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pistol-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
pistol-bóc, f.
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A book containing the Epistles Hé ( the priest ) sceal habban ða wǽpna tó ðam gástlícum weorce ... ðæt synd ða hálgan béc, saltere and pistolbóc, godspellbóc and mæssebóc, L. Ælfc. C. 21 ; Th. ii. 350, 11-13. Hé ( bishop Leofric) hæfþ ðiderynn (St.

cipp

(n.)
Grammar
cipp, es; n.? Substitute: <b>cipp,</b> es; m.
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Voc. i. 15, 7. a weaver's beam Hé sceal habban . . . wulcamb, cip, Angl. ix. 263, 13

gyru

(n.)
Grammar
gyru, (?), gen. <b>gyrwe;</b> f.
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cf. letamen gor, scear[n]. Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 38), dincge letamen, An. Ox. 4773. Gyrwe fen (the 12th cent. MS. has gurufen) palus, Ælfc. Gr.

Linked entry: Gyrwas

gód-dǽd

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Þín sáwl sceal wunian oððe on wíte for þínum gyltum oððe on blisse for þinum góddǽdum, Wlfst. 248, 6. For þám his góddǽdum ( almsgiving ), Gr. D. 320, 20.

merigen

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Drince on morgenne scenc fulne þises drences, tó middes mergenes stande eástweard, ii. 116, 7. Ofer ealle niht oð leóhtne mergen, R. Ben. 47, 9. add Swá swá ꝥ godspel sægð : 'Ne þenc þú be mergene,' Hml, S. 31, 57.

niþer

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sceal heán wesan niðer gebíged, Mód. 55. Funde þreó róda under neólum niðer næsse gehýdde, El. 832. Add

singan

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1 a. add: of the reciting of a charm Þis gebed man sceal singan on ðá blacan blegene, Lch. iii. 40, 8: 42, 7: 294, 7. of playing on an instrument Wé sungon eów be hearpan and ge ne saltadun cantavimus uobis tibiis, et non saltastis, Lk. 7, 32. 3.

spinel

(n.)
Grammar
spinel, spinl, e; f.

A spindlefusus

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sceal . . . spinle habban, Anglia ix. 263, 10

gréting

(n.)
Grammar
gréting, e; f.
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Ðá brohte seó sce damiane medmicle grétinge gewritu secgaþ ðæt ðæt wǽre þreó ægero then she brought St. Damian a slight acknowledgment; books say that it was three eggs, 135, 17, 23

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Cf. ge-sceap ; 3. to destine a person to (tó) a condition, lot, &amp;c.

cwylmian

(v.)
Grammar
cwylmian, part.cwylmigende ; p. ode ; pp. od [cwealm pain, torment]

To suffer, suffer torment or pain cruciāri

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To suffer, suffer torment or pain ; cruciāri Heó sceal écelíce cwylmian it [the soul] shall suffer eternally, Homl. Th. ii. 232, 29. Ða mánfullan beóþ ǽfre cwylmigende on helle súsle the sinful shall ever be suffering pain in hell torment, 608, 11.

eorþ-weg

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-weg, es; m.

An earth-wayterrestris via

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Þurh ða róde sceal ríce gesécan of eorþwege ǽghwylc sáwl every soul shall seek the kingdom away from earth through the cross, Rood Kmbl. 237; Kr. 120: Exon. 58b; Th. 209, 29; Ph. 178: Ps. Th. 71, 11. Of eorþwegum from the earthly ways, Elen.

gafol-hwitel

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-hwitel, es; m.

A tribute-whittle or blanketa legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of landtribūtāria săga

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A tribute-whittle or blanket, a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land; tribūtāria săga Gafol-hwitel sceal beón æt híwisce vi pæninga weorþ a tribute-whittle from a hide [of land] shall be worth six pence, L.

Linked entry: hwítel

lippa

(n.)
Grammar
lippa, an; m.

A lip

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Eft sóna ðes lǽcedóm sceal ðan manne ða hyra lippa beóþ sáre oððe hyra tunga ... smire mid ða lippa, Lchdm. iii. 100, 15-21

níwe

(adv.)
Grammar
níwe, níge; adv.

Newlyrecently

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Sceal mon lácnian swilce ádle mid cú meolcum oððe gáte swá níge molcene drince ( or let him drink goat's milk as newly milked as possible ), Lchdm. ii. 218, 22 : 222, 13

óþ-hebban

(v.)
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Ða ofersettan mon sceal swá manian óæt se hiera folgoþ hí ne ðþhebbe admonendi sunt praelati, ne eos locus superior extollat, 28, 1; Swt. 189, 17

ge-wrixlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrixlian, -wixlian; p. ede; pp. ed.

to changeto get by exchangeobtainto give in exchangegrant

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Kmbl. p. 2, 17. to get by exchange, obtain Hie hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím >they had got punishments innumerable, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 3; Gen. 335. to give in exchange, grant Swá sceal gewrixled ðám ðe ǽr wel heóldon meotudes willan so shall be granted

Linked entry: ge-wixlan

be-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þringan, bi-þringan; p. -þrang, pl. -þrungon; pp. -þrungen

To throng or press around, encompass, surroundundique urgere, circumvenire, circumdare

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Se sceal wesan wyrmum beþrungen he shall be surrounded with worms, Exon. 84 a: Th. 316, 30; Mód. 56. Fénix biþ on middum þreátum biþrungen the phœnix is in the midst surrounded by multitudes, 60 b; Th. 221, 27; Ph. 341

Linked entries: be-þrungen bi-þringan

swǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swǽrlíce, (swár-); adv.
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of doing or bearing what is painful, heavily, grievously Nán man ne sceal his wífe geneálǽcan, siððan heó mid bearne swǽrlíce gebunden gǽþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 21. Hé sceolde hit mid fæstene swárlíce gebétan, Homl.

Linked entry: swárlíce

þearl-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þearl-líc, adj.
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Sceal se dæg weorþan, ðæt wé forð beraþ firena gehwylce; ðæt biþ þearlíc gemót ( a meeting that will be a severe ordeal for all ), Exon. Th. 447, 9; Dóm. 36. Deáþes cwealm, þearlíc wíte, 240, 25; Ph. 644. Þurh þearlíc þreá, 283, 20; Jul. 678