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scírig-mann

(n.)
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scírig-mann, es; m.
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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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twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a
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Cnut cing grét . . . ealle míne þegnas, twelfhynde and twihynde, Chart. Th. 308, 16. v. six-, twelf-hynde

ge-unnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unnan, ic, he -an; ðú -unne, pl. -unnon; p. -úðe, pl. -úðon; subj. -unne, pl. -unnen; p. -úðe, pl. -úðen; pp. -unnen

To givegrantallowconcedeconcedereindulgerepermitterelargiri

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Cnut cyncg and Ælfgifu seó hlǽfdige geúðan heora preósté ðæt he móste ateón ðæt land swá him sylfan leófast wǽre how king Cnut and the lady Ælfgifu granted their priest that he might dispose of the land as he liked best, Th. Chart. 328, 20: Homl.

cyne-scipe

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Ic (Cnut) beóde ꝥ hý fylstan þám biscopum tó Godes gerihtum and tó mínum kynescype . . . Gif hwá swá dyrstig sý . . . ꝥ ongeán Godes lage gá and ongeán mínne cynescype, Cht.

mortere

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Cnuca on ánum trýwenum mortere, i. 220, 11. Add

coliandre

(n.)
Grammar
coliandre, an; f.

The herb coriander coriandrum

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The herb coriander; coriandrum = κορίαννον Cnuca coliandran sǽdes nigon corn pound nine grains of coriander seed Herb. 52, 2; Lchdm. i. 156, 3; 104, 2; Lchdm. i. 218, 19

cennan

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Se abbot cænde ꝥ Cnut cing gelógode, 349, 14. Ǽlc be him sylfum cennan sceolde ... Gehwilce ǽnlípige on heora burgum be him sylfum cendon, Hml. Th. i. 34, 2-5. Ælc man sceolde cennan his gebyrde and his áre, 30, 4

hamele

(n.)
Grammar
hamele, hamule, an; f.

An oar-loop

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.], and apparently with the same meaning we get Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 15, 21 On his dagum man geald xvi scipan æt ǽlcere hamulan viii marc eall swá man ǽr dyde on Cnutes cynges dagum ...

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ge-siftan

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Dele the passage, and add Genim gréne rúdan leáf, scearfa smale and cnuca swíðe, and beren meala gesift dó þǽrtó, Lch. iii. 8, 15. Þæt folc nam gesyft melu (conspersam farinam), Ex. 12, 34

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon; pp. -sp[r]ecen.
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Th. i. 238, 15. to lose that which is the subject of a suit Cnut cyng lét ðæt land intó Crístes cyrcean ... tó ðám forewearde ðæt Eádsige hit hæbbe his lífes tíman ... and hé hit ne mæg náðer gifan ne syllan, ne forspecan ne forspillan ( lose it by a

be-swícan

to decoyensnarebeguileto betrayto defraudsupplantto circumventto seducemislead

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Cnut gewende him út, and wearð þet earme folc þus beswican þurh hine, 1014; P. 145, 22

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dolh-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-drenc, es; m. [drenc a drink]

A wound-drink, potion for a woundvulnĕrāria pōlio

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A wound-drink, potion for a wound; vulnĕrāria pōlio Dolhdrenc: ribbe nioðeweard and ufeweard cnuwa smale a wound-drink: pound small the netherward and upward part of ribwort, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 1: 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 19, 22

bréme

(adj.)
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Se bréma cyng (Cnuf), Chr. 1023 ; P. 156, II. Béda ðe bróema bóecere, Jn. L. 10, 37 margin. Þá rícu þæs bréman Fæder Patris regna, Dom. L. 295. Heó æteówde hyre breóst þám bréman Philippe, Hml. S. 2, 234: 18, 363.

wésan

(v.)
Grammar
wésan, p. de.
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to steep, soak; inficere, conficere Genim gréne rudan, cnuca smale and wés mid doran hunige, Lchdm. iii. 4, 24.

Linked entries: wésa wésing

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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Cnut. pol. 74; Wilk. 145, 41; Th. i. 418, 23-25; Schmd. 312, 76, § I. Sé hit bonda, sé hit wíf sive maritus sit, sive uxor, Hick. Diss.

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seht

(n.)
Grammar
seht, es ; m. : e ; f.
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Hí tóhwurfon mid ðisum sehte ( the agreement between Edmund and Cnut ), 1016 ; Erl. 159, 6.

heáfod-mann

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Icel. höfuðs-maðr :-- Cóman twá hund scypa, þǽron wǽron heáfdesmenn Cnut and Hácon, Chr. 1076; P. 211, 37. <b>II a</b> α the head, captain of a band :-- ' Alǽdað mé tó . . . eówerne ealdor.'

mecgan

(v.)
Grammar
mecgan, p. mægde(?)

To stirmix

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To stir, mix Cnuca eall ðás tógadere and magce tógadere pound all these together, and stir together, Lchdm. iii. 134, 8. Nime ðat dust and mæcige mid ðan æge take the dust and stir it up with the egg, 126, 19.

Linked entry: mæcige

máge

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Gunnilde, Cnutes cynges mágan ( sister's daughter), Chr. 1045; P. 165, 23. Add

swíma

(n.)
Grammar
swíma, an; m.
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Wið ðone swíman, nim . . . and cnuca . . . wyrta . . . ofgeót mid wætere . . . nim ðone wǽtan and lafa ðen heáfod, Lchdm, iii. 48, 3. a state of unconsciousness, a swoon Licgan on swíman to lie unconscious, Judth Thw. 21, 22; Jud. 30 - 23, 5 ; Jud. 106