gold-blóma
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Add: A gold-bloom (v. N. E. D.), marigold(?). In favour of the meaning 'golden mass' it may be noted that blóma is not found in A. S. with the sense 'bloom', 'blossom'; and the occurrence of hordfæte and gewelegade in the passage seems to suggest that
hræd-ness
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Add: where there is rapid movement Rædnis pernicitas (pedum ), Txts. 182, 75. Wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum and þá efstan mid þǽre mǽstan hrædnesse, Hml. A. 206, 361. Þone ðóðor mid swiftre rædnesse geslegene, Ap. Th. 13, 4. Rædnisse
wǽge
a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance ⬩ scale
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a weight, as a general term Byrðen oððe wǽge pondus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Zup. 58, 17. Hæbbe ǽlc man rihte wǽgan and rihte gemetu pondus habebis justum et verum et modius aequalis et verus erit tibi, Deut. 25, 15. as a definite weight, a wey Gá seó wǽge
snǽdan
to slice, cut into slices ⬩ to snathe ⬩ to lop, prune, cut branches off trees ⬩ to hew ⬩ trim stones. ⬩ putare ⬩ to cut into slices
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to slice, cut into slices On hunig gesnǽd Lchdm. ii. 294, 9. to snathe [given by Halliwell as a northern word = to prune trees, and occurs in Ray's collection, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15. Jamieson gives sned to prune, lop off, sned a branch pruned off
cwiddung
A saying, tale, report, speech ⬩ dictum, sermunculus
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A saying, tale, report, speech; dictum, sermunculus Manegra manna cwyddung is it is a saying of many men, Bd. de nat. rernm; Wrt. popl. science 10, 28; Lchdm. iii. 256, 4. Æt fræmdra monna cwiddunge from the report of strangers, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 25
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DRÁN
DRONE ⬩ fucus
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A DRONE; fucus Drán fucus, Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59, 106; Wrt. Voc. 23, 62. Drǽn fucus, Wrt. Voc. 77, 48. Ðǽr he wunede eall riht swá dráne dóþ on híue: eall ðæt ða beón dragen toward ða dráne dragaþ fraward he abode there just as drones do in a hive: all
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lærest
least
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least Æt ðam lærestan wlitewamme iii scillingas and at ðam máran vi scill. for the smallest disfigurement of the face iii shillings, for the greater vi shillings, L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15. As this seems to be the only instance in which this form occurs
Linked entry: læssa
linian
to leave
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to leave[?] Ic leonige óðrum eorþcyningum tó bysne ðæt hié witen ðý gearwor ðæt mín þrym and mín weorþmynd máran wǽron ðonne ealra óðra kyninga ðe in middangearde ǽfre wǽron I leave it [an account of my exploits] as an example to other kings, that they
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un-drifen
Not driven
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Not driven Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe, ðe binnan múðan cuman[mæg?], þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit undrifen bið (si non sit abacta tempestatibus (Lat. vers.). For the fate of what was driven, cf. such a grant as the following : -- Ic cíðe eów ðæt Urk habbe
wíte-fæst
In slavery as a punishment for crime.
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In slavery as a punishment for crime. Similar entries v. wíteþeów Hé wyle ðæt man freóge æfter his dæge ǽlcne wítefæstne man ðe on his tíman forgylt wǽre si quis, secundum patriae Anglie morem, in aliquam incurrisset servitutem tempore sue potestatis
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sliccan
to strike, slap
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to strike, slap Se ðe his wiel slicþ slieþ (?), slihþ (?) mid girde qui percusserit servum suum virga Ex. 21, 20. Gif men cídaþ and hira óðer his néxtan mid fýste slicþ (?), and hé dead ne biþ . . . hé biþ unscildig, ðe hine slóh 21, 18-19. Gif hwilc
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smittian
To smear, pollute, defile ⬩ illitus, unctus
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To smear, pollute, defile Smittodan funestavere, maculavere Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 60. Smittud cacabatus Hpt. Gl. 514, 47. [ Smitted contaminata Ps. 105, 39. As reignes shall ben flitted Fro folk to folk, or whan they shal ben smitted Chauc. T. and C. v.
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sníte
A snite, snipe. ⬩ ibis ⬩ ibex
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A snite, snipe. [Halliwell quotes: 'A snipe or snite, a bird lesse than a woodcocke,' Baret, 1580, and gives snite as a word still in use. See also E. D. S. Pub. Bird Names, p. 192.] Sníte vel wudecocc aceta Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 52. Sníte acegia 62, 23:
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sigel-beorht
sun-bright ⬩ bright with the sun ⬩ sunny ⬩ bright as the sun
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sun-bright, bright with the sun, sunny Wintres dæg sigelbeorhtne genimþ hærfest mid herige hrímes and snáwes winter's day takes captive sunny autumn with its army of frost and snow, Menol. Fox 404; Men. 203. Bringþ sigelbeorhte dagas sumor tó túne, 175
eóh
The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree ⬩ taxus
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The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree; taxus, — hence this Rune not only stands for the diphthong eo, but for eoh a yew-tree, as, — RUNE [Eóh] biþ útan unsméðe treów, heard, hrusan fæst yew is
ge-andwyrdan
To answer ⬩ respondēre
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To answer; respondēre Ne mihton hig agén ðis him geandwyrdan non pŏtĕrant ad hæc respondēre illi, Lk. Bos. 14, 6 : Bt. 41, 2; Fox. 244, 23. Geandwyrde [geandwerde MS. G.] he ðam óðrum swá hundréde riht þence let him answer to the other as shall seem
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Óðen
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Odin (the Scandinavian form of the word which appears in Anglo-Saxon as Wóden) Ðes gedwolgod Mercurius wæs árwurðe betwux eallum héðenum on ðám dagum, and hé is Óðon geháten óðrum naman on Denisce wísan. Nú secgaþ sume ða Denisce men on heora gedwylde
þurh-sécan
to make search for ⬩ seek out ⬩ to search through ⬩ examine
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to make search for, seek out Þurhsécende conquirens, Scint. 209, 3. [ to search through, examine (?), as in later English He þurhsecheð al þe soule, O. E. Homl. ii. 191, 28. Twa Goddspelless uss birrþ þurrhsekenn, Orm. 242. He hefde al ꝥ lond ouergan
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earmian
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Substitute: To cause pity in a person (dat.). [For constructions cf. of-hreówan.] used impersonally with gen. of cause Hwám ne maeg earmian swylcere tíde to whom will there not be pity for such a time?, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 4. with cause of pity as subject
ge-bind
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Add: constipation, costiveness Gebind tenacitas ventris, tentigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 60. Wið stede and for gebinde . . . wið innoþa wræce and gif gebind men byþ. Lch. i. 338, 3-9. as a measure of quantity, a bind (v. N. E. D. bind : 'A Bind of eels .