writ
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Dele hreód-writ at end, and add (?) Write gramate (Wülck. Gl. 531, 19 reads gewrite), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 52
cine-líc
Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequate ⬩ congruus, cornpetens
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Ath. v. § 8, 3; Th. i. 236, 16
lád-leás
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Ath. iv. 1; Th. 1, 220, 24-222, 1. Láðleáse immunes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 68
þrim-feald
Threefold
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Ath. i. 4; Th. i, 202, 4. On ðam þrimfealdum (þry-) ordále, 6; Th. i. 202, 13. Æt þrimfealdre (þryfealdre, 17) sprǽce, L. Eth. ix. 19; Th. i. 344, 13. Be ánfealdum simplum, be twyfealdum duplum, be þrimfealdum triplum, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 286, 18
byre
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Ðæs ða byre siððan gyrne onguldon, ðe hí ðæt gyfl þégun for which their children since with grief have paid, that they ate that fruit, Exon. 61b; Th. 226, 22; Ph. 409. Mǽru cwén bǽdde byras geonge the illustrious queen solicited her young sons, Beo.
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Cyne-mǽres ford
KEMPSFORD, Gloucestershire
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KEMPSFORD, Gloucestershire Rád Æðelmund alderman ofer æt Cynemǽresforda alderman Æthelmund rode over at Kempsford, Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 6
hand-cweorn
A hand-mill
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A hand-mill Héton hine grindan æt hira handcwyrne ordered him to grind at their mill, Jud. 16, 21
DÆG
DAY ⬩ dies ⬩ the time of a man's life ⬩ tempus vitæ humanæ ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men
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break of day]; — Next at nine o'clock; — and 3ly at midday; — and 4ly at the nones, 3 o'clock; — and 5ly at even, at 6 o'clock, the 12th or an even or equal part of the 24 hours from 6 a.m. to 12 pm; — and 6ly at the fore night [at 9 o'clock]; — and
-tig
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O. H. Ger. the two forms are -zug and -zó. In O. Frs. and Icel. the same forms are used throughout. Tig is another form of the root seen in ten (tehan, g for h according to Verner's Law)
ǽfen-grom
Fierce in the evening ⬩ vespere ferox
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Fierce in the evening; vespere ferox Grendel cwom eatol, ǽfengrom Grendel came terrible, fierce at eve, Beo. Th. 4154; B. 2074
cir
a turn, time
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a turn, time Æt ðam fiftan cire at the fifth turn or time, Lchdm. i. 214, 6, MS. B. note 8
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ealning
Always ⬩ semper
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Always; semper Swá he ealning dyde æt Saltwíc as he always did at Saltwich, Th. Diplm. A.D. 886-899; 138, 15
un-tídlíce
Unseasonably ⬩ at a wrong time
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Unseasonably, at a wrong time Eall ðæt mon untídlíce onginþ, næfþ hit nó æltæwne ende, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 27
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smǽran
To laugh at, deride
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To laugh at, deride Gehlógun ł smérdon (be-smerdon? cf. besmeradun in Rush.) hine deridebant eum Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 24
for-gýmeleásian
To neglect entirely ⬩ omnīno neglĭgĕre
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Ath. iv. 1; Th. i. 222, 2. Forgýmeleásod beón neglectus esse, neglĭgi, R. Ben. 36
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freoh
Free ⬩ līber
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Ath. i. 24; Th. i. 212, 14. He gewát freoh fram deáþes sárnysse he departed free from the pain of death, Homl. Th. i. 76, 13
hwíl-tídum
At times ⬩ sometimes
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Eác hé sceal hwíltídum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan also at certain times he must be prepared for many kinds of work at the lord's pleasure, L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 436, 3.
mære
A night-mare ⬩ a monster oppressing men during sleep
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Menn hans fóru til, ok vildu hjálpa honum; en er þeir tóku uppi til höfuðsins, þá trað hón fótleggina swá at nær brotnuðu. Þá tóku þeir til fótanna, þá kafði hón höfuðit, svá at þar dó hann') Mære faecce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 44: incuba, 111, 46.
be-hrópan
To scoff at ⬩ rail ⬩ trouble ⬩ sugillare
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To scoff at, rail, trouble; sugillare Ðe-læs heó cume me behrópende ne veniens sugillet me Lk. Bos. 18, 5