ágeáfe his maniendum þá .xii. and þone ǽnne hǽfde him tó his ágenre nytte (In the story as told in Hml.
under-þencan
to look into ⬩ consider
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to look into, consider Wé sculon swíðe smeálíce ðissa ǽgðer underðencean hoc in utrisque subtiliter intuendum, Past. 7; Swt. 49, 23
un-áspyrigendlíc
That cannot be investigated ⬩ that cannot be learnt by inquiry
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That cannot be investigated, that cannot be learnt by inquiry Unásperiendlíc in[inve]stigabilis, Kent. Gl. 91. Unásporiendlíc, Dial. 2, 16
Cumber-land
CUMBERLAND; Cumbria
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On ðisum geáre se cyning férde into Cumerlande [Cumberlande, col. 2] in this year the king went into Cumberland, 1000; Th. 248, 29, col. 1 ; 249, 29
Linked entries: Cumbra-land Cumer-land
hilfan
to halve
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to halve, divide into two parts Herbid (helbid?) bipertitum (cf. bipertitum, in duobus pertitum, 128), Corp. Gl. H. 25, 138; Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 2. [Cf. Scipen gunnen helden, bosmes þer rendden, seiles þer helfden (split in half), Laym. 7851.]
Linked entry: herbid
manigfeald-ness
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Wé nó þurh ðá mænigfealdnesse úra gebeda sind gehýrede non inn Add: —
hóh
'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'
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a form occurring in local names whose meaning is thus given by Kemble: 'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,' Cod.
hring-gewindla
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Something rolled into a circular form (v. ge-windan; 1 a), a sphere On hringgewindlan in spera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 61
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síc
A sike
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In wǽtan síce; of ðæm wǽtan síce in ða bakas, 382, 7: 386, 11. In ðæt wǽte sícc; of ðam síce, 386, 16. On ðæt eástre síc, 438, 28. In ðæt síc, 31, 12
hreðer
Breast ⬩ bosom
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Is mé ænige gást innan hreðres anxiatus est in me spiritus meus, Ps. Th. 142, 4. On breóston inne on hraðre, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 91; Met. 25, 46. Him of hræðre [hwæðre, MS.] gewát sáwol from his bosom departed the soul, Beo. Th. 5631; B. 2819.
eder-gong
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Substitute: A going into an enclosed place (?), a taking refuge Þǽr ( in heaven ) nǽfre hreów cymeð, edergong fore yrmþum, Cri. 1676