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byrele

(n.)
Grammar
byrele, es; m.
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Add: <b>byrele,</b> an; f. Æt þám cnihte þe wæs þæs bisceopes byrele (byrle, v. l.) the bishop's cupbearer, Gr. D. 186, 22. Be ðám byrle þe ðone apostol eárplætte, Hml. Th. ii. 520, 13. Ǽlcan gesettan discðegne and gesettan biriele, C.

cunnung

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Add: trial, probation Þeós cunnung ( probatio ) wæs in þǽre brycge, swá hwylc unrihtwísra manna swá wolde ofer þá féran, sceolde áslídan on þá þýstran , Gr.

dweorg

(v.)
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Wrít ðis ondlang ðá earmas wið dweorh, iii. 38, 29. Wið [d]weorh man sceal niman .VII. lytle oflǽtan ..., 42, 3. Add

ge-cwémlíce

(adv.)
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Add: agreeably, so as to please, acceptably Wel ðrowað se man and Gode gecwémlíce, ðe winð ongeán leahtras, Hml. Th. i. 164, 20: Hml. A. 14, 22. Þæt þe friðes bóte gecoren hæfdon mid micclum wísdóme and swýðe gecwémlíce. Ll.

hése

(n.)
Grammar
hése, hoese, haese, hýse
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V. 121, 34. On hésleábróc, iii. 97, 29: vi. 102, 31

lustfull-nes

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Gehiren ðæt ðás andweardan gód bióð from ǽlcre lustfulnesse ( a delectatione) gewítende, 441, 20: Gr. D. 322, 27. Lustfulnes[sa] inlecebras, uoluptates, An. Ox. 50, 6. Add

ælmes-mann

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-mann, es; m.

An alms-manone supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar

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An alms-man (v. N. E. D.), one supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar Ðeáh se man nime ǽnne stán and lecge on fúl slóh, ðæt se ælmesman mæge mid ðám óðrum fét steppan on ðá clǽnan healfe, Wlfst. 239, 10. On ælmesmannes híwe, Hml. S. 23, 562.

denu

Grammar
denu, [Though a nominative dene occurs weak forms of the oblique cases are not found.]
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Voc. ii. 57, 20. On middan þǽre dene, Iosaphaf. Seó dene is betwux þǽre dúne Sion and þám munte Oliueta, Hml. Th. i. 440, 15. Án ðeóstorful dene, ii. 338, 5. Bituih iúih and úsih dene micel ( chaos magnum ) gefæstnad is, Lk. L. 16, 26.

ge-erian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-erian, p. ede, ode, ade; pp. ed, od, ad

To earplougharare

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To ear, plough; arare Geerod [geered MS. C; geerad MS. D.] aratus, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 45. Ðæt land is geerod [geered MS. C.] aratur terra, 19; Som. 22, 46 : Heming, p. 134

swinc-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
swinc-leás, adj.
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Without labour or toil On ð æm écan lífe bútan geswince God heriaþ. sceolon on andwerdum lífe hine herian, ðæt móton becuman ðære swincleásan herunge, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 9

blácung

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In blácunge (pallore) and on cwacunge þæs untruman mannes, Gr. D. 326, 5. Glædne andwlitan búton blácunge and forhtunge, Hml. Th. i. 72, 27. Se móna blácunge (pallorem) healdende, Hy. S. 35, 11. Add

cemes

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Substitute: A shirt Ham, cemes camisa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 23. Bútan his kemese and eác gelómlíce bútan his tunecan eft cyrde sine linea, crebro etiam sine tunica revertebatur, Gr. D. 68, 6

eár-loccas

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>eár-locc</b>, es; m. An ear-lock (v. N. E. D.), a lock of hair over or above the ear Eárloccas antiae, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 49

fenester

(n.)
Grammar
fenester, es; n.

A window

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A window scamleáse wíf gewát fram þám éhþyrle (fenestre, v. l.) his cýtan (a fenestra cellulae illius ), Gr. D. 212, 13. wæter becóm upp þám fenestrum (ad fenestras), 220, 15, 22

ge-tǽsu

(n.; v.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-tǽsu, indecl. or gen. e; f.
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Commodity, profit, advantage þon þæt him swá gelettum and swá genýddum forgeáfe and gedyde hwæthugu getǽse (-tǽsu, v. l.) his gewinnes ei laboris sui commodum coacto renitentique dedit, Gr. D. 39, 28

forþ-sige

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-sige, (?), es; m.
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Departure from this world to the lower regions (?) Efter his áwyrgedan forðsige (-síþe?) ligce ǽfre on helle grundleásan pytte post maledictum exitum suum crucietur jugiter in profundissimo puteo, C. D. iv. 52, 8

Linked entry: sige

ge-férlíþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-férlíþlíce, adv.
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Sociably Heom bám wæs forgifen; moston on ánre eardungstówe geférlíðlíce (-líflíce, v.l., socialiter) lifian ; þám eác gelamp samod geférlíðlíce (-líflíce, v. l. ) férdon of líchoman, Gr. D. 313. 23-25

hlid-geat

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Ǽrest on díc; ðonne upp wið hliðgeatas; ðonne on brádan hærpað, C. D. v. 109, 8. Andlang weges hlidgeate, Cht. E. 290, 24. Beforan hlidgeate ante postes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 5, Add:

hogg

(n.)
Grammar
hogg, hocg, es; m.
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A hog .xx. sugena . . . swyn, and .xl. hogga. . .xliiij hogga, Cam. Phil. Soc. 1902, p. 15. Cf. Ðæs landes æt Hocgestúne, C. D. iii. 294, 22. Ðás dæn wæs Hocgetwisla, Lindhyrst, vi. 243, 16

Linked entry: hocg

leornung-scól

(n.)
Grammar
leornung-scól, e; f.
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A school for (book-)learning wæs þæs mynstres láreów þe is genemned Flundis. In þæs leornungscóle drohtnigende and gelæred wæs (in discipulatu illius conversatus atque eruditus est) sum man, Gr. D. 14, 6