lyre-wrenc
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A trick that causes damage or loss Lá, hwí ne mót ic habban þæt ic mé sylf beget mid mínum lyrewrencum ?, Verc. Först. 168
Dene
The Danes ⬩ Dāni
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Gif hláford his þeówan freóls-dæge nýde to weorce, gylde lahslihte inne on Dena lage, and wíte mid Englum if a lord oblige his servant to work on a festival-day, let him pay penalty within the Danish law, and fine among the English, L. E.
be-gitan
To get ⬩ obtain ⬩ take ⬩ acquire ⬩ to seek out ⬩ receive ⬩ gain ⬩ seize ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ sumere ⬩ obtinere ⬩ assequi ⬩ acquirere ⬩ nancisci ⬩ capere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere
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He begeat ealle ða eást land he obtained all the east country Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 6. Hwæt begytst ðú of ðínum cræfte quid acquiris de tua arte? Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3 : Ps. Th. 83, 3 : 68, 37.
mál
an action ⬩ suit ⬩ cause
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'This barbarous word meant in medieval Latin, an action at law, for a bond or other obligation,' 21, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 42 : Hpt. Gl. 496, 4. [Icel. mál an action : O. H.
á-werian
to defend against attack ⬩ to protect from hurt ⬩ secure
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Th. ii. 364, 13. in the phrase land áwerian, v. werian, Hé mid his scette áwerede ðæt land, C. D. vi. 183, 10. á-werian, Similar entries v. á-wirgan. á-werian, v. next word
Linked entries: werian eald-a-wered
díc-weall
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A ditch-wall Directe uersus occidentem usque la dichewalle; et sic per fossatum directe usque in riuulo de Tamyse, C. D. iii. 408, 10
weall-díc
A walled ditch(?)
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Usque la diche walle; et sic per fossatum, iii. 408, 10
ídel-ness
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Nú is se tíma ꝥ ðú forlǽte þíne ýdelnesse and lác ðám godum geoffrige, Hml. S. 22, 213. lack of result, ineffectiveness. Cf. <b>II, II</b> a α Hí ealne dæg mid ídelnesse ( frustra ) wunnon, Gr. D. 250, 21.
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
HÉLA
The HEEL
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B.] take hare's heel [lat. talum ], Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346 16. Heó gehýden hǽlun míne ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt, Ps. Th. 55, 6. Gif ðæt wíf mid ðám hélum stæpeþ if the woman steps with the heels, Lchdm. iii. 144, 14
Linked entry: hǽla
swíma
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Wið ðone swíman, nim . . . and cnuca . . . wyrta . . . ofgeót mid wætere . . . nim ðone wǽtan and lafa ðen heáfod, Lchdm, iii. 48, 3. a state of unconsciousness, a swoon Licgan on swíman to lie unconscious, Judth Thw. 21, 22; Jud. 30 - 23, 5 ; Jud. 106
þancweorþlíce
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Gif hé ǽr ne geæfstgode ðætte his bróður lác wǽron ðancweorðlícor onfongne ðonne his nisi Cain invidisset acceptam fratris hostiam, Past. 34; Swt. 235, 3. In Jn. Skt. 6, 11 þancwurðlíce dón translates gratias agere
þilian
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to plank, lay planks as in making a bridge Ðá hét Maxentius oferbricgian ða eá eal mid scipum, and syððan ðylian swá swá óðre bricge, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 22. Tó þilianne plancas ponere, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 659, 33. Tó þillianne, 5, 8, 10, 14.
Linked entry: þylian
feorh-ádl
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Hé læg on his feorhádle and hit wæs swíðe neáh hís lífes ænde ad extreme, vitae veniens, 314, 3. Add:
gedwol-godas
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Lác tó weorðunge þissum gedwolgode ( Mars ), 106, 30, On hǽþenum þeódum ne dear man forhealdan lytel ne mycel þæs þe gelagod is tó gedwolgoda weorðunge . . . ne dear man gewanian . . . ǽnig þǽra þinga þe gedwolgodan gebróht bið, 157, 12, 7
hord-fæt
A vessel for holding treasure
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Mt. 2, 11 apertis thesauris suis] and him lac geoffrodon. Homl. Th. i. 78, 27: 116, 3. On heora hordfatum behíddon absconderunt inter vasa sua, Jos. 7, 11
húsel-hálgung
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Úre gástlícan lác sind úre gebedu and lofsang and húselhálgung our spiritual gifts are our prayers and praise and attendance at the Eucharist, i. 54, 27
myrre
Myrrh
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Myrrh Hí him lác brohton; ðæt wæs gold and récels and myrre, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 11. Seó myrre getácnode ðæt hé wæs deádlíc, Homl. Th. i. 116, 10. Myrra déþ ðæt ðæt deáde flǽsc ne rotaþ, 118, 11. Murre myrra, Ps. Spl. 44, 10.
Linked entry: murre
þeáw-líc
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Wé willaþ secgan hú ðás lác tó ús belimpaþ æfter ðeáwlícum andgite, Homl. Th. i. 116, 33: ii. 110, 26: 210, 27: Wulfst. 234, 10
fird-tiber
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hostia, properly speaking army-sacrifice [the glosser might have had the idea which is expressed in the following passage: Dysne yrming (Mars) wurðodon þá hǽþenan, and swá oft swá hý fyrdedon oððe tó gefeohte woldon, þonne offrodon hý heora lác tó weorðunge
Linked entry: fyrd-tiber