for-sweógian
To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre
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To pass over in silence, keep silent; sĭlentio prætĕrīre We ne durron forsweógian ... gif we hit forsweógiaþ we dare not keep silent ... if we keep it silent, L. Ælf. P. 1; Th. ii. 364, 11. 13
sunn-feld
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Voc. ii. 32, 8. Hwǽr wuniaþ Enoc und Helias? Ic ðé secge, Malifica and Intimphonis (in tempis?), ðæt is, on sunfelda and on sceánfelda, Salm. Kmbl. p. 202, 1. (v. scín-feld.)
hrut
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Voc. i. 289, 28: dun, ii. 125, 4), Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 59
ge-nugan
To suffice, to be sufficient, not to be wanting ⬩ sufficere
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To suffice, to be sufficient, not to be wanting; sufficere Gif us on ferðe geneah if in our soul we be not wanting [if it is sufficient to us in our soul], Exon. 93 a; Th. 348, 29; Sch. 35:90 a; Th. 337, 26; Gn. Ex. 70.
Linked entry: ge-neah
ge-glengan
To adorn ⬩ embellish ⬩ set in order ⬩ compose ⬩ ornāre ⬩ cōmĕre ⬩ compōnĕre
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P. 5; Th. ii. 366, 2. Ic geglenge cōmo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 13. Ic smicere geglengce orno, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 116; Wrt. Voc. 54, 58.
Linked entry: glengan
abbadisse
An abbess ⬩ abbatissa
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An abbess; abbatissa Riht is ðæt abbadissan fæste on mynstrum wunian it is right that abbesses dwell closely in their nunneries, L. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 320, 30: L. Const.
beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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With us it is agreed that he shall pay five sustras of honey for a tax 'bochero, id est, apum custodi, pertinet, si gavelheorde, id est, gregem ad censum teneat, ut inde reddat sicut ibi mos [MS. moris] erit.
twi-rǽde
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Or again, whether in any plan you are so uncertain, that it may help you, if it is carried out, or if it is not, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 5-9. of divided counsel, without unanimity Ǽlc ríce ðe byþ twyrǽde on him sylfum omne regnum divisum contra se, Mt.
Linked entry: twio-rǽde
HÉR
HERE ⬩ in this world ⬩ at this time
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I. prm; Th. ii. 394, 4-16. Hér in this year, Chr. passim
FÓÐER
food ⬩ food for cattle ⬩ fodder ⬩ ălĭmentum ⬩ jūmenti pābŭlum ⬩ that in which food is carried ⬩ a basket ⬩ cophĭnus ⬩ κόφĭνos ⬩ that in which food for cattle is carried ⬩ a cart ⬩ cart-load ⬩ vĕhes ⬩ plaustrum ⬩ nunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi
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If he have not, let him pay half in fodder, and half in other goods, 60; Th. i. 140, 8-11. that in which food is carried,-a basket; cophĭnus = κόφĭνos Genómon ceawlas vel fóðer tŭlērunt cophĭnos, Mt. Lind.
Linked entry: fódder
-hám
the abode of the elves
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'The Latin word which appears most nearly to translate it is vicus, and it seems to be identical in form with the Greek κώμη.
tó-sceótan
To rush in different directions ⬩ to disperse ⬩ hurriedly, ⬩ scatter
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Ðá tóscuton ða deóflu (cf. ðá wǽron tóstencte ða wiðerweardan gástas dispersi sunt spiritus infesti, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 7; it is this passage in Bede which Ælfric is quoting), Homl. Th. ii. 352, 4.
stearn
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[Starn is a name for the starling in the Shetland Isles; the same bird is called a starnel in Northants. v. E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, p. 73.
laga
Law
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S. 34; Th. i. 396, 22, MS. B. Rǽde gé forþ lagan fyrþor ic wolde gif mé tó anhagode proceed further in determining laws; I would, if it were convenient for me, Wulfst, 275, 11
clemman
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To press, pinch Clæm þú þíne handa tógædere, Tech. ii. 122, 21. Clæm þú þíne wynstran hand þám gemete þe þú óstran on handa hæbbe shut your left hand as if there were an oyster in it, 124, 12, 20
óre
A mine, place in which ore is dug
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A mine, place in which ore is dug ísern óre ferri fodina, in quo loco ferrum foditur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, II
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lah-slit
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The word is continued in the Laws of William the Conqueror In Danelahe erit iii forisfactura de suo laslite [laxlite in French], Th. i. 483, 24. In Th. i. 168, note a, a passage is quoted from old Swedish law in which 'lagsliht' occurs.
Undalan
Oundle
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Kmbl. iii. 93, 1, 8. Uillam de Undale, v. 6, 22. In later English it is Undela : -- Ic gife ðone tún ðe man cleopeþ Undela, Chr. 963; Erl. 122, 4
fýst
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Colapsus, i. colafus, pugnus fýst vel tarastrus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 45. Físt [in Wülck. Gl. 291, 17 it is printed fýsð], i. 64, 74. Gif man óðerne mid fýste in naso slæhð .III. scill. gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 16, 17.
rǽd-leás
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Th. 226, 26; Dan. 177. without wise direction, in confusion Ðá ðis (the destruction of certain ships) cúð wæs tó ðám óðrum scipon ... wæs ðá swilc hit eall rǽdleás wǽre it was as if there were no counsel anywhere, as if everything was in confusion, Chr