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scilling

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Se Godes wer þá sealde þám biddere and cwæð ꝥ hé ágeáfe his maniendum þá .xii. and þone ǽnne hǽfde him tó his ágenre nytte (In the story as told in Hml.

platian

(v.)
Grammar
platian, Substitute: to beat into thin plates; and add: v. ge-platod.

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gelíce

(adv.)
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Hé mæg streámas gefeterian, þæt þú mid fóte miht on treddian eorðan gelíce, Ps. Th. 65, 5. Seó sáwl færð hweóle gelícost, Met. 20, 217. with pronoun (þám), like that, similarly Gelíc þon similiter, Mt. p. 17, 6: p. 20, 4.

wiþ

Grammar
wiþ, <b>. I</b> I a.
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add: where the motion is in a direction opposite to that in which another object moves Se líg dreów wið þæi windes, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 9. Add Þeáh him mon sleá mid sweorde wiþ þæs heáfdes, Bl. H. 47, 14. 2.

fæste

shakenfirmlyfasturgentlystrictlysolemnlysecurelyfastfastspeedily at once

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Þú heora fyrene fæste hǽle, Ps. Th. 84, 2.

Linked entry: fæstlíce

ir-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ir-ness, e ; f.
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Anger Se sárlica cwide þe úre Drihten þurh eornessetó þǽm ǽrestan men cwæþ, 61. H. 123, 8, 11. Wé sceolon úrum þám néxtan forlǽtan ealle þá eornesse (yr-, v. l. ) and þá æfþancan þe hí wið ús gewyrcað, Hml, A. 160, 196, 201

Linked entry: eorness

ge-hwirfness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfness, e; f.
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Th. 24, arg. conversion; in a special sense, the adoption of the monastic life Ðæt munucas áwunien in þǽre hýrsumnesse þe hié Gode gehéhton in þá tíd heora gehwyrfnesse (-hwyrfe-, v. l. conuersionis ), Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 377, 5

feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plainfield

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Th. ii. 44, 13

butsa-carlas

(n.)
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['The " butsecarls" stand in the same relation to the "scip-fyrd" that the housecarls occupy towards the " land-fyrd "; i. e. they are the king's standing force, as opposed to the national levies.

ge-dígan

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D. 327, 18. to recover from illness Bútan þá áne þeþá slitnesse gedígean mægen iis tantummodo exceptis, quae a tali laceratione convalescere possint, Ll. Th. ii. 166, 25. to benefit, profit

súþ-land

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Add: land to the south, south shore of a river Hý heóldan þurh þá brycge áá bi þǽm súþlande (sýð-, v. l. ), Chr. 1052; P. 181, 15. a country to the south Þá þá in þám súðlandum wédde seó arrianisce éhtnes dum persecutio Ariana in Africa insaniret, Gr

æt-sacan

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Sege ús hwǽr se hord sý þe þú fundest and hine bedyrndest; þý lǽs þe þú his ætsace, hér is se man þe sum ꝥ feoh hæfð on handa, Hml. S. 23, 663. to deny a fact, not to admit that something has been done, with gen.

on-tendness

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Add Hê oferswŷðde þâ synne, for þâm þe hê swâ onwende þâ ontendnysse (þâ hæ̂te and þone synlust, v. l.) vicit peccatum, quia mutavit incendium, Gr. D. 101, 28

hleahtor

a laugh

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Ic (the devil) þá róde ne þearf hleahtre herigean, El. 920: An. 1705. as an expression of contempt, scorn Gif þú mid þan þeáwe tǽlendra mé hleahtrige, warna þé sylfne þǽr þú þé hleahtres (leóhtes ?)

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un-sár

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Þá hét hió (Cleopatra) niman ipnalis þá nǽdran, and dón tó hiere earme, þæt hió hié ábite ; for þon þe hiere þúhte þæt hit on þǽm lime unsárast wǽre, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 26. Add

hæftling

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Þá hæftlingas þe hé hét lǽdan of þám hæftum, Hml. S. 5, 133. Besáriga hæftlingas beón þíne þeówtlingas dole captivos esse tuos servatos, Hy. S. 125, 5. Þá þe hæftlingas gelǽddon ús qui captiuos nos duxerunt, Ps. L. 136, 3.

botl

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cyricean getimbrian, þá þá hǽþenan mid ealle þý botle forbaerndon . . .

scild-burh

(n.)
Grammar
scild-burh, f.
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a battle-array in which men stood shield to shield [cf. the account of the battle of Stamford-bridge: 'Siðan fylkti Haraldr Konungr liði sínu, lét fylkingina langa ok ekki þykka ; þá teygði hann armana aptr á bak, svá at saman tóku, var þat þá víðr hringr

Linked entry: bord-haga

ge-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drinc, ge-drync, es; n.
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Th. ii. 430) 6. with the idea of feasting Ealle þá hwíle þe þæt líc bið inne þǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega. . . his feoh þæt tó láfe bið æfter þǽm gedrynce and þǽm plegan, Ors. I. l; S. 20, 25-28. Mislice blissa hié hæfdon on hiora gedrynce, Bl.

ge-lífan

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þe wénþ ꝥ þis sóþ ne sié, ðonne ne geléfþ hé nánes sóþes, Bt. 36, 3; F. 178, 7. Wé þe gelýfað Crístes ǽristes, Hml. Th. i. 222, 2. Þá þe sóþes gelýfað and georne þæt smeágeað, Wlfst. 4, 8.