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eár-plǽttan

(v.)
Grammar
eár-plǽttan, p. -plætte; pp. -plætted [éare an ear, plættan to strike ]

To strike on the ear, to box the ear ⬩ cŏlăphum incŭtĕre

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To strike on the ear, to box the ear; cŏlăphum incŭtĕre Se byrle ðone apostol eár-plætte the cup-bearer struck the apostle on the ear, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 12

mylen-púl

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-púl, -pól, es; m.

A mill-pool

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In ðone mylenpól; of ðam póle tó ðære portstrǽte, Cod. Dip. B. i. 418, l

gebed-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
gebed-scipe, es; m.

Bed-fellowship ⬩ cohabitation ⬩ marriage ⬩ cohabĭtātio

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Bed-fellowship, cohabitation, marriage; cohabĭtātio Þurh ðone gebedscipe through cohabitation, Exon. 9 a; Th. 5, 29; Cri. 76 : Cd. 57; Th. 70, 4; Gen. 1148 : 100; Th. 133, 25; Gen. 2216

wunden-locc

(adj.)
Grammar
wunden-locc, adj.

With braided locks

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Slóh wundenlocc (Judith) ðone feóndsceaþan, Judth. Thw. 23, 3; Jud. 103. Seó cneóris, wlanc, wundenlocc, 26, 13; Jud. 326

eág-gemearc

(n.)
Grammar
eág-gemearc, es; n.
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Limit fixed by sight Eal ꝥ ús þincð ǽmtig eáhgemearces all that seems to us empty as far as the eye can reach; quo aer gremium diffundit inane, Dóm. L. 148

Linked entry: ge-mearc

wæl-hlem

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-hlem, wæl-hlemm, es; m.

A deadly onslaught

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.; næs hé forht swáðéh, ac forgeald hraðe wælhlem ðone, Beo. Th. 5931; B. 2969. Cf. hilde-hlem

hagol-stán

(n.)
Grammar
hagol-stán, es; m.

A hailstone

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A hailstone God him sende ufan greáte hagolstánas God sent down upon them great hailstones, Jos. 10, 11. Betwux ðám greátum hagolstánum amid the great stones. Homl. Th. i. 52, 18

Linked entry: hagal-stán

gestéd-hors

(n.)
Grammar
gestéd-hors, es; n. [stéda a steed]

A stallion; ⬩ ĕquus admissārius vel ēmissārius

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A stallion; ĕquus admissārius vel ēmissārius He ðone cyng bæd ðæt he him wǽpen sealde and gestédhors rŏgāvit sibi rĕgem arma dăre et ĕquum ēmissārum, Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 5

Linked entry: stéd-hors

búta

(con.)
Grammar
búta, búte; conj.

Unless ⬩ nisi

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Unless; nisi Ǽnig mon wát ðone sunn búta ðe Fæder nemo novit filium nisi Pater, Mt. Lind. War. 11. 27. Búta ðes útacunda nisi hic alienigena, Lk. Lind. War. 17, 18

be-cwilman

(v.)

to torment

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Wlfst. 139, 5: Búton þǽra deófla þe cwylmað þá earman), Dóm. L. 203

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneath ⬩ go lower than a place ⬩ to submit to what is laborious or painful ⬩ be subjected to evil ⬩ undergo punishment

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Hé ðam deáðe underhnáh and ðone deófol oferswýðde, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 115. Regolícore stýre hé underhníge disciplinae regulari subjaceat, R. Ben. Interl, 19, 1. Ðonne sceal hé underhnígan ðære steóre regollícre láre, R. Ben. 16, 4.

efn-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
efn-mǽre, adj.

Equally great, illustrious, renowned ⬩ æstĭmātus, æque illustris, conspĭcuus

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Equally great, illustrious, renowned; æstĭmātus, æque illustris, conspĭcuus He ðone wélegan wædlum efn-mǽrne gedéþ he makes the rich equally great to the poor, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 63; Met. 10, 32

Linked entry: efen-mǽre

for-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew ⬩ cut down ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ slaughter ⬩ concīdĕre ⬩ occīdĕre

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To hew or cut down, cut in pieces, slaughter; concīdĕre, occīdĕre Hý forheówan Heaðóbeardna þrym they slaughtered the host of Heathobeards, Scóp. Th. 99; Wíd. 49: Byrht. Th. 135, 9; By. 115

iú-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
iú-dǽd, e ; f.

formerly

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A deed done of old or formerly Gú-dǽda, Exon. 64 a ; Th. 235, 12; Ph. 556. Iúdǽdum, 76 a; Th. 284, 26; Jul. 703 : Cd. 217; Th. 276, 10; Sat. 186

Linked entry: gú-dǽd

ge-cearfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cearfan, -ceorfan; p. earf

To kill ⬩ cut off or up ⬩ interficere ⬩ decollare

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Ðone ic gecearf quem ego decollavi, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 16

drút

(n.)
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Maria alma Dei genetrix, Maria, Dóm. L. 290. [v. N. E. D. drut. O. L. Ger. drút: O. H. Ger. trút (drút) amicas, sodalis, dilectus.]

fen-gemirce

(n.)
Grammar
fen-gemirce, (?), es; n.
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The boundary of marsh-land Þis sint þá fangemerca . . . tó binguuellan æt clibe út on ðone bróc midne, suǽ. . . út on mór . . . þanon andlangæs bróces middesweardes, C. D. B. i. 295, 27

Linked entry: ge-mirce

riht-gemǽre

(n.)
Grammar
riht-gemǽre, es; n.
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A lawful boundary Andlang rihtgeméres. . . on þone ðorn . . . andlang Temese on ꝥ ealdgemǽre . . . andlang rihtgemǽres, C. D. B. iii. 546, 26-31. Ðurh þone mór be rihtgemǽre, C. D. iii. 412, 21

Linked entry: riht-landgemǽre

scearn-wifel

(n.)
Grammar
scearn-wifel, es; m.

A dung-beetle

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Ssarnboddes (beetles) þet louieþ þet dong, Ayenb. 61, 32

un-geþyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþyldig, adj.

Impatient

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Impatient Ðæt wæs ungeþyldig heretoga ... hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, ǽr ðon ðe hé tó his líchoman leomum becóme, Blickl. Homl. 165, 33.

Linked entry: ge-þyldig