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folc-leásung

(n.)
Grammar
folc-leásung, e; f.

Folk-leasingpublic lyingslanderpublĭcum mendäciumcălumnia

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If a man commit slander, let him make amends with no lighter thing than that his tongue be cut out, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 80, 19-82, 1

Linked entries: leásung folc-lǽsung

scip-fird

(n.)
Grammar
scip-fird, e; f.
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Ðá cýdde man in tó ðære scipfyrde, ðet hí mann eáðe befaran mihte, Erl. 141, 33. See land-fird for other passages

fore-steall

Grammar
fore-steall, (for-).

preventionhindrance

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Add: prevention, hindrance to free progress Færð fýr ofer eall, ne byð þǽr nán foresteal, ne him man náne mæg miht forwyrnan ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis, Dóm. L. 146. fine for the crime of fore-steall.

fúl-lic

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Ic ne mæg for sceame þá sceandlican dǽde, þæt ǽnig man sceole etan on gange, swá fúllíce secgan swá hit fúllíc is, E. S. viii. 62, 18. Add

cyn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cyn-líc, adj. [cyn suitable, fit]

Becoming, fittingdĕcōrus

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Becoming, fitting; dĕcōrus Suilce iów cynlíc þynce as to you may seem fitting, Th. Diplm. A. D. 804-829; 461, 36. Swá him rihtlíc and cynlíc þince as to them may seem just and becoming, Th. Diplm. A. D. 905; 493, 12

bí-word

(n.)
Grammar
bí-word, -wyrd, es; n.

A BYEWORD, proverbproverbium

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[be, bí by, word a word] A BYEWORD, proverb; proverbium Man segþ [seið MS.] to bíworde, 'hæge sitteþ ða æceras dǽleþ' man saith for a proverb, 'the hedge abides which fields divides,' Chr. 1130; Erl. 259, 13. Bíword, bíwyrd proverbium, Cot. 157

mis-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
mis-weorc, es; n.

An evil deed

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An evil deed Miswerc mala opera, Jn. Skt. Rush. 3, 19

beór-byden

(n.)
Grammar
beór-byden, e; f.
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A beer-barrel Man sceal hibban. . . beórbydene, Angl. ix. 264, 16

melu-hédern

(n.)
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a meal-storehouse Man sceal habban . . . meluhúdern. Angl. ix. 265, 2

Linked entry: hédd-ern

scuccen

(adj.)
Grammar
scuccen, sceoccen; adj.
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Devilish, diabolic Man tóheów þá sticmǽlum þone sceoccenan god, Nap. 55

Linked entry: sceoccen

tó-heáwan

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Man tóheów þá sticmǽlum þone sceoccenan god, Nap. 55, 27. Add

hálsigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
hálsigendlíc, hálsiendlíc; adj.

That may be entreated

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That may be entreated Hálsiendlíc deprecabilis, Ps. Spl. M. 89, 15

meldian

(v.)
Grammar
meldian, p. ode, ede.

to declareannouncetellto inform againstaccuse

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Ongan meldigan ðone hálgan wer the devil began to tell who the holy man was, Andr. Kmbl. 2341; An. 1172. Ðá geneálǽhton hine meldigende ( declaring that Peter was with Jesus ), Homl.

Linked entry: a-meldian

ge-dwelian

(v.)
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To go astray, err, make mistake with gen. of matter mistaken Ǽgðer þára ic wót. Ne mæg nán man þæs gedwæligan aeque novi. Nom in utroque nihil fallor, Solil. H. 21, 11. trans.

be-tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tǽcan, p. -tǽhte, pl. -tǽhton; pp. -tǽeht; v. a. [be by, tǽcan to teach, shew]

to shewostendereto BETAKE, impart, deliver, commit, put in trustimpertire, adsignare, tradere, commendareto send, follow, pursuemittere, insequi, amandare

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Man hý ðære abedissan betǽhton they committed her to the abbess, Chr. 1052; Ed. 181, 28. Ðæt we móton ðé betǽcan sáwle úre that we may commit our souls to thee, Hy. 7, 82; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 82: Runic pm. 20: Kmbl. 343, 18; Hick.

æfter-yldo

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-yldo, -yld, e; f.

after-ageold ageætas provectaan after-ageafter-timeposterius ævum

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gemunan mæg so as no after-age since can remember, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 22

Linked entry: æfter-ild

cammoc

(n.)
Grammar
cammoc, cammuc, commuc, es; n. m? The cammoc, kex, an umbelliferous plant, brimstone wort, hog's fennel, cow weed, cow parsley. Kambuck is still a name of the kexes in Suffolk, Prior 36, 126; peucedănum officinale, = πευκεδανόν , n; πευκεδανός , f.
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Wyrc gódne drenc, elenan iii snǽda, commuces viii make a good drink, three portions of elf dock, eight of cammoc, L. M. 3, 30; Lchdm. ii. 324, 20

Linked entry: commuc

feoht-lác

(n.)
Grammar
feoht-lác, es; n.

A fightingfightpugna

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A fighting, fight; pugna Gif ciricgriþ abrocen beó, bétan man georne, sí hit þurh feohtlíc, sí hit þurh reáfác if church-peace be broken, be it through fighting, be it through robbery, let amends be strictly made, L. Eth. ix. 4; Th. i. 340, 20: L.

scirdan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
scirdan, p. de
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To hurt, injure Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde, ðæt hé tó sacerdan heáfod áhylde, . . . and hí hrædlíce siððan scyrde oððe scynde mid worde oððe weorce, L. , Eth. vii. 27 ; Th. i. 334, 35.

healf

(adv.)
Grammar
healf, adv.

Half

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Half Healf man and healf hors centaurus vel ippocentaurus, healf mann and healf assa onocentaurus, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 39, 40.