bí-word
A BYEWORD, proverb ⬩ proverbium
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[be, bí by, word a word] A BYEWORD, proverb; proverbium Man segþ [seið MS.] to bíworde, 'hæge sitteþ ða æceras dǽleþ' man saith for a proverb, 'the hedge abides which fields divides,' Chr. 1130; Erl. 259, 13. Bíword, bíwyrd proverbium, Cot. 157
for-þylman
To encompass ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ cover over ⬩ obscure ⬩ involvĕre ⬩ obvolvĕre ⬩ obscūrāre
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Þeóstrum forþylmed overwhelmed with darkness, Elen. Kmbl. 1530; El. 767: Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 12; Jud. 118. Þeóstru ne beóþ forþylmode oððe forsworcene to ðé tĕnebræ non obscūrābuntur a te. Ps. Lamb. 138, 12
Linked entry: þylman
wǽpen-gewrixl
A passage of arms ⬩ an exchange of blows ⬩ a conflict, fight
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Ðæt heó beaduweorca beteran wurdun on campstede, gármittinge, gumena gemótes, wǽpengewrixles, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 17
mann-þeóf
A man-stealer
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Man-stealing is dealt with in Theodore's Liber Penitentialis: 'si quis servum alterius, vel quemcunque hominem, furtu quolibet in captivitatem duxerit aut transmiserit, vii annos pæniteat, ii in pane et aqua,' xxiii. 13. See also xlii, 5
mere-swín
A sea-pig ⬩ porpoise ⬩ dolphin
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Mereswýn and stirian delphinos et sturias, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9: Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 17
grad
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E. B. 1; Th. ii. 240, 2. Blód com uppon þám gradan and of þám gradan on þa flóre blood came upon the steps and from the steps on the floor, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 28.
wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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Oft sceal eorl monig wræc ádreógan, Beo. Th. 6148; B. 3078. suffering that comes as punishment, retributive punishment, vengeance Ǽlc wræc and ná wræc omnis uindicta et non uindicta, Scint. 223, 5.
a-nemnan
To declare ⬩ pronuntiare
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To declare; pronuntiare Godes spel-bodan eal anemdon God's messengers declared all, Exon. 33 a; Th. 104, 25; Gú. 13
þorfend
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Ofer armne and ðorfend super egenum et pauperem, Rtl. 175, 33. Ðorfendo pauperes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 7. Eádgo ða ðorfendo beati pauperes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 20. Ic sello ðorfendum do pauperibus, 19, 8: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 5.
ge-hentan
To take ⬩ seize ⬩ căpĕre ⬩ prehendĕre
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Eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton all that they could seize, Chron. 905; Erl. 98, 17
Linked entry: hentan
turtur
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A turtle-dove Speara gemoeted him hús and turtur nest passer invenit sibi domum et turtur nidum, Ps. Surt. 83, 4. Twégen culfran briddas and twégen turturan gemæccan, Blickl. Homl. 23, 27. Tuoe (twoege, Rush.) turturas par turturum, Lk. Skt. Lind.
morgen
morning ⬩ morn ⬩ the morning of the next day ⬩ morrow
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Tó morgen cras, Ex. 8, 23: Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30: Kent. Gl. 54: Cd. 111; Th. 147, 12; Gen. 2438. Tó morhgen (morgen, MS. A.), Lk. Skt. 13, 32, 33
CRÆFT
power ⬩ might ⬩ strength as of body or externals ⬩ vis ⬩ robur ⬩ potentia ⬩ an art ⬩ skill ⬩ CRAFT ⬩ trade ⬩ work ⬩ ars ⬩ peritia ⬩ artificium ⬩ occupatio ⬩ opus ⬩ craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue ⬩ astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtus ⬩ a CRAFT ⬩ any kind of ship ⬩ navis qualiscunque
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Seó cwén bebeád cræftum getýde girwan Godes tempel the queen commanded men skilled in crafts [= trades] to make a temple of God Elen. Kmbl. 2034; El. 1018.
Húnas
The Huns
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Húnas, Elen. Kmbl. 42; El. 21. Húna cyning, 64; El. 32: Chr. 443; Erl. 10, 22. Ætla weóld Húnum, Exon. 85 a; Th. 319, 26; Vid. 18: 85 b; Th. 322, 2; Víd. 57
Linked entry: Húne
hrif
The womb ⬩ belly ⬩ uterus ⬩ venter
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Of hryfe ex utero, Ps. Spl. 21, 8. On hrife ðære á clǽnan fǽmnan, Blickl. Homl. 33, 15. Bán biþ funden on heortes heortan hwílum on hrife a bone is found in a hare's heart, sometimes in its belly, L. Med. ex Quadr. 2, 17; Lchdm. i. 338, 6.
Linked entry: in-gehrif
dihtere
An informant, expounder, disposer, manager, steward ⬩ auctor, commentātor, expŏsĭtor, dispensātor
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Hwá ys getrýwe and gleáw dihtnere, ðæne se hláford geset ofer his híréd quis est fidēlis dispensātor, et prudens, quem constĭtuet Domĭnus supra famĭliam suam? Lk. Bos. 12, 42: Homl. Th. ii. 344, 5
Linked entry: dihtnere
magu-timber
A child ⬩ progeny ⬩ all those who are born
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Ex. 33
BEÓR
BEER ⬩ nourishing or strong drink ⬩ cerevisia ⬩ sicera ⬩ a beverage made of honey and water ⬩ mead ⬩ metheglin ⬩ hydromeli ⬩ ĭtis ⬩ ydromellum ⬩ mulsum
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He ne drincþ wín ne beór vinum et siceram non bibet Lk. Bos. 1, 15 : Deut. 14, 26. Ðæt mon geselle twelf seoxtres beóras that they give twelve sesters of beer Th. Diplm. A. D. 901-909; 158, 22.
Linked entry: biór
méd-sceatt
payment in reward of service done ⬩ a reward ⬩ wages ⬩ fee ⬩ payment for service or favour expected ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ a bribe
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Ed. 7; Th. i. 162, 25
ge-span
A joining ⬩ fastening together ⬩ nexus
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Wíra gespon, Elen. Kmbl. 2267; El. 1135. He is on helle hæft mid hringa gesponne he is in hell bound with the clasping of rings, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 17; Gen. 762. Searo-rúna gespon the web of mysteries, Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 20; Sch. 15