þeód-scipe
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Þeódscipum ongemang, ... byrgum tómiddes, Dóm. L. 282. Add
þrin-lic
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Threefold On ðone (God) wé sceolon gelýfan þrynlicne on hádum and ánlicne on pédum, Nap. 63 : cf. þrinen
ge-sníðan
to lie down
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to lie down Ðætte gesniða [Rush. gesnide] gedydon alle ut accumbere facerent omnes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 39. [?]
BEORCAN
to make a sharp explosive sound ⬩ latratum vel sonum edere ⬩ to BARK ⬩ latrare
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We sceolon beorcan and bodigan ðám lǽwedum dumb dogs cannot bark. We ought to bark and preach to the laymen L. Ælfc. C. 23; Th. ii. 350, 34. Ic hwílum beorce swá húnd I sometimes bark as a dog Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 16; Rä. 25, 2.
Linked entry: borcian
wituma
A dowry
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A dowry Wituma vel wetma, uuituma dos, Txts. 57, 704. Weotoma dote (the line is: Ne metuas juvenis sortiri dote puellam, Ald. 170), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 28: 27, 18.
Linked entry: weotuma
pohha
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Sift ðonne, dó on pohhan ( bag ), lege under weofod, 138, 27. Dó on ǽnne pohchan, iii. 48, 5. 'Se ðe médsceattas gaderaþ, hé legeþ hié on þyrelne pohchan ( sacculum ).' An þyrelne pohchan se legþ ... Past. 45, 4; Swt. 343, 20
ágan
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Th. 108, 27. of obligation, to have to do something Æt swá miclon swá mín bróðor wát ꝥ ic heom mid rihte tó gyldanne áh, Cht. Th. 561, 31. ꝥ Micel is ꝥ sácerd áh tó dónne, Ll. Th. i. 360, 30. Swilce þénisce dón swilce hig ágon tó dóne, Cht.
ge-metlíce
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Hé wæs lícumlicre untrym-nesse þrycced, hwæþere tó ðon gemetlíce ( adeo moderate) ꝥ hé ealle þá tíd mihte ge sprecan ge gongan, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 488, 14. regularly, in due order.
gewrixlian
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; gif hé þonne hwylc land wylle gewrixlian ( commutare ), dó hé ꝥ mid geþeahte bégra þǽra híréda, Ll.
lang-fǽre
Lasting ⬩ enduring ⬩ old
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On langfǽre ylde bet hé déþ at an advanced age he will do better, Lchdm. iii. 188, 26. Eác ða treówa ðe beóþ áheáwene on fullum mónan beóþ heardran wið wyrmǽtan and lengfǽrran [langferran, MS. L.], 268, 10.
Linked entries: leng-fǽrra -fǽre
un-eáðelíc
difficult to do ⬩ impossible ⬩ difficult to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ troublesome
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Ðás onfóað unéðelíc (-éðlíc, Lind.) dóm hi accipient prolixius judicium, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 40
ǽr
early ⬩ expressing readiness, quickness, soon ⬩ earlier, before ⬩ previously, beforehand ⬩ sooner ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ first
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Ðú wilt higian ðon ǽr ðe ðú hine ongitest, Bt. 11, 2; F. 34, 8. Ðonne ǽr ðe hé ðæt gewealdleþer forlǽt . . ., ðonne forlǽtaþ hí ðá sibbe, 21; F. 74, 31. cpve. earlier, before Dæge ǽr pridie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 50. Ǽr dudum, ante, An.
screncan
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To lay a stumbling-block in a person's way, trip up, ensnare Eft hé cwæð: 'Ne screnc dú ðone blindan' . . . Se screncþ ðone blindan ðe ðone ungesceádwísan mirþ protinus adjunxit: 'Nec coram coeco pones offendiculum' . . .
a-bláwan
To blow ⬩ breathe ⬩ flare ⬩ efflare
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Nǽfre mon ðæs hlúde býman abláweþ never does a man blow the trumpet so loudly, Exon. 117b; Th. 451, 27; Dóm. 110.
Linked entry: a-bleów
LEÁD
Lead
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Ðú herast ðone mancgere ðe begytt gold mid leáde, Homl. Th. i. 254, 26
slǽp
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Ðæt dust ðysse wyrte ðone slǽp on gelǽdeþ, Lchdm. i. 286, 6: 158, 2. Næfþ hénánne slǽp, ii. 198, 25. Slép, i. 158, 2. Sió slǽwþ him giét on ðone slǽp, Past. 39; Swt. 283. 8. Ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp. Homl. Th. i. 602, 15. Slǽpa sluman. Exon.
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fremian
To profit ⬩ do good ⬩ be good or expedient ⬩ avail ⬩ profĭcĕre ⬩ prōdesse ⬩ expĕdīre ⬩ vălēre
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Gyf se wǽta byþ máre ðonne ðæt fýr, ðonne fremaþ hit if the moisture is more than the fire, then it does good, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 23; Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. Eów fremaþ ðæt ic fare expĕdit vōbis ut ĕgo vādam, Jn. Bos. 16, 7: Mt.
erce-hád
Archhood, an archbishop's pall, his dignity, of which the pall was a sign ⬩ pallium
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Archhood, an archbishop's pall, his dignity, of which the pall was a sign; pallium Ðæt his æftergengan symle ðone pallium and ðone ercehád æt ðam apostolícan setle Rómániscre gelaðunge feccan sceoldon that his successors should always fetch the pall
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meagol-líce
Earnestly ⬩ strenuously
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Earnestly, strenuously Hié ðone lifgendan God and ðone hálgan heáhengel Michael meagollíce (cf. Homl.
aaþ
an oath
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an oath He ðone aaþ gesæh he saw the oath. Th. Dipl. A. D. 825; p. 71, 12