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Læwes

(n.)
Grammar
Læwes, Læwe
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Lewes in Sussex Tó Læwe [other MS. Læwes] at Lewes, L. Ath. i. 14; Th. i. 208, 1. Æt Hamme wið Læwe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 388, 18. Hamme juxta Læwes, vi. 46, 11

pund-wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
pund-wǽg, e; f.
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A pound-weight, a pound Mon sceal simle tó beregafole ágifan æt ánum wyrhtan six pundwǽga, L. In. 59; Th. i. 140, 6. .xx. pundwǽga (-wéga, MS. B.) fóðres, 70; Th. i. 146, 19

ge-lǽte

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lǽte, es; pl. -lǽtu; n. [lǽtan to let go, leave]

A going out ⬩ ending ⬩ meeting ⬩ exitus ⬩ occursus

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A going out, ending, meeting; exitus, occursus To wega gelǽtum to the meetings of ways, Mt. 22, 9. Twegra wega gelǽtu meetings of two ways, Cot. 110. Æt ðæra wæga gelǽte, Gen. 38, 21

Linked entries: ge-lét þeóh-gelǽte

sǽ-fæsten

(n.)
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the fastness or stronghold which the sea constitutes Óþ ðætsǽfæsten landes æt ende leódmægne forstód the sea was a stronghold which blocked the further passage of the Israelites, Cd. Th. 185, 24; Exod. 127

á-biddan

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Add: to pray Tó mæginðrymme ðínum tó ábiddanne (idoneos) ad majestatem tuam exorandum . Rtl. 87, 31. to pray to, entreat a person Ábiddaþ (biddaþ, v. l. ) hine. Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 21. to ask for, entreat, with acc. of thing Seó áwyrgednes ðe eówer yldran

clipur

(n.)
Grammar
clipur, es; m.

A CLAPPER of a bell ⬩ tintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus

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A CLAPPER of a bell; tintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus Se bend ðe se clipur ys mid gewriðen, ys swylce hyt sý sum gemetegung ðæt ðære tungan clipur mǽge styrian, and ða lippan æt-hwega beátan. Sóþlíce mid ðæs rápes æt-hríne se bend styraþ ðone [MS. ðæne

rǽding

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Add Hé hine gemétte æt his rǽdinge sittan . . . Hé náteshwón from his rǽdinge ne árás, Hml. Th. ii. 180, 24-34. add Man rǽdde þá nigoðan rǽdinge on Crístes godspelle, Shrn. 126, 26. Wé rǽdaþ ðǽs rǽdinge æt þǽra hálgena mæssan þe wé hátaþ Confessores

tohte

(n.)
Grammar
tohte, an; f.

A military expedition, ⬩ war, ⬩ battle

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A military expedition, war, battle Nǽron ða twégen tohtan sǽne, lindgeláces, land Perséa sóhton síðfrome Simon and Thaddeus, Apstls. Kmbl. 150; Ap. 75. Gē dóm ágon, tîr æt tohtan, Judth. Thw. 24, 19; Jud. 197. Ðæt wíf ðīn heáfod tredeþ mid fótum sínum

Linked entry: ge-toht

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On

síþ

(adj.)
Grammar
síþ, cpve. síþra; spve. síþest, síþ[e]mest; adj.

Late ⬩ at last ⬩ in the end

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Late Biþ seó síþre tíd sǽda gehwylces mǽtræ in mægne, Exon. Th. 104, 31; Gú. 16. Se síþemesta dóm (síþemesða demm, Hatt. MS.) extrema damnatio, Past. 2; Swt. 30, 21. Sardanopolus wæs se síþmesta cyning ðe on ðæm londe rícsade novissimus apud Assyrios

beorgan

(v.)

to taste ⬩ gustare

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to taste; gustare Fénix of ðám wyll-gespryngum brimcald beorgeþ æt baða gehwylcun the Phoenix tastes ocean-cold [water] from the well-springs at every bath Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 9; Ph. 110

cwǽn

(n.)

a queen

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a queen Æðelfriþ cwǽn, seó wæs Ælfrédes swuster, forþférde, and hire líc líþ æt Pauian queen Æthelfrith, who was Alfred's sister, died, and her body lies at Pavia, Chr. 888; Erl. 87, 16-18

Deór-hyrst

(n.)
Grammar
Deór-hyrst, es; m. [hyrst a hurst; copse, wood]

DEERHURST, Gloucestershire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Glocgstriæ

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DEERHURST, Gloucestershire;lŏci nōmen in agro Glocgstriæ Æt Olaníge wið Deórhyrste at Olney near Deerhurst, Chr. 10106; Th. 282, 40, col. 2. On Deór-hyrste at Deerhurst, Chr. 1053; Th. 322, 13, col. 2

un-foresceáwod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-foresceáwod, adj.

Unconsidered ⬩ hasty ⬩ without due consideration

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Unconsidered, hasty, without due consideration Næs hit ná fǽrlíc geðóht oððe unforesceáwod rǽd, ðæt se ælmihtiga God ðysne middangeard gesceóp, ac wæs ǽfre æt fruman on his écum rǽde, Hexam. 14; Norm. 22, 5

Linked entry: fore-sceáwian

weorold-níd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-níd, -neód, e; f.
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Secular need, need in worldly matters, temporal necessity Se cyngc beódeþ eallum his geréfan, ðæt gé ðám abbodan æt eallum worldneódum beorgan swá ge betst magon, L. Eth. ix. 32; Th. i. 346, 30

egeleásness

(n.)
Grammar
egeleásness, e; f.
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Confidence, presumption Þá þíne welan þe þú ( the devil) on fruman begeáte æt þæs ǽrestan mannes egeleásnesse (from his not having the fear of God before his eyes ) and unhýrsumnesse, Bl. H. 85, 31

hogg

(n.)
Grammar
hogg, hocg, es; m.
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A hog .xx. sugena . . . swyn, and .xl. hogga. . .xliiij hogga, Cam. Phil. Soc. 1902, p. 15. Cf. Ðæs landes æt Hocgestúne, C. D. iii. 294, 22. Ðás dæn wæs Hocgetwisla, Lindhyrst, vi. 243, 16

Linked entry: hocg

norþeást-rodor

(n.)
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the north-east sky, the north-east Eóde wit ongeán norðeástrodor (norð-and-eástrodor, v. l.), swá sunnan uppgang bið æt middum sumera incedebamus contra ortum solis solstitialem, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 615, 17

hergung

Grammar
hergung, hergiung, herung
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Hergiung expeditio, Wrt. Voc ii. 108, 8. Hergung, ferd expeditio, i. praeparatio, exercitus, 145, 41. Næs his (Alexander's) hergiung or þá fremdan áne, ac hé gelíce slóg and hiénde þá þe him on siml wǽron mid farende nec minor in suos crudelitas, quam

sum

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add: (1 a α) with a possessive pronoun instead of genitive, and with noun inflexion Gelícode mé ꝥ ic eówerne sum mé tó begeáte, Hml. S. 33, 109. 2. add: with reference to number, one (of), some (of) Hé bebeád sumum his preóste (cuidam de clericis sui