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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Ðæt is ðonne se médsceat wið his sáule ðæt hé him gielde gód weorc non dabit Deo pretium redemtionis animæ suæ... Pretium namque redemtionis dare, est opus bonum reddere, Past. 45, 2; Swt. 339, 9-11.
un-bescoren
Unshorn ⬩ without the tonsure
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Unshorn, without the tonsure Sume sídfeaxe gáþ, ðæt seó bescorene hálignes ne sý weorþre ðenne seó unbescorene, R. Ben. 135, 29
Linked entry: be-sceran
gár-secg
ocean, sea ⬩ a particular part of the general body of water, an ocean
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Add: ocean, sea as opposed to land or air Sǽ mare vel aequor, gársecg oceanus Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 64. Folde . . . gársecg, Gen. 117. Ealne middangeard yrnbféran swá gársecg (oceanus) beligeð, Nar. 20, 15.
heáh-lǽce
A physician of the greatest skill
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A physician of the greatest skill Sc. cosmas and sc. damianus wǽron heáhlǽcas and hý lácnodon ǽghwylce untrumnesse monna St. Cosmas and St. Damian were very excellent leeches, and cured every infirmity of men, Shrn. 135, 13
Linked entry: LǼCE
beald-wyrde
Bold in speech ⬩ saucy
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Bold in speech, saucy Se biscop him andwyrde: 'Ðú earming, . . .' Se cwellere mid gebolgenum móde cwaeð: 'Gif ðes bealdwyrda (this saticy priest) biscop ácweald ne bið, siððan ne bið úre ege ondrǽdendlic,' Hml. Th. i. 420, 2
Linked entry: -wyrde
mæssian
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S. 3, 350. Se bisceop him eallum mæssode, 29, 261 : 22, 69. Hí ( those under Moses' law) ne mæssoden nǽfre . . . húsel næs gehálgod ǽr þám ðe se Hǽlend cóm. 10, 222 : Hml. A. 17, 81.
þynne
Thin ⬩ thin ⬩ lean ⬩ the opposite of fat or stout ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of thick ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of broad ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ delicate ⬩ fine
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Ǽr se þicca mist þynra weorðe, Met. 5, 6. fig. thin, weak, feeble Hwilc sié sió gecynd ðæs líchoman, hwæðer hió sié strang ðe heard ... ðe hió sié hnesce and mearwe and þynne, Lchdm. ii. 84, 14.
þǽr-æfter
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Thereafter, after that Gif se terminus gescýt on sumon dæge ðære wucan, ðonne byþ se sunnandæg þǽræfter Eásterdæg, Lchdm. iii. 244, 18. Hié áhebbaþ hié ofer hiera hiéremenn, and ne ondrǽdaþ ðone dóm ðe ðǽræfter fylgþ, Past. 19; Swt. 145, 9
Linked entry: æfter
mete-láf
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Add:: — For hwí ne mót se ðearfa onfón þínes metes, þe mid ðé is tó onfónne heofona ríce ? . . . Hwí nis sé wyrþe ꝥ hé onfó þínra meteláfe, þe mid þé is tó cumenne tó engla gebeótscipe?, Hml. A. 142, 102-107
wann
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Se wonna lég, Cd. Th. 309, 24; Sat. 715
an-lútan
To bend down ⬩ to incline ⬩ se inclinare
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To bend down, to incline; se inclinare, R. Ben. 53
hrýtan
To scatter
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To scatter Se ðe hrét qui sternit, Prov. 10, Lye
Linked entry: hrétan
un-árian
to dishonour
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to dishonour Se unárade scs Georgies anlícnysse, Shrn. 73, 13
Linked entry: árian
eahta-nihte
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Eight days old Se eahtanihta móna, Lch. iii. 178, 14
eall-wealda
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Hæfð se alwealda ealle gesceafta gebǽt, Met. 11, 22. Add
sín
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Æteúwdæ se Hǽlend sínum ambehtum, Jn. L. 21, 14. Add
þearl-wís
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Se þearlwísa déma districtus judex, Gr. D. 334, 25. Add
þeóf-sceaþa
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A robber; latro Sé bið þeófsceaþa, Lch. iii. 158, 12
ǽr-nemned
Before-named
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Before-named Se ǽrnæmda cyning, Ll. Th. i. 36, 8
Linked entry: ǽr-nemd
be-fótian
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Se cyning hét hine befótian, Hml. S. 25, 117. Add