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circol-wyrde

(n.)
Grammar
circol-wyrde, es; m.

A calculator, reckonercomputator

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A calculator, reckoner; computator Feówer síðon syx byþ feówer and twentig: ða syx tída sind genemned þurh ðæra circolwyrda gleáwnysse quadrantes four times six are four-and-twenty: the six hours are called by the wisdom of calculators quadrants, Bridf

Linked entry: wirde

ciric-dór

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-dór, es; n.

A church-doorecclesiæ porta

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-derum] sylle ðære cirican cxx scillinga let him who slays a man within church-doors give to the church 120 shillings, L. Eth. vii. 13; Th. i. 332, 9

fyren

(n.)
Grammar
fyren, e; f.

A sincrimepeccātumcrīmen

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He ðære mǽgþe fleáh fyrene he avoided the crimes of the people, Cd. 92; Th. 116, 24; Gen. 1941: Exon. 48 a; Th. 166, 18; Gú. 1044

lín-wǽd

(n.)
Grammar
lín-wǽd, e; f.
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A linen garment, linen cloth Hé drígde hig mid ðære línwǽde ðe hé wæs mid begyrd coepit extergere linteo quo erat praecinctus, Jn. Skt. 13, 5. Hé geseah ða línwǽda licgan videt posita linteamina, 20, 5: Lk. Skt. 24, 12

mann-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
mann-wíse, an; f.

Customfashionusagemanner of men

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ðære mǽgþe monwísan fleáh he shunned the customs of that country, Cd. 92; Th. 116, 21; Gen. 1939

scirung

(n.)
Grammar
scirung, e; f.
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Separation, dismission, rejection Gif hé swá biþ ðæt hé ne sý wyrðe ðære scyrunge (scirunge, MS. T. : ðæt hé wurðe ne beó, ðæt hé beó ðanon áscyred, Wells Frag. ) si non fuerit talis qui mereatur proici, R. Ben. 109, 21

blód-læswu

(n.)
Grammar
blód-læswu, e; f.

A blood-lettingsanguinis emissio

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On ðære blódlæswe in the blood-letting, 5, 3; S. 616, 5

Linked entry: lǽs

tæl-met

(n.)
Grammar
tæl-met, es; n.

A measure expressed by number

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A measure expressed by number Is tó ðære tíde tælmet hwíle seofon and twentig nihtgerímes there is to that season a space of time expressed by the number twenty-seven if the reckoning be by days, Andr. Kmbl. 226; An. 113

þaca

(n.)
Grammar
þaca, þeaca, an; m.
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A covering, roof Ðone song hé gehýrde tó him neálǽcan, óð ðæt hé becom tó ðeacan ðære cyricean ( ad tectum oratorii ), Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 43. Cf. Bordðeaca, brodthaca testudo, Txts. 101, 1999. Bordþacan latrariis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 52

Linked entry: þeaca

wiþ-neoþan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-neoþan, adv.

Beneath

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Duru ðú setst be ðære sídan wiðneoðan ostium pones ex latere deorsum, Gen. 6, 16. Beón hí beworpene mid wuda wiðneoðan, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 106

ge-span

Grammar
ge-span, suggestion.
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Ðá wæs Adam ðurh gespan ðǽre nǽddran oferswíðed . . . On ðǽm gespane wé magon ongietan ðá synne, Past. 417, 19-30. Add

Granta-ceaster

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Ys sum fenn þæt onginneð fram Grante eá, náht feor fram þǽre cestre, ðǽre ylcan nama ys nemned Granteceaster est palus, quae a Grontae fluminis ripis incipiens haud procul a castello, quod dicunt nomine Gronte, Guth. Gr. 113, 3. Add

hecg

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

A hedgefence

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Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20

hosp-word

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Se Hǽlend ðǽra Iúdéiscra hospword gehýrde. . . . 'Wé oncnáwað þæt þú eart wód,' Hml. Th. ii. 232, 16. Add

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, f.
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On ceaforleáhe; of ðǽre leáhe, 77, 26 : 79, 2. v. fyrs-, gemót-,, Add

medum-ness

Grammar
medum-ness, I.
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Ða medomnesse ðǽre strengio se salmscop ongeat hanc dignitatem fortitudinis Psalmista considerat, Past. 85, 22. Add

wíf-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-lufu, an ; f.

Love for a woman

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Love for a woman Se hálga wer ðære wíflufan ( the love of Herod for Herodias ) wordum stýrde, unryhtre ǽ, Exon. Th. 260, 12; Jul. 296. Ingelde weallaþ wælníðas, and him wíflufan cólran weorðaþ, Beo. Th. 4137; B. 2065. Cf. wíf-myne

Horsa

(n.)
Grammar
Horsa, an; m.
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Hér Hengest and Horsa fuhton wið Wyrtgeorne ðam cyninge in ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Agælesþrep and his bróður Horsan man ofslóg, 455; Erl. 12, 13

on-scunung

(n.)
Grammar
on-scunung, -sceonung, e; f.

abomination, execrationirritation, exasperation

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Ðonne gé geseóþ ða onsceonunge ( abominationem ) ðære tóworpennysse, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 15. irritation, exasperation In onscununge in exacervatione, Ps. Surt. 94, 9

líf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
líf-líc, adj.

livingvital

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Ádylegode of ðære líflícan béc blotted from the book of life, 68, 11. Líflícum blóde vivido sanguine, Hymn. Surt. 80, 21. God ábleów on his ansýne líflícne blǽd, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 26