smeócan
To smoke, emit smoke ⬩ To smoke, fumigate ⬩ fumo, fumigo
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Stud. ix. 40. Smeócende (smécende, Lind. : smíkende, Rush.) flex linum fumigans Mt. Kmbl. 12, 20. trans. To smoke, fumigate Smeóc ðone man mid gáte hǽrum Lchdm. i. 352, 1. Smeóce mid hǽþe 354, 23. Heortes hǽr beóþ swíðe, góde mid tó smeócanne 338, 4
hálig-nes
holiness, sanctity ⬩ a holy thing, relic ⬩ a holy place, sanctuary
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Th. 88, 32. a holy thing, relic Seó hálignis the relic, St. And. 42, 7. Ic háte ðé Veronix ðæt ðú ágif mé ða hálignysse ðe ðú myd ðé hæfst.
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wuldor
Glory ⬩ vainglory
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Wuldres þegnas (St. Matthew and St. Andrew), Andr. Kmbl. 2052 ; An. 1028. Seó fǽmne, wuldres wynmǽg (Guihlac's sister, seó Cristes þeówe, Guthl. 20 ; Gdwin. 92, 2), Exon. Th. 182, 32; Gú. 1319: (St. Juliana), 278, 20; Jul. 600: 269, 23; Jul. 474.
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felgan
To stick to ⬩ betake oneself to ⬩ go or come under, below or beneath anything ⬩ to go into ⬩ enter a place ⬩ to undergo ⬩ inhærēre ⬩ sŭbīre ⬩ ināre ⬩ intrāre
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To stick to, betake oneself to, go or come under, below or beneath anything, to go into, enter a place, to undergo; inhærēre, sŭbīre, ināre, intrāre Óþ he on fleáme fealh until he betook himself to flight, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 89, 42.
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heolfor
Blood from a wound ⬩ gore ⬩ cruor
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Blood from a wound, gore; cruor Blód út ne com heolfor of hreþre ðeáh mec bite stíðecg stýle there came not out blood or gore from my breast though the steel with stiff edge bit me, Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 9; Rä. 88, 13.
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ge-bylded
Emboldened ⬩ encouraged ⬩ animated ⬩ corrōbĕrātus ⬩ anĭmātus
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He wið mongum stód ealdfeónda elne gebylded he stood against many of the old fiends, emboldened with courage, Exon. 39 b; Th. 130, 31; Gú. 446.
steór-róðor
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Steórróðre (stiór-, Cott. MS.), 35, 5; Fox 164, 28. Swelce se stióra slépe and forlure ðæt stiórróður ( clavum ) . . . Se déþ swá se stióra ðe ðæt stiórróðor forliésþ, Past. 56, 3; Swt. 431, 30-33
swíþlíce
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Ðá wunode se hálga wer on ancerlífe swíðlíce stíðe, Homl.
þwítan
To thwite ⬩ to cut ⬩ cut off
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To thwite (still in some dialects, e.g. Lancashire), to cut, cut off Þwíteþ, Exon. Th. 354, 50; Reim. 63. Monige of åam treówe ðæs hálgan Cristes mǽles spónas and sceafþan nimaþ (spónas ðwítaþ, MS.
geómrian
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Ðá ic þá ðis leóþ geómriende ásungen hæfde haec dum querimoniam lacrymabilem styli officio designarem, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 16. Ǽfre ic wurðe syððan geómriende deducetis canos meos cum dolore ad inferos, Gen. 42, 38.
heald
inclined ⬩ inclined to
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On ðá healdan stíge, iii. 462, 11. figurative. inclined to Ꝥ ǽlc gesceaft bið heald onlocen (-loten?) wiþ hyre gecynde, Bt. 25; F. 88, 7. that tends to mean things Þá healdan divexa (ardua sectari necnon devexa cavere, Ald. 157, 2), Wrt.
land-leód
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Næs ná ꝥ án ꝥ seó stów wæs ungewunelic, ac eác swilce uncúð þám landleódum him selfum, Hml. S. 23 b, 107. Landleóde indigenas An. Ox. 17, 18
stów
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Dele weall in the compounds. add: with reference to material things Momentum ys gewyss stów þǽre sunnan on heofenum, Angl. viii. 318, 4. with reference to non-material things Sume úre déningbéc onginnað on Adventum Domini; nis ðeáh þǽr for ðý ðæs geáres
hæftan
To seize, bind, arrest, make captive, imprison ⬩ to bind, fetter
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Seó stów ðe ðú nú on hæft eart the place in which you are now imprisoned, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 27. Hæft mid hringa gesponne bound with the clasp of rings, Cd. 25; Th. 47, 17; Gen. 762.
ort-geard
An orchard, garden
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Seó eorþe stód mid holtum ágrówen . . . mid æppelbǽrum treówum and mid orcgeardum, Hexam. 6; Norm. 12, 6
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.
leng
Length ⬩ height ⬩ stature
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Seó sunne stód stille ánes dæges lencge [længce, MS. M.] the sun stood still for the length of one day, Lchdm. iii. 262, 9. Dó ðus ða lange ðe hit beþurfe do thus for the length of time that is necessary, 114, 18.
stille
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Still, quiet. in a physical sense, of motion, without motion, at rest, not moving from a place, not disturbed Seó sunne stód stille ánes dæges lencge, Lchdm. iii. 262, 8. Swá hé stille stande, ðǽr hine storm ne mæg áwecgan, Andr.
merigen
morning ⬩ the morning of the next day ⬩ morrow
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Ðá se mergen geworden wæs when it was morning, St. And. 10, 3. Mergen þridda, Cd. 8; Th. 10, 11; Gen. 155: Beo. Th. 4213; B. 2103: 4255; B. 2124. Merien mane, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 53. On mergenne mane, Ps. Spl. 91, 2: Ps. Th. 54, 17: 89, 16: Beo.
Crúland
- Gib. Chr. explicatio, p. 22, col. 1
CROWLAND or CROYLAND ⬩ Lincolnshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi
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CROWLAND or CROYLAND, Lincolnshire; loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi St. Guthlac, hermit of Crowland, passed a great part of his life and died here in A. D. 714. After his death, king Æthelbald of Mercia founded a monastery at Crowland in A.