Æsces dún
ASHDOWN
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Æsces dúne A.D. 871, here fought king Æthelred and Alfred, his brother, with all the army [of the Danes], on Ashdown, Chr. 871; Th. 139, 5, col. 1
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cicel
A morsel, little mouthful, cake ⬩ buccella, placenta
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Gemenged wið meolowe and to cicle abacen mingled with meal and baked to a cake, Med. ex Quadr. 9, 17; Lchdm. i. 364, 14. Bac hym ánne cicel bake him a cake, Lchdm. iii. 134, 20: L. M. 1, 46; Lchdm. ii. 114, 25: Lchdm. iii. 30, 19, 26: 96, 17
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wídness
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Ðæt eástportic wæs on lenge twéntig fæðma be ðæs temples wídnysse, and wæs týn fæðma wíd. Homl. Th. ii. 578, 10-13
eág-sealf
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Ðis is seó séleste eáhsalf wið éhwærce, Lch. i. 374, 1. Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wiþ ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon, iii. 292, 1: 4, 4. His man brúceþ on eágsealfe, i. 334, 4. Ðis mæg tó eáhsalfe, 374, 14. Nim þǽr góde eáhsealfe, iii. 292, 15, 18.
for-syngian
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Substitute: To make sinful; reflex, to sin Gif hé hine sylfne wið God forsyngað, Wlfst, 280, 8. ¶ forsyngod burdened with sin, sinful :-- Swá se man sý swýðor forsingod, swá he geornor Godes hús séce, Wlfst. 155, 8.
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heáh-biscop
An archbishop, chief bishop, pontiff
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Wih. pref.; Th. i. 36, 8. Mid geþeahte Wulfhelmes mínes héhbisceopes with the counsel of Wulfhelm my archbishop, L. Ath. prm; Th. i. 194, 13. Se heáhbiscop and se hálga Wilfriþ Antistes eximius Vilfrid, Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 41.
on-bíd
Awaiting, expectation
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Hé on tweógendlícan onbíde wæs hwæðer hé wið Rómánum winnan dorste he was waiting in doubt (cunctans) whether he durst fight with the Romans, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 29
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sliccan
to strike, slap
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Gif hwilc slicþ eacniende wíf 21, 22. (cf. colloquial lick = to beat. Halliwell gives slick as an Oxfordshire word for a blow, slap)
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hǽþen-nes
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And ðæt wit deodan . . . for ðon ðe wit nolðan ðæt ðás hálgan beoc lencg in ðǽre haeðenesse wunoden, Txts. 175, 4-7
Linked entry: hǽþen-dóm
freoðu-webbe
A peace-weaver ⬩ woman ⬩ pācis textrix ⬩ conciliatrix ⬩ mŭlier
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Widsíþ mid Ealhhilde, fǽlre freoðuwebban, hám gesóhte Eormanríces Widsith with Ealhild, faithful peace-weaver, sought the home of Ermanric, Exon. 84 b; Th. 319, 2; Wíd. 6. v. Grm. And. u. El. 144
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stód
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Ic gean mínum wífe healfes ðæs stódes æt Trostingtúne and mínum geféran healfes ðe mé mid rídaþ, and fó mín wíf tó healfum ðe on wealde is, and mín dohter tó healfum, iv. 300, 28. Ðat stód ðe ic ðér habbe, Chart. Th. 574, 20
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heáfod-gemaca
An equal, a mate, fellow
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Feówra sum his heáfodgemacene with three of his equals, L. Wih. 19, 21; Th. i. 40, 17, 21. Mid heora heáfodgemacum cum suis similibus, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 8
CEOLE
The throat, JOWL ⬩ guttur, fauces
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Wið ceolan swile for swelling of throat, 1, 12; Lchdm. ii. 54, 23; 56, 2.
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tǽlness
Reproach, slander, calumny, detraction
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Ða ðe tǽlnessa teónan wið heora ðam néhstan níð áhófan detrahentem adversus proximum suum, Ps. Th. 100, 4. Ðú tǽlnissum wiþ ða sélestan sacan ongunne, Exon. Th. 254, 31; Jul. 205. Tǽlnyssa (télnisse, Ps. Surt.) vituperationem, Ps. Spl. 30, 16
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eorl
a hero
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Gif wið eorles birele man geligeð .xii. scill. gebéte. Gif wið ceorles birelan man geligeð .vi. scillingum gebéte, 6, 11.
swíþ-líc
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Hig cumaþ mid swíðlícum ǽhtum ( cum magna substantia ), Gen. 15, 14. with the idea of violent disturbance, violent, strong (of storm, wind, etc.) Reóhnys swýðlíc tempestas valida, Ps. Lamb. 49, 3. Swégde swíðlíc wind of ðam wéstene, Homl.
ge-hrínan
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Suá huæd ðǽm gihríned bið quicquid eo tactum fuerit Rtl. 121, 7. to have intercourse with. Cf. wíf-gehrine Sé ðe gihríne;ð portcuoene qui adheret meretrici Rtl. 106, 30
cliroc
A clerk, priest ⬩ clericus
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Wih. 19; Th. i. 40, 17
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fylle-seócnys
The falling sickness ⬩ epilepsy ⬩ ĕpĭlepsia ⬩ ἐπιληψία
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The falling sickness, epilepsy; ĕpĭlepsia = ἐπιληψία Wið fylleseócnysse for the falling sickness, Herb. 61, 3; Lchdm. i. 164, 9