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yndan

Grammar
yndan, in ða belocenan yndan wega conpeta clausa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 11.
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For betýndan? cf. betýndan wega gelǽtan competa clausa, 132, 52

fræne

Grammar
fræne, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 55, is Latin. Cf. oreae, frenae. Corp. Gl. H. 87. 259. Cf. too Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 43 where Latin frena
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is given as an English gloss to pugula

-rís

(suffix)
Grammar
-rís, v. ge-rís rabies, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 67. Cf. rísan
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to seize

mearcere

(n.)
Grammar
mearcere, es; m.

A notary ⬩ writer

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A notary, writer Mærcerum, wrí[terum] notariis, Hpt. Gl. 528, 67

a-wrehte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-wrehte, a-wreht

aroused ⬩ awoke ⬩ suscitavit ⬩ suscitatus

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aroused, awoke; suscitavit, suscitatus,Jn. Bos. 12, 1 ;

for-wríðan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wríðan, p. -wráþ, pl. -wridon; pp. -wriden

To bind up ⬩ stanch ⬩ oblĭgāre ⬩ supprĭmĕre

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To bind up, stanch; oblĭgāre, supprĭmĕre Gif ðú ne mǽge blód-dolh forwríðan if thou canst not stanch a blood-running wound, L. M. 3, 52; Lchdm. ii. 340, 19

collon-cróh

Grammar
collon-cróh, -cróg. l. -croh, -crog, for Cot. 140 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 41,
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and add Colloncroh achillea, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 35: nimphea, Lch. iii. 304, col. 1

pluccian

(v.)
Grammar
pluccian, ploccan. l. ploccian, and for the gloss at Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 59
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substitute Ploccaþ discerpit, lacerat, tóslít, devorat, carpit.Add:

ofer-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread

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Geswinc welera heora oferwríhþ (-wríð. Ps. Surt.: -wrýhþ. Ps. Spl.) hí labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos, 139, 10. Oferwríhþ (-wríð. Ps. Surt.: -wrýcþ, Ps. Spl.) operit, 146, 8. Oferwríhþ operit, Kent. Gl. 323.

wræc-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-síþ, es; m.

travel in a foreign land ⬩ peregrination ⬩ pilgrimage ⬩ exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness

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travel in a foreign land, peregrination, pilgrimage Hí noldon geþafian ðæt swá getogen mann (Gregory) ða burh forléte, and swá fyrlen wræcsíð genáme, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 15. Gif hwá weófodþén áfylle, sý hé útlah, búton hé þurh wræcsíð (wrec-, v. l. )

a-wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wreccan, p. -wrehte; pp. -wreht; v. a.

To arouse ⬩ awake ⬩ revive ⬩ excitare ⬩ suscitare

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To arouse, awake, revive; excitare, suscitare Ic wylle gán and awreccan hyne of slǽpe vado ut a somno excitem eum, Jn. Bos. 11, 11. Ðe se Hǽlend awrehte quem suscitavit Jesus, 12, 1

Linked entry: a-wrehte

sunn-treów

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-treów, (?). In Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 3 origia is glossed by sun*-*treów. Cockayne suggests,
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oryza sum treów, Lchdm. iii. 346, col. 1

treppe

(n.)
Grammar
treppe, træppe (v. (?) colte-træppe ( = colt-trap ?) ramnus, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 47), an; f.
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A trap Ic beswíce fugelas mid treppan decipio aves decipula, Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 15

Linked entry: træppe

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Substitute: To mix, blend Geblonden infectum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 77. Geblanden, 45, 17: confectum, 14, 49. to mix with :-- Is him þæt heáfod hindan gréne, wrǽtlíce wrixled wurman geblonden, Ph. 294. to mix things that should be kept separate :-- Ðona

bi-wríhan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-wríhan, p. -wráh, pl. -wrigon; pp. -wrigen

To cover

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To cover

twaltiga

(n.)
Grammar
twaltiga, palma, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 14, apparently an error for palm-twig, q. v.

eástan-súþan

(adj.)
Grammar
eástan-súþan, south-eastern, Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 66, 86; Wrt. Voc. 36, 12. v. eástan; adj.

-estre

(suffix)
Grammar
-estre, -istre, -ystre, an; f. are the feminine terminations of nouns of action, same as the Latin -ix and English -ess; as Fiðelestre a female fiddler. Wrt. Voc. 73, 62: hleápestre a female dancer, 73, 71: lǽrestre an instructress: myltestre meretrix vel scortum, Wrt. Voc. 86, 72: rǽdistre a female reader, Wrt. Voc. 72, 7: sangestre [MS. sangystre] a songstress, Wrt. Voc. 72, 5: seámestre

a seamstress

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a seamstress, 74, 13

Linked entries: -istre berþ-estre

eal-seolcen

(adj.)
Grammar
eal-seolcen, adj. All-silken; holosērĭcus = ὁλοσηρικός, Ælfc. Gl. 62; Som. 68, 92; Wrt. Voc. 40, 3.

Linked entry: seolucen

brǽc

(n.)
Grammar
brǽc, braccæ, Som. femoralia,
  • Wrt. Voc. 81, 63
, = bréc; pl. of bróc, f.

breeches

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breeches ;

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