heard-fyrde
Difficult to carry
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Difficult to carry Ðǽr oninnan bær eorl hard-fyrdne dǽl goldes there within bore the earl a weighty portion of gold, Beo. Th. 4483; B. 2245
wígbed-heorþ
The altar-hearth ⬩ the part of the altar where the offering is burnt
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The altar-hearth, the part of the altar where the offering is burnt Hé genom on ðam wíbedheorðe ðæs dustes dǽl, Lchdm. iii. 364, col. 1
Linked entry: heorþ
þweores
across as opposed to along ⬩ athwart ⬩ transversely ⬩ crosswise as opposed to lengthways ⬩ on the flank ⬩ perversely ⬩ wrongly
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Binnan ðam díce ðe wé gemynegodon ðæt Severus hét ðwyrs ofer ðæt eálond gedícian intra vallum quod Severum trans insulam fecisse commemoravimus, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 19.
and-git
the understanding ⬩ the intellect ⬩ intellectus ⬩ understanding ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ intellectus ⬩ cognitio ⬩ agnitio ⬩ sense ⬩ meaning ⬩ one of the senses ⬩ sensus
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Þurh ðæt andgit, seó sáwul understent through the understanding, the soul comprehends [understands ], 288, 28. Ðǽr ðæt gemynd biþ, ðǽr biþ ðæt andgit and se willa where the memory is, there is the understanding and the will, 288, 26.
ge-syngian
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Ðæt hé geméte forgiefnesse ðæs ðe hé ðurh ðá geornfulnesse his andan gesyngade ut veniam obtineat, ex eo quod per zeli ejus studium peccat, 165, 23. Ær ðǽm ðe hé gesyngige, 407, 4. Hí on hira inngeðonce ongieten ðæt hié gesyngoden, 417, 35.
hwem
A corner ⬩ angle
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A corner, angle Hwæt fremaþ ðære burhware ðeáh ðe ðæt port beo trumlíce on ǽlce healfe getimbrod gif ðǽr biþ án hwem open forlǽten ðæt se onwinnenda here þurh ðam infær hæbbe what does it avail the citizens, though the town be firmly built on every side
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un-sceþþende
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Ða bilehwitnysse ðæs unscæþþendan ( innocentis ) lífes, Bd. 1, 26; S. 487, 40. Ðæt hé ðære unsceþþendan ( innocuae ) ylde cilda ne árede, 2, 20; S. 521, 25. Ðone mildheortan and ðone unsceþþendan Crist, Blickl. Homl. 3, 11.
Linked entries: in-sceþþende un-scæþþende
tin
Tin
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Ðæt tin, ðonne hit mon mid sumum cræfte gemengþ and tó tine gewyrcþ, ðonne biþ hit swiðe leáslíce on siolufres hiewe. Suá hwá ðonne suá lícet on ðære swingellan, hé biþ ðæm tine gelíc inne on ðæm ofne, Past. 37; Swt. 269, 2-5. Tinnes stagni, Hpt.
serc
A shirt ⬩ shift ⬩ smock ⬩ tunic ⬩ sark
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Ðæt hé hæbbe syric (tunicam), R. Ben. 89, 10. Genóh is munuce ðæt hé hæbbe twegen syricas (tunicas), for ðære nihtware and for ðæs reáfes þweále, 91, 3. Syrcan, gúþgewǽdo shirts of mail Beo. Th. 458; B. 226: 673; B. 334
Linked entry: syrc
ge-wunian
to dwell ⬩ inhabit ⬩ to remain ⬩ stay ⬩ abide ⬩ continue ⬩ To stop, live, associate with ⬩ continue in or with ⬩ to be accustomed, wont
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Nǽfre gewurþe ðæt ðǽr on gewunige áwiht lifigendes non sit qui inhabitet, Ps. Th. 108, 7. Ðú in ðære stówe stille gewunadest in that place didst thou dwell quietly, Exon. 121 a; Th. 465, 7; Hö. 100.
circul
A circle, the zodiac ⬩ circulus, zodiacus = ζωδιακός
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A circle, the zodiac; circulus, zodiacus = ζωδιακός Ðǽr ðæs emnihtes circul is geteald where the circle of the equinox is reckoned, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 4, 18; Lchdm. iii. 238, 23.
feoh-bót
A pecuniary recompence ⬩ nummāria compensātio
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Ðæt hí móston ðære fiohbóte [ðæra feohbóta MS. H.] onfón that they might receive the pecuniary recompence, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 8
Linked entry: fioh-bót
niht-langes
For the night
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For the night Ic bidde eów ðæt gé gecirron tó mínum húse and ðǽr wunion nihtlanges, Gen. 19, 2. [Ne moste nihtlonges istonden, Laym. 15504.]
wǽr
True
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True Ic gelýfe ðæt hit from Gode cóme, bróht from his bysene, ðæs mé ðes boda sægde wǽrum wordum, Cd. Th. 42, 31; Gen. 681
cyric-neód
Church-need ⬩ ecclesiæ necessitas
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Church-need; ecclesiæ necessitas Riht is ðæt man betǽce ǽnne dǽl preóstum, óðerne dǽl tocyricneóde þriddan dǽl ðám þearfum it is right that one part [of the alms] be delivered to the priests, a second part for the need of the church, a third part for
god-gild
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An idol He hét wyrcan gyldeno godgeld and seolfrene ... ðá abræc ðæt mægden ðæt gold and ðæt seolfor of ðǽm godgeldum he bade make golden idols and silver ... then the maiden broke the gold and the silver off the idols, Shrn. 106, 2-4: 122, 9: L.
Linked entry: god-gyld
teóðung-dagas
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fram ðisum dæge ( the first Sunday in Lent ) óð ðone hálgan Eásterdæg sind twá and feówertig daga; dó ðonne ða six Sunnandagas of ðam getele, ðonne beóþ ða six and ðrítig ðæs geáres teóðingdagas ús tó forhæfednysse getealde ...
middangeard-líc
Terrestrial ⬩ physical as opposed to spiritual
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Terrestrial, physical as opposed to spiritual Forðon hé oft stormas ðara werigra gásta fram his sylfes sceþenisse and his geférena mid bedum wiðsceáf, wæs ðæt ðæs wyrþe ðæt hé wið ðam middangeardlícum windum and lígum swíðian mihte ( ventus flammisque
á-blǽst
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Gl. 466, 8, infuriated, furious Hé hét geótan týn orcas fulle eles, ðæt hé wolde ðæt ðæs fýres hǽto ðe réðre wǽre and ðe áblǽstre that the heat of the fire might be the more fierce and furious Angl. xvii. 113, 16
Linked entry: blǽstan
un-lǽred
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Add: imperfectly instructed Hé sealde bisene tó ðǽm ðæt ðá unlǽredan ne scoldon lǽran . . . hé ús wolde ðæt tó bisene dón ðætte ðá unlǽredan ne dorsten lǽran ut exemplum daret, ne imperfecti praedicare praesumerent . . . qua exemplo ostenditur, ne infirmus