holm
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.), Laym. 20861.] sea Brym vel holm cataclismus, diluvium Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 42. Sǽýþa vel holmas equo[r], maria 143, 74. low-lying land by a stream, occurring in local names Man beónn ealle Cantware tó wigge tó Holme, C.
a-byrgan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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Brit. Mus. MSS. Cot. Julius, E. 7, fol. 203, Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Bodley 343
þistel
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Brád thistle erithius, 302, col. 1.) Þúfe þistel sow thistle, Lchdm. ii. 312, 20. Genim ðæs scearpan þistles moran, 314, 11. Þistles blóstm thistle-down; pappus, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 23.
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inn
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Be cumbe ing on holan bróc; ꝥ andlang streámes ing on hlósmoc, C. D. iii. 412, 24. Ing tó ealdan mynstre, Che. E. 185, 7. Hé tihð his fét suá hé inmest mæg, Past. 241, 12. See also verbs where in has been taken as a prefix
tó-brítan
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add: to break to pieces a material object Reód forþrést ne sý tó;brýd ( conterendum ), R. Ben. I. 108, 9. to destroy a person or thing, bring to destruction His setl on eorðan þú tóbrýttest sedem eius in terra collisisti, Ps. L. 88, 45.
gós
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Góse bróc scýt on mór, C. D. iii. 215, 33. .v. goes and .x. hennfuglas, i. 293, 9: 297, 1: 299, 23. Gósa tungan gebrǽdde and geþicge, Lch. ii. 90, 8. Add
hálig-rift
A holy garment, veil
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Effigenia is ðæs Heofenlícan Cynges brýd and mid háligrefte gehálgod Effigenia is the bride of the Heavenly King, and hallowed with the veil, Homl. Th. ii. 476, 32. Mathéus léde háligreft ofer hire heáfod Matthew placed a veil on her head, 478, 5
BERSTAN
to BURST ⬩ break ⬩ fail ⬩ fall ⬩ cum fragore dissilire ⬩ corruere ⬩ rumpi ⬩ frangi ⬩ to make the noise of a bursting or breaking ⬩ to crash ⬩ dash ⬩ crack ⬩ fragorem edere ⬩ sonare ⬩ crepare
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Ed. 3; Th. i. 160, 20. to make the noise of a bursting or breaking, to crash, dash, crack; fragorem edere, sonare, crepare Brim berstende blód-egesan hweóp the dashing sea threatened bloody horrors, Cd. 166; Th. 208, 2; Exod. 477.
æx
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Srt. 73, 5. v. blód-, brád-, brádlást-, hand-, stán-, tapor-æx. Add
mór
a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain
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Ðǽr hit (Norway) smalost wǽre, hit mihte beón þreora míla brád tó ðæm móre; and se mór syððan, on sumun stówum, swá brád swá man mæg on twám wucum oferféran . . .
pleoh
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Læsse pleoh byþ ðam men, ðæt hé flǽsces brúce on Lenctenfæstene, ðonne hé wífes brúce, 286, 3 : Homl. Th. i. 178, 34. Ðæt wæs swiðe micel pleoh ðæt ðú swá wénan sceoldest, Bt. 5, 3 ; Fox 14, 5. Hit biþ his pleoh ná mín, Ælfc. Gr. pref. ; Som. 2, 2.
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scortlíce
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Scortlíce (breviter) ic hæbbe nú gesǽd yrabe ða brié dǽlas, Ors. l, l ; Swt. 10, 3 : l, 14 ; Swt. 58, 7 : Ælfc. Gr. 10 ; Zup. 76, 3. Nú wylle wé sum þing scortlíce eów be him gereccan, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 3.
þeówetling
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Þeáh ðe hé brúce brádes ríces hé is earm ðeówtling ná ánes hláfordes though he exer- cise extensive power, he is a poor miserable slave, and not of a single master, Homl. Th. ii. 228, 11. Ǽlc hysecild ǽgðer ge æþelboren ge þeówetling, i. 92, 1.
gyrdel
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Gyrdel oððe bréc lumbare, 51, 15. Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is . . . gyrdel (bracile), R. Ben. 92, 3. Þá begyrde he hine mid his gyrdele (cingulo) . . . Sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7.
of-gangan
to require ⬩ to extort, exact what is not due ⬩ to acquire, obtain
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Ne sý nan man ðe ðyses landes ǽniges dǽles brúke, bútan hé hit ofgange æt ðám híwum mid rihtum landrihte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 435, 34. Similar entries v. preceding word
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.
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meówle
A maid ⬩ damsel ⬩ virgin ⬩ woman
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Him brýd sunu, meówle ( Mahalaleel's wife ) tó monnum brohte, Cd. 58; Th. 71, 17; Gen. 1172. Afrisc meówle, 171; Th. 215, 7; Exod. 579. Meówle, seó hyre bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 5; Vy. 46.
sýferness
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Ic brúce ðisum mettum mid sýfernysse ( cum sobrietate ), Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 5. Began ðá his geþanc tó sýfernysse ( opposed to lust, v. 197, 75) gehwyrfan, Homl. Ass. 198, 96
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dryht-líc
Lordly, noble, distinguished ⬩ princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius
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Cwæþ drihtlecu mǽg, brýd to beorne his noble mate, his wife, spoke to the chief, 133; Th. 168, 12; Gen. 2781. Drihtlíce cempan hyra sweord getugon the noble warriors drew their swords, Fins. Th. 29; Fin. 14 : Beo. Th. 2320; B. 1158.
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leód-fruma
a patriarch ⬩ a prince ⬩ chieftain ⬩ king
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Of ðam leódfruman brád folc cumaþ from that patriarch [Isaac] shall come nations wide-spreading, 106; Th. 140, 24; Gen. 2332. Gif hí leódfruman lǽstan dorsten if they durst follow their chief, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 53; Met. 1, 27.