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fætnes

(n.)
Grammar
fætnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [fæt fat]

FATNESS ⬩ pinguēdo, adeps

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Fætnysse heora hí beclýsdon thei han closide togidere her fatnesse, Wyc; ădĭpem suum conclūsērunt, Ps. Spl. 16, 11. Mid ungle oððe mid fætnysse lamba cum ădĭpe agnōrum, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 192 a, 14

lǽwede

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽwede, adj.

Lay ⬩ laic ⬩ lewd

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Ðæt hit nǽfre on lǽdu hand ne wende that it should never pass to a lay hand, Chart. Th. 166, 21. Ealle ge bescorene ge lǽwede, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 36: 5, 7; S. 621, 14.

Linked entry: lǽwed

BYRLE

(n.)
Grammar
BYRLE, byrele, es; m.

A cup-bearer, butler ⬩ pocillator, calicum magister, pincerna

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Þurh byreles hond through the cup-bearer's hand, Exon. 88a; Th. 330, 15; Vy. 51. Byrlas ne gǽldon the cup-bearers delayed not, Andr. Kmbl. 3065 ; An. 1535.

Linked entry: byrele

a-metan

(v.)
Grammar
a-metan, p. -mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans. [a, metan to measure] .

to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ measure out ⬩ metiri ⬩ emetiri ⬩ to measure out to any one ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ bestow ⬩ aliquid alicui emetiri ⬩ ex mensura dare ⬩ largiri ⬩ to measure out ⬩ plan ⬩ form ⬩ make ⬩ emetiri ⬩ for-mare ⬩ confingere

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Mid hondum amet measure with [thy] hands, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 30; Sat. 700. Ðæt súsl amǽte that he should measure his torment, 229; Th. 310, 13; Sat. 725.

Linked entry: a-mæt

hón

(v.)
Grammar
hón, p. héng; pp. hangen

To hang, ⬩ suspend, ⬩ crucify

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Hóh on earm hang it on to the arm, Med. ex Quadr. 9, 12; Lchdm, i. 362, 27. Ðone óðerne hé hét hón on gealgan alterum suspendit in crucem, Gen. 40, 22. Hét se wælhreówa hine hón on heardre hengene, Homl. Th. ii. 308, 29.

plættan

(v.)
Grammar
plættan, p. te
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To give a sounding blow, to smack Hí plætton hyne mid hyra handum dabunt ei alapas, Jn. Skt. 19, 3

Linked entry: ge-eárplættan

steór-nægl

(n.)
Grammar
steór-nægl, (?), es; m.
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The handle of a helmWrt. Voc. i. 74, 3. Steórsceofol oððe [steór- ?]nægl clavus, [O. H. Ger. stiur-nagal clavus. ]

ísig

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On ðǽm clife hangodan on ðǽm ísgean bearwum manige swearte sáula be heora handum gebundne, Bl. H. 209, 35. Add

án-steled

(adj.)
Grammar
án-steled, an-steallet

One-stalked ⬩ having one handle or stalk ⬩ unicaulis

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One-stalked, having one handle or stalk; unicaulis, L. M. I, l; Lchdm. ii. 20, 15 : Lchdm. iii. 70, 2

Linked entries: -steled án-steallet

ge-mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽne, adj.

Common, general, mutual, in common ⬩ communis ⬩ communis, generalis, solitus ⬩ communis

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Hand gemǽne a joined hand [in conflict]; manus conserta, 4281; B. 2137

Linked entry: mǽne

scip-here

(n.)
Grammar
scip-here, es; m.

a collection of ships of war ⬩ a naval force ⬩ a fleet of war ⬩ the men of a ship of war

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eodon, and ða men wǽron myclum ofslagene, ǽr hí on hand eodan, MS.

DÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DÓR, es; pl. nom. acc. dór, dóru, dúru; n.

A large door ⬩ porta

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Hóh ða wyrte on ðam [MS. ðan] dóre hang the herbs on the door, Lchdm. iii. 56, 29. Forðon he ǽren dór eáðe gescéneþ [MS. gesceeneþ] quia contrīvit portas æreas, Ps. Th. 106, 15. Dúru doors, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 29

Linked entry: dýr

á-rǽcan

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Árǽce þíne handa, Bl. H. 153, 9. Þá hét hé him his seax árǽcan, Hml. Th. i. 88, 9. Árǽht porrectus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 65

hlútor-líce

(adv.)

clearly ⬩ plainly ⬩ simply

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Similar entries Cf hlútor; IV Ðis spell ic for þǽra hǽlo þe hit leornade oððe gehýrde hlúttorlíce áwrát and sǽde hanc historiam simpliciter ob salutem legentium siue audientium narrandam esse putaui, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 643, 5.

of-lǽte

(n.)
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Add Hé sóna sealde mid his ágenre handa oflétan (ofenlǽtan, v. l. oblationem ), and bebeád: 'Gáð nú and dóð ꝥ þis lác sý Drihtne geoffrod for þám nunnum.' Gr. D. 153, 7.

of-scotian

(v.)

to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc.

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Ne ofsleá hine nán man mid his handa ac sí hé mid stánum oftirfod oððe mid flánum ofscotod manus non tanget eum, sed lapidibus opprimetur aut confodietur jaculis Ex. 19, 13.

Linked entry: scotian

ge-ýcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ýcan, -ýcean; p. te

To increase ⬩ add ⬩ eke

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To increase, add, eke Se ðe ðisne freóls geýcean wille geýce God his gesynta qui hanc libertatis dapsilitatem augere voluerit, augeat dominus ejus prosperitatem, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 138, 14.

streccan

(v.)
Grammar
streccan, p. strehte, streahte; pp. streht, streaht, streced (v. strecedness)

To stretch ⬩ to hold out, extend ⬩ to spread out ⬩ to prostrate

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To stretch. to hold out, extend Ðú strecst (extendes) ðíne handa, and óðer ðé gyrt, Jn. Skt. 21, 18. Strece ðǽrtó ðínne hiht, Homl. Th. i. 252, 7. to spread out Ðæt folc strehton (straverunt) hyra reáf on ðone weg, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 8: Mk.

Linked entries: ge-streccan C

neáhlíce

(adv.)
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D. 336, 23. hardly Se hróf wæs on mislicre heánesse; on sumre stówe hé wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce (cf. earfoðlíce, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20: both passages refer to the same place) gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22

tela

Grammar
tela, <b>.
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</b> of health :-- Hí settað heora handa ofer ádlige men, and him bið tela ( bene habebunt ), Hml. Th. ii. 304, 22. Add Hé him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardung-hús sibi humile habitaculum construxit, Gr. D. 201, 5