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ǽr-hwílum

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽr-hwílum, adv.

In earlier times, formerly

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Oft ic nú miscyrre cúðe sprǽce, and þeáh uncúðre ǽrhwílum quondam fond, Met. 2, 9

Linked entry: hwílum

rocc

(n.)
Grammar
rocc, what is chewed (?),
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a cud (?) Edreced roc rumen (cf. edreceþ, ceóweþ ruminet, l. 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 18

un-dirne

(adv.)
Grammar
un-dirne, adv.

Openlyclearlyplainly

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Openly, clearly, plainly Wearð ylda bearnum undyrne cúð ðætte Grendel wan wið Hróðgár, Beo. Th. 303; B. 150: 825; B. 410

hús-hláford

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Add: — Eustachius gelǽdde hí meó his gesthúse. and . . . cwæð tó þám húshláforde : ' þás men synd mé cúðe . . . gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre,' Hml. S. 30, 259

ge-reord

Grammar
ge-reord, speech.
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cúðon ealle woruldlice gereord, Hml. Th. i. 298, 7: ii. 202, 20: Ll. Th. ii. 370, 27. v. Læden-gereord, scop-gereord

cwidu

(n.)

what is chewed, a cud,QUID,

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what is chewed, a cud,QUID,, L. M. 2, 3; Lchdm. ii. 182, 3: 2. 4 ; Lchdm. ii. 182, 17

fullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fullíce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Fullyperfectlycompletelyplēneperfecte

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Fully, perfectly, completely; plēne, perfecte Se ðe Englisc fullíce ne cúðe qui Anglōrum linguam perfecte non nōvĕrat, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 39: 2, 3; S. 504, 32. Fullícor plēnius, 4, 25; S. 600, 10

sǽ-flota

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-flota, an; m.

A ship

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A ship Næs him cúð hwá ðam sǽflotan sund wísode, Andr. Kmbl. 761; An. 381. [Cf. He makede muchul sæflot, Laym. 4530.]

rǽd-geþeaht

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-geþeaht, es; n.
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Héht gefetigean tó rúne ðone ðe rǽdgeþeaht þurh gleáwe miht georne cúðe, 2322; El. 1162

geómore

(adv.)
Grammar
geómore, geómre; adv.
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Sadly, mournfully Wearð undyrne cúð, gyddum geómore, þætte Grendel wan wið Hróðgár, B. 151. Þǽr wæs tóða geheáw hlúde and geómre, Sat. 340

Linked entry: geómre

ǽ-menne

(n.)
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ǽlces óðres þinges ista solitudinem meram desiderant and fæáwa cúðe men.’ Ðá cwæð ic: ‘Ic nebbe nán ðára ne ðonne ǽmenne ne óðera manna fultum ne dýgela stówe,’ Shrn. 165, 8-12

Linked entry: -menne

ofer-firr

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-firr, e; f.

Too great distance

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Too great distance Hit is feáwum mannum cúð for ðære oferfyrre insula Thule, quae per infinitum a ceteris separata, vix paucis nota habetur, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 21

Linked entry: firr

organ

(n.)
Grammar
organ, es; m.

A song

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Gif hé ðæs organes ówiht cúðe, 65 ; Sal. 33. Organa swég ðe from englum biþ sungen, L. E. I. pref. ; Th. ii. 400, II

frig

(n.)
Grammar
frig, frigu ? e; f.

Loveaffectionfavourămor

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Love, affection, favour; ămor Sió weres friga wiht ne cúðe she knew nothing of the love [affections] of man, Exon. 13 b; Th. 26, 19; Cri. 419. Ðæt wæs geworden bútan weres frigum that was done without the favours of man, 8 b; Th. 3, 17; Cri. 37

weorold-scír

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-scír, e; f.
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Worldly business, secular office On þám woruldscírum (negotiis secularibus) wé beóð full oft geneádode ꝥ we dód þá þing þe ús is genóh cúð ꝥ wé ná ne sceoldon, Gr. D. 3, 7

grunian

(v.)
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Gl. 507, 15. to make a noise when chewing the cud (?) Grunað ruminat, Scint. 54, 15

ráwan

(v.)
Grammar
ráwan, (?) to cut in strips (?) (v. rǽw.) Cf. Geráwende infindens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 24. Geráwende slítende and ceorfende infindens, 47, 22. Gerǽwen hrægel
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segmentata vestis, i. 40, 10

ǼL

(n.)
Grammar
ǼL, es; m.

An EELanguilla

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Ac seó þeód ðone cræft ne cúðo ðæs fiscnóðes nymþe to ǽlum ánum sed piscandi peritia genti nutta nisi ad anguillas tantum inerat, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 43. Smæl ǽl a small eel, Cot. 161

Linked entries: éle fisc

cinnan

(v.)
Grammar
cinnan, ic cinne, ðú cinnest, he cinneþ, cinniþ, cinnaþ; ic, he can, ðú cunne, cunnon; cunnen

To generate, procreategenerare, procreare

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For cúðe the weak p. of cunnan, v. the inf. cunnan. Exon. 94b; Th. 354, 28; Reim. 52

ed-roc

(n.)
Grammar
ed-roc, es; m.

A chewing again, chewing the cud, considering rūmen, rumĭnātio

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A chewing again, chewing the cud, considering; rūmen, rumĭnātio Wasend vel edroc rūmen, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 116; Wrt. Voc. 43, 43. Cíwung vel edroc, vel aceócung rumĭnātio, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 121, 122; Wrt. Voc. 54, 62