mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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Eth. ix. 26; Th. i. 346, 4: L. Ecg. P. iii. 3; Th. ii. 196, 23: iv. 2; Th. ii. 204, 10. For other crimes and their punishment see L. Eth. ix. 27; Th. i. 346, 8-16 : L. Ecg. P. iv. 7; Th. ii. 206, 1. Ic Ælfríc munuc and mæssepreóst, oml.
Linked entries: mæsse-þegen bisceop bóc
FÍC
Fig ⬩ the fruit of the fig-tree ⬩ fīcus ⬩ a disease so called, the piles ⬩ hemorrhoids ⬩ fīcus
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erysipelas, that is the 'fig,' L.
leóf-wende
Pleasing ⬩ gracious ⬩ acceptable ⬩ amiable ⬩ estimable
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Voc, ii. 61, 62. Sum biþ leófwende hafaþ mód and word monnum geþwǽre one man is amiable, he hath mind and speech in accord with men, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298. 13; Crä. 84.
on-sægedness
the rite, act of sacrifice or offering ⬩ what is offered at the rite, a sacrifice, oblation
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Voc. ii. 15, 81. what is offered at the rite, a sacrifice, oblation Nis ná tó onfónne seó hálige onsægdnes ( eucharistiam accipere ), L. Ecg. C. 35 ; Th. ii. 160, 37. Gif seó onsægednys on eorþan fealle, L. Ecg. P. iv. 15 ; Th. ii. 216, 15.
Linked entries: á-sægdnes an-sægdnes sægedness on-segedness á-segendness
hold
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The importance of the hold in England is marked in the following passage:-
friþ-burh
A town with which one is at peace, one included in the 'friþ' or peace made between two parties ⬩ pācis urbs
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Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 286, 1. v. Schmid. 204, note
wan-sceaft
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lácnian, Lchdm. ii. 16, 6, 22
scír-mann
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In. 8; Th. i. 106, 21
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.
Linked entry: gold-finger
geá
etiam, jam
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Take here iá in Dict., and add; where a question is answered in the affirmative. where the question is put positively Sume aduerbia syndon con- vel adfirmatiua . . . mid ðám wé áséðað úre sprǽce. Etiam geá: manducasti hodie ? ǽt ðú tódæg ?
CÆRSE
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Ðeós wyrt, cærse, ne biþ sáwen, ac heó of hyre sylfne cenned biþ on wyllon and on brócen this herb, cress, is not sown, but it is propagated of itself in wells and in brooks, i. 116, 15
wíse
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Add On wunderlicum gemete, wíse mirum in modum, An. Ox. 1252. Add Treówþe, wíse pacto, i. iure, An. Ox. 2690. Ie mid ðǽre hálgan Crístes róde tǽcne ðás word and ðás wísan fæstnie and wríte, C. D. ii. 122, 2.
gærs-irþ
Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage
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Gyf hé máran gærses beðyrfe, ðonne earnige ðæs swá him man ðafige he must plough two acres in return for the pasturage granted him. If he need more pasturage, he must earn it in such way as may be allowed him, Ll. Th. i. 434. 17
full-cúþ
Full known ⬩ well known ⬩ bĕne nōtus
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Full known, well known; bĕne nōtus On cyninga bócum ys fullcúþ be ðám in the books of the kings it is well known about them, Jud. Thw. 161, 20
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ge-mǽn-scipe
Communion, fellowship ⬩ communio
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Communion, fellowship; communio Ic ge-mǽnscipe getreówe ðínra háligra I believe in the communion of thy saints, Hy. 10, 52; Hy. Grn. ii. 294, 52 : Wanl. Catal. 49, 16
ge-twancg
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Voc. ii. 77, 65), An. Ox. 1517. (In both cases the passage glossed is Ald. 21, 22.)
K
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Thus in Sweet's edition Angelkynn is found p. 2, ll. 3, 13, but Angelcynn l. 4 ; whilst in each case the Hatton MS. has c. So in the following page in l. 10, kynn, in l. 20, cynn.
cyn
Akin, suitable, fit, proper ⬩ congruus, condignus
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In. 42; Th. i. 128, 11. Hit ys cyn it is proper, Ps. Th. 29, 11: 9, 34: 138, 20
Engla land
The land of the Angles or Engles
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It Ðæt mynster Æbbercurníg, ðæt is geseted on Engla lande the minster Abercorn, that is seated in the land of the Angles, or Engla land = England, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 36. extended in the time of Bede, 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.