ge-stingan
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To stab, pierce by thrusting Hé wæs mid spere on hys sýdan gestungen, Ll. Th. ii. 416, 31. Áhsa hwæþer hé ǽfre ware slegen on þá sídan oððe gestungen. Lch. ii. 258, 24
niþer-flór
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A lower floor, a room downstairs Gelógode Benedictus hine sylfne on sumes stýpeles úpflóra, and Seruandus gereste hine on þǽre nyðerflóre þæs ylcan stýpeles ( in turris inferioribus), Gr. D. 170, 17. Nyðerflóra, 20
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rád
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A condition, stipulation Hé .cccccc. gísla on his geweald underfǽng on ꝥ rád (gerád, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 4) ꝥ hié heora seoþþan éce þeówas wǽran, Mod. Lang. Review, viii. 62, 26
stán-hlinc
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A stony hlinc (q. v.) On stánhlinces ende, C. D. iii. 82, 6. On ðone stánhlinc; ðonne of stánhlince, 414, 16. Of ðǽre ǽc tó stánhlincan; of stánhlincan tó reáde burnan, 78, 36
ofer-swíðe
Over-much, too much
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Over-much, too much Sý hé snotor and ná oferswíðe ne þreáge, R. Ben. 121, 3. Ða heáfodmen lufedon swíðe and oferswíðe gítsunge on golde and on seolfre. Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 5
tóþ-wyrm
A worm in a tooth
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A worm in a tooth Wið tóþwærce, gif wyrm ete ða léð . . . Wið tóðwyrmum . . . lǽt reócan on ðone múð, dó blæc hrægl under, ðonne feallaþ ða wyrmas on, Lchdm. ii. 50, 10-20
ge-winde
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adj Ðá hit wæs wel gewinde on ða burh when the wind was in the right quarter [for blowing the flames] on to the town; ventum opportunum, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 25
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æl-fylc
a foreign land ⬩ aliena provincia ⬩ foreigners ⬩ a foreign army ⬩ an enemy ⬩ peregrinus exercitus ⬩ hostes
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a foreign land; aliena provincia Ðæt hie on ælfylce on Danubie stæðe wícedon till they encamped in the foreign land on the banks of the Danube, Elen. Kmbl. 72; El. 36. foreigners, a foreign army, an enemy; peregrinus exercitus, hostes Ðæt he wið ælfylcum
cerran
To turn, return ⬩ verti, reverti
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To turn, return; verti, reverti On wóh cerde turned to wrong, deviated; deviavit, Cot. 61. Cer ðé on bæcling turn thee behind, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 26; Sat. 698. Hió cerrende Criste hérdon they returning obeyed Christ, Ps. C. 50, 56; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 56
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ciric-þénung
Church-duty or service ⬩ ecclesiæ ministerium
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Church-duty or service; ecclesiæ ministerium We lǽraþ ðæt preóstas on ciricþénungum ealle án dreógan, and beón efenweorþe on geáres fæce on eallum ciricþénungum eve enjoin that priests in church-duties all perform service at the same time, and, in the
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dohtig
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DOUGHTY, valiant, good; fortis, valĭdus, probus Forþférde Hacun, se dohtiga eorl, on sǽ Hakon, the doughty earl, died at sea, Chr. 1030: Erl. 162, 40. Ðyssa þinga is gecnǽwe ǽlc dohtig man on Cent [MS. Kænt] and on Súþ-Seaxum [MS. -Sexan] every good
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palent
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A palace On ðam mǽran palente ðǽr ðǽr se cyning was oftost wunigende, Anglia ix. 28, 31. Ðæt seó cwén ne cume nǽfre heononforþ intó ðínum pallente, 29, 64. On stréte oððe on palentan, Lchdm. iii. 206, 6. Æt ðæs cáseres palendsan (palentsan, Bos.), Ors
be-sengan
To singe, scorch, burn ⬩ ustulare, urere, æstuare
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To singe, scorch, burn; ustulare, urere, æstuare Beren ear beseng singe a barley ear, L. M. 1, 51; Lchdm. ii. 124, 18. Óðra wéron forberned oððe besenged [MS. besenced] alia æstuaverunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 6. Hí besáwon on ða besengdan burh and on ða
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eást-weg
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Substitute: A way to or in the east; in pl. eastern parts, the east Þonan mæg hé on eástwegum síð behealdan hwonne swegles tapur hǽdre blíce (cf. hwan sie ( the Magi ) an óstarwegun gisáhin kumbal liuhtian hédro, Hél. 634), Ph. 113. Hí gelǽddon on langne
for-sendan
exile ⬩ banish ⬩ to throw away ⬩ cast away ⬩ destroy
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Add: to send away from a country, exile, banish Þisne æþeling Cnut cyng hæfde forsend on Ungerland, Chr. 1057; P. 188, 9. to throw away, cast away. lit. Hét hé hym gebyndan ánne ancran on hys sweoran and hyne forsendan on sǽ, Shrn. 150, 20. fig. to
lást
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Lést orbita Germ. 400, 102. Lást orbitae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 73. ¶ on lást afterwards, at last :-- Heó on lást tiliað tó cwémanne Gode and mannum mid wordum postea in ore suo benedicent Ps. Th. 48, 12. Paulus férde wíde geond þás woruld oð þæt hé on lást
sǽ-deór
A sea-beast
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A sea-beast (cf. Milton's 'that sea-beast Leviathan') Hine swencte on sunde sǽdeór monig, Beo. Th. 3025; B. 1510. Hé hét his ágene men hine sændan on ðone sǽ, and ða sǽdeór hine sóna forswulgon, Shrn. 54, 27. Hý mon wearp in sǽdeóra seáþ, 133, 11. Gif
gealga
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On gealgan treówe (cf. galga-tré in Dict.) patibulo An. Ox. 391. Róde gelgan gabuli patibulo 3089. Þá gefæstnodon hí hine on róde gealgan . . . Hé þǽre róde gealgan underféng, Hml. Th. i. 588, 16-19: Bl. H. 27, 28: 97, 11. On galgan geworhtre eculei (
Cofer-flód
The sea of Galilee ⬩ Galilæum mare
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The sea of Galilee; Galilæum mare Ic fare on wæteres hricg ofer Coferflód, Caldéas sécan I depart upon the water's back over the sea of Galilee, to seek the Chaldeans Salm. Kmbl. 39; Sal. 20. Ðú gewítest on Wendelsǽ, ofer Coforflód, cýððe sécean thou
scrift-scír
The district in which a confessor exercises his functions
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The district in which a confessor exercises his functions Gif préost on his scriftscíre ǽnigne man wite Gode oferhýre, L. Edg. C. 6; Th. ii. 244, 22: 9; Th. ii. 246, 12: 15; Th. ii. 246, 26. Sacerda gehwylc on his scriftscíre, Wulfst. 79, 17. Sacerdum