sweartian
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Hé sweartade ( but see spearcian), Cd. Th. 269, 24; Sat. 78. Ðá árás se wind, and ða wolcnu sweartodon, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 151. Gesweartode denigratos, Hpt. Gl. 514, 32
heard-heortness
Hard-heartedness
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Hard-heartedness Hwæt is seó stǽnige eorþe búton heardheortnyss what is the stony ground but hard-heartedness, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 35. Þurh ðone wah seó heardheortnes ðara hiéremonna per parietem duritia subditorum, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 153, 24.
tímlíce
In good time, ⬩ soon
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Bute ȝef þu þe timluker (nisi maturius) ure godes grete, Kath. 2086
MAGAN
- Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1 ;
- Ælfc. Gr. 41 ;
- Som. 44, 21.
to be strong ⬩ efficacious ⬩ to avail ⬩ prevail ⬩ be sufficient ⬩ to be strong ⬩ be in good health ⬩ to be able ⬩ may ⬩ may
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Wolde hyre búr átimbrian, gif hit swá meahte, Exon. 108 a; Th. 411, 28; Rä. 30, 6. Wísdóm sǽde ðæt men mihton (could understand ) be Gode swelce hí mǽte, Bt. tit. 26; Fox xiv. 16.
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scírig-mann
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This document is dated 996; somewhat later in the time of Cnut, Wulfsige preóst is mentioned in connection with Kend, but then Æðelwine is scíregescéfa, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv
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hafen-leást
Lack of means, indigence ⬩ inopia
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There are also other poor, not from want of wealth, but in spirit, 550, 3-5, 11, 12, 17. Úre sáule hafenleáste the indigence of our souls, ii. 88, 26.
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ge-fædrian
To FATHER ⬩ to adopt ⬩ to ascribe to any one as a son or daughter ⬩ adoptare ⬩ patri filium vel filiam ascribere
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To FATHER, to adopt or to ascribe to any one as a son or daughter; adoptare, patri filium vel filiam ascribere Ða þrý gebróþra nǽron ná Philippuse gemédred, ac wǽron gefædred the three were not brothers of Philip by their mother [mothered], but they
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týtan
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Ne týtaþ hér tungul ac biþ týr scæcen stars shall not shine forth, but glory shall have departed, Exon. Th. 447, 26; Dóm. 45. [Cf. (?)
un-gestroden
Not subjected to forfeiture or confiscation of goods
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Not subjected to forfeiture or confiscation of goods Swǽse mæn ciriclícæs gemánan ungestrodyne þoligen natives shall forfeit the communion of the church but without being subjected to forfeiture of goods [cf. gestrod proscriptionem (the passage in Aldhelm
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un-heáh
Not high ⬩ low
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Not high, low Unhéh (printed unhela, but see Anglia viii. 450) þrepel eculeus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 18. Unhére sceós talares, i. 26, 23.
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ange
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Dele all but passage from Orosius, and substitute: <b>anga</b> (onge, ænge); adv. Anxiously, painfully, with anxiety Blind sceal his eágna þolian . . . þæt him biþ sár in his móde, onge þonne hé hit ána wát, Gn. Ex. 42.
ge-sufel
A word of uncertain meaning ⬩ but descriptive of a certain kind of bread
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A word of uncertain meaning, but descriptive of a certain kind of bread Ǽlc gegilda gesylle ǽnne gesufelne hláf let each gild-brother give a 'gesufel' loaf, L. Æthelst. 5, 8; Th. i. 236, 36.
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tó-hlecan
To disjoin, ⬩ pull to pieces
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v. tó-lúcan; but see also hlec, hlecan.
tó-sendan
to send in different directions ⬩ send away, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ scatter ⬩ to destroy
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Nabochodonosor com tó Hierusalem and ðæt manncyn ofslóh and ða burh tósende and ðæt tempel tówearp destroyed (the narrative in 2 Kings 25 or 2 Chron. 36 does not speak of the dispersion of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, but of the destruction of the city
Butting-tún
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No such thing appears in the text before us, but to the opposite effect.
eornostlíce
Therefore, but ⬩ ergo, ĭgĭtur, ĭtăque
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Therefore, but; ergo, ĭgĭtur, ĭtăque Abram ðá eornostlíce astirode his geteld mōvit ĭgĭtur tabernācŭlum suum Abram, Gen. 13, 18.
eádan
To give, concede, grant ⬩ dăre, concēdĕre
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Ac me eáden wearþ but it was granted to me, 10 b; Th. 13, 10; Cri. 200
mearc-wæd
Boundary-water ⬩ the water by the shore
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the shore Wlanc monig on stæþe stódon stundum wrǽcon ofer mearcwaðu and ðá gehlódon hildesercum wǽghengestas many a proud one stood on the shore; now and again they pressed over the border-floods, and then laded the wave-steeds with their war-shirts (but
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stíme
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Cockayne says water-cress, in the note to the passage, but nettle in his glossary. Perhaps the alternative reading stune is the better, as it is said of the plant : stunaþ heó wærce . . . wið*-*stunaþ heó áttre. (?)
swin
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Sound, melody Swin, sang melodia (Wright gives swinsang melodio ; perhaps swinsung should be read, but see the following gloss), Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 28. Swinne ł sangge melodia, Hpt. Gl. 467, 41. Swinn, dreám melodiam, 515, 42.
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