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for-lytel

(adj.)
Grammar
for-lytel, adj.

Very little

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Very little Byð forlytlu wynsumnes æt þám lýfe, Solil. H. 64, 20. Oþþe hit nán gód nis for eów selfe, oþþe forlytel gód wiþ eów tó metanne, Bt. 13; F. 40, 11. Forlytla sǽlþa oððe náne, 11, 2; F. 34, 30

ge-mundian

(v.)
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Philippus þá crístenan gemundode. Hml, S. 2, 283. Gemunda ( fove ) þá biddendan, Hy. S. 3, 31. Gebide for mé and for míne ungesǽlignysse gemunde, Hml. S. 23 b, 719. Fultumes biddende æt Gode, ꝥ hé hí gemundian sceolde, 25, 337. Add

hecg

(n.)
Grammar
hecg, hegg, e ; f.

A hedge ⬩ fence

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A hedge, fence In ðá hegce wið westan ðá cotu; ondlonges hegce, C. D. iii. 52, 25. Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20

hrís

(adj.)
Grammar
hrís, (?); adj.
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Covered with brushwood(?) Tó hrýsan beorge; of ðám beorge, C. D. v. 348, 26. ¶ in a local name :-- Heó ann ðæs landæs æt Hrísan beorgan, C. D. iii. 360, 4. Cf. Ultra flumen Tamense, Hrisebeorgam, 347, 11. See preceding word

restan

Grammar
restan, <b>I a</b> 3.
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Add Ǽlíg . . . þér mínes hláfordes líchoma rest, C. D. iii. 274, 14.Þá hálgan stówæ þæ míne yldran on restaþ, 273, 17. 2. Add List ðú and rest þé and Godes þeówa líð æt þínum gatum, Hml. S. 31, 1152

slaga

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Hé tó þám ylpe cóm, and . . . stung hine æt ðám nafelan ꝥ hí lágon ðǽr bégen heora ǽgðer óðres slaga, Hml. S. 25, 587. Him gewearð ꝥ man funde níwe swurd and níwne slagan (executioner) þǽrtó, Hml. S. 12, 233. Add

úte

Grammar
úte, <b>. II</b> 4c.
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Þá þe ǽr úte óþra ðeóda anwalda girndon, him þá gód þúhte þǽr hié mehten hié selfe æt hám wið ðeówdðm bewerian domesticis malis circumventi externis inhiare desistunt, abjiciuntque spem dominationis imminente periculo servitutis, Ors. 3, l; S. 98, 2

of-neádian

(v.)

to obtain by force, extort

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to obtain by force, extort Nú cýdde man mé ðet Æþel-wold and ic sceoldon ofneádian ða bóc æt Leófríce I have been informed that Athelwold and I must have obtained the charter from Leofric by force Chart. Th. 295, 32

toll-sceamol

(n.)
Grammar
toll-sceamol, es; m.

A seat where a receiver of toll sits, ⬩ a place for receiving contributions

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A seat where a receiver of toll sits, a place for receiving contributions Hé geseah ǽnne man sittende æt tollsceamule (in teloneo), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 9. Ðæt folc hyra feoh torfude on ðone tollsceamul (in gazophilacium), Mk. Skt. 12, 41, 43

Linked entry: toll-setl

tó-niman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take to pieces ⬩ divide ⬩ to take away,

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to take to pieces, divide Hæfde se cyning his fierd on tú tónumen, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 17. to take away, cf. æt-beran Tollite portas, principes ... Ðæt byþ on Englisc: Gé ealdras, tónymaþ ða gatu, Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 8

Basing

(n.)
Grammar
Basing, es; m.

Basing ⬩ old Basing, near Basingstoke, Hampshire ⬩ nomen oppidi ita hodie vocatum in agro Hantoniensi

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The name of a place, Basing, old Basing, near Basingstoke, Hampshire; nomen oppidi ita hodie vocatum in agro Hantoniensi Wið ðone here æt Basingum with the army at Basing, Chr. 871; Th. 138, 28, col. 2; 139, 27, col. 1, 2

hrútan

(v.)
Grammar
hrútan, p. hreát, pl. hruton

to snore ⬩ stridere ⬩ stertere

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To make a noise, to snore; stridere, stertere Ic hrúte sterto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 64. Ne æt mé hrutende hrisil scríðeþ nor does the shuttle come whizzing at me, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 19; Rä. 36, 7

mos

(n.)
Grammar
mos, es; n.

A moss ⬩ a marshy place

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A moss, a marshy place In ðæt micle mos; of ðæm mose. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 121, 19. Cf. Tó mossetena gemǽre, and swá big mossetena gemǽre ... Ðis syndon ðæs landes gemǽre æt mosleáge. Cod. Dip. B. ii. 56, 22, 28

Linked entry: meós

þríst-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
þríst-hygdig, -hýdig; adj.

Bold-minded ⬩ courageous

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Bold-minded, courageous Þióden þrísthýdig, Beo. Th. 5612; B. 2810. Nergend ðrísthýdigum Thómase forgeaf éce ríce, bealdum beornwigan bletsunga his, Menol. Fox 443; Men. 223. Sum biþ æt þearfe þrísthýdigra þegn mid his þeódne, Exon. Th. 298, 1; Crä. 78

godwræc-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
godwræc-lic, adj.
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Sacrilegious Ꝥ hé náme æt his handa ꝥ húsl þǽre godwræclican (-wræt-, -wret-, v. ll.) gehálgunge ut ex ejus manu sacrilegae consecrationis communionem perciperet, Gr. D. 238, 12. Gehrínan þám godwræclican (-wræt-, v. l.) mete contingere cibum sacrilegum

hand-hæbbende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hand-hæbbende, part.

Having [stolen property] in one's hand

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Having [stolen property] in one's hand [cf under hand the phrase æt hæbbendre handa] Sit handhabenda, sit non handhabenda whether the thief be taken with the stolen property upon him or not, L. Eth. iii. 6; Th. i. 218, 32

forþ-faran

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Forðfærð defungitur, forðfaren defunctus, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 71, 70. Ádwǽsced, forþfaren, ácweald extinctus, i. peremptus, mortuus, ii. 145, 20. Þá forðfarenan obeuntem, 63, 6. Bysne niman æt forðfarenum mannum, Hml. Th. ii. 532. 31. Dele first passage,

widl

(n.)
Grammar
widl, filth, pollution : — Ǽlc widðil omnis pollutio, Rtl. 98, 24. Idese mid widle and mid womme besmítan, Judth. Thw. 22, 12; Jud. 59. Widl and fúl
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inluviem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 53. Geseah síde sǽlwongas synnum gehladene, widlum gewemde, Cd. Th. 78, 16; Gen. 1294

Linked entry: ge-widlian

hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.

Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria

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Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property; domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio Se hám is gefylled mid heofonlícum gástum that abode [heaven] is filled with heavenly spirits, Blickl. Homl.

nón

(n.)
Grammar
nón, m. (not n. )
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Add Se ǽrmerigen . . . se undern . . . se middæg . . . se nón wæs fram Móyse oð Drihtnes tócyme, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 20. Se bere . . . nó tó middes dæges hám cóm, þonne him wæs beboden ꝥ hé tó nónes sceolde, ne hé hit nó ne ylde æt nón, þonne hé tó middes