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sceanca

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Add Gyf þú hosa habban wylle, þonne stríc þú uppweard on þinum sceancum mid þínum twám handum, Tech. ii. 127, 13. add: a leg His scanca (þeóh, v. l. coxa) wæs tóbrocen, ꝥ ꝥ bán wæs tódǽled on twá stycca, Gr. D. 81, 26.

þerscan

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Þá ongan heó þerscan (beátan, v.l. tundere ) heó sylfe mid hire fýste ge eác mid hire brádum handum, 68, 27. Add Gylmas on flóre tó þrexene manipulos in area triturandos, An. Ox. 3433

handlian

(v.)
Grammar
handlian, p. ode; pp. od

To handle, feeltractare

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To handle, feel Gif mín fæder mé handlaþ si attrectaverit me pater meus, Gen. 27, 12. Hý ða spǽce swá lange handledon they handled the suit so long, Th. Chart. 302, 31. Hálige béc handligan sacros libros manu tractare, L. Ecg.

helfe

(n.)
Grammar
helfe, es; m. n.

Helvehandle

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Helve, handle Hæft and helfe manubrium, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 31; Wrt. Voc. 35, 20. Sió æcs áwient of ðæm hielfe ferrum lapsum de manubrio, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 1.

bróc

(n.)
Grammar
bróc, a covering for the leg.
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Brécena tácen is þæt þú stríce mid þínum twám handum up on þín þeóh, Tech. ii. 127, 8. Ðá þe on ýtinge farað níman him bréc (femoralia) of hrægelhúse, R. Ben. 90, 8. Dele ' acc. bréc, ' and add

ír

(n.)
Grammar
ír, [íre, es; n. ?]
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Ger. öhr handle.]

Linked entry: ére

in-land

(n.)
Grammar
in-land, es ; n.

terra tenementalisterra dominicalis

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'Demesne land, that part of a domain which the lord retained in his own hands, in contradistinction to út-land terra tenementalis, signifying land granted out for services; terra dominicalis, pars manerii dominica' Wulfége ðæt inland and ælfége ðæt útland

Linked entries: ge-neát-land út-land

sparian

(v.)
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Add Ꝥ mon ne sparige nǽnne þeóf þe æt hæbbendre handa gefangen sý, Ll. Th. i. 198, 16: 21. Add Ðæt man ne sparige nánan þeófe, Ll.

ge-ǽþan

(v.)

to make oath concerning, confirm by oathto administer an oath to, swear

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to make oath concerning, confirm by oath Hé hit mid áðsware geǽðde and geswór, þus cweðende: ' Ic . . . geǽðe and swerige þurh þone lifigendan Godes sunu . . . ꝥ þás word . . . nǽron of nánes mannes handa gehíwode, ' Nap. 27.

Linked entries: ǽþan áþ-swaru

næglian

(v.)
Grammar
næglian, p. ode, ede

To nailfasten with nails

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To nail, fasten with nails Hí dulfon ł nægledun handa míne and fét míne foderunt manus meas, et pedes meas, Ps. Lamb. 21, 17. Síæ nægled on róde crucifigatur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 23. Ne hié scip fereþ naca nægled bord ( or nægled-bord; adj. ?)

Linked entry: nægled-bord

wrigian

(v.)
Grammar
wrigian, p. ode

To turnwendhiegomove

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Swá déþ ǽlc gesceaft, wrigaþ wiþ his gecyndes, and gefagen biþ gif hit ǽfre tó cuman mæge validis quondam viribus acta fronam flectet virga cacumen; hanc si curvans dextra remisit, recto special writes coelum . . .

bodig

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Hí (idols) habbað dumne múð and ungrápigende handa, fét bútan féðe, bodig bútan lífe, i. 366, 27. Heó bewand ꝥ bodig mid ðám beddcláðum and nam ꝥ heáfod, Hml. A. 111, 306.

gyte

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Þæt hí heora handa fram ðám blódes gyte ne wiðbrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 88, 5 : Nap. 22, 25. Hit getácnað gefeoht and gete (effusionem) blódes, Archiv, cxx. 50, 15

medumlíce

(adv.)
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add: slightly Gyf þú halban habban wille, þonne wege þú þá medemlíce þín reáf mid þínre handa, Tech, ii. 119, 19.

ge-grípan

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Add: to lay hold of a material object, to take with the hand, grasp Hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, Bl. H. 167, 1. Se Hélend áþenede hond his and gegráp hine ( apprehendit eum ), Mt. R. 14, 31. Ealle þá apostolas hié gegrípan on hire middel, Bl.

un-sceaþfull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceaþfull, (-scæþ-, -seeþ-); adj.

Innocent

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Hé ðe unscæðfull byð mid his handum innocens manibus, Ps. Th. 23, 4. Unsceðfull wið ða unsceðfullan, 17, 25: 24, 19. Ða wegas ðæra unsceðfulra vias immaculatorum, 36, 17. Ða unscæðfullan heortan rectos corde, 36, 13

ge-lǽr

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Þonne findest þú þá blǽdran gelǽre, 250, 21. figurative, empty-handed Nánne forlǽt þú gelǽrne fram þé, E. S. viii. 474, 52

mynetere

(n.)
Grammar
mynetere, es; m.

a moneyera money-changermoney-dealera minterone who coins

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And gif se mynetere fúl wurþe, sleá man of ða hand ðe hé ðæt fúl mid worhte, and sette upp on ða mynetsmiððan . . . On Cantwara byrig . vii. myneteras, L. Ath. i. 14; Th. i. 206, 17-26.

Linked entry: mynet-smiððe

a-rǽfnan

Grammar
a-rǽfnan, l. á-ræfnan (-ian), and add: I.
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Hú hé áræfnede ðæs cwelres hand, Shrn. 129, 9. Áræfne þú ealle . . . Áræfna þás tintrego, Bl. H. 237, 8, 13. Brocu áræfnan (-refnian, v. l. ). Ors. 3, 7; S. 120, 9. Costnunga áræfnan, Hml. S. 33, 116.

á-reccan

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Add: I. to stretch out, spread out Álecge hé his swiþran hand him under heáfod áreahte, Lch. ii. 214, 10. to hold out to, to grant, v. reccan, Árecte (-æ) concesserim, Txts. 53, 523 (cf. 106, 1089). Áræctæ, Wrt.