earn
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Se earn úp gewít bufan þá wolcnu styrmendum wederum, ꝥ him þá stormas derian ne mahan, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 4. Þæs earnes gelícnys belimpð tó Jóhanne, for ðan þe se earn flýhð ealra fugela ufemest, and mæg starian on þǽre sunnan leóman, Hml.
hǽþ
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Úp on ðene hǽð; ofer ðene hǽð, 384, 26. neut. Ofer ðæt hǽð, C. D. iii. 392, 3, 5. On ðæt hǽð westeweard, 427, 33.
slídan
To slide, slip, fall ⬩ to slide, glide ⬩ to make a mistake, to fail, err ⬩ to fall into an unhappy condition ⬩ to pass away, be transitory or perishable
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[Þer on geð him one in one sliddrie weie, he slit falleþ sone; and ter monie goð togederes, . . . gif eni uoð on uorte sliden, be oðer breideð hine up er þen he allunge ualleA. R. 252, 10-12. Mony folk slod to helleH. R. 136 157.
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be-spanan
To allure, entice, incite, urge, induce ⬩ allicere, illicere, incitare, provocare, inducere
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Ðæt gewin ðe hió hint on bespón mid manigfealdon firen-lustum the war which she brought upon him by her manifold wicked desires, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 40
BÓSG
An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, ⬩ præsepium ⬩ a cottage ⬩ a barn ⬩ stabulum, præsepium bovis
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It is now [1874] more generally used for the upper part of the stall where the fodder lies,-They say, 'you will find it in the cow's boose,' that is, in the place for the cow's food; præsepium Of bósge a præsepio, Lk. Rush. War. 13, 15.
ge-stælan
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.), and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand ( let him make the charge good upon one who more justly may be charged; pertrahat hoc ad rectiorem manum, Old Lat. vers.), Ll. Th. i. 76, 6.
híne
domesticos,
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., and which may have come to be looked upon as an uninflected word used in such cases as the first part of a compound? In v. 36 domestici is glossed hígu ł híne ł híwen, and 24, 34 pater-familas = híne-fæder [but this may be for hína-fæder]
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Cwénas
The Quaines
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Hý habbaþ swýðe lytle scypa, and swýðe leóhte over against the land [Finland] southward, on the other side of the waste, is Sweden, northward up to the land; and over against the land northward is the land of the Quaines.
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heorþ-pening
A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]
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Let every hearth-penny be paid up by St. Peter's mass day: and he who shall not have paid by that time, let him be led to Rome, and in addition thereto pay xxx pence, and then bring a certificate that he has there paid so much.
langoþ
Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ discontent
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Forlét longeþas lǽnra dreáma he gave up desires for transitory delights, Th. 122, 5; Gú. 301
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múþa
the mouth of a river ⬩ an opening ⬩ door
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On ða eá hí tugon up hiora scipu óþ ðone weald, iiii míla fram ðæm múþan útanweardum, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 25-32. Ǽlc ceápscip friþ hæbbe ðe binnan múþan cuman, L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 284, 20; ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 6.
wice
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Tó ðam wic . . . of ðam wice tó ðære hapuldre . . . of ðam alre tó ðám twám wycan standaþ on geréwe eal swá ðæt gemére gǽð; swá up tó ðam wice stynt beneoðan bælles wæge; of ðam wice . . . á be hege tó ealdan wycan tó ðam wealle, Cod. Dip.
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wríþan
to twist ⬩ give a curved form to ⬩ to bind up ⬩ wrap round ⬩ bandage ⬩ to bind ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter
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Kmbl. 47; El. 24. to bind up, wrap round, bandage Hé wráð (alligavit) his wunda, Lk. Skt. 10, 34. Ða ðe forbrocene wǽron, ða gé ne wriþon quae fractae erant, eas non ligavistis, L. Ecg. P. iii. 16; Th. ii. 202, 26.
brǽþ
odour ⬩ exhalation
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Þes brǽð is of Críste, 42. hot vapour Ðá brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon up eall swilc hit mist wǽre. Hml. S. 23, 36. in a medical sense: Ne æppla ne wín nis tó sellanne, for ðon ðe hié habbað hátne brǽþ.
fǽtan
pack ⬩ to adorn ⬩ ornament
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Hé hét úp beran æðelinga gestreón, frætwe and fǽt gold, B. 1921. Fǽdde (fǽtte?) beágas, 1750. [Goth. ga-fétjan to adorn; ga-féteins ornament.] Similar entries Cf. (?) hroden for ideas of load and ornament
for-ceorfan
to cut up ⬩ to cut off ⬩ to cut down
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Add: to cut up, cut asunder Hé gelæhte his sex and forcearf his basing ... þá hlógon his geféran þæs forcorfenan basinges, Hml. S. 31, 69-72. Heó wæs forcorfen on middan on twá styccu per medium secabatur, Gr.
self-líce
Self-love ⬩ self-complacency ⬩ self-satisfaction ⬩ conceit ⬩ arrogance
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Hé hiene up áhefeþ on his móde on suelc gielp and on suelc selflíce se apud se per arrogantiam exaltat, 11, 4; Swt. 71, Ðæt freódóm ne gewende on selflíce and on ofermétto at libertas in superbiam non erumpat, 19, 3; Swt. 147, 3.
ge-lǽran
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Heó gelǽrde þone cyning þæt hé Cassander upp áhóf, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 4. Wearþ Simon áweht wiþ ðám apostolum and gelǽred ꝥ hé feala yfla sægde (cf. Jul. 297 ante ), Bl.
ge-siht
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H. 79, 34. eyes together with the faculty of sight; visus, oculi Wé ússe gesyhð (úre gesyhðe, v.l.) upp áhófon uisum leuabimus, Bd. 5, J; Sch. 552, 13. Hé ne mihte bedydrian Martines gesihðe, Hml. S. 31, 824.
rídan
to ride on horseback ⬩ equitare ⬩ to ride ⬩ to ride ⬩ to swing ⬩ rock
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Fana up rád the ensign (the fiery pillar) moved aloft, 193, 18; Exod. 248. Ðæt hé (a vessel) scyle fǽmig rídan ýða hrycgum, Exon.