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wíte-þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-þeów, adj.

In slavery as a consequence of crime

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In. 48; Th. i. 132, 6

híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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D. iii. 52, 7. Þára fíf and twéntig hígda, C. D. B. ii. 142, l. Myrcna landes is þrittig þúsend hýda, i. 414, 15 (and often). Hú fela hundred hýda wǽron innon þǽre scíre, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 18. Ic sello ii hída on Hwátedúne, C.

Linked entries: hígid híwisc

un-sóþfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sóþfæstness, e; f.

Unrighteousnessinjustice

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Ðes sóðcuoed is and unsóðfæstnise in ðæm ne is hic verax est, et injustitia in illo non est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 7, 18

Linked entry: sóþfæstness

be-útan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-útan, prep. dat. [be, útan out]

Withoutextra

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Gif ic míne fiðeru gefó, fleóge ǽr leóhte, óþ ðæt ic be-útan wese eallum sǽwum si sumpsero pennas meas ante lucem, et habitavero in postremo maris, 138, 7.

cæg-loca

(n.)
Grammar
cæg-loca, an; m.
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We may therefore, perhaps, render the terms in the quotation above, ' locked up in her store-room, her chest, and her cupboard,' L. Th. i. 418, note b

ange

(adj.)
Grammar
ange, ænge, enge, onge; adj.

Narrowstraitenedvexedtroubledsorrowfulangustusanxiusvexatustristis

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Ufan hit is enge it is narrow above, Exon. 116 a; Th. 446, 14; Dóm. 22. Ðá wæs ðam cynge swíðe ange on his mode then the king was greatly troubled in his mind, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 14

wudere

(n.)
Grammar
wudere, wudi[g]ere, es; m.

A bearer of wood

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In another gloss on the same passage is the note : Calones sunt qui ligna militibus portant, Hpt. Gl. 427, 4), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 72 : 17, 73. Wudu silva, wudieras calones, i. 33, 55. Wudigeras, 39, 54

ilfette

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cf. i. 280, 10 where ciciris is given in a list of birds, but without an English equivalent. A similar list is given on p. 62, and there cignus occurs just before mergulus, as at p. 250 does ciciris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 15. Cf.

hoc-leaf

(n.)
Grammar
hoc-leaf, es; n.

Mallow

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M. 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 17. Hoclǽf, Lchdm. iii. 48, 18

bóc-lár

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-lár, e; f.

Book-learning, learningdoctrina

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[lár lore, learning] Book-learning, learning; doctrina Blind biþ se láreów, gif hé ða bócláre ne cann blind is the teacher, if he know not book-learning, L. Ælf. C. 23; Th. ii. 352, 6

blác-ern

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Voc. i. 81, 31. Swá is án micel blácern sicut lucerna, Nar. 37, 18. Ðonne þú blácernes behófige, Tech. ii. 126, 1. Man sceal habban . . . leóhtfær, blácern, Angl. ix. 264, 22. Add

ge-bird

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bird, ge-birde.
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Take here ge-byrd in Dict. grown up; pubes Gebierdne, þone æþelan geongan indolem (perhaps the passage glossed is: Pulcherrimam pubertatis indolem, Aid. 63, 25), Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 80. v. un-gebeard[e]

ster-melda

(n.)
Grammar
ster-melda, an; m.
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E. 5; Th. i. 28, 10. In the note on this passage stermelda is taken as steórmelda = delator fiscalis; Schmid. on the other hand, gives the meaning 'delator qui rem, factum (stær) prodit.'

Linked entry: melda

fore-meahtiglic

(adj.)
Grammar
fore-meahtiglic, (-miht-); adj.

strenuous

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Very strong, strenuous Þá strangan oððe foremihtiglice strenua (the corresponding gloss in Hpt. Gl. 405, 29 is: strenua þá foremih[tigan? or -tiglican?), þá stra[n]gan ł foremihti[gan? or -glice?]), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 60

ge-hefeldian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hefeldian, to fix the weft or
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woof Forcorfen is swylce fram wefendum wífe líf mín þá gyt þe ic wæs gehefaldad praecisa est uelut a tenente uita mea dum adhuc ordirer Cant. Ez. 12. Gehefeldad, Ps. Srt. ii. 184, 34; An. Ox. 3731

Linked entry: hefeldian

H

hail

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In. some cases it is dropped, e. g. bleó for bleoh; seón, p. seah; nabban = ne habban.

ǽ-gewrítere

(n.)
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In Kent. Gl. 245 ‘legum conditores’ is rendered by a word which Zupitza reads as scepttenras. This in Junius’ copy of the MS. is given by ægewriteras.

a-wend

(v.)
Grammar
a-wend, pp. of a-wendan

turnedtranslated

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turned, translated; Seó bóc is on Englisc awend the book is turned [translated] into English, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 30

ofer-médla

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Hwǽr is démera dómstów? hwǽr is heora ofermédla, bútan mid moldan beðeaht and in wítum gewrecen, Wlfst. 263, 17. Add

FERSC

(adj.)
Grammar
FERSC, adj.

FRESHpuresweetdulcis

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Gyf se wǽta sealt byþ of ðære sǽ, hit byþ þurh ðære sunnan hǽtan to ferscum wæterum awend if the moisture be salt from the sea, it is turned to fresh water through the heat of the sun, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 278, 9-12; Wrt. popl. science 19, 3