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tó-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceótan, p. -sceát, pl. -scuton

To rush in different directionsto dispersehurriedly,scatter

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To rush in different directions, to disperse (intrans.) hurriedly, scatter Tóscutan dissiliunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 9.

derung

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Swilce hé nǽfre náne derunge (-inge, v. l., laesionem) his líchaman ne þolode, Gr. D. 82, 33. Swylce hit fleónde wǽre þæs Godes weres deringe ( laesionem ), 214, 1. Add

sand-seáþ

(n.)

a sand-pit

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a sand-pit Ofer ðene hǽþ inn on ðam sandseáþe; of ðam sandseáþe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 384, 26. Of ðære ǽc on ða sandseáþas, 80, 2: 169, 4

munuc-hád

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Sum eald wíf in hálgum munucháde in þissere byrig wunode anus quaedam in sanctimoniali habitu constituta in hac urbe manebat 283, 5

mót-lǽðu

(n.)

courtsassemblies

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in Chart. Th. 433, 22.

Linked entry: -lǽðu

a-breóðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-breóðan, p. -breáþ, pl. -bruðon; pp. -broðen

To unsettleruinfrustratedegeneratedeteriorateperderedegenerare

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Hí abruðon ða ðe he toþohte they frustrated that which he had thought of, Chr. 1004; Ing. 178, 1. Eálá ðú abroðene folc degener O populus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 8,10. Hic et hæc et hoc nugas ðæt is abroðen on Englisc Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. ii, 2

Linked entry: a-bruðon

morgen-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-tíd, e; f.

Morning-tidemorning

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In margentíd in matutino, 72, 14

Linked entry: merigen-tíd

handlinga

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In the passage l. handlinga, and add: handlunga in the hands Hine man healfcwicne handlunga þanon áhóf in manibus jam semivivus levatus est, Gr. D. 63, 1. Ða men handlunga (mid heora handum, v. l. in manibus ) genámon ꝥ wíf of þám gebedhúse, 73, 7.

ham-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
ham-scyld, [?]
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Leo in his work on Anglo-Saxon Names quotes a passage from Richthofen in which skeld occurs in the sense of fence; so that the crime referred to in the passage would be the breaking through the fence which surrounded the ham. v. the translation of Leo

beado-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
beado-róf, adj.

War-renownedbold in warin pugna strenuus

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War-renowned, bold in war; in pugna strenuus Beornas beadorófe war-renowned warriors, Apstls. Kmbl. 155; AP. 78

Linked entry: beadu-róf

cynelec

(adj.)
Grammar
cynelec, adj.

Royal regalis

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Royal; regalis In ðæm cynelecan túne in the royal town, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 21, col. 2

dreórig-ferþ

(adj.)
Grammar
dreórig-ferþ, adj.

Sad in soul tristis anĭmo

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Sad in soul; tristis anĭmo Dreórig-ferþe sad in soul, Exon. 24 a; Th. 68, 26; Cri. 1109

ge-swenc

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Add: trial, affliction In gesuoencge in temtationem, Lk. L. 22, 46. Gisuoenc (printed gisuoere) afflictionem, Rtl. 41, 37

neáh-munt

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Wæs se Godes man gelæded in þone neáhmunt in vicino monte ductus est, Gr. D. 293, 13. Add

ofer-etolness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-etolness, e; f.

Excess in eating, gluttony

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Excess in eating, gluttony Ne gewunigen gé tó oferetolnisse non in comessationibus, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 317, 18

Linked entry: etol-ness

ofer-writ

(n.)

a writing upon a subject, a letter

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a writing upon a subject, a letter In oferwurit his in epistola sua, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, 20

hol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hol, a hole.
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¶ the word occurs in local names :-- Bulan hol, C. D. v. 43, 8. Of ðǽre stánhlǽwe innan ðan hwítan hole; of ðám hwítan hole intó ðám reádan hole; of ðám reádan hole intó ðám dunnan hole; of ðám dunnan hole, 253, 1-4.

feorh-loca

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-loca, an; m.

Life's inclosurethe breastănĭmæ claustrumpectus

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Life's inclosure, the breast; ănĭmæ claustrum, pectus Eom ic, in mínum feorhlocan, breóstum, inbryrded to ðam betran hám I am, in my life's inclosure, in my breast, impelled to the better home, Exon. 42 a; Th. 141, 11; Gú. 625

regol

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Add: a ruler for drawing lines, v. regolian. a tabular arrangement, list given in tabular form Ðá talo ł reglas ðá Eusebius in ténum talum geendebrednade canones quos Eusebius in decem numeros ordinavit, Mt. p. 2, 18. Regulas, 3, 9

Scede-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scede-land, Sceden-íg.

all

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Skán-ey, in Wulfstans narrative, Scón-ég (q.v.): the former (in pl.) seems to denote all l Blæd wíde sprang Scyldes eaferan Scedelandum in, Beo. 38 ; B. 19