brýd-lác
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Dele 'A marriage gift or feast,' and add: married state, wedlock Bærn né áteoriað on ðam brýdláce; þǽr is ... singallic wæstmbǽrnyss, Hml.
dim
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Voc. ii. 138, 55. dark-coloured. v. dim-híw Seó byrgen is bewrigen mid dimmum stánum and yfellicum, Shrn. 66, 24. wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy Of dimre, earmre calamitosa (fames atrocitate ), An. Ox. 3853. Dymre, 2, 261.
oxan-hirde
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Micel ic gedeorfe; þænne se yrþlingc unscenþ þá oxan, ic lǽde hig tó lǽse, and ealle niht ic stande ofer hig waciende for þeófan, and eft on ǽrnemergen ic betǽce hig þám yrþlincge wel gefylde and gewæterode, Coll. M. 20, 23-31. Be oxanhyrde.
tin
Tin
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Tinnes stagni, Hpt. Gl. 431, 69. Ðiss folc is geworden mé tó áre and tó tine and tó íserne and tó leáde, Past. 37; Swt. 267, 17. Tin stannum, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 11
tó-feallan
To fall to pieces, ⬩ fall away, ⬩ collapse, ⬩ fall down
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Ðá byfode seó eorðe, and stánas burstan, and stánweallas tófeóllan, Shrn. 67, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 216, 4. Him ða lima calic tófeóllan all his limbs fell off, Shrn. 62, 3. Scullen stanwalles biuoren him tofallen, Laym. 18867.
Linked entries: tó-dreósan tó-fillan
trumlíce
firmly ⬩ strongly ⬩ steadfastly ⬩ in a way that encourages (?)
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Ð æt leód and lagu trumlíce stande, Wulfst. 74, 8. Eahta sweras syndon ðe rihtlícne cynedom trumlíce up wegaþ, L.I. P. 3 ; Th. ii. 306, 19. Trumlícor firmius, Rtl. 34, 26.
Linked entry: trum-líc
ge-trum
A knot ⬩ band ⬩ mass ⬩ company ⬩ company of soldiers ⬩ nodus ⬩ caterva ⬩ cohors ⬩ exercitus
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Under tungla getrumum under the troops of stars, Salm. Kmbl. 285; Sal. 142. He eft gewát getrume micle he returned with a great company, Andr. Kmbl. 1413; An. 707: Beo. Th. 1849; B. 922: Exon. 90 a; Th. 337, 12; Gn. Ex. 63
frum-sceaft
the first creation ⬩ the creation ⬩ beginning ⬩ origin ⬩ original state or condition ⬩ prīma creātio ⬩ ŏrīgo ⬩ prīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtio ⬩ a created being ⬩ creature ⬩ creātūra
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He forlǽt ǽrest lífes frumsceaft he first forsakes his original state of life, Bt. Met.
ge-cennan
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Gecened, 1. 13. to give forth a statement, declare, make known. absolute, to state the conditions of a case Ic gecende be ðám ðe ic cúðe; sé ðe bet cunne gecýðe his máre I have set forth the state of things as I knew it; let him that knows it better
staþol
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Wulches cunnes þinges under þissen stane staðel habbeoð inumen (under þis ston uonieþ, 2nd MSS.), Laym. 15911), sto[n]dan fæste, Exon. Th. 496, 19; Rä. 85, 17. Hé ús sealde mid englum éce staþelas, 41, 26; Cri. 661.
Linked entry: scaþel
licgan
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Th. i. 434, 12. of material things, to be at rest on the ground or other surface On eorðlicere cyrcan líð stán ofer stáne, Hml. Th. ii. 582, 17. On meoxes gelícnysse þe líð under fótum, Hml. S. 8, 38. Licgað æfter lande loccas tódrifene, An. 1428.
feorran
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., fearra tó, L.) publicanus a longe stans, Lk. 18, 13: 23, 49: 17, 12. Petrus him fyligde feorran (feorra, R., fearre, L. a longe), Mk. 14, 54.
ge-wemman
To stain ⬩ defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ profane ⬩ corrupt ⬩ vitiate ⬩ mar ⬩ injure ⬩ coinquĭnāre ⬩ turpāre ⬩ polluĕre ⬩ profānāre ⬩ corrumpĕre ⬩ vĭtiāre ⬩ contāmĭnāre ⬩ viŏlāre
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To stain, defile, pollute, profane, corrupt, vitiate, mar,injure; coinquĭnāre, turpāre, polluĕre, profānāre, corrumpĕre, vĭtiāre, contāmĭnāre, viŏlāre Ne mihte heora wlite gewemnian wylm ðæs wæfran líges the heat of the flickering flame might not corrupt
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INN
A dwelling ⬩ house ⬩ chamber ⬩ lodging
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Se steorra him ðæs cildes inn gebícnode the star pointed out to them [the Magi] the child's lodging, Homl. Th. i. 110, 16. Ðǽr Petrus inn hæfde where Peter lodged, 372, 34
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lǽce-finger
The leech-finger
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'The fourth finger was called the leech finger, from the pulsation therein found, and supposed to be in more direct communication with the heart, as in the tract attributed to Joh. de Garlandiâ ... it is said 'Stat medics [medylle fyngure] media, medicus
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a-drífan
To drive ⬩ stake ⬩ expel ⬩ pursue ⬩ follow up ⬩ agere ⬩ pellere ⬩ expellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ sequi ⬩ prosequi
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To drive, stake, expel, pursue, follow up; agere, pellere, expellere, repellere, sequi, prosequi Ða Walas adrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum pílum greátum innan ðam wætere the Welsh staked all the ford of a certain river with great sharp piles
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ge-hroden
adorned ⬩ ornatus
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Gréne stondaþ gehroden hyhtlíce beorhtast bearwa the brightest of groves stands green, gloriously adorned, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 4; Ph. 79.
Linked entries: ge-hreódan ge-hreóðan
bin
a basket ⬩ cofinus ⬩ a crib ⬩ manger ⬩ a stall
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M. 19, 35. a stall Ne bið nýten on binnum non erit armentum in praesepibus. Cant. Ab. 17
ǽr
Early ⬩ former ⬩ preceding ⬩ ancient ⬩ prior ⬩ præcedens ⬩ antiquus
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Weorpe ǽrest stán primus lapidem mittat, Jn. Bos. 8, 7. Se hér-búendra hearpan ǽrest hlyn awehte who first of dwellers here awoke the sound of the harp, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 5; Gen. 1079.
wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Similar entries eald-, ge-, not-, stæf-, stǽr-, tíd-, un-, wyrd-wríte
Linked entries: wrítan ge-wrítere