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á-willan

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Substitute for references Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 45, 56: ii. 25, 69, and add Áwyl on súrum ealað, Lch. ii. 34, 14. Áwylle on buteran, 17. Þonne hit beó ǽne áwylled, iii. 14, 15. On áwyldum ealað, ii. 114, 11

Linked entry: á-wyllan

fóran-heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
fóran-heáfod, es; n.

The foreheadantĕrior pars căpĭtisfrons

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The forehead; antĕrior pars căpĭtis, frons On fóran-heáfde on the forehead. Homl. Th. ii. 266, 13: Nar. 15, 13

for-clingan

(v.)
Grammar
for-clingan, p. -clang, pl. -clungon; pp. -clungen

To shrink upmarcescĕre

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To shrink up; marcescĕre Wǽron sume on forclungenum treówe ahangene some were hung up on a shrunken tree, Nath. 8

Linked entry: CLINGAN

wís-hycgende

(adj.)

thinking wiselyhaving wise thoughts

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thinking wisely, having wise thoughts Hé wís-hycgende gesæt on sesse, seah on enta geweorc, Beo. Th. 5426; B. 2716

bóc-haga

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-haga, an; m.
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A beech-haw, an enclosure of beeches On ðone bóchagan ... on ðám siéran bóchagan, C. D. v. 70, 26, 32

forþ-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-weardes, adv.
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Forwards, on Volosianus hym þá wæs forðwerdes farende and on ánes dæges færelde tó sǽ becóm, Hml. A. 188, 203

Linked entry: forþ-werdes

ge-nearwian

(v.)
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Biþ ꝥ sár on ðá swíðran sídan on þá scare and þá wambe swíþe genearwod, Lch. ii. 232, 4. Add

hand-cweorn

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Nime þonne clǽnne lengtenbere and grinde, on handcwyrna ; nime siþþan mæderan and dríge on handcwyrna, Archiv. lxxxiv. 326 (d). Add

rót

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Add Þǽr wæs mǽst ꝥ rótoste ꝥ wæs on Ængla lande on þám twám gefylcum, Chr. 1052 ; P. 175, 25

rysce

(n.)
Grammar
rysce, an; f.
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A bed of rushes (?) Of bæccæ funtan on ðá riscæan; of ðǽre riscæan on sagelmære, C. D. iv. 27, 15

rǽw

(n.)
Grammar
rǽw, ráw, e; f.
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A row, line Ðonon on ða rǽwe ( hedge-row ); of ðære reáwe on Temese, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 275, 20. Sele ðonne drincan sume on (on sume, MS.) ráwe nigon dagon nine days in succession, Lchdm. ii. 238, 10. Cf. He sende hem so muche honger and luþer geres

Linked entry: ráw

Líða

(n.)
Grammar
Líða, an; m.
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Name of the months June and July Se mónaþ is nemned on lǽden Iunius, and on úre geþeóde se ǽrra Líða, for ðon seó lyft biþ ðonne smylte and ða windas. Ond monnum biþ ðonne gewunelíc ðæt hí líðaþ ðonne on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 87, 34. Se ǽrra Lýða, 99, 11.

Linked entry: ǽrra líða

mǽgþ-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ-hád, es; m.

Kinshiprelationship

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Kinship, relationship 'Se ðe his brðdor ne lufaþ hé wunaþ on deáþe.' Ealle wé sind gebróðra ðe on God gelýfaþ and we ealle cweþaþ 'Úre Fæder þe eart on heofonum.' Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mǽgþháde bútan sóðre lufe 'he who loveth not his brother continueth

pyll

(n.)
Grammar
pyll, es ; m.
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A pool, pill ('Pill, a small creek, Hereford. The channels through which the drainings of the marshes enter the river are termed pills,' Halliwell. Pill, a pool, a creek, E. D. S. Publ. Cornish Gloss. See also Seebohm's English Village Community, pp.

Linked entry: pull

sealtere

(n.)
Grammar
sealtere, es; m.
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A salt-worker Sealtere salinator, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 10. Sealtere, saltere, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Zup. 47, 2. Sealtere, hwæt ús fremaþ cræft ðín ? . . . Nán eówer blisse brýcþ on gereorduncge oððe mete, búton cræft mín gistlíþe him beó, Coll. Monast. Th. 28

Þór

(n.)
Grammar
Þór, the Scandinavian form of a name which in English is Þunor (-er),
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one of the gods, Thor Nú secgaþ sume ða Denisce men on heora gedwylde, ðæt se Iouis wǽre, ðe hý þór hátaþ, Mercuries sunu, ðe hí Óðon namiaþ; ac hí nabbaþ ná riht: for ðan ðe wé rǽdaþ on bócum, ge on hǽþenum ge on cristenun, ðæt se hetula Iouis tó sóðan

Linked entry: þunor

áðor

(pronoun.)
Grammar
áðor, pron.

Either the one or the otherbothalteralteruteruter-que

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Either the one or the other, both; alter, alteruter, uter-que And se ðe áðor fulbrece and he who violates either, L. C. E. 2 ; Th. i. 358, 20 : L. Ed. 2 ; Th. i. 160, 11 : Hy. 10, 42; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 42. On áðrum on both, Cot. 214. On áðre hand on

Linked entry: áðer

húsel-láf

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-láf, e; f.
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What is left of the housel Man ne mót hálgian húsel on Langa Frigedæg ... Gange se preóst tó ðam weofode mid ðære húselláfe ðe hé hálgode on Ðunresdæg housel must not be hallowed on Good Friday ... Let the priest go to the altar with what remains of

mid-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
mid-wyrhta, an; m.

One who works with othersa co-operator

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One who works with others, a co-operator On ðæt gerád ðæt hé wǽre his midwyrhta ǽgðer ge on sǽ ge on lande on the condition that he would co-operate with him by sea and by land, Chr. 945; Erl. 116, 31: Past. 38, 8; Swt. 279, 25. Hyt áwriten hys, ðæt

un-gesǽligness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽligness, e; f.

Unhappinesscalamitymisery

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Unhappiness, calamity, misery Ungesǽlignys infelicitas, Ps. Spl. 13, 7. Seó ungesǽlignys becom on ðæt folc, ðæt hig ðone Hǽlend geféngon and on róde áhéngon, Nicod. 1; Thw. 1, 12. Wæs se dóm oncyrred Euan ungesǽlignesse, ðæt heó cende on sáre and on

Linked entry: ge-sǽlignes