lærest
least
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least Æt ðam lærestan wlitewamme iii scillingas and at ðam máran vi scill. for the smallest disfigurement of the face iii shillings, for the greater vi shillings, L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15.
Linked entry: læssa
port-geat
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Fare ðæt wíf tó ðam portgate perget mulier ad portam civitatis, Deut. 25, 7, Ðá dá hé geneálǽhte ðam portgeate (cf. ðære ceastre gate, Lk. Skt. 7, 12), Homl. Th. i. 490, 30. Ðæt portgeat getácnaþ sum líchamlíc andgit ðe menn þurh syngiaþ, 492, 13.
ge-wef
A web ⬩ textura
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The word gets the meaning fate, fortune, from the spinning, which is the occupation of the Fates. Cf. Wyrd gewæf, Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 1; Reim. 70. See Grmm. D. M. 387 Gewife fatum, fortuna, Cot. 88; Lye.
Linked entries: ge-wife ge-wifsǽlig
ge-festnian
To fasten ⬩ make fast ⬩ confirm ⬩ shut up ⬩ imprison ⬩ firmāre ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ inclūdĕre
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To fasten, make fast, confirm, shut up, imprison; firmāre, confirmāre, inclūdĕre He ðæt mid áþe gefestnode he confirmed that with oath, Chr. 1091; Erl. 228, 4.
Linked entry: ge-fæstnian
teld
A tent, pavilion; left still in tilt of a cart
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[And Alfríc biscop I biqueðe míne teld and mín bedreáf þat ic best hauede út on mí fare mid mé, Chart. Th. 566, 32.]
un-drifen
Not driven
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For the fate of what was driven, cf. such a grant as the following : -- Ic cíðe eów ðæt Urk habbe his strand ... and eall ðæt tó his strande gedryuen hys, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 221, 5-8), L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 284, 21
CNOTTA
A KNOT ⬩ fastening ⬩ knitting; ⬩ nexus
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To onlýsanne MS. onlýsenne ða fæstan cnottan MS. cnotten to loosen the fast knots Th. Diplm. A. D. 1035; 334, 9: Wanl. Catal. 42, 23. Mid cnottum nexibus Mone B. 3128; Homl. Th. ii. 28, 26
hearga
a grove ⬩ a temple ⬩ fane ⬩ an idol
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Hergas fana, Bd. 3, 30; Sch. 331, 20: 333, 1. the part of a temple in which the altar and idol stood Hearh delubrum (Roma fregit delubra sacelli, Ald. 151, 22), An.
úþ-wita
a philosopher ⬩ scribe ⬩ geo metrician
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Se gomola, eald úðwita (cf. fród fæder módsnottor 300, 4; Fä. 1), Exon. Th. 304, 6; Fä. 66. Uðweota a councillor, senator, Andr. Kmbl. 2211; An. 1107. Úðuuta philosophus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 24.
ge-irnan
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L. 18, 6. to run and reach a place (of shelter) Gif cirican fáh mon geierne, Ll. Th. i. 64, 9: 90, 9. Gif hwá sié deáðes scyldig, and hé cirican geierne, hæbbe his feorh . . .
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Long, a long time, far Lange diu; leng diutius; ealra lengst diutissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 10. Longe procul, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 71: penitus, 72. Ðá hé ðá lange and lange hearpode when then he had harped a long, long time, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 5.
bismer
Filthiness, pollution, abomination, disgrace, infamy, mockery, reproach, contumely, blasphemy, calumny ⬩ ludibrium, pollutio, abominatio, infamia, opprobrium, contumelia, blasphemia, calumnia ⬩ opprobrium
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[be, smeru fat, grease] Filthiness, pollution, abomination, disgrace, infamy, mockery, reproach, contumely, blasphemy, calumny; ludibrium, pollutio, abominatio, infamia, opprobrium, contumelia, blasphemia, calumnia Hí amyrdon heora folc on bysmore they
ge-mynan
To remember, remind
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Gemyne ðis remember this, 113, 23, 24: 225, 21: Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 25; Fä. 93: Beo. Th. 1322; B. 659. God gemyne ðú Eádfriþ O God, remember Eadfrith, Mk. Skt. p. 1, 4. Gemynas gie mementote, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 20
a-bláwan
To blow ⬩ breathe ⬩ flare ⬩ efflare
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God ðá geworhte mannan and ableów on his ansýne líflícne blǽd God then made man and blew into his face the breath of life, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 25
Linked entry: a-bleów
neádung
Force or violence used against any one ⬩ compulsion ⬩ necessity
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Hine betellan swilce hé neádunge gefremode ðæt fácn to excuse himself, as if he committed that crime of necessity, H. R. 105, 26. Neádunge vim, Hpt. Gl. 435, 70
Linked entry: níding
dægréd-sang
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Add: (dæge-): Matins Þæt lytel fæc gehealden sý betwyh þǽm úhtsange and þǽm dægredsange . . . and úpásprungenum dægriman dægredsang sý begunnen ( matutini subsequantur ), R. Ben. 33, 1. Dægeredsang (dæg-, v. l. ), 35, 23.
fúl
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Nyste ic on þám þingum þe þú ymbe speast fúl ne fácn, Ll. Th. i. 182, 1-3
on-hreósan
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to fall with violence upon, assail, attack Onhrióseð, anhriósit, anhrísit ingruerit, Txts. 69, 1077. Hú longe onhreósað (onáhreóse, Ps. L.) gé on men quousque inruitis in homines, Ps. Vos. 61, 4. Anhreósaþ inruunt (venti in domum, Mt. 7, 25), Wrt.
Linked entry: an-hreósan
sǽl-wang
A fertile plain ⬩ plain
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A fertile plain, plain Hé be wealle geseah wundrum fæste under sǽlwange sweras unlytle by the wall he saw huge pillars with their bases wondrous fast underground. Andr. Kmbl. 2984; An. 1495.
Linked entry: sál-wang