swól
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T. of feverish heat Sió ungemetlíce hǽto ðæs miltes cymþ of feferes swólle, Lchdm. ii. 244, 6. Hú se háta maga swól þrowaþ, 160, 5: 194, 12
heorþ-pening
A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]
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Peter's mass day: and he who shall not have paid by that time, let him be led to Rome, and in addition thereto pay xxx pence, and then bring a certificate that he has there paid so much.
langoþ
Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ discontent
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Hæfde him tó gesíþþe sorge and longaþ he had for company sorrow and discontent, l00 a; Th. 377, 14; Deór. 3. Forðon mec longeþas lyt gegrétaþ therefore longings visit me little, 37 a; Th. 121, 11; Gú. 287.
Linked entry: langaþ
be-sceran
To shear off, to shave, cut off ⬩ attondere, amputare, præcidere
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Hav. 4, 20; p. 270, 5. Ðæt he to preóste bescoren beón mihte that he might be shorn as a priest, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 24. Iulianus ðeáh to preóste bescoren wǽre though Julian had been shorn for a priest, Homl. Th. i. 448. 29.
sceam-fæst
Shamefast ⬩ modest, bashful
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Shamefast (corrupted later into shamefaced. v. 1 Tim. 2, 9 where Wicklif has schamefastnesse, the modern copies of the A. V. shamefacedness; the Revised Version has restored shame*-*fastness), modest, bashful Scamfæst verecundus vel pudens, Wrt.
dyrnan
To hide, secrete, restrain ⬩ occultāre, celāre, obscurāre, cohibēre
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To hide, secrete, restrain; occultāre, celāre, obscurāre, cohibēre Ðeáh hí hit ǽr swíðe dyrndon though they had before quite hidden it, Ors. 5, l0; Bos. 108, 15. Ne mihte Iosep hyne leng dyrnan non se potĕrat ultra cohibēre Ioseph, Gen. 45, 1
lenge
Belonging ⬩ related
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Gód biþ wið God Lenge good hath affinity with God, 91 a; Th. 341, 5; Gn. Ex. 121. v. preceding word, and ge-lenge
Linked entry: lengan
un-dígollíce
Not secretly ⬩ openly ⬩ clearly ⬩ plainly
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Not secretly, openly, clearly, plainly Se dígla Déma him swíðe undígellíce (-deógollíce, Hatt. MS.) ( aperte ) geondwyrde, Past. 4; Swt. 38; 19. Þus spræc God gefyrn, hit is swá ðeáh swá gedón swýðe neáh mid ús ... and undígollíce, Homl.
wiþ-scorian
To refuse
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To refuse Se ðe ðeónde bið on cræftum, and ðonne tó swiðe wiðscoraþ (-sceoraþ, Hatt. MS.) ðæm ealdordóme (si omnino renititur ), healde hine ðæt hé ne cnytte ðæt underfongne feoh on ðam swátlíne, ðæt Xrist ymbe spræc, Past. 9; Swt. 58, 12
for-liden
Much-travelled
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Much-travelled, that has travelled far and wide Se ilce Nathan wæs forliðen (cf. gelyðen, 26, 13), þæt hé wæs gefaren fram ǽlcen lande tó óðren, and fram sǽ to sǽ, swá þæt hé hæfde ealle eorðe gemǽren þurhfaren, St. A. ix. 11
halan
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Substitute for '<b>halan</b> . . . afterbirth': <b>hala</b>, an ; m. The after-birth; secundae, secundina (cf. cild-hama secundae, Wlck. Gl. 159, 31 : secundina pellis in qua concipitur infans, 677, 42), and add:
hús-bonda
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Lk. 14, 8) wer æfter ðé cume, and se húsbonda (-bunda, v. l. ) háte þé árísan and rýman þám óðrum, Mt. 20, 28. Add
þúsend-ealdor
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a captain of a thousand men Þúsendealdor̃m̃ (the o and r are on erasures, and between them a letter has been scratched out. Cf. þúsendealdremen, Hpt. Gl. 515, 76. Perhaps the gloss stands for þúsendealdre, þúsendmen (v. þúsend-mann) chiliarcho, An.
holm-clif
A sea-cliff, ⬩ cliff by the water-side
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Se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde he who had to guard the sea-cliffs, 465; B. 230
FEÓGAN
To hate ⬩ persecute ⬩ ōdisse ⬩ ŏdio hăbēre ⬩ infestāre
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To hate, persecute; ōdisse, ŏdio hăbēre, infestāre Uton we firene feógan let us hate crimes, Exon. 98 a; Th. 366, 16; Reb. 13. He hí alýsde of feógendra folmum libĕrāvit eos de mănu ōdientium, Ps. Th. 105, 10.
leás-líc
False ⬩ vain ⬩ frivolous
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False, vain, frivolous Wénþ ðæt hit hæbbe sum heálíc gód gestryned ... and mé þincþ ðæt hit hæbbe geboht sume swíðe leáslíce mǽrþe it supposes that it has gained some exalted good ... and methinks it has purchased a very false greatness, Bt. 24, 3; Fox
Linked entry: leás-ferhþness
nón
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Se bere . . . nó tó middes dæges hám cóm, þonne him wæs beboden ꝥ hé tó nónes sceolde, ne hé hit nó ne ylde æt nón, þonne hé tó middes dæges sceolde hám cumin, Gr. D. 206, 20-23. Fram Sæternes-dæges nóne oð Mónandæges líhtincge, Wlfst. 117, 4.
ece
AKE, pain ⬩ dŏlor
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An AKE, pain; dŏlor Efne swá se bisceop ðone ece and ðæt sár mid him ut bǽre as if the bishop had borne the ake and the sore out with him. Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 37: 5, 4; S. 617, 22
hrægel-talu
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A fund for providing vestments Ic ðas land ǽcelíce sælle into sanctæ trinitatan ðám híwum tó hira beódlandæ and tó hregltalæ ego has terras dono æternaliter familiæ æcclesiæ sanctæ trinitatis ad refectorium fratribus et ad vestimenta, Cod. Dipl.
hungor-geár
A year of famine
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A year of famine Ðá hæfde se hálga wer gedǽled ðæs mynstres þing hafenleásum mannum for ðam hungergeáre the saint had distributed the provisions of the monastery to indigent men on account of the year of famine, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 20
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