ge-dieglan
To hide ⬩ cover ⬩ velare
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To hide, cover; velare He wolde ðara scamfæstna giemelieste mid líðelícum wordum gedieglan he would cover [velare] the negligence of the modest with gentle words, Past. 31, 2; Swt. 207, 23; Hat. MS. 39 b, 23
ge-fléman
To cause to flee ⬩ to rout
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To cause to flee, to rout Hæfde ðá Drihten seolf feónd geflémed then the Lord himself had routed the foe, Cd. 223; Th. 293, 30; at. 463S : Chr. 938; Th. 204, 9, col. 1; Ædelst. 32
hamela
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A person with cropped hair. [Cf. O. Frs. berdes hemilinge (homelenga) barbae truncatio.] Take here the article under homela, and add: The Latin version of the law is: Si eum radat in contumeliam ad collificum ( = ? colobicum)
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heaþu-sigel
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Ph. 120 Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas heá oferhlifað (the original Latin has no reference to the sea: Ubi sol pepulit fulgentis limina portae). Add:
-weard
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</b> Add: One MS. has weartæres: <b>weardes.</b> Add:
weorf
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Add: any draught cattle Hwyorif [printed hryofif, but MS. has hwyorif (= ? weorf)] jumentum, Wrt. Voc. l. 23, 6. Hé geann . . . þám æþelinge .XL. mancsa goldes and þǽra wildra worfa æt Æscburnan lande, Cht. Crw. 23, ii
á-pundrian
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to estimate Eów sceal þæt leás ápundrad (printed á-wundrad, but the facsimile has p not þ) weorðan tó woruldgedále that falseness shall be accounted to you as just cause for parting with life, El. 581
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swoncen-ferhþ
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Hé (a man who has been hung) sígeþ swoncenferð (swoncerferð life having failed, (?) v. swancor, I; or sworcen-ferð with darkened soul, i. e. dead (?)), sáwle bireáfod, fealleþ on foldan, Exon. Th. 328, 29; Vy. 25
gist-mægen
A force composed of guests
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A force composed of guests Ðǽr frome wǽron godes spellbodan hæfde gistmægen strengeo there were bold messengers of God, the band of guests [the angels visiting Lot] had strength, Cd. 115; Th 150, 20; Gen. 2494
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wyrþe-land
Land that has lain fallow, land ploughed for the first time, a cultivated field
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Land that has lain fallow, land ploughed for the first time, a cultivated field Wyrðelandum novalibus (tellus millenos animarum manipulos in fructiferis ecclesiae novalibus protulit, Ald. 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 26: 77, 50: 59, 56
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hild
War, ⬩ battle ⬩ pugna, prælium
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Heardre hilde with hard fighting, Elen. Kmbl. 165; El. 83: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 294. Fela ic gebád heardra hilda many hard battles have I experienced, Fins. Th. 52; Fin. 26: Andr. Kmbl. 2980; An. 1493.
sǽta
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Add: v. ceaster-, há-sǽta
a-ebbian
To ebb away ⬩ recede ⬩ recedere
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T; ge-ebbod Cant.] feala furlanga from ðám scipum the water had ebbed many furlongs from the ships, Chr. 897; Ing. 123, 19
fit
A song ⬩ poem ⬩ cantĭlēna ⬩ carmen
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A song, poem; cantĭlēna, carmen Ðá se Wísdóm ðas fitte asungen hæfde when Wisdom had sung this song, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 106, 29. On fitte in song, verse, Bt. Met. Fox introduc. 17; Met. Einl. 9
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hryte
Balidinus ⬩ 'balidinus ⬩ balius
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Ducange has 'balidinus forte legendum badius vel balius nostris bay, bayard.'
þridding
The doing of a thing for the third time
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Halliwell gives thirding with this meaning as a Suffolk word) Ðirding (but the word has been altered to ðirde. v. Skeat's collation) scipdrincende tertio naufragantem, Rtl. 61, 31
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mylen-gafol
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revenue derived from a mill Hǽr stent gewriten hwæt Baldwine abbod hæfð geunnen his gebróþra tó caritatem, ꝥ is ii mylne-gafel æt Lacforde, hælf pund at ꝥ án and xii óran æt ꝥ óþer, Nap. 46
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sǽ-wiht
A sea-animal
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A sea-animal Ðeós eorþe is Berende missenlícra fugela and sǽwihta this land is productive of divers fowls and sea-animals (the Latin has insula ... avium ferax terra marique diversi generis), Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 15
hafenian
To grasp, hold
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To grasp, hold Wǽpen hafenade heard be hiltum he grasped the weapon hard by the hilt, Beo. Th. 3151; B. 1573. Bord hafenode he grasped his shield, Byrht. Th. 132, 67; By. 42 : 140, 57; By. 309
healf-weard
One who has a share of another's property or power
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One who has a share of another's property or power Hé sette hine on his húse to halfwearde ealra him his ǽhta anweald betǽhte constituit eum dominum domes suæ, et principem omnis possessionis suæ, Ps. Th. 104,17