in-dryhto
Nobleness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory
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Nobleness, honour, glory Blǽð is gehnǽged eorþan indryhto ealdaþ and searaþ glory is laid low, earth's honour grows old and withers, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 8; Seef. 89. Gehwone wyrta wynsumra ðe wuldercyning ofer eorþan gescóp tó indryhtum ælda cynne every
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BOLSTER
A BOLSTER, a pillow for the head ⬩ cervical ⬩ a shell ⬩ culcita ⬩ cervical ⬩ a mattress ⬩ a bolster
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A BOLSTER, a pillow for the head; cervical He his heáfód onhylde to ðam bolstre, and medmycel fæc onslǽpte reclinavit caput ad cervical, modicumque obdormivit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 7. He wæs on scipe, ofer bolster slápende erat in puppi, super cervical
tropere
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One of the service books of the Church, that which contained the tropes (tropus cantus ecclesiastici genus); tropariurn. v. Maskell's Monutnenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae, 1. p. xxxvii .i.tropere, Chart. Th. 430, 10. Ðonne ðú tropere haban wille,
þrym-setl
A throne
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A throne Heofon ys Godes þrymsetl ( thronus ), Mt. Kmbl. 5, 34. On Godes þrymsetle, 23, 22. Se cásere feóll of his ðrymsetle, Shrn. 76, 31. Beforan þrymsetle Cristes ante tribunal Christi, Anglia xiii. 387, 311: Blickl. Homl. l01, 29. Throni sind þrymsetl
bisceop-dóm
episcopate ⬩ pontificate
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add the v. l. Sién hié bégen biscopes dóme scyldie excommunicationi subjacebunt, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 377, 16. add: the office of bishop, episcopate, pontificate Biscopdóm pontificatus, An. Ox. 4134: pontificium, 5055: flamina, 7, 102. Ægelbryht onféng Wesseaxna
ealu-gafol
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Substitute: A tribute paid in ale, and add Cf. Hér synd gewriten ðá gerihta ðæ ðá ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan. Ǽrest æt hilcan híwisce feówerti penega tó herfestes emnihte, and vi ciricmittan ealað, C. D. vi. 147, 15. Sylle se gebúr .vi. penegas
fæsten-gewerc
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Work at the repairing or construction of fortifications: one of the three obligations included in the trinoda necessitas. Bútan fæstengewerce and fyrdsócne and brycggeweorce, C. D. ii. 111, 16. Fæstengeworce, 24. Freódóm from ǽghwelcum eorðlecum þeówdómæ
hláford-scipe
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Gange ðæt land tó ðám ðe sé wylle ðe ðonne bisceopríces wealde on Wigeraceastre; and hig sýn ǽfre under-þeódde and ðám hláfordscipe folhgien ðe ðonne bisceop beó, C. D. iv. 137, 22. Ðá forlét se deófoll ðone ælmihtigan . . . and nolde habban his hláfordscipe
lungre
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Add: of prompt action Eódon lungre under linde, nalæs late wǽron eorre æscberend, An. 46. Lungre leórdan, nalas leng bidon, 1044. of violent action Ic lungre earn deópe gedréfed, Cri. 167. Flódwylm ne mæg manna ǽnigne ofer Meotudes ést lungre gelettan
wiþer-breca
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Add: an adversary, opponent. Þeáh . . . ealle þá streámas hunige flówen, and him þonne ne sié ofer eorðan nǽnig wiðerbreca, Verc. Först. 114, 9. Þú slóge ealle wiþerbrecan mé percussisti omnes adversantes mihi, Ps. Vos. 3, 8. one who resists, an obstinate
welwillendness
Benevolence ⬩ benignity ⬩ kindness
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Benevolence, benignity, kindness God wolde for his welwillendnysse ús earmingas álýsan Hexam. 18; Norm. 26, 27. Se cyngc blissode on his dohtor welwillendnesse Ap. Th. 16, 11. On ðínre welwyllendnysse Homl. Th. ii. 598, 17. Ofer welwillendnysse super
Bráden
broad, open, spacious ⬩ vallis, locus silvestris ⬩ BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ⬩ silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
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BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ; silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese, and námon, ǽgðer ge on Brádene, ge ðǽr ymbútan, eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton they came to Cricklade, and there they went
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ǽrende
a message ⬩ an errand, a mission
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Add: a message Mycel wæs ðes ǽrendwreca, and mycel ǽrende bróhte hé, Bl. H. 9, 13. Ðíslic ǽrende se pápa onsende and ðás word cwæð, 205, 22. Hé geswór ðæt hé ðæt ǽrende ábeódan wolde . . . Æfter hé hit áboden hǽfde, hé hié heálsade ðæt hié nánuht ðára
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furlang
A FURLONG ⬩ stădium
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A FURLONG; stădium On ðæt lange furlang to the long furlong, Cod. Dipl. 578; A.D. 973; Kmbl. iii. 97, 32. Bethania ys gehende Hierusalem ofer fýftyne furlang ĕrat Bethania juxta Ierosŏly̆mam quăsi stădiis quindĕcim, Jn. Bos. 11, 18. Twentig furlanga
gát-hyrde
A GOAT-HERD ⬩ caprārius
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A GOAT-HERD; caprārius Be gát-hyrde : gát-hyrde gebýreþ his heorde meolc ofer Martinus mæssedæg, and ǽr ðam his dǽl hwǽges, and anticcen of geáres geógoþe, gif he his heorde wel begýmeþ de caprario : caprārio convĕnt lac grĕgis sui post festum Sancti
seolh
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A seal, sealgh, selcht (v. Jamieson's Dict.), sea-calf Seolh focca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 81: bromus marinus, i. 22, 54: focus , 281, 58. Seol foca, 55, 79: focus , ii. 38, 48. Ðás wyrt onsænde seolh ofer sǽs hrygc. Lchdm. iii. 34, 15. Of seoles hýde,
stán-beorh
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A stony elevation, rocky hill On gerihte wið ðæs lytlan stánbeorges up on hæslhille; of ðam stánbeorge ofer ða ðene ... tó ðon lytlan stánbeorge; of ðam stánbeorge tó ðon óðerum lytlan stánbeorge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 194, 15-18. Of riscmere on stánbeorg
þeów-weorc
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Servile work, work to be done by a slave Gif hwá freót forwyrce ... sý hé ðæs þeówweorces wyrðe ðe ðǽr tó gebyrige if any on forfeit his freedom ... let him have such servile work assigned him as pertains thereto, L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 12. Gif esne ofer
fola
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Yip is ormǽte nýten . . . feówer and twéntig mónða gǽð seó módor mid folan, Hml. S. 25, 569. Geméte gyt eoselan and hire folan, Bl. H. 69, 36. Lǽdað hý mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan and stédan; þá folan hý gesǽlað ǽr hý ofer þá eá faran tolleni
ge-lǽr
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Add: in a physical sense Gif hwá ofer gemet þigþ mete, þæs mon tilað þe eáþelícor þe mon raþor gedó ꝥ hé spíwe and gelǽr sié, Lch. ii. 240, 18. Þonne se geohsa of þǽre ídlan wambe cymð and of þǽre gelǽran, 62, 1. Þonne findest þú þá blǽdran gelǽre, 250