wesle
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Gif on hwylcne mycelne wǽtan mús oððe wesle ( mustela ) on befealle, and ðǽr deád sig, sprenge mid háligwætere and þycge, L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 11 : 40; Th. ii. 166, 6, 9
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scóh-wyrhta
A shoemaker
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Besides boots and shoes he makes harness, leather bags and bottles Facio calceamenta diversi generis, subtalares et ficones, caligas et utres, frenos et phaleras et flascones et calidilia, calcaria et chamos, peras et marsupia
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sǽ-steorra
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Sǽsteorra heó is gecweden, for ðan þe se steorra on niht gecýþeð scyplíðendum mannum hwyder bið eást and west, hwyder súð and norð, Hml. A. 117, 6-19
drýicge
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Þá þe hér bióð þá mǽstan drýicgan, and gealdorcræftigan, Nap. 43
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weorold-cempa
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A warrior of this world, an earthly (not a spiritual) soldier Se woruldkempa weraþ woruldlíce wǽpna ongeán his gelícan, ac ðú habban scealt ða gástlícan wǽpna ongeán ðone gástlícan feónd, Basil admn. 2 ; Norm. 34, 31. Woruldcempa, 36, 17.
racente
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Sleán on ða raccentan and on copsas, Bt. 38, 1 ; Fox 194, 32. Geseah hé his sylfes ungesǽlige stówe and carcern (racetan, MS. B.) videt suum infelix carcerem, Bd. 5. 14; S. 635, 3. Hié hine hæfdon geþreátodne mid fýrenum racentum, Blickl.
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slecg-wyrhta
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One who works with a hammer, a worker in metals Tubalcain þe wæs slecgwirhta and smið (malleator et faber), Nap. 57
organe
Marjoram ⬩ origanum vulgare
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man origanum and óðrum naman ðam gelîce organan nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 236, 9-11 : 282, 23
heonan
Hence ⬩ from here
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Ge heonon ge ðanon from here and there, from any quarter, L. C. S. 19; Th. 1. 386, 16. Ic forþ heonun ðíne gewitnesse wel geheólde I should henceforth keep thy testimony well, Ps. Th. 118, 31, 24: Exon. 16 a; Th. 36, 27; Cri. 582.
corte
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Andlanges ðǽr eá tó ðáre wíc; fram ðǽre wíc tó ðǽre cortan; and swá andlanges tó Súðsexan, C. D. vi. 217, 7. ?
récels-reóce
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Burning incense On ðone tíman man offrode on ðære ealdan ǽ, and mid récelsreócan on ðam temple ðæt weofod georne weorðode, Btwk. 218, 8
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be-genga
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., and bí-genga
cweorn-burna
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A mill-stream Andlang mearcellan ꝥ hit cymð þǽr cwyrnburna and mearcella sceótað tógædere; þonne forð andlang cwyrnburnan, C. D. iii. 458, 12-14
raðe
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Ða men wǽron swá raðe deáde swá ðæt yfel him an becom, 4, 5; Swt. 166, 7. Raðe ðæs directly afterwards, 3, 10; Swt. 138, 33. Héht lífes brytta leóht forþcuman ofer rúmne grund; raðe wæs gefylled heáhcininges hǽs, Cd.
sund-ampre
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Some kind of dock; rumex maritimus Sundompran (cf. ompran þá þe swimman wile, 322, 16, and see sund) ymbdelf, Lch. ii. 116, 13
teóne
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Wǽron hyra tungan getale teónan gehwylcre and tó yfele gehwam ungemet scearpe, Ps. Th. 56, 6
weorold-þearfa
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One who is needy in the matter of this world's goods Ic eom wǽdla and worldþearfa ego egenus et pauper sum, Ps. Th. 69, 6
on-bringelle
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Instigation God ús álýse fram úrum wiðerwinnan and fram his anbrincgellan, for ðám þe his æfst is mycel ofer ús, Hml. S. 23 b, 291
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cyt-wér
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and N. E. D. kit
Columba
An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands
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An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands, born about A. D. 520, and arrived in Scotland in 565. He preached to the Picts, whose king gave him the Western Isle, Iona, in which he founded his abbey and college.