herigend-
Praiseworthy ⬩ laudable
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Ða giftu beóþ herigendlíce that marriage is praiseworthy, Homl. Th. ii. 54, 10
ge-hál
Entire ⬩ whole ⬩ healthy ⬩ intĕger ⬩ sānus
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On gehálum þingum in health, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 22
cirn
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Voc. ii. 120, 57. Man sceal habban . . . cyrne, cýsfæt, Angl. ix. 264, 11. v. ceren in Dict
sæp-spón
a chip or shaving with sap in it
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a chip or shaving with sap in it Genim geongre ácrinde hand fulle . . . sceafe ðæt gréne, wylle ða sæpspóne on cúmeolce, Lchdm. ii. 292,27
from-weardes
From-wards ⬩ in a direction away from
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From-wards, in a direction away from Gif hunta gebíte mannan, sleah þrý scearpan neáh fromweardes if a hunting spider bite a man, strike three scarifications near, in a direction from [the bite ], L. M. 1, 68; Lchdm. ii. 142, 19
scip-wræc
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what is cast up from a wreck Cum omni maris eiectu, quod shipwrec appellamus, C. D. iv. 146, 9. Cum omnibus quaecunque maris procellosis tempestatibus, in aquam uel in terram eorum eiecta fuerint, quod Anglice shipwreck promulgatum est onomate, 28
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swát-lín
A napkin, handkerchief
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Voc. ii. 73, 68. On ðæm swátlíne ( in sudarium) ðe Xrist ymbe spræc on his godspelle. Past. 9; Swt. 59, 13. Ðín pund ðe ic hæfde on swát-lín ( in sudario ) áléd, Lk. Skt. 19, 20
Linked entry: swát-cláþ
riht-gifu
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Th. i. 422, 2 (cf. Hláfordes gifu þe hé on riht áge tó gifanne, 292, 16): ii. 302, 7
Englisc
ENGLISH ⬩ Anglĭcus
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Ðæt is on Englisc, mín God that is in English, my God, Mt. Bos. 27, 46. On Englisc in English, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 22. On Englisc land, ne Englisc on Wilisc in England [English land], nor English in Welsh, L. O. D. 6; Wilk. 126, 3.
bogen
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Bogen and redic and hwíte clǽfran, Lch. ii. 64, 3: 134, 17: 322, 21. [In 310, 17 bogenes is corrected to boþenes.] Add
clawan
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In Mid. E. p. cleu, clew is found) Clawe scalpo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 36
bí-sǽce
a visit ⬩ visitatio ⬩ persecution, dispute, litigation ⬩ controversia, litigatio ⬩ to seek, visit, persecute, dispute
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Gif ðǽr hwæt bísǽces sý, seme se biscop if there be somewhat of dispute, let the bishop settle it, Const. vii; Th. ii. 258, note a
mære
pure
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pure, in the phrase mǽre peningas = Lat. meri denarii i.e. coins made of pure silver, v. Ducange s.v. merus, quoted by Schmid. The passage in which the word is found occurs in L. Alf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 10 Mid V. pundum mǽrra pæninga.
ge-segen
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Þ in þám hálgan stǽre mid gerýnelicre gesægene (-segne, v.l.) is áwriten and þus gecweden quod in sacra historia figurata narratione describitur, quae ait, Gr. D. 245, 15. Ic geleornode æt gesægene (relatione) árwyrðra witena ꝥ ꝥ ic secge, 9, 20.
lǽce-finger
The leech-finger
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Sing on ðíne lǽce-finger paternoster, Lchdm. i. 394, 2. [In later times it was the fourth finger e.g. Halliwell in his Dictionary quotes from a MS. of the 15th cent.
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un-cýððu
ignorance ⬩ a country not one's own ⬩ a strange land
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(in ignorance of the land to which it is bound ), Exon.
gader-tang
Contiguous, conjoint, in contact or connexion ⬩ continuous
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Voc. ii. 136, 33. of material things Ðá landgemǽro ðæsse búrlandes tó Abbendúne, ðæt is gadertang on þreó genamod, ðæt is Hengestes íg and Seofocanwyrð and Wihthám (i. e. the land lies altogether but it is divided into three parts, each with its own
an-lícnes
likeness ⬩ image ⬩ similitude ⬩ resemblance ⬩ imago ⬩ similitudo ⬩ a parable ⬩ parabola ⬩ an image ⬩ statue ⬩ idol ⬩ stature ⬩ height ⬩ statua ⬩ simulacrum ⬩ statura
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In the soul, not in the body. The soul of man has in its nature a likeness to the Holy Trinity; for it has in it three things, these are memory, and understanding, and will, Homl.
Linked entries: and-lícnis on-lícness
hám-stede
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Add: ¶ the word occurs as a place-name in the charters, but in some of the following instances (e. g. vi. 35, 34) it is or may be a common noun, and in some perhaps to ham rather than to hám should the first part of the compound be referred On hámstedes
Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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Polychron. bk. i. c. 45.
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