ÆG
An EGG ⬩ ovum
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M. 1, 2; Lchdm, ii. 38, 6. Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27, 28.
ge-
with
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Winnan is to toil, fight, contend; ge-winnan is to get by striving, fighting, contending, i. e. to win, ' A.D. 685; p. 40, 16 : p. 4, 25.
sige-wíf
wise women
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M. 402 ; the passage in which it occurs is a charm, where it is addressed to bees when swarming Sittaþ gé, sigewíf, sígaþ tó eorþan, Lchdm. i. 384, 24
Ést-mere
The Frische Haff, or fresh water lake which is on the north of east Prussia. Hav or Haf signifies a sea, in Danish and Swedish. It is written Haff in German, and it is now used to denote all the lakes connected with the rivers on the coast of Prussia and Pomerania. The Frische Haff is about sixty miles long, and from six to fifteen broad. It is separated by a cham of sand banks from the Baltic Sea, with which, at the present time, it communicates by one strait called the Gat. This strait is on the north-east of the Haff, near the fortress of Pillau, Malte Brunts Univ. Geog. vol. vii. p. 14. This Gat, as Dr. Bell informs me, 'seems to have been formed, and to be kept open by the superior force of the Pregel stream.' This gentleman has a perfect knowledge of the Frische Haff and the neighbourhood, as he received his early education in the vicinity, and matriculated at the University of Königsberg, near the west end of the Haff. I am indebted to Dr. Bell for the map of the celebrated German Historian, Professor Voigt, adapted to his 'Geschichte Preussens von den ältesten Zeiten, 9 vols. 8vo,
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It is written Haff in German, and it is now used to denote all the lakes connected with the rivers on the coast of Prussia and Pomerania. The Frische Haff is about sixty miles long, and from six to fifteen broad.
un-sceandlíce
Shamelessly
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Shamelessly Ic mé unsceandlíce [ the un- has been erased (properly. v. sceandlíce) in one MS. ], swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tómiddes heora gemengde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 372
forlig-gang
Adultery
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Adultery Forliggange prostibuli (the passage is 'prostibuli stupro' (Ald. 40, 6), and the gloss, which is in the dative, seems to belong to stupro), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 6
ge-fóg
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Fitness Gedó on ꝥ fæt þe þú hit mæge on mid gefóge geseóþan put it into a vessel in which you can suitably seethe it, Lch. ii. 28, 16
earming
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Add: with the idea of suffering Nú is seó tíd, earmincg Zosimus, ꝥ þú gefremme ꝥ þé beboden is, ac . . . ic nát mid hwí ic delfe, Hml. S. 23 b, 763. Earming, ne geýc ðú swýðor þíne yrmða, Hml. Th. i. 594, 27.
ge-dafenlíc
Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ decent ⬩ convenient ⬩ agreeable ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕniens ⬩ hăbĭlis
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Becoming, fit, decent, convenient, agreeable; dĕcens, congruus, convĕniens, hăbĭlis Ðæt is gedafenlíc ðæt ðú Dryhtnes word on hyge healde it is fit that thou shouldst keep in mind the word of the Lord, Elen. Kmbl. 2333; El. 1168 : Bt. Met.
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Lǽden-geþeóde
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Ðá ic ða gemunde hú sió lár Lǽdengeþiódes áfeallen wæs giond Angelcynn let those to whom it is desired to give further instruction, be instructed in Latin ... When I remembered how the teaching of Latin was decayed throughout England, Past.
METE
MEAT ⬩ food
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Voc. ii. 22, 80. Mín mete (mett, Lind. Rush.) is ðæt ic wyrce ðæs willan ðe mé sende, Jn. Skt. 4, 34. Gesoden mæt on wætere elixus cibus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 17. Swéte mete dapis, ii. 28, 29.
snyðian
to go as a dog with its nose to the ground ⬩ to go sniffing like a dog, but applied also to the going of ships, and other things
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to go as a dog with its nose to the ground (?) Neb is mín niþerweard . . . ic snyþige forð (it is a plough that speaks) Exon. Th. 403, 12; Rä. 22, 6
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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It might be occupied in common, or possessed in severalty; and, in the latter case, it was probably parcelled out to individuals in the folc-gemót, q. v. or court of the district, and the grant sanctioned by the freemen who were there present.
ham
A dwelling, fold, or enclosed possession.
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Kmbl. iii. xxvii, where see instances of the occurrence of the word in local names. It occurs as an independent word in the following passages Ðonne geúðe ic Ælfwine and Beortulfe ðes hammes be norþan ðære littlan díc, iii. 421, 15.
ge-lýfedlíc
Allowable, permissible ⬩ lĭcĭtus, permissus
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Allowable, permissible; lĭcĭtus, permissus Nis hit náht gelýfedlíc it is not allowable, L. E. I. 39; Th. ii. 436, 35
sealf-lǽcnung
Curing by means of salves or ointments
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Curing by means of salves or ointments Farmacida in Latinum medicamina sonat, id est sealflǽcnung, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 19
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trucian
to fail in doing something ⬩ to fail a person ⬩ be wanting in duty to a person ⬩ to fail ⬩ come to an end
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Th. ii. 42, 27.
Færpingas
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The people of a district of Mercia Færpinga landes is þreó hund hýda (in margin: Is in Middel-Englum Færpinga), C. D. B. i. 414, 27. [In Latin forms of this list Fferpinga, Ferpinga, Ferwinga, Fearfinga are variants of the word.]
biter-nys
BITTERNESS ⬩ amaritudo
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Th. ii. 220, 18. Ðæs múþ full is biternysse cujus os plenum est amaritudine, Ps. Spl. second 9, 8. Nolde his onbyrian for ðære biternysse he would not taste it for its bitterness, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 18, 19
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