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ge-hladan

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Add: to heap up, load Gehladen fertum (omitted at Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 76), Wülck. Gl. 237, 2 : faltum (cf. faltum embhéped, 146, 75), Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 61. Gehlæden onustus 63, 59. Gehladenum onustis 79, 72. Gehla[dene] referta, i. repleta An.

reónig-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
reónig-mód, ;adj.;

Sad at heart, weary

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; Sad at heart, weary; Wæs him reste neód reónig-módum ;need of rest was there for him weary-hearted,; Exon. Th. 167, 32; Gú. 1069.

Linked entry: reomig-mód

EARH

(n.)
Grammar
EARH, e; f; arewe, an; f.

ARROW sagitta

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An ARROW; sagitta Earh áttre gemǽl the arrow stained with poison, Andr. Recd. 2661; An. 1333

fǽr-spryng

(n.)
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fǽr-spryng, es; m.
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A sudden pustule, ulcer of a rash Wið fleógendum áttre and fǽrspryngum, Lch. iii. 6, 26

Linked entry: spring

ceaster-búend

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-búend, es; m.

City-dwellerurbem habitans

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City-dweller; urbem habitans He áteáh ceasterbúendum he came to the city-dwellers, Beo. Th. 1540; B. 768

eóred-þreát

(n.)
Grammar
eóred-þreát, es; m. [þreát a host, troop]

A band, companyturma, lĕgio

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A band, company; turma, lĕgio; — Atol eóredþreát a horrid band, Exon. 102a; Th. 385, 23; Rä. 4, 49

fór-gesettenys

(n.)
Grammar
fór-gesettenys, -nyss, e; f.

A propositionpropŏsĭtio

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A proposition; propŏsĭtio Ic atýne on saltere fórgesettenysse míne ăpĕriam in psaltērio propŏsĭtiōnem meam, Ps. Spl. 48, 4

leódan

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Him brega engla of líce áteáh liódende bán ( the rib from which Eve was made), Gen. 182. Add

endebyrdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
endebyrdlíce, <b>; I.</b>
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Wel and endebyrdlíce bene atque ornate, 57, 9. Add

an-timber

(n.)
Grammar
an-timber, g. -timbres; n.

Mattermaterialssubstancea thememateriesmateria

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Matter, materials, substance, a theme; materies, materia Ungehiwod antimber rudis atque informis materia, Alb. resp. 15, 22

grotan

(n.)
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groats Nim átena gratan (grotan?), Lch. iii. 292, 24. [v. N. E. D. groats.] See preceding word. (?)

niht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
niht-sang, es; m.

the service at the seventh of the canonical hourscomplinea copy of the service

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the service at the seventh of the canonical hours, compline Nú gebyraþ mæssepreóstum ðæt hí ða seofon tídsangas gesyngon . . . nihtsang seofoþan, L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 3-7 : R. Ben. 40, 7.

Godmundingahám

(n.)
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The speeches were so much in favour of Christianity that the creed was at once received; these speeches are particularly worthy of notice, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 17

sund-corn

(n.)
Grammar
sund-corn, es; n.
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Wið ðæt stánas on blǽdran wexen, genim ðás wyrte, Lchdm. i. 212, 7-11 (see the plate at the beginning of the volume). Sundcornes leáf, ii. 342, 9. Gif men weaxan stánas on ðære blǽdran, wyl sundcorn on ealaþ, 320, 6.

and-heáfdu

(n.)
Grammar
and-heáfdu, (-a); n. pl.
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Headlands, the unploughed ground at the end of the furrows where the plough was turned Andlang ðǽra andheáfda, C. D. v. 298, 7, 9. Be ðém andheáfdan, ii. 172, 29: iii. 193, 8: vi. 8, 27, 29 (cf. on ðá heáfda, 36).

Linked entry: on-heáfdu

be-swincan

to labour at

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Nim þín gold, þe lǽs þe hit þé losige ꝥ þú lange beswunce, 12, 219. to labour at, perform with labour Beswanc desudat, An. Ox. 8, 257.

heáfod-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-æcer, es; m.
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A strip of land, an acre in extent, lying at the head (cf. heáfod ; 2 a) of a field [and so forming its upper boundary (? cf. heáfodland)] Fines gemǽre, limites h(e)áfudland, decumanus tióðe h(e)áfudæcer, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 2-4.

Linked entry: -hafol

mæsse-steall

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-steall, es; m.
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'þæt is mid clǽne ælmessan and mid leóhte tó úrum ciricean and tó úrum mæssesteallum, Nap, 43. pápa hét hine mæssian at S. Petres weófode, Ch. 995; P. 130, 28. Hé stód æt ðám weófode swylce hé wolde mæssian, Hml. S. 21, 355

Harþacnut

(n.)
Grammar
Harþacnut, Hardacnut, es; m.

Hardacnut, son of Cnut

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And he was at once received by both English and Danes, Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 17. Hér forþferde Hardacnut cyng in this year died king Hardacnut, 1041; Erl. 167, 30

ládian

(v.)
Grammar
ládian, p. ode.

to excuseclearexculpatedefend

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Ládian be ðam deópestan áþe oððe mid þrífealdan ordále, vi. 37; Th. i. 324, 18. Gif mon cyninges þegn beteó manslihtes, gif hé hine ládian dyrre, dó hé ðæt mid xii cyninges þegnum, L. A. G. 3; Th. i. 154, 6.

Linked entries: lǽdend be-ládian