blind
dark ⬩ dim ⬩ blind
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Voc. ii. 130, 81. of a place, without light, dark On blindum scræfe in carcere caeca, Dóm. L. 230. Sécað án blind cweartern, þǽr nán leóht ne mage inn, Hml. S. 37, 176. not shining, dim [v. N. E. D. blind, 7] Blindum lígum caecis flammis, Dóm.
ænge
Narrow ⬩ troubled ⬩ anxious ⬩ angustus ⬩ anxius
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Is me ænge [MS. ænige] gást innan hreðres anxiatus est in me spiritus meus, Ps. Th. 142, 4
ge-mang
a mingling together, mixture, crowd, throng, company, multitude, an assemblage, a congregation ⬩ commixtio, turba, cœtus, sŏcietas ⬩ an assembly for legal or other business
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God mihtig stód godum on gemange Deus stĕtit in synăgōga deōrum, Ps. Th. 81, 1. In heora gemange in their congregation, L. Wih. 23; Th. i. 42, 6 : Nicod. 6; Thw. 6, 8.
wæd
A ford ⬩ shallow water ⬩ water that may be traversed ⬩ a body of water ⬩ sea
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Wyllelm king lǽdde scypferde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... him sylf mid his landfyrde férde inn ofer ðæt wæð(æt ðam gewæde, MS. E. Cf. wath Jamieson's a ford, Dict.), Chr. 1073; Erl. 211, 25.
hreósan
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Voc. ii. 129, 19. to fall into a state or condition, fall into a person's hands Hrure incidisti (in manum proximi tui, Prov. 6, 3), Kent.
holm
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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. D. ii. 387, 19. ꝥ Into Holme minstre, 113, 29.
Bedan ford-scír
BEDFORDSHIRE ⬩ comitatus nomen
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Wende him út into Bedan fordscíre egressus est in Bedanfordsciram, 1016; Th. 278, 16, col. 1
Linked entries: Bæda-ford-scír Beada ford-scír Bede-ford-scír
fǽr
Sudden, intense, terrible, horrid ⬩ sŭbĭtus, terrĭbilis, horrĭdus
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Used in the compounds,-Fǽr-bifongen, -bryne, -cóðu, -cwealm, -cýle, -deáþ, -dryre, -fyll, -gripe, -gryre, -haga, -inga, -líc, -líce, -níþ, -sceaða, -scyte, -searo, -slide, -spel, -unga, -wundor, -wyrd
disc
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In passage from Bede for disce l. disc, and add Disc patena(-ina), Txts. 86, 786: ferculum, 63, 852. Þǽr stód micel sylfren disc ( discus ) on, Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 209, 14. Discas (-es?) ferculi, swǽsende fercula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 18.
ge-innian
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Hér swutelað hwæt Leófríc hæfð gedón intó Sancte Petres minstre . . .
castel-burg
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Hec sunt confinia . . . inde in montem susibrem urbs antiqua et postea bi þǽre aldan cestelbyrig on nunnena beorgas, C. D. B. i. 205, 8. [Ne moste na mon cumen wiðinne þon castelburi, Laym. 6714.]
un-álífedlíce
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Þá þá hé barn witodlíce útan, hé ádwǽscte ꝥ hé unálýfedlíce (illicite) barn innan, Gr. D. 101, 27. Sum Godes wer . . . æt in wege unálýfedlíce þurh unhýrsumnesse, and hine þá sóna ácwealde án leó, 294, 23. Add
hol
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¶ the word occurs in local names :-- Bulan hol, C. D. v. 43, 8. Of ðǽre stánhlǽwe innan ðan hwítan hole; of ðám hwítan hole intó ðám reádan hole; of ðám reádan hole intó ðám dunnan hole; of ðám dunnan hole, 253, 1-4.
cwealm-stów
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Inn an ðá cwealmstówe, of ðére cwealmstówe, v. 107, 22. Add
Cénréd
Cenred
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Cenred, son of Ceolwald and father of Ine, king of Wessex Cénréd wæs Ceolwalding Cenred was the son of Ceolwald, Chr. Th. 2, 2.
Linked entry: Ceolwald
bod-lác
A decree, ordinance ⬩ decretum
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A decree, ordinance; decretum, Chr. 1129; Ing. 359, 21; Erl. 258, 13
blæc-horn
An ink-horn
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An ink-horn Ðónne þú blechorn habban wille, Tech, ii. 128, 18
offrung-sceát
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An offering-sheet [explained in the following passage: Their offerings of bread and wine, which they brought . . . having their hands muffled up in a very fine linen cloth or offering-sheet, v. N. E.
sulh
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Andlang ríðe on suluc . . . andlang strǽte on ðá deópan fúra, þonon inon sulh, 188, 29-35. Of hylfes hæcce innon sulc; úp æftær suluc on ðá holan ríðe, 189, 3. Cf. sulh-ford a ford to which a sunk road leads (?) :-- Of cunuglan sulhforda, C.
ǽrend-wreca
A messenger ⬩ ambassador ⬩ nuntius ⬩ legatus
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He sende ǽrendwrecan in Gallia ríce he sent ambassadors; into the kingdom of the Gauls, 2, 6; S. 508, 33
Linked entry: wreca