þaca
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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
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réðra
An oarsman ⬩ sailor ⬩ rower
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An oarsman, sailor, rower Réðra nauta, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 43. Réðra remex, 9, 61; Som. 13, 47 : Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 9 : 63, 77. Roeðra, ii. 119, 3. Roedra, Ep. Gl. 22 d, 25
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nán-wiht
nothing ⬩ nothing ⬩ not at all ⬩ no whit
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Grammar nán-wiht, as an adverb, nothing, not at all, no whit Hé his godcundnesse nánwiht ne gewanode he no whit diminished his divinity, Blickl. Homl. 91, 9. Ne gefyrenodest ðú nánwuht thou hast done no sin, 235, 34
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feorh-loca
Life's inclosure ⬩ the breast ⬩ ănĭmæ claustrum ⬩ pectus
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Life's inclosure, the breast; ănĭmæ claustrum, pectus Eom ic, in mínum feorhlocan, breóstum, inbryrded to ðam betran hám I am, in my life's inclosure, in my breast, impelled to the better home, Exon. 42 a; Th. 141, 11; Gú. 625
el-þeód
A foreign nation, strange people ⬩ gens pĕregrīna, alienĭgĕnæ, pĕregrīni
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On ellþeóde among a strange people, Andr. Kmbl. 1943; An. 974: Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 25; Bo. 36
folc-toga
A popular leader ⬩ commander or leader of the people ⬩ pŏpŭli dux ⬩ princeps
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A popular leader, commander or leader of the people; pŏpŭli dux, princeps Frome folctogan pious leaders, Andr. Kmbl. 15; An. 8. Ferdon folctogan the nation's chieftains came, Beo. Tb. 1682; B. 839.
fyren-wyrhta
An evil-doer ⬩ sinner ⬩ măli actor ⬩ peccātor
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An evil-doer, sinner; măli actor, peccātor Hú lange fyrenwyrhtan foldan wealdaþ how long shall evil-doers rule the earth? Ps. Th. 93, 3.
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míre
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An ant, mire in pis-mire. The word occurs in the nickname Mýran heáfod, Chr. 1010; P. 140, 13, applied to Þurcytel, who is called in Fl. Wig. Danicus minister. The nickname is in that chronicle glossed by ' equae caput, ' but in H.
sceáp-wæsce
A place for washing sheep
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A place for washing sheep the word remains as a place-name in Sheepwash, in Worcestershire Of ðam stáne on sceápwæscan ; andlang sceápwæscan, Cod. Dip. v. 48, 6. Andlang sceápwæscan tó sceápwæscan forda, 174, 11. Tó ðære sceápwæscan, 298, 4.
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melda
a narrator ⬩ an informer ⬩ announcer ⬩ a betrayer
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Sió æsc biþ melda, nalles þeóf the axe is an informer, not a thief (i. e. the noise made by hewing with an axe would attract the attention, which a thief would certainly shun, v. Grmm. R. A. 47), L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 23: L. Edg.
gealga
A gallows ⬩ gibbet ⬩ cross ⬩ patĭbŭlum ⬩ crux
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Kmbl. 44; Ap. 22 : Rood Kmbl. 80; Kr. 40
finta
a tail ⬩ cauda ⬩ what follows ⬩ a sequel ⬩ the consequence of an action ⬩ consĕquentia
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a tail; cauda Ðonne is se finta fægre gedǽled then is the tail [of the phoenix] beautifully divided, Exon. 60a; Th. 218, 15; Ph. 295. what follows, a sequel, the consequence of an action; consĕquentia Ðonne he ðæs fácnes fintan sceáwaþ when he sees
fyðer-ríca
A ruler over a fourth part ⬩ tetrarch ⬩ tetrarches ⬩ tetrarcha ⬩ τετράρχηs
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he who has a fourth part of a kingdom, Homl.
axe
Ash ⬩ ashes ⬩ cinis
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Bearwas wurdon to axan and to ýslan the groves became ashes and embers, Cd. 119; Th. 154, 9; Gen. 2553
CUPPE
A small drinking vessel, CUP ⬩ poculum, obba
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Ic ge-an mínum hláforde iv cuppan I give four cups to my lord, Th. Diplm. A. D. 972; 519, 24
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turtle
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Geoffra mé tó láce sume turtlan and sume culfran sume mihi turturem et columbam, Gen. 15, 9. Bringan tó láce áne culfran and áne turtlan, Homl. Th. i. 140, 2. Bringe hé twá turtlan, Lev. 5, 7, 11: 1, 14: Lk. Skt. 2, 24: Homl. Th. ii. 210, 34
smoh
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homela
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See the note there; see also on cutting the hair as a mark of disgrace, Grimm's Deutsche Rechtsalterthümer, pp. 702-3. v. hamelian
níd-dǽda
One who does something under compulsion
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Alf. 25; Th. i. 50, 21. Cf. Se ðe hine nédes ofslóge oððe unwillum oððe ungewealdes, 13; Th. i. 46, 22
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úle
An owl
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An owl Úlae cavanni, Txts. 47, 378: ulula, 107, 2150. Úle noctua, ulula, 81, 1382: ulula, Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 7: ii. 62, 35: noctua, i. 281, 6: ii. 60, 35: noctua vel strinx, i. 77, 41: strix vel cavanna vel noctua vel ulula, 29, 11.