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cræft-wyrc

(n.)
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Skilled work, art, profession Be campdóme, be ceápe, be cræftwyrce ágyf teóþunga de militia, de negotio, de artificio redde decimas, Scint. 109, 5

seód

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Hé nán þing him sylfum of his campdómes scipe on his seóde ne heóld búton ꝥ hé dæghwámlíce tó bigleofan hæfde, Hml. S. 31, 55. Add

Linked entry: á-seódan

án-gild

Grammar
án-gild, l. án-gilde,
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and substitute for the passages from the laws the following Á sié ꝥ wíte .LX. sciłł. oð ꝥ ángylde áríse tó .XXX. sciłł.; siþþan hit tó þám áríse, ꝥ ángylde, siþþan sié ꝥ wíte .CXX. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 68, 3-5.

ge-scǽned

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scǽned, -scæned[?]; part. p.
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Cf. on ðæm scennum scíran goldes, Beo. Th. 3392; B. 1694. Grein compares with O. H. Ger. giskeinan, and translates made bright; Kemble, again, translates sheathed

slota

(n.)
Grammar
slota, an ; m.

A bit, morsel

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Gl. 587) drýge mid blisse ðænne hús full mettum mid sace melior est bucella sicca cum gaudio quam domus plena victimis cum iurgio, Scint. 153, 12

Linked entry: sloca

þrístness

(n.)
Grammar
þrístness, e; f.

Boldnesspresumptiontemerity

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On þrístnysse in temeritate, Scint. 139, 3. Hé yfel þurh þrístnysse gefremede malum per audaciam perpetravit, 40, 5

cnafa

(n.)
Grammar
cnafa, an; m.
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A boy, lad, young man Gamenian mid cnafan jocari cum parvulo, Scint. 172, 19. Cnafan þínum puero tuo, Ps. Spl. C. 85, 15. Sýn twégen tó þám sylfan gescyfte cnafan ( pueri ), Angl. xiii. 410, 640

næft

(n.)
Grammar
næft, e; f.
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Poverty, indigence Næfte inopię Scint. 159, 13. Tó genim þearfan, and for næfte his ne forlǽt hyne ídelne adsume pauperem et propter inopiam eius ne dimittas illum vacuum, 157, 3:7. Of næfte, 198, 8

Linked entry: hæft

ge-lustfulling

(n.)
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Ox. 5377- pleasantness, delight, pleasure Hí ondrǽdað þolian [for] gelustfullunge middaneardes timent carere oblectamento mundi, Scint. 63, 4.

hosu

(n.)
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hosu, e (an ?); f. (and <b>? hosa,</b> an; m.; but perhaps hosa, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 48, might be pl., or a mistake for hose (cf. eága for eáge, 70, 42,
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See hosa in Dict. v. leþer-hosu, scin-hosu; lǽs-hosum

Linked entry: hosa

scilling

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Scil[ing] dragmam, An. Ox. 348. Hú þá scillingas (solidi) wurdon þurh wundor ágifene þám biddendum . . . Sum wer . . . sǽde ꝥ hé wǽre geswenced from his moniendan for .xii. scyllingum . . . þá wǽron fundene .xiii. scillingas . . .

GLÆS

(n.)
Grammar
GLÆS, es; n.

Glass

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Ðæt scíre glæs the clear glass, Exon. 26 b; Th. 78, 33; Cri. 1283. Ðæt nebb líxeþ swá glæs oððe gim the beak glitters like glass or gem, 60 a; Th. 218, 25; Ph. 300.

Linked entry: glas

scegð-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scegð-mann, es; m.
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A member of the crew of a scegð, a Dane, a pirate (cf. wícing, sǽ-man, flot-man, scip-here and similar terms applied to the Danes) Wícing vel scegðman pirata vel piraticus vel cilix, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 59.

sicerian

(v.)
Grammar
sicerian, p. ode
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To ooze, of a fluid, to make way through a small opening Swíðe lytlum siceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýð, ðéþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr út áweorpe by very small quantities and

ge-beór

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beór, es; m.

A guesthospesconvīva

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Gr. 7; Som. 6, 45 : Scint. 63 : Homl. Th. i. 484, 1; 528, 9

fúlian

(v.)
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Fúligendum limum putrescentibus membris, Scint. 45, 7. Add

hátlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
hátlíce, adv.
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Ardently, fervently : — Ꝥ hí tó heofonlicre gewilnunge hátlíce beóð áweahte ut ad caeleste desiderium ardentius excitentur, Scint. 62, 6. Gebede hátlícor onstandan wé scylon, 31, 19. Ꝥ wé God hátlícur lufian, 163, 4. Cf. hát; 1

a-slídan

(v.)
Grammar
a-slídan, ic -slide, ðú -slidest, -slíst, he -slídeþ, -slít, pl. -slídaþ; p. -slád, pl. -slidon ; pp. -sliden

To slide or slip awaylabare

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Asliden beón labi, Scint.13, 24, 78

Linked entry: aslád

hund-teóntig

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Mid hund-teóntegum sciłł. gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 70, 21. Hundteóntig sciłł. geselle hé, 72, 14. Hí genáman þæs folces. . . hundteóntig þúsenda . . . and ehtatýne sýþum hundteóntig þúsenda hí tósendon, Bl. H. 79, 20-23.

lísing

(n.)
Grammar
lísing, es; m.

A freedman

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Búton ðam ceorle ðe on gafollande sit, and heora [the Danes] liésingum [lýsingum]; ða syndan efendýre, ǽgðer tó cc. sciłł., L. A. G. 2; Th. i. 154, 3