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hruse

Grammar
hruse, l. hrúse,
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Þonne flǽsc onginneð hrúsan ceósan tó gebeddan, Rún. 29. as suitable for cultivation, soil, land Rén, hagal and snáw hrúsan leccað (cf. leccaþ þá eorþan, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 16) on wintres tíd; or þǽm eorðe onféhð eallum sǽdum, gedéð ꝥ hí grówað, Met

cearig

(adj.)
Grammar
cearig, ceareg, ceari; adj. [cearu = care, sorrow]

Careful, sorrowful, pensive, wary, CHARY, anxious, grieving, diresollicitus, cautus, querens, mente turbatus, dirus

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Careful, sorrowful, pensive, wary, CHARY, anxious, grieving, dire; sollicitus, cautus, querens, mente turbatus, dirus Hie bidon hwonne bearn Godes cwóme to cearigum they waited till the child of God should come to the sorrowful, Exon. 10a; Th. 10, 6;

Linked entries: carig ceareg ceari

gearwe

(n.)
Grammar
gearwe, pl. f.

ClothingattireGEARadornmentarmsarmourvestītushăbĭtusarma

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Óþ-ðæt hie on Gúþmyrce gearwe bǽron till they bore their arms against the Æthiopians, 145; Th. 181, 11; Exod. 59 : 151; Th. 190, 3; Exod. 193

mis-dón

(v.)

to act wronglyoffendtransgress

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[Durste nán man misdón wið óðer on his tíme, Chr. 1135; Erl. 261, 7.]

sige-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-leás, adj.
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without victory, unsuccessful in conflict, defeated Engle nú lange [wǽron] eal sigeleáse the English now for a long time have been deserted by victory, Wulfst. 162, 15. Hý sigeleáse (defeated) ðone grénan wong ofgiefan sceoldan, Exon.

swiftness

(n.)
Grammar
swiftness, e; f.
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Uton behealdan ða wundorlícan swyftnysse ðære sáwle; heó hæfþ swá mycele swvftnysse, ðæt heó on ánre tíde besceáwaþ heofonan and ofer sǽ flýhþ, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 123

Linked entry: swiftu

wód-þrág

(n.)
Grammar
wód-þrág, e; f.

A mad fittimemadnessfury

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A mad fit or time, madness, fury Weaxeþ ðære wrǽnnesse wódþrág (wód þrág? Similar entries v. þrág, II) micel, Met. 25, 41. Oft ða wÝdþrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gestiíð and gehǽlð mid ðærn ðæt hé him ólecð æfter his ágnum willan . . .

ge-reordness

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On þá tide his gereordnysse ad horam refectionis illius, Gr. D. 118, 13 : 145, 14. Hé hí in gelaðode tó gereordnesse, 252, 12, 16. Hé bróhte mé hláf to gereordnesse, 347, 32. Wín tó his heortan gereordnysse, Ll. Th. ii. 438, 17.

Linked entry: -reordness

ge-fadung

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Wé gelýfaþ þæt mid þisse gefaduncge ǽgðres weorces tíma mæge beón geendebyrd hac dispositione credimus utraque tempora ordinari, R. Ben. 73, 7. Æfter þǽra hundseofontigra gefadunge according to the Septuagint, Angl. viii. 336, 10.

namian

(v.)
Grammar
namian, <b>. I.</b>
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A. 34, 261. substitute: to call by some title or epithet Hwí namode Críst on his godspelle Abel rihtwísne tóforan óðrum ? cur Abel in evangelio singulariter justus nominatur ?

nebb

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Eówer nebb sint suá scamleás suá ðára wífa ðe beóð forelegnissa frons mulieris meretricis facia est tibi, Past. 207, 9

swín-sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
swín-sceadu, [Literally swine-shade, referring to the shelter afforded to swine by the trees under which they feed: then the payment for the right to pasture them.]
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[In his glossary Thorpe quotes s.v. tacc: &#39;&quot;In Scotland the tithe or tenth hog was paid for pannage. This custom obtained in England, and was here called Tack&quot; (Ellis, Introduction to Domesday).

Linked entry: tacc

(n.)
Grammar
sá, sán; m.

A tub, pail, vessel

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A tub, pail, vessel Saa libitorium, Txts. 35, 17. soo or cowl, vessel tina Prompt. Parv. He kam to þe welle, water updrow, And filde þer a michel so, Havel. 933. So, soa a tub with two ears, to carry on a stang, Ray's North-country words.

HWǼTE

(n.)
Grammar
HWǼTE, es; m.

WHEAT

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Tó ðæm ðæt hé him tó tíde gemetlíce gedǽle ðone hwǽte ut det illis in tempore tritici mensuram, Past. 63; Swt. 459, 13. Fullne hwǽte on ðam eare plenum frumentum in spica, Mk. Skt. 4, 28. Hwǽtas frumenta, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 10.

rípung

(n.)
Grammar
rípung, e; f.
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Se þridda tíma ys autumnus .... Bóceras getrahtniaþ ðæne naman for ðære rípunge oððe for ðære gaderunge. Hig cweþaþ autumnus propter autumationem vel propter maturitatem, Anglia viii. 312, 27

wiþ-metenness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-metenness, e; f.

Comparison

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Ðyslíc mé is gesewen ðis andwarde líf tó wiþmetenysse ðære tíde ðe ús uncúþ is talis mihi videtur vita praesens ad comparationem ejus quod nobis incertum est temporis, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 14. Wiðmetennysse, Homl. Th. ii. 430, 18.

Linked entry: wiþ-gemetness

bissextus

(n.)
Grammar
bissextus, gen. bissexte

leap-year

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Þá tída maciað ǽfre ymbe ꝥ feórðe geár þone dæg and þá niht þe wé hátað bissextum, Lch. iii. 246, 14

Linked entry: bises

bryce

(n.)
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<b></b> a tile, brick (v. N. E. D. brick) :-- Tigelum, brycum imbricibus , An. Ox. 2256

draca

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Draca, droco, draco tipa, Txts. 103, 2027. Draca dracus, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 54. Se draca leviathan, ii. 76, 50. Ðegnas his gifuhton wið ðǽm dræcce ( dracone ) and se dræcca gifæht, Rtl. 70, 21. Hér is cumen án draca þe mé forswelgan sceal . . .

tó-nama

(n.)
Grammar
tó-nama, an; m.

A surname,cognomen

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And cuoeð tó him: 'Here tónoma mé is' quod tibi nomen este? Et dicit ei: 'Legio nomen mihi est,' Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 9. Ðes wimman hadde on toname Magdalene, O. E. Homl. ii. 143, 13.

Linked entry: tó-namian