peorð
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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
for-cnídan
To beat or break into pieces ⬩ dash or throw down ⬩ comminuĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ collidére
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To beat or break into pieces, dash or throw down; comminuĕre, contĕrĕre, collidére Ic gewanie oððe forcníde hig swá swá dust commĭnuam eos ut pulvĕrem, Ps. Spl. 17, 44. Ealle trumnysse hláfes he forcnád omne firmāmentum pānis contrīvit, 104, 15. Setl
norþ-rihte
Due north
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Due north Dá fór hé norþryhte be ðæm lande he sailed due north along the coast, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 9, 12
burg-geriht
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a town-due Hwylce gerihta langon intó Tántúne . . . Of Þ ám lande æt Nigon hídon . . . burhgerihtu, Cht. Th. 432, 23. Burgerihta, 433, 18
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cyne-wíse
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Substitute for translation of first passage 'nihil omnino in re militari ausus est,' and add Sum eorðlic ǽ is in þǽre Rómániscan cynewísan (cynne-, v. l.) quaedam terrena lex in Romana republica, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 68, 24. Ðeós cwén on þám lande manege
un-treówfæst
Unfaithful ⬩ untrustworthy
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Unfaithful, untrustworthy Untrýwfæst flecti facilis, Germ. 401, 27. Hí cwǽdon tó ðam Hǽlende: 'Wé wyton ðæt ðú of forlygere wǽre ácenned; and óðer ys, ðæt ðýn cynn ys on Bethleem swýþe untreówfæst; and þrydde ðæt ðýn fæder and ðýn módor flugon of Egiptan
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æsc
ash-tree ⬩ a ship
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Add: ash-tree (v. C. D. vi. 252-3 for the large number of place-names in which æsc occurs) Æsces sceal mǽst there must be most of ash, Lch. ii. 86, 8. a ship Aesc cercilus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 56. Æsc cercylus, 14, 16. Ðá Deniscan leóde on Norðhymbra
Medeshámstede
Peterborough
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Peterborough Abbud ðæs mynstres ðe gecweden is Medeshámstyde on Gyrwan lande, Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 45. Nama hit gáuen Medeshámstede, forðan ðæt ðǽr is án wæl ðe is geháten Medeswæl, Chr. 654; Erl. 29, 9. Hé geaf hit ðá tó nama Burch ðe ǽr hét Medeshámstede
seglan
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To sail Ðá hé hámweard seglde, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 1. Hé siglde ðá eást be lande, 1, 1 ; Swt. 17, 16. Se sciphere sigelede (seglode, MS. E.) west ymbútan, Chr. 877 ; Erl. 78, 17. Hé hys segl up áhóf, and swýðe forð seglode, St. And. 38, 33. Út on
ge-syndig
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Fair, favourable Tó þon þæt gesyndge windas ús set lande gebróhte adeo ut secundi nos uenti ad terram comitarentur, Bd. 5, 1 ; Sch. 553, 13
norþe-weard
Northward ⬩ north
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Northward, north Norþeweard, ðǽr hit smalost wǽre, hit mihte beón þreora míla brád tó ðæm móre the northern part of Norway, where it was narrowest, might be three miles broad to the mountains, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 31. Ðonne is tóemnes ðæm lande súþeweardum
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æl-þeódig
Strange ⬩ foreign ⬩ exterus ⬩ peregrinus ⬩ barbarus
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Strange, foreign; exterus, peregrinus, barbarus On ælþeódige folc to a foreign people, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 22. Ælþeódigra manna gisthús foreign men's guest house, an inn, Wrt. Voc. 58, 51. Ælþeódige men acwealdon advenam interfecerunt, Ps. Th. 93, 6.
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yfes-drype
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Eaves-drip Ðǽr ne gebyreþ an ðam lande an folcæs folcryht tó léfænnæ rúmæs bútan twígen fýt tó yfæsdrype, Chart. Erl. 141, 16, where see note
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toll-freó
Free from toll, ⬩ exempt from payment of toll
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Free from toll, exempt from payment of toll Tolfreó ofer ealle Engleland, wiðinne burhe and wiðútan, æt gárescépinge and on ǽfrice styde be wætere and be lande per totam Angliam infra ciuitatem et extra, in omni foro et annuis nundinis et in omnibus
tó-geþeód
Adjacent, ⬩ contiguous, ⬩ connected, ⬩ adjoined
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Adjacent, contiguous, connected, adjoined Ðæt eálond tósceadeþ Wantsumo streám fram ðam tógeþeóddan lande insula, quam a continents terra secernit fluvius Vantsumu, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 20
hrung
A rung ⬩ staff ⬩ rod ⬩ beam ⬩ pole
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A rung, staff, rod, beam, pole; Ongunnon stígan on wægn weras and hyra wicg somod hlódan under hrunge ðá ða hors óðbær wægn tó lande the men mounted the wain and their steeds with them, they stowed them under the rung, [the pole that supported the covering
þri-milce
The early name for the month of May
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The early name for the month of May Se fífta mónað is nemned on úre geðeóde Ðrymylce, for ðon swylc genihtsumnes wæs geó on Brytone and eác on Germania lande, of ðæm Ongla ðeód com on ðás Breotone, ðæt hí on ðæm mónðe þriwa on dæge mylcedon heora neát
of-cyrf
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Se abbod brúce ísene ofkyrfes abba utalur ferro abscisionis, R. Ben. I. 60, 2. Seó ród is wíde tódǽled mid gelómlicum ofcyrfum tó lande gehwilcum, Hml. S. 27, 144. Add
eáþe
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Add Eáðre facilior, ealra eáðost facillimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 16, 6. of action Ꝥ wæter and sió lyft bióþ swíþe eáþe tó tódǽlenne, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 28. Eáðre mé þincð on drígum lande tó farande, Solil. H. 21, 23. of persons, easy to be entreated, gentle
Crécas
The Greeks ⬩ Græci
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The Greeks; Græci Fór on Crécas he went against the Greeks Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 15, 31. Ymbe Créca land about the land of the Greeks Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 11; 23, 12, 13, 17, 22; 1. 6; Bos. 29, 6 Perseus of Créca lande in Asiam fór Perseus went from the