ildcian
To delay
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To delay Se dysega ungeþyldega all his ingeþonc hé geypt ac se wísa hit ieldcaþ and bítt tíman totum spiritum suum profert stultus, sapiens autem differt et reservat in posterum, Past. 33. 4; Swt, 220, 10
BLÓT
A sacrifice ⬩ sacrificium
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A sacrifice; sacrificium He ealle ða cuman to blóte gedyde he gave all the strangers for a sacrifice, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 4. On blóte by sacrifice, L. C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 21
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lim-leás
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Add: not having all one's limbs Gif hwá áléfed wǽre, odðe limleás . . . Hwæt sceole wé smeágan embe ðá þe gewítað tó ðám écum forwyrde, hwæðer hí áléfede beón ciðe limleáse?, Hml. Th. i. 236, 28-33
heáfod-stól
A chief place, capital ⬩ a chief seat
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A chief place, capital Thébána fæsten ðætte ǽr wæs ealra Créca heáfodstól the city of Thebes which before was the chief place of all Greece, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 5: 3, 11; Swt. 144, 19
hwearfian
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Winess drinnch þe wharrfeþþ all þin herrte, Orm. 14121. Crist hise name shollde wharrfenn, 13289. Win þatt wass off water wharrfedd, 15323. All þiss middellárdess þing turrneþþ her and wharrfeþþ . . . swa summ þe wheol, 3641
camp
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Jellinghaus s. v. kamp, a word in place names, which is almost exclusively Saxon and Frisian 'Der kamp ist ein eingefriedigter als Ackerland, Weide, Wiese oder Holzung dienender grösserer Landfleck.' See also Midd. Flur. s.v. camp.
ge-strod
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Ox. 3149 : in both cases Ald. 43, 19 is glossed), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 67. robbery, rapine Scottas ne sǽtincge ne gestrodu (-o, v.l.) wið Angelðeóde syrwaþ Scotti nil contra gentem Anglorum insidiarum moliuntur aut fraudium, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 692, ii.
hand-gang
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[In the Ormulum hand-gang is used of the laying on of hands by the Apostles (All þiss gæfenn forþ þe posstless þurrh hanndganng upponn alle þa þatt fulluhht unnderrfengenn, 15992), or in confirmation (þurrh fulluht ga þurrh hanndgang att hadedd mannes
heald
inclined ⬩ inclined to
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wiþ hyre gecynde, Bt. 25; F. 88, 7. that tends to mean things Þá healdan divexa (ardua sectari necnon devexa cavere, Ald. 157, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 54: 27, 12
hrútan
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Angl. xxxii. 386) hrísil scelfaeð, ni mec óuuana aam sceal cnyssa (cf. nec radiis carpor, duro nec pectine pulsor, Ald. 257, 23), Txts. 151, 7. to snore (perhaps this is a different word. v. N. E. D. rout) Sé ðe hrét qui stertit, Kent. Gl. 322.
or-mǽte
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Hé (David) his (Goliath's) ormǽte heáfod of óslóh, 18, 26. of non-material things Ormǽte inormis (facinus inorme, Ald. 139, 11), An. Ox. 18 b, 47. Ontend mid byrne þǽre ormǽtestan wælhreównesse ardore immanissimae crudelitatis exarsit, Gr.
hræd-lícness
Quickness ⬩ suddenness ⬩ rapidity ⬩ haste
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Quickness, suddenness, rapidity, haste Ða micclan welan ðe hig ǽrhwílon áhton hé geseh on hrædlícnysse ealle gewítan the great riches that they formerly owned he saw all quickly pass away, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 14, 23
seonoþ-bóc
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Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 15
folc-lagu
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a law that is valid for all the people of a country, a law of the nation Godes gerihta wanedan innan þysse þeóde on ǽghwylcum ende, and folclaga wyrsedan (the laws deteriorated), Wlfst. 158, 6
fiðere
A wing ⬩ āla ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ
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A wing; āla:Wings; ālæ, pennæ Gif his óðer fiðere forod biþ if one of its wings [lit. one wing of it] is broken, Homl. Th. ii. 318, 29. Fiðera [Spl. fyðera: Lamb. fyðeras] beóþ culfran fegeres seolfres pennæ cŏlumbæ sunt deargentātæ, Ps.
rendan
To rend, tear, cut
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Heo haueð bipiled mine figer, irend of al þe rinde decorticauit ficum meam, A. R. 148, 23. Þe reue rende his clades, Jul. 70, 7
ǽðan
To overflow ⬩ deluge ⬩ lay waste
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To overflow, deluge, lay waste Cwæþ ðæt he wolde eall á ǽðan ðæt on eorþan wæs said that he would for ever lay waste all that was on the earth. Cd. 64; Th. 77, 24; Gen. 1280
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frum-rípa
First-fruits ⬩ prīmĭtiæ
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Alf. 38; Th. i. 52, 31
ge-þearfan
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to be need Ne myr ðú eal ðaet ðú hæbbe, ðý lǽs ðé geðearfe tó óðres mannes ǽhtum do not waste all you have, lest there be need to you of another man's property, Prov. K. 73
ge-hwider
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Add: where there is motion, to every place, to all parts, in all directions. used generally Hé ðanon eóde gehwyder (-hwider, on gehwylce healfe, v. ll.) ymb þá stówa, and þǽr godcunde láre bodode inde ad praedicandam circumquaque exire consueverat Bd