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scín-cræft

Grammar
scín-cræft, scinn-cræft, es: m.
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¶ In the following the word is glossed as if it were scíncræftiga :-- Scíncræfta hierofhantorum , Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 25: 82, 7: Hpt. Gl. 483, 7

swǽman

(v.)
Grammar
swǽman, p. de
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Parv. 482, col. 1. In A. S. only the compound á-swǽman (q. v.) is found, apparently with the meaning to become troubled or grieved.

Linked entry: á-swǽman

ge-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feolan, l. ge-feólan; p. -fealh, pl. fulgon.
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For þon þe ic gefealh and gewunode in Laurenties worde and wæs wið Simmache guia in parte Laurentii contra Symmachum sensi, 330, 8

for-hwǽga

(adv.)
Grammar
for-hwǽga, for-hwega (-hwæga); adv.

somewhere

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Syle mé ðínne wíngeard, and ic þé óðerne finde on fyrlene forhwega (hwǽrwega, v. l. glossed parum) give me thy vineyard, and I will find thee another a little further off, 18, 174. Hí álecgað hit ðonne forhwæga on ánre míle fram þǽm túne . . .

Dorce-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dorce-ceaster, Dorces ceaster, Dorca-ceaster, Dorceaster; gen. -ceastre ; f. [Bd. Dorcinca, Dorcic: Hunt. Dorecestre: Brom. Dorkecestre: Matt. West. Dorcestre]

DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma

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DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln; Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma Hér Cynegils [MS.

hóp

(n.)
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Could the gloss belong to stagnosa paludis, the Latin words being understood as describing parts of the marsh? In another gloss, Wrt.

smíc

(n.)
Grammar
smíc, sméc, smýc, es; m.

Smoke, vapour, steam

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Parv. 460.]

Linked entries: sméc smoca

spring

(n.)
Grammar
spring, spryng, es; m. (but eá-spring; n. )

a source of waterscaturigo, scatebrafonsfonsa springing, rising, spring in day- spring,what springs up or from.an ulcer, a sore, pustulea fluxa squirting, sprinkling

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Parv. 470.] Similar entries v. of-spring. as a medical term, an ulcer, a sore, pustule Spryng carbunculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 46: 13, 11: papula, 116, 22. Carbunculus spring vel angset vel pustula, i. 19, 19.

Linked entries: ge-spring sprengan

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i

Linked entry: six-hynde

tó-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brecan, p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen

To break,break in piecesto break in two,to break to pieces,break up,to separate into parts by striking or pullingto overthrow,break down,ruin,destroy,put into confusion,rout,to destroy,crushto take by assaultto break a promise, pledge, etc.,to infringe,violateto break,interrupt

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Tóbrec ðínne hláf and syle ðone óðerne dǽl hungrium men break thy loaf in two and give one part to a hungry man. Homl. Th. i. 180, 4. Man sceolde tóbrecan his stef, Chr. 1047; Erl. 177, 7.

gafol

(n.)
Grammar
gafol, gafel, gaful, es; n. [gifan to give]

Taxtributerentinterestvectīgaltrĭbūtumcensusūsūra

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Hí ðone fíftan dǽl ealra hiora eorþwæstma ðæm cyninge to gafole gesyllaþ they give the fifth part of all their fruits of the earth to the king for tribute, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 31 : Byrht. Th. 133, 6; By. 46.

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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Fr. ne point) of space Ne gǽþ,heora náðer ǽnne prican ofer ðam ðe him gesette is, Lchdm. iii. 252, 17. of time, the fourth or fifth part of an hour Feówer puncti, ðæt synt prican, wyrcaþ áne tíd on ðære sunnan ryne, and forðan ys se prica gecweden forðan

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum

hlutor

(adj.)
Grammar
hlutor, hluttor; adj.

Clear, pure, bright, sincere

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Lǽt standan óþ hit sý hluttor nim ðonne ðæt hluttre let it stand till it be clear, then take the clear part, Lchdm. iii. 4, 3. Weder hluttor gesihþ ceápes ferþrunge hit getácnaþ if he sees clear weather, it betokens furthering of traffic, 198, 17.

Linked entry: hlýttor

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Add Þú gesége crevisti, geseah crevit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 54, 55. to have the faculty of vision, to exercise that faculty. literal Ne gesyhþ sé nǽfre he will remain blind for ever. Bl. H. 153, 22. Hé sóna geseh he at once recovered his sight, 15, 27.

Galiléisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Galiléisc, Galilésc; adj.

GalileanGalilæus

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On Galileisce dǽlas in partes Galilææ, Mt. Bos. 2, 22. Hwæt bídaþ gé Galilésce guman on hwearfte why abide ye Galilean men about? Exon. 15 a; Th. 32, 11; Cri. 511 : Blickl. Hom1. 123, 20

steóp-cild

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-cild, es; n.
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an orphan, one who has lost a parent Steópcild privignus, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 47: pupillus, 285, 1. Steópcilde orphano, Ps. Spl. 9 second, 17. Eówer bearn beóþ steópcild (pupilli), Ex. 22, 24. Steópcild orphani, Ps. Th. 108, 9.

wíte-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-rǽden, wíte-rǽdenn, e; f.

punishmentfine

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Ego Túnburht episcopus aliquam partem terrae donabo liberam ab omnibus terrenis difficultatibus omnium gravitudinum . . . a taxationibus quod dicimus wíterédenne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 121, 25.

Linked entry: wíte

sweotolung

(n.)
Grammar
sweotolung, e; f.
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Ðeós swutelung (the evidence or testimony which has been recited in the previous part of the charter) wæs ðǽrrihte gewriten and beforan ðam cincge gerǽdd, 540, 35.

grǽdig

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Moldwyrmas, gífre and grǽdige, Seel. 74. of some part of the consumer which is connected with eating Tóþas grǽdige (to þas idge, MS.), Ph. 407. Mid grǽdigum lippum labris lurconibus, i. uorantibus, An. Ox. 700: Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 51.

sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sǽd, es; n.

seed,seed,the ripe fruit,fruit, growthsowingseed, progeny, posterity

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seed, what is sown, that part of a plant which propagates Senepes sǽd granum sinapis, Mk. Skt. 4, 31. Ðæt treów sceolde sǽde eft onfón the tree should again bear seed, Cd. Th. 251, 12; Dan. 562: 252, 24; Dan. 583.

Linked entries: sǽd-berende sǽd-tíma