ciric-sceat
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Þæt wé eal gelǽstan on geárgerihtan þæt úre yldran ǽr Gode behétan, þæt is . . . cyricsceattas, Wlfst. 113, 11. On ðæt gerád ðet hé gesylle ǽlce geáre . . . cyresceattas and cyresceatweorc, C. D. v. 162, 26. [v. N. E. D. church-scot.]
firdian
march
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Ðá wearð se cyning swá gram ꝥ hé wolde eft in fyrdian, and þone eard fordón, 948; P. 112, 3a. of troops Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn . . . for þan þe hí sceoldon fyrdrian (fyrdian?) swá swá eall folc dyde, Hml. S. 28, ii.
ge-sóþian
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Gif hit him on gesóðod weorðe, 324, 18. to attest, bear witness to Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode eác þurh his geséð-nysse, Nap. 32, 3
ge-wlitegian
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Ðæt tácnað ðætte eal ðá gód and ðá mægenu beón gewlitegode mid ðǽre lufan Godes and monna ut omnia virtutum bona ex caritate decorentur, Past. 87, 4
hlyst
hearing ⬩ hearing ⬩ listening
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Ic syngode on gesihðe and on hlyste, eác on swæcce, on stence, and on hrepunge, Angl. xi. 112, 16. Hé his hlyst næfde, Hml. S. 21, 271. the action of hearing, hearing of something Hú ic þé mid hearpan hlyste cwéman mihte, Ps.
sellan
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Eal ꝥ flǽsc ꝥ wildeór lǽfen, ne eten gé ꝥ, ac sellað hit hundum, Ll. Th. i. 54, 2. <b>IV b.</b> add :-- Þǽr man hláf sealde tó ceápe, Hml. S. 23, 563. <b>IV d.</b> add :-- Hig sealdon þæt on tigelwyrhtena æcyr, Mt. 27, 10.
stillíce
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Gif stillíce ǽnig gebitt eác seó stefen geswíge si tacite quis orat et uox sileat, Scint. 32, 17. Þe lǽs þe þænne hé on cyricean specan ongynð, stillíce gehwilc andswarige, 'Hwý þás sylf þú ná dést ?
scearplíce
sharply, keenly, smartly, effectually, quickly ⬩ sharply, keenly ⬩ sharply, painfully
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Heó gehǽlþ ðæt sár tó ðam scearplíce, ðæt hé eác gán dyrre it heals the pain (gout) so smartly, that he may even venture to walk, 176, 8: 210, 9: Exon.
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fýst
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Ongan heó þerscan heó sylfe mid hire fýste (mid fýstum v. l.) ge eác mid hire brádum handum cum semetipsam alapis pugnisque tunderet, Gr. D. 68, 28. Gif þú gyrde habban wille, þonne wege þíne fýst swylce þú swingan wille, Tech. ii. 122, 11.
will-spryng
A well-spring, ⬩ fountain ⬩ source (lit. and fig.)
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Ðás synd ða feówer eán of ánum wyllspringe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 3. Wyllspringas ðære micelan niwelnisse fontes abyssi magnae, Gen. 7, II.. Wilspringas, 8, 2. Wæs ðæt wæter and ealle wyllspringas gehálgode þurh Cristes líchaman. Homl. Th. ii. 40, 28.
doppettan
To dip often, dip in, immerse ⬩ mersāre
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To dip often, dip in, immerse; mersāre Geseah he swymman scealfran on flóde, and gelóme doppettan adúne to grunde, éhtende þearle ðære eá fixa he saw gulls swimming on the water, and frequently dipping down to the bottom, eagerly pursuing the fishes
ge-mitting
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A meeting, an assembly; congressus Heora gemitting wæs æt Trefia ðære eá their meeting was at the river Trebia, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 90, 2: 5, 7; Bos. 106, 20, 43. Æt heora gemittinge in their meeting, 4, 6; Bos. 85, 26.
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Élíg
The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
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The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire; insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Is Élíg ðæt land on Eást-Engla mǽgþa, hú hugu syx hund hída, on eálondes gelícnesse; is eall mid fenne and mid wætere ymbseald, and fram genihtsumnesse ǽla ða ðe on ðám ylcan fennum
éþ-gesýne
Easy to be seen, visible ⬩ fácílis vīsu, vīsĭbĭlis
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Easy to be seen, visible; fácílis vīsu, vīsĭbĭlis Ðǽr biþ éþgesýne þreó tácen there shall be easy to be seen three signs, Exon. 26a; Th. 76, 6; Cri. 1235: Beo. Th. 2225; B. 1110. v. ýþ-gesýne
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ge-hrorenlic
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Perishable, transitory Þós woruld is eall for-wordenlic and gehrorenlic and gebrosnodlic and feallendlic, and eall þeós woruld is gewitenlic, Nap. 30. Sé ðe þæt þeoceð þæt hé of þysse gehrorenlican worulde þone heofonlican ríce begite, ib
lystan
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Hí eall witon þæt hý witan lyst, Solil. H. 67, 22. Ðæt hine ne lyste sum nytwyrðe weorc wyrcean agere quae debet bona dissimulat, Past. 285, 9.
ge
And ⬩ also ⬩ et
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Ge mid býsenum heofonlíces lífes ge eác mid monungum et exemplis vītæ cælestis et monitis, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 3 : 2, 12; S. 512, 30, 31. Ge ... and both ... and, Cd. 35; Th. 46, 30-33; Gen. 752, 753. Ge eác swá same and in like manner, Bt. Met.
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a-wreón
To uncover ⬩ discover ⬩ disclose ⬩ open ⬩ reveal ⬩ revelare
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Ðú ðás þing lytlingum awruge revelasti ea parvulis, 10, 21. Drihten awreáh rihtwísnysse hys Dominus revelavit justitiam suam, Ps. Spl. 97, 3. Awreóh Drihtne weg ðínne revela Domino viam tuam, Ps. Lamb. 36, 5
hofding
A chief, ⬩ captain, ⬩ principal, ⬩ ringleader
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A chief, captain, principal, ringleader Rawulf eorl and Rogcer eorl wǽron hofdingas [cf. yldast tó ðam unreode, l. 13] æt ðisan unrǽde earl Ralph and earl Roger were ringleaders in this evil counsel, Chr. 1076; Erl. 213, 31
Beám-fleót
Beamfleet [Beamfled, Hunt.] Bamfleet, Benfleet, Essex ⬩ æstuarii nomen in agro Essexiensi, hodie Benfleet
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Bamfleet, Benfleet, Essex; æstuarii nomen in agro Essexiensi, hodie Benfleet Hie fóron eást to Beámfleóte they marched east to Benfleet, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 15