wæter-scipe
A body of water, a piece of water, water
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A body of water, a piece of water, water Gif hit beón mæg, swá sceal mynster beón gestaþelod, ðæt ealle neádbehéfe þing ðǽr binnan wunien, ðæt is wæterscipe, mylen, wyrtún (aqua, molendinum, ortus), R. Ben. 127, 5. On ðære neáwiste næs nán wæterscipe
hátan
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Add: : To be called so and so. the complement a proper name Meroe hátte án ígland, Lch. iii. 258, 18. þý wege þe háte Appia, Bl. H. 193, 12. In tún þone þe hátte (háta, L. ) Gezemani in uillam quae dicitur Gesemani, Mt. R. 26, 36. On þǽre ðióde þe Deira
lencten
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Add: lenten. spring. The season according to the poetical calendar began on Feb. 7 and ended on May 8 Æfter seofentýnum þrowade nihtgerímes Mathias ( his day was Feb. 24) þæs þe lencten on tún geliden hæfde, Menol. 28. Hér wæs mycel gefeoht on Norðhymbra
ge-myþe
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A mouth of a river, valley, opening of one road into another, of an enclosure. where one stream joins another Of Temede gemýðan; andlang Temede in wynnabæces gemýðan . . . in Temede múðan (cf. of Temede streáme in wynnabæce . . . in Temede streám, 386
nigon
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add: inflected Mid nigonum þára níwena scipa, Chr. 897; P. 90, 23. (1 a) with a pronoun :-- Ðæt wé tellan á .x. men tógædere, and se yldesta bewiste þá nigene, Ll. Th. i. 230, 23. uninflected Næs ná má þonne hundtwelftig on þǽm rǽdehere, and nigan on
healf
a half
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Add: as adj. immediately preceding a substantive. denoting the thing which is halved Án healf tún . . . healfne tún, C. D. ii. 66, 29-30. Healf wer ætfealð, Ll. Th. i. 354, 21. Þolige hé healfe weres, 398, 5: 254, 15. Be healfan were gyldan, Ll. Th.
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eác
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and add: where there is addition of objects Þǽr wearð Síulf ealdorman ofslægen ... and Eádwold, and manige eác tó him, ... swíðe mænige eác mid him, Chr. 905; P. 95, 16, 20. Þá cinges þegnas ..., ge eác sum dǽl þæs Norð-Wealcynnes, 894; P. 87, 18. Hý
mund-byrd
protection ⬩ patronage ⬩ aid ⬩ the fine paid for a violation of mund
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protection, patronage, aid Mundbyrd suffragium, Ep. Gl. 24b, 32 : patrocinium, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 59 : ii. 66, 53 : 116, 3 : Hpt. 497, 59. Hé þancaþ Gode his mundbyrde, ðonne hé hine of hwylcum earfoþum álysed hæfþ, Ps. Th. 17, arg. Se ðe him écean Godes
sele
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A hall, house, dwelling Cwom bytla ( Guthlac) tó ðam beorge . . . wæs sele (his hermitage ) níwe, Exon. Th. 146, 24 ; Gú. 714. Sele sceal stondan, sylf ealdian, 343, 16 ; Gn. Ex. 158. Sele ( Heorot, Hrothgar's hall ) hlifade, heáh and horngeáp, Beo.
sumer
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Summer Feówer tída synd getealde on ánum geáre ... Aestas is sumor, Lchdm. iii. 250, 10. On ðone nygeþan dæg ðæs mónðes ( May ) biþ sumeres fruma. Se sumor hafaþ hundnygontig daga, Shrn. 83, 33. Sumor biþ sunwlitegost, Menol. Fox 473; Gn. C. 7. Beorht
cweþan
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Add: to say. of a particular statement Ne cweðo ic nó ðæt ðæt ic ǽr cwæð bebeódende, ac lǽrende, Past. 397, 27. Salm ic cweoðu psalmum dicam, Ps. Srt. 17, 50. Se yfela þeów cuið on his móde, Past. 121, 11. Gé cweaðað dicitis, Ps. Srt. 138, 20. Cweoðað
ge-síþ
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Add: <b>ge-síþe</b> [?; pl. ge-síþþas (v. Gen. 2067 : 1908), a ja-stem with long root-syllable treated as if the syllable were short ? For the stem cf. Goth. ga-sinþjam, d. pl., O.Sax. te gisíðea (also te gisíða).] one who goes with another
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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A lady, mistress of a house; after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king, v. William of Malm. bk. ii. c. 2 Hlǽfdige, domina, Wrt. Voc. 72, 79. Hírédes hlǽfdige materfamilias, 73, 21. Gif hwylc wíf hire wífman swingþ
unc
Us two ⬩ me and thee ⬩ me and him
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Us two, me and thee, me and him. alone 'Hwæt wylle gyt ðæt ic inc dó?' Ðá cwǽdon hí: ' Syle unc ðæt wit sitton, án on ðíne swýðran healfe and óþer on ðíne wynstran,' Mk. Skt. 10, 37. Hé sǽde unc eall, Gen. 41, 13. Ðú mé
hof
A house ⬩ hall, ⬩ dwelling, ⬩ building ⬩ ædes, ⬩ domus
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A house, hall, dwelling, building; ædes, domus Lytel hof ædicula, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 84; Wrt. Voc. 57, 60. Cinges hof basilica, Som. 78, 86; Wrt. Voc. 58, 1. Hof séleste dwelling most excellent [the ark ], Cd. 69; Th. 84, 6; Gen. 1393: 66; Th. 79
hlǽfdige
a queen ⬩ Our Lady ⬩ lady
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Add: the mistress of a household (lit. and fig.) Hýredes hláford paterfamilias, hýredes móder oððe hlǽfdige materfamilias, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 21. Seó sáwl is ðæs flǽsces hlǽfdige, and hire gedafnað ꝥ heó simle gewylde ðá wylne, ꝥ is ꝥ flǽsc tó hyre hǽsum
port
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a port, haven Wið ðone gársecg is se port ðe mon hǽt Caligardamana, and be súþaneástan ðæm porte is ðæt ígland Deprobane, and be norþan ðæm Gandes múþan ... is se port Samera. Be norþan ðæm porte is se múþa ðære ié Ottorogorre, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 10, 8
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preóst
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Add: an ecclesiastic of the seventh of the holy orders; the bishop and the priest were of the same order, but the bishop's functions were more extensive, and in this respect he was superior to the priest. Cf. Ll. Th. ii. 348, 20-29 Bisceopes feoh .xi
rún
a whisper ⬩ confidence, counsel, consultation ⬩ a mystery ⬩ a secret ⬩ a rune, a letter.
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a whisper, hence speech not intended to be overheard, confidence, counsel, consultation On hyne nǽnig monna cynnes mihte wlítan nymþe se módiga hwæne neár héte rinca tó rúne gegangan (cf. gangan te rúnu, an rúna, Hel. 1273, 5064), Judth. Thw. 22, 7;
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mearc
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Add: a weak form mearce occurs Angl. viii. 326, 11, and a neuter mearc Gr. D. 197, 4. a boundary of land Istis terminibus terra circumgyrata esse videtur. . Ǽrest Ælfgýðe mearc .. . oþ Eádgife mearce, þonae þonan tó þæs biscopes mearce, Cht. E. 176,