stoppa
A stop, a bucket, pail
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A stop, a bucket, pail. Halliwell gives stop a small well-bucket, and also stoppe a bucket, or milking-pail, as Norfolk words; the latter being still in use. 'The holy-water stoppe was a vessel containing holy-water placed near the entrance of a church
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git
Still ⬩ yet
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Still, yet Hér mon mæg giet gesión hiora swæþ their track may still be seen here, Past. pref; Swt. 5, 15; Hat. MS. Be ðiosum git is swíðe ryhtlíce gecweden to ðæm wítegan about which further is very rightly said to the prophet, Swt. 162, 22; Cot. MS.
þeccan
To cover ⬩ to cover an object with something ⬩ to serve as covering to an object
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To cover, to cover an object with something Ic wreó mé, leáfum þecce, Cd. Th. 53, 29; Gen. 868. Ðú ðín sylf þecest líc mid leáfum, 54, 15; Gen. 877. Se ðe heofen þeceþ wolcnum qui operit coelum nubibus, Ps. Th. 146, 8. Mec (a horn) þeceþ mon golde and
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ge-rýman
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Add: to make roomy. to enlarge so as to occupy a greater space He his Sdel geryrnde, Hml. S. 25, 283. Hié út hiora éðel gerýmdon, Past. 3, 8. þonne sió wund sié clǽne, gerýme þyrel tó nearo ne sié, Lch. ii. 208, 24. to extend so as to include a greater
hund
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Add: The word is used both as substantive (governing a noun in the genitive) or as adjective (agreeing with noun). The dative plural, though sometimes like the nominative, also has both e and um as inflection. as abstract numeral Twéntig síðon seofon
ÆT
AT ⬩ to ⬩ before ⬩ next ⬩ with ⬩ in ⬩ for ⬩ against ⬩ apud ⬩ juxta ⬩ prope ⬩ ante ⬩ ad ⬩ in ⬩ contra ⬩ Of ⬩ from ⬩ a ⬩ ab ⬩ de ⬩ To ⬩ unto ⬩ as far as ⬩ ad ⬩ usque ⬩ ad
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with the dative; cum dativo AT, to, before, next, with, in, for, against; apud, juxta, prope, ante, ad, in, contra Sittende æt tollsceamule sitting at the seat of custom, Mt. Bos. 9, 9. Æt fruman worulde at the beginning of the world, Exon. 47a; Th.
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líf-líc
living ⬩ vital
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Pertaining to life, living, causing life, vital Líflíc vitalis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 36. Líflíc ys blód lǽtan to let blood [at this time] is as much as a man's life is worth, Lchdm. iii. 190, 28. Is hwæðere swá tó lǽtanne swá ðæt líflíce mægen ne
rǽd-leás
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without counsel, unwise, inconsiderate, rash, ill-advised Rédeleás preceps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Som. 13, 27. Gleáw ne wæs gumríces weard, réðe and rǽdleás, Cd. Th. 226, 26; Dan. 177. without wise direction, in confusion Ðá ðis (the destruction of certain
un-ágán
Not lapsed ⬩ with the time of its lease not run out
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Not lapsed, with the time of its lease not run out Ego Ealdulf ... quandam ruris particulam ... cuidam militi nomine Leofenað ... largitus sum ... et post uitae suae terminum duobus tantum haeredibus immunem derelinquat; quibus defunctis, aecclesiae
drenc
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Add: drinking Sé þe óðerne neádað ofer his mihte tó drincenne, sé mót áberan heora bégra gilt, gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð, Ælfc. T. 21, 32, 38. Gýfernyss déð ꝥ man tó micel nimð on wǽte . . . and þone mann tó deáðe gebrincgð for ðám ormǽtan
six
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Add: as adjective with a subst. expressed Siex míla from ðǽre byrig. Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 25. Siex mónað, 2, 8; S. 94, 2. Sex weðras, sex gósfuglas, C. D. i. 312, 8. Fato sexo (sex, L.) hydriae sex, Jn. R. 2, 6. Æfter dagum sex, Mt. L. R. 17, 1. Æfter dagum
wǽg
a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance
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a weight, as a general term Byrðen oððe wǽg pondus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Zup. 58, 17 note. Genim ðære ylcan wyrte ánre tremesse wǽge, Lchdm. i. 72, 11. Genim twéga trymessa wǽge, 70, 15. Þreóra trymessa wǽge, 72, 26: 74, 4. Habbaþ emne wǽga aequa sint pondera
trahtnian
To expound ⬩ explain ⬩ to give as explanation of (be) something ⬩ to treat of
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trans. To expound, explain Hægmon trahtnaþ ðis gospell, Homl. Th. i. 510, 26. Gregorius trahtnode ðis godspel, ii. 550, 1. Ic wolde eów trahtnian ðis godspel, ðe mann nú beforan eów rǽdde, i. 166, 3. Ðes cwyde is swíðor tó ondrǽdenne ðonne tó trahtnigenne
fót-ádl
gout ⬩ podagra
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gout; podagra Ðá geuntrumade hé mid þǽre mettrymnesse podagre, ðæt is on úre geþeóde fótádl, Shrn. 100, 19. His handa and his fét wǽron swellende and áþundene for þý wǽtan þǽre fótádle ( podagrae ), Gr. D. 302, 8. Wið ðǽre miclan siéndan fótádle þǽre
þeorf
unleavened bread ⬩ fermento ⬩ of milk, ⬩ fresh ⬩ skim (? so Cockayne)
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unleavened, used substantively, unleavened bread Gehafen hláf fermentacius panis, ðeorf Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 15-16. Þeorf azimum, ii. 6, 8. Sýfernysse þearf sinceritatis azima, Hymn. Surt. 82, 31. Þeorfne hláf ðú scealt etan vesceris azymis, Ex. 34, 18:
ge-férness
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Going For þon þe mycelre tíde ǽr þǽre hálignesse hús geclǽnsod beón sceolde and seó gastlíþnes þæs Crístes wícsceáweres and seó gifernes gebúend wæs þæs Crístes engles and seó heall þæs hálgan gástes mundabatur enim longo tempore sacrificii domus, sanctitatis
frum-gild
A first payment or compensation ⬩ the first payment or instalment of the price [wer] at which every man was valued, according to his degree, to be paid to the kindred, or guild-brethren, of a slain person, as compensation for his murder ⬩ prīma compensātio
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A first payment or compensation,—the first payment or instalment of the price [wer] at which every man was valued, according to his degree, to be paid to the kindred, or guild-brethren, of a slain person, as compensation for his murder; prīma compensātio
EÁR
The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE, which stands for the letters ea
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The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE, which stands for the letters ea: v. Steph. Runic Monmnts. p. 100, 11; 117, col. 7: and p. 137: RUNE byþ egle eorla gehwylcum, ðonne fæstlíce flǽsc onginneþ hráw cólian, hrusan ceósan to gebeddan the ground is hateful to every
hwelian
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To turn to matter; in pus converti Ðanon se andiga hwelaþ inde invidus contabescit, Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 1. Gif ðæt líc heard sí útan lege on ðane lǽcedom ðe ðæt heard forði hwelige and ðæt yfel út teó if the body be hard on the outside apply such leechdom
in-here
A native army ⬩ home-force
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A native army, the army of a country, home-force Se here férde swá hé sylf wolde and se fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm ðet him náðor ne dohte ne innhere ne úthere the Danes went as they liked, and the English levy did every kind of harm to