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scrift-scír

(n.)
Grammar
scrift-scír, e ; f.
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The district in which a confessor exercises his functions Gif préost on his scriftscíre ǽnigne man wite Gode oferhýre, L. Edg. C. 6 ; Th. ii. 244, 22 : 9; Th. ii. 246, 12 : 15 ; Th. ii. 246, 26. Sacerda gehwylc on his scriftscíre, Wulfst. 79, 17.

þeána

(adv.)
Grammar
þeána, (combined with swá, se); adv. conj.
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Yet Pápa on Róme swá þeána gesette papa Romanus tamen statuit, L. Ecg. C. 7; Th. ii. 138, 36. Lífe ne gielpeþ hláfordes gifum, hýreþ swá þeána þeódne sínum, Exon. Th. 440, 6; . 59, 13: 108, 32; . 81.

wang-tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
wang-tóþ, es; m.
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Voc. i. 43, 32. Wongtoeð (-téþ, Ps. Spl. C. ) molas, Ps. Surt. 57, 7:

bisceop-hám

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-hám, es; m.
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An episcopal estate Ic gean þes landes æt Hedhám ... intó Paulusbyrig æt Lundænæ bisceophámæ, Cht. Th. 520, 14. biscopháme, 523, 23. On ǽlcon bisceopháme ǽlcon men freót þe wíteþeów wǽre, Cht. Crw. 23, 28.

Linked entry: hám

dráf

Grammar
dráf, drǽf.
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þæs hyrdes dráfe forhogode and him on wésten gewunode, Bl. H. 199, 7. Add

geoc-led

(n.)
Grammar
geoc-led, geoc-let, geoc-leta
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a yokelet (an old Kentish name for a small farm, D.D.) Mediam partem unius mansiunculae, id est án geocled ubi ecgheannglond appellatur, Txts. 455, 4. Án ioclet, C. D. i. 249, 20.

mersc

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Híredes seota présta túne, and se mersc se ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33.

scrífan

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Add: <b>III a.</b> to determine Ne dear ic náht þrístelíce be þissere wísan reccan ne ne scrífan hac de re temere definire nil audeo, Gr. D. 332, 13. <b>V c.

segl

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Add Þæt scip wæs ealne weg yrnende under segle, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 34. Æfter siextegum daga þæs þe ðæt timber ácorfen wæs, þǽr wǽron xxx and c. gearora ge mid mæste ge mid segle, 4, 6; S. 172, 5. Add Segl larbanum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 40.

sacerd-hád

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd-hád, es; m.

Priest-hood

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Priest-hood Ðá Zacharias his sacerdes hádes (sacerdhádes, MSS. A. B. C.) breác cum sacerdotio fungeretur, Lk. Skt. 1, 8. Æfter gewunan ðæs sacerdhádes hlotes, 1, 9.

sám-lǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-lǽred, adj.

Imperfectly taught

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Imperfectly taught lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig gelǽred preóst ne scænde ðone sámlǽredan, ac gebéte hine gif bet cunne, L. Edg. C. 12; Th. ii. 246, 19. Hieronimus ádwæscte ða dwollícan gesetnysse ðe sámlǽrede men sǽdon be hire forþsíðe. Homl.

brýd-lác

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-lác, es; n.

A marriage gift or feast, the celebration of a marriagenuptiale offertorium, nuptiarum celebritates

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C. 9; Th. ii. 346. 18

or-þanc

(adj.)
Grammar
or-þanc, adj.

Cunning, skilful

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Fox 463; Gn. C. 2. Orþonc ǽrsceaft. Exon. Th. 477, 1 ; Ruin. 16. þurh hrycg wrecen hongaþ under án orþonc píl, óðer on heáfde, Exon. Th. 403, 23; . 22, 12. Hwǽr com heora snyttro and seó orþonce gláunes, and se ðe gebregdnan dómas démde ?

denu

Grammar
denu, [Though a nominative dene occurs weak forms of the oblique cases are not found.]
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mǽwð gærs on þysse dene ( valle ), Gr. D. 36, 2. Andlang weterdene ðǽre deópan dene; of ðǽre dene ðan reádan stáne, C. D. vi. 8, 16. On þǽre dene eádmódnesse, Bt. 12; F. 36, 22. Dena getácniað þá eádmódan, Hml. Th. i. 362, 18.

fald

(n.)
Grammar
fald, es; m. (not f.)
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Falud (-aed) bobellum, Txts. 45, 310. Falod, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 21. Falaed stabulum, Txts. 99, 1920. Fald volio (l. (?) ovile), Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 62. Mid swylcum monnum byð hell gefylled swá swá fald mid sceápum, Ps. Th. 48, 13.

hlid

fencea gatedoor

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'Gange him mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan úp of ðǽre þrýh' . . . ' Getíða ic áteó þás hringan úp of ðysum hlide (hlyde, v. l.)' . . . teáh ðá ísen úp of ðám stáne, Hml. S. 21, 67.

dúru-weard

(n.)
Grammar
dúru-weard, dúre-weard, -werd, es; m.

A door-keeper jānĭtor, ostiārius

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C. 11; Th. ii. 346, 28-30

Linked entry: dúre-weard

for-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽded; or p. -reord, -réd; pp. -ræden,

to give counsel againstto condemnplot againstdeprive by treachery, wrongcondemnāreinsĭdias părāre

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Gif man gehádodne man forrǽde æt feó oððe æt feore if any one wrong a man in holy orders as to money or as to life, L. C. S. 40; Th. i. 400, 5: L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 6

ymb-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gan.
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C. 58, 16. to go about, in the neighbourhood of. v. ymb, 1 b Ic ymbgaa weófod ðínre circumdabo altare tuum, Ps. Spl. C. 25, 6. Ic ymbgá and ic offrige onsægednessa circumivi et immolavi hostiam, Ps.

Linked entries: embe-gán ymb-gangan

of-þyncan

Grammar
of-þyncan, Add: <b>I a.</b>
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Ðý lǽs . . . him hefiglíce ofðynce ðæs ðe hié sealdon, Past. 321, 19. &lt;b&gt;I b&lt;/b&gt; :-- Ne bið God nǽfre bepéht, ne him nǽfre ne ofþincð , ǽr rǽde geþóhte, Angl. vii. 34, 317. Þæt eów ofðince eówer gedwyld, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 8.