worþ
a close ⬩ an enclosed place ⬩ an enclosed homestead ⬩ a habitation with surrounding land ⬩ land ⬩ a place enclosed by buildings ⬩ a court ⬩ hall ⬩ a place ⬩ street
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Various Latin words are used in speaking of such places; Wealawyrð is a uillula, iii. 347, ii: v. 346, 33: Æbbewyrð is a uiculus, iv. 164, 8-10: Æscmeresweorð is a uilla, v. 216, 10 : Gislheresuuyrth is a terra, i. 44, 11. so also Brinkeuurða, iv. 167
Linked entries: ryge weorþ wyrþe-land
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.
hýdels
hiding-place ⬩ cavern
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Gif hit on hýdelse funden sý if it be found in a place of concealment, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 226, 4
rǽd-leás
without counsel, unwise, inconsiderate, rash, ill-advised ⬩ without wise direction, in confusion ⬩ lacking what is advantageous or beneficial, miserable, desolate
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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
tó-slúpan
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</b> add :-- Nú sint sionwe tóslopen (in the facsimile reprint it is p not þ), An. 1427
wíc-geréfa
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E. 16; Th. i. 34, 3-10. Uuícgeroebum teloniaris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 28. See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. p. 175
FEÓGAN
To hate ⬩ persecute ⬩ ōdisse ⬩ ŏdio hăbēre ⬩ infestāre
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Ic unrihte wegas ealle feóge omnem viam inīquam ŏdio hăbui, Ps. Th. 118, 128: 138, 19. Ða wéregan neát nales feógaþ frýnd hiera the brute animals hate not their friends, Elen. Kmbl. 719; El. 360.
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.
Færpingas
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The people of a district of Mercia Færpinga landes is þreó hund hýda (in margin: Is in Middel-Englum Færpinga), C. D. B. i. 414, 27. [In Latin forms of this list Fferpinga, Ferpinga, Ferwinga, Fearfinga are variants of the word.]
cot-líf
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Wo is him þat uvel wif bryngeþ to his cotlyf (cf. wif hom bryngeþ, 265) Misc. 118, 259.] in the charters of Edward the Confessor the word seems used in the sense of manor; the places to which it is applied are in the possession of individuals, and have
þorp
an assemblage ⬩ the assemblage of workers on an estate ⬩ the estate on which they worked ⬩ hamlet ⬩ village
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In the end the meaning came to be hamlet, village, in which sense it remained for some time in English, e.g.: The word is now obsolete, but it remains in a great many local names, either alone or in composition; though, as such names are found mostly
Linked entry: þrop
be-ginnan
To BEGIN ⬩ incipere
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Grn. ii. 293, 36
nemnan
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Th. i. 284, 10. Ðú sǽdest ꝥ ðú nystest ǽlcre gesceafte ende; ac wite nú ꝥ ꝥ is ǽlcre gesceafte ende ꝥ þú self ǽr nemdest, ꝥ is God, Bt. 34, 12 ; F. 154, 14. <b>IV a.
betonice
The herb BETONY ⬩ betonĭca officinālis
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This species is the common wood-betony, the betonĭca officinālis of Linnæus. It is a species of the genus Stachys, but it was formerly a species of the genus Betonica. It is very plentiful in Great Britain, and formerly much used in medicine.
be-sprecan
To speak to, to tell, pretend, plead, speak against, to complain, charge, accuse, impeach ⬩ obloqui
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Hit besprecen biþ it is charged, L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 16: Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 39
Linked entries: be-spræc be-spræcen be-sprycþ
bí-swícol
Deceitful ⬩ dolosus
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I. prm; Th. ii. 400, 16
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ofer-bregdan
To overspread, cover, draw a covering over ⬩ To break out over a surface
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To break out over a surface Scamoniam geceós ðus brec on tú dó hwón on ðine tungan gif hió hwíte oferbregdeþ swá meluc ðonne hió biþ gód choose scammony thus; break it in two, put a bit on your tongue, if it breaks out all over white as milk, it is good
eald-wita
One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest
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One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest; þresby̆ter Presbiter is mæsse-preóst oððe eald-wita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý, ac ðæt he eald sý on wísdóme presbyter is the mass-priest or one eminent in knowledge; not that every one is old, but that he is old in
Linked entry: aldor-wísa
grytt
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Gryt grues (the word occurs in a list headed ' Incipit de frugibus. ' The same gloss is given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 30. In this case comparison may be made with Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 22 where grues is written for the cams of Ald. 153, 28), Wrt.
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ge-dígan
To endure ⬩ carry through ⬩ tolerate ⬩ overcome ⬩ escape ⬩ ĕti ⬩ perpĕti ⬩ perferre ⬩ tolerāre ⬩ superāre ⬩ evadere
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To endure, carry through, tolerate, overcome, escape; ĕti, perpĕti, perferre, tolerāre, superāre, evadere Swá mǽg unfǽge gedíganweán so an undoomed [man] may escape calamity, Beo. Th. 4572; B. 2291. Ðú aldre gedígest thou escapest with life, 1327; B.