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á-speoftan

(v.)
Grammar
á-speoftan, (-speóftan?, -speáftan?); p. -speaft

To spit out

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To spit out Áspeaft (-speoft, R.) expuit, Jn. L. 9, 6

neom

(v.)
Grammar
neom, neam, nam = ne eom

am notis not

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am not, is not Ðæs gescý neom (nam, Lind.: næm, Rush.) ic wyrðe tó berenne, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 11. Neam ic non sum, Ps. Surt. 118, 30. Sí eówer sprǽc: Hyt ys, hyt ys;nyt nys, hyt nys, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 37. Nis álýfed it is not allowed, Homl. Th. i. 94. 29

Linked entry: nis

wæter-bucca

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-bucca, an; m.

An aquatic insect, a water-spider

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An aquatic insect, a water-spider Wæter-buc[c]a vel[wæter]gát tippula, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 14

Linked entries: bucca wæter-gát

a-hón

(v.)
Grammar
a-hón, to a-hónn; ic -hó, ðú -héhst, he -héhþ; impert. -hóh; p. -héng,-héncg, pl. -héngon; pp. -hongen, -hangen

To hangcrucifysuspenderecrucifigere

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To hang, crucify; suspendere, crucifigere He Andreas hát ahón on heáhne beám he commanded to hang Andrew on a high tree, Exon. 70a; Th. 261, 3; Jul. 309: Gen. 40, 19. Ic ahó suspendo; ic ahéncg suspendi, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 12. Sealde heom to ahónne

bed-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
bed-cófa, l. -cofa; m.; -cofe; f. , and add
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Bedcofa cubiculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 8. Bedcof[a] cubile, Gern. 388, 10. Hyt ys belocen on mýnre bedcofan, Hml. A. 189, 242

þreáp

(n.)

a troopband

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a troop, band Þreápum commanipularibus, sociis (perhaps heápum should be read, cf. efenheápum conmanipularibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 27; or þreátum; Similar entries v. þreát: but þreáp may have a double sense as þreát has (see, too, þreápian, þreátian);

neó-fugol

(n.)
Grammar
neó-fugol, <b>né-fugol,</b> es; m.

A bird that feeds on carriona vulture or crow

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A bird that feeds on carrion, a vulture or crow Néfuglas sittaþ þeódherga wæl þicce gefylled carrion-birds sit gorged with the slain, Cd. Th. 130, 12; Gen. 2158

Linked entry: né-fugol

bíg-nes

(n.)
Grammar
bíg-nes, -ness, e; f.

A bending, bowingflexio

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A bending, bowing; flexio Se earm nǽnige bígnesse on ðam elnbogan hæfde brachium nihil prorsus in cubito flexionis habuit, xBd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23

Linked entry: býgnes

unlyb-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
unlyb-wyrhta, an; m.

A poison-makerone who prepares poisons for purposes of witchcrafta sorcerer

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A poison-maker, one who prepares poisons for purposes of witchcraft, a sorcerer Unlybwyrhta veneficus, Wrt. Voc, i. 74, 39. Wyccan and wælcyrian and unlybwyrhtan, Wulfst. 298, 19. Antecrist hæfð mid him drýmen and unlybwyrhtan and wígleras and ða ðe

Linked entry: lyb-wyrhta

á-wyht

(adv.; pronoun.)
Grammar
á-wyht, [ = á-wiht]

Aughtanythingat all

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Aught, anything; at all Ne hí for áwyht eorþan cyste ða sélestan geseón woldan pro nihilo habuerunt terram desiderabilem, Ps. Th. 105, 20: 103, 9: 113,14

cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwom, pl. cwómon came; venit, venerunt; have the same meanings as the contracted forms com, pl. cómon, p. of cuman , q. v. The p. indic., pl. cwómon,-an, -un; p. subj.
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Ðá hleóðor cwom when the sound came, Cd. 181; Th. 226, 29; Dan. 178. Ðá ðú ǽrest cwóme when thou first camest, Exon. 39a; Th. 129, 25; Gú. 426. Hwonne bearn Godes cwóme when the child of God should have come, 10a; Th. 10, 6; Cri. 148. To Hierasalem cwómon

á-wuht

(n.; pronoun.)
Grammar
á-wuht, [ = á-wiht]

Aughtanythingat allby any meansaliquidomninoullo modo

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Aught, anything; at all, by any means; aliquid; omnino, ullo modo Ne meahte on ðære eorþan áwuht libban nor might aught live on the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 214; Met. 20, 107: 11, 18; Met. 11, 9: 18, 14; Met. 18, 7: Cd. 25; Th. 32, 1; Gen. 496

Linked entry: á-uht

adesa

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Adesa ascia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 20. A&sa dolatorium, ascia, Hpt. 33, 250, 10. Mid adesan ascia, Ps. Th. Spl. L. 76, 6. Eadesan, Ps. Srt. Adosan, Bd. 4, 3; M. 264, 6. Hé sceal habban æcse, adsan, bil, Angl. ix. 263, 1. Add

á-wár

(adv.)
Grammar
á-wár, adv. [ = á-wǽr = á-hwǽr]

Anywherealicubi

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Anywhere; alicubi Swilce he áwár wǽre, ǽrðan ðe he geboren wǽre as if he were anywhere, before he was born, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 19

a-flyge

(n.)
Grammar
a-flyge, es; m. [a, flyge a flight]

A flyingflightvolatus

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A flying, flight; volatus

a-geofan

(v.)
Grammar
a-geofan, = a-gifan,

to restoregive backrepay

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to restore, give back, repay,Heming, p. 104

a-wrygenes

(n.)
Grammar
a-wrygenes, = a-wrigenes

a discoveryrevealing

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a discovery, revealing

a-þoht

(n.)
Grammar
a-þoht, es ; m. [a out, þoht a thought]

A thinking outan excogitationa devicean inventioncommentum

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A thinking out, an excogitation, a device, an invention; commentum, Cot. 35

a-dréfed

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-dréfed, = a-drǽfed; pp. of a-drǽfan.

driven

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driven,Chr. 790; Th. 99, 20, col. 2

a-hefen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-hefen, = a-hafen

raised upexalted

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raised up, exalted,Lk. Lind. War. 13, 13: Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 3. col. 2;