norþ-eást
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Add: in the north-east, to the north-east Gif þunor bið mycel eást oððe norðeást, Archiv cxx. 48, 23. Norð tó ðére lytlan díc . . . swá norðeást tó ðǽre lytlan ríðe, C. D. v. 195, 8
bricg-geweorc
BRIDGE-WORK, ⬩ the construction or reparation of a bridge ⬩ pontis opus, pontis exstructio vel instauratio
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BRIDGE-WORK, the construction or reparation of a bridge; pontis opus, pontis exstructio vel instauratio Brycg-geweorc, Heming. 104, Lye. Turner's Hist. of A. S. App. No. 4, c. 3, vol. ii. p. 539, 8vo. 1823
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sib-leger
Incest
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Incest Be siblegere. Gif hwá sibleger gewyrce gebéte ðæt be sibbe mǽðe, L. C. S. 52; Th. i. 404, 24. Wearþ ðes þeódscype swýðe forsyngod þurh sibblegeru and þurh mistlíce forligru. Wulfst. 164, 5: 165, 31
an-sendan
To send forth ⬩ send ⬩ emittere ⬩ mittere
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To send forth, send; emittere, mittere Ne mǽgen hí leóhtne leóman ansendan they cannot send forth a clear light. Bt. Met. Fox 5, 10; Met. 5, 5: Ps. C. 50, 16; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 16
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beáh-gifu
A ring-gift ⬩ distribution of rings or bracelets ⬩ armillarum largitio
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A ring-gift, distribution of rings or bracelets; armillarum largitio Geongne æðeling sceolan góde gesíðas byldan to beáhgife good companions should exhort a young prince to a distribution of bracelets, Menol. Fox 490; Gn. C. 15
freó-riht
A free right ⬩ common right ⬩ right of a freeman ⬩ libĕrōrum et ingenuōrum jus
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A free right, common right, right of a freeman; libĕrōrum et ingenuōrum jus He ne beó syððan ǽniges freórihtes wyrðe he shall not afterwards deserve any free right, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 22
metian
to supply with food
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to supply with food Ðá beád hé ðæt man sceolde his here metian (MS. C. mettian) and horsian he ordered that his army should be supplied with food and with horses, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 3
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un-hádian
To deprive of orders
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To deprive of orders Sý hé unhádod ordine suo privetur, L. Ecg. C. 6; Th. ii. 138, 22. Sume wyllaþ ðæt hé sig eft unhádod nonnulli volunt ut denuo ordine caveat, 3; Th. ii. 136, 36
ceafer
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Ceber arpia, Txts. 43, 214. Cefer, cefr bruchus, 45, 326. Ceafer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 46. Ic sænde ceferas an eów, Wlfst. 221, 7. ¶ in a local name ceafor-leáh, C. D. iii. 77, 26. Add
fina
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Fína marsopicus (pína marpicus ], Txts. 78, 648. Fína vel higrae picus, 88, 808: sturfus, 99, 1938: marsopicus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 49: Hpt 33, 240, 41. Tó fínan mǽdwum, C. D. iii. 386, I. and add
gird-weg
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Take here <b>gyrd-weg</b> in Dict., and add: A road made with faggots(?) Of fearnhege an gerdwege; of gerdwege tó fíf ácan, C. D. iii. 54, 27. Cf. beám-weg
hlinc-gelád
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A watercourse on a slope (?). The word occurs as a place-name Ðis sind ðá landgemǽru tó Hlincgeláde (cf. quoddam ruris praediolum . . . eni solicolae antiquum indiderunt uocabulum æt Lhincgelade, 78, 21), C. D. vi. 79, 4
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wrang
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Rough, uneven Tó ðám feórðan þorne on wrangan hylle foreweardre stent, C. D. v. 297, 19. [All þatt ohht iss wrang and crumb shall effnedd beón and rihhtedd. Orm. 9207. Icel. rangr.] See next two words
híd
familia
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Add: Ic sello Berhtsige án híde bóclondes, C. D. ii. 121, 4, and to such a form might belong the following genitives: Ánes hídes, 120, 33. Ánes hídes lond, C. D. B. ii. 268, 9.
sceótan
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Add Arewan ongeán sceát catapultas retorsit, An. Ox. 4241. Gáras sceótende spicula torquentes, 2099. Add Hé genam ꝥ hylfe and sceát in ðone seáð tulit manubrium, et misit in lacum, Gr. D. 114, 13. <b>IV a.
hálsung
Supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration, exorcising, exorcism, augury, greeting ⬩ supplication ⬩ omen, auspicium ⬩ greeting
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Homl. 99, 21. On hálsungum in obsecrationibus, Lk. Skt. 2, 37. On hálsungum precibus, L. Ecg. C. 2; Th. ii. 136, 19
a-ebbian
To ebb away ⬩ recede ⬩ recedere
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To ebb away, recede; recedere Ðæt wæter wæs a-ebbad [a-ebbod MS. C. T; ge-ebbod Cant.] feala furlanga from ðám scipum the water had ebbed many furlongs from the ships, Chr. 897; Ing. 123, 19
æt-fleón
To flee away ⬩ escape by flight ⬩ eschew ⬩ aufugere
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To flee away, escape by flight, eschew; aufugere Ic ána ætfleáh I alone escaped, Job Thw. 165, 30. Nán þing ætfleón ne mihte nothing might remain, Jos. 10, 35 : L. C. S. 78; Th. i. 420, 7
cirice
A church ⬩ ecclesia = ἐκκληsigma;ία
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A church; ecclesia = ἐκκληsigma;ία We lǽraþ, ðæt preóstas cirican healdan to godcundre þénunge we enjoin that priests keep their churches for divine service, L. Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 3: 30; Th. ii. 250, 19
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dwol-líc
Foolish, erring, heretical ⬩ stultus, hærĕtĭcus
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Foolish, erring, heretical; stultus, hærĕtĭcus Nis ðis nán dwollíc sagu this is not a foolish saying, Jud. 15, 19. Hý adwæsedon ða dwollícan lára they extinguished the heretical doctrines, L. Ælf. C. 33; Th. ii. 356, 11