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hilfan

(v.)
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hilfan, (?), helfan

to halve

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Scipen gunnen helden, bosmes þer rendden, seiles þer helfden (split in half), Laym. 7851.]

Linked entry: herbid

mæssepreóst-hád

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Mæssepreóstháde onfónde sacerdotium accipientes (filii Leui), Scint. 108, 3. Add

mis-lár

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Substitute : Incitement to evil, suggestion Sé þe gelustfullunge gemídlað gálfulre misláre ( auggestionis ), Scint. 88, 7. Gif forman misláre (suggestioni) ná byþ wiðstanden, 210, 10.

moþþe

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Swá swá on reáf moþþe ( tinea ), and wyrm forswylhð treów, eall swá unrótnyss derað heortan, Scint. 168, 7. Ne behýde gé eówerne goldhord ... þǽr ðǽr moððan hit áwéstað, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 30. Mohþ[um] tineis, An. Ox. 50, 37. Add

pic

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Sé þe æthrínð pic byð besmiten, Scint. 83, 5. Ꝥ weallende pic, Hml. A. 174, 165. Add

riht-gefég

(n.)
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a proper joining Eall þæs scipes fæt wæs ácweht and for ðám mycclum ýþum tólýsed and tósloþen fram eallum his rihtgefégum (rihtgefongum, v. l.) totum vas navis quassatum nimiis fluctibus, ab omni fuerat sua compage dissolutum, Gr. D. 248, 26

Linked entry: ge-fég

stíþe

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Add Hí hæfdon ǽlce scíre on West-Sexum stíðe gemearcod mid bryne and mid hergunge, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 18. austerely, asceticly. v. stíþ; Þá gewunode se hálga wer manega geár on ðám ancerlífe swíðlíce stíðe, Hml. Th. 146, 7

Cerdices óra

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdices óra, Certices óra. an; m.

Cerdic's shore ⬩ Cerdăci lítus

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Hér cwómon Cerdic and Cynríc his sunu on Breteue, mid v scipum, in ðone stede ðe is gecweden Cerdices [Certices,25, 29, col. 1. 2] óra here, A.

Linked entry: Certices óra

nám

(n.)
Grammar
nám, e; f.

Seizure of property belonging to one which is in the hands of another

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Ne nime nán man náne náme, ne innan scíre ne út of scíre, ǽr man hæbbe þríwa on hundrede his rihtes gebeden; (but on the failure of legal means ) nime ðonne leáfe ðæt hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan, L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 9-17. Cf.

girning

(n.)
Grammar
girning, e; f.
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desire to possess. v. girnan; Sé ná wiðsæcð middanearde, þám eorðlicre ǽhte gegladað gyrnincg is non renuntiat mundo, cui terrenae possessionis delectat ambitio, Scint. 59, 12. Gyrnninge cupiditatis, An. Ox. 5289.

Linked entry: geornung

stillíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stillíce, adv.
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Gif stillíce ǽnig gebitt eác seó stefen geswíge si tacite quis orat et uox sileat, Scint. 32, 17. Þe lǽs þe þænne hé on cyricean specan ongynð, stillíce gehwilc andswarige, 'Hwý þás sylf þú ná dést ?

FÝLÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FÝLÞ, e; f.

FILTH ⬩ impurity ⬩ rottenness ⬩ spurcĭtia ⬩ putrēdo

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Thes. ii. 102, 27, 29 : Scint. 9

fǽmnenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽmnenlic, fǽmnen-lic (fǽmn-); adj.

Virgin ⬩ virginal

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Virgin, virginal Clǽnnys fǽmnenlicre sáwle puritas virginalis animae, Scint. 69, 13. Of þám fǽmnendlican (fǽmned-, v. l.) líchaman ex virgineo corpore, Gr. D. 288, 15. Ic fǽmnenlicne (fǽmne-, v. l.) innoð gesóhte, Nap. 21. Þone fǽmnlican bósm, Bl.

swiftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swiftlíce, adv.

Swiftly

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Gálful líf swiftlíce ( celeriter ) gelǽt tó ylde, Scint. 88, 19. Ðá férde his gást swyftlíce, Homl. Th. i. 452, 30. Zacheus swyftlíce of ðam treówe álíhte, 580, 34. Hí fleóþ swiftlíce, Wulfst. 200, 17

þearflícness

(n.)
Grammar
þearflícness, e; f.

Poverty, ⬩ neediness

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Spl. 30, 13: Scint. 127, 18: 148, 2. Þearflícnysse hé ondrét paupertatem ueretur, 179, 8. Þearflícnysse lufian paupertatem diligere, Cod. Dip. B. i. 155, 7

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj.

a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; ⬩ applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.

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As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a ceorl Twelfhyndes mannes wer is twelf hund scyllinga.Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł.

ge-yflian

(v.)
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Add: to injure (physically) Sé þe man ofslehð binnan ciricderum, sylle þǽre cirican .cxx. sciłł. . . . Sé þe cwicne on þǽre mundbyrde geyfelige ( he who in a church injures a man without killing him ), sylle .xxx. sciłł., Ll.

éste-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
éste-líce, ést-líce; adv.

Kindly, gladly, delicately, daintily ⬩ bĕnigne, libenter, delĭcāte

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Éstelíce delĭcāte, Scint. 27: Prov. 29. We ðé éstlíce mid us willaþ ferigan we will gladly convey thee with us, Andr. Kmbl. 583; An. 292

Linked entry: ést-líce

wógian

(v.)
Grammar
wógian, p. ode

To woo ⬩ marry

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To woo, marry Náht framaþ flǽsc habban mǽden gif on geþance aenig wógaþ nihil prodest carnem habere uirginem si mente quis nupserit, Scint. 70, 7. Bearn worulde ðissere wógiaþ (nwbunt) . . . hí ne wógiaþ (nubunf), ne hí ne lǽdaþ wíf, 68, 14, 17

ǽþmian

(v.)
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Substitute. to send forth vapour, be heated, be in a ferment Þá þe on gewilnunge grǽdignysse ǽþmeað qui desiderio cupiditatis exestuant, Scint. 112, 11. to send forth a smell Ǽþmmigende redolentia, Germ. 391, 202. [O. H.