ealfara
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(where the word is connected with Spanish (from Arabic) al-faras)
wæstm-leás
Without fruit(lit. or fig.)
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Ðæt word westem*-*leás geweorðæd verbum sine fructu efficitur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 22. Ðí læs ðe se Hláford ús wæstmleáse geméte, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 27. [Itt liþ uss wasstmeleas off alle gode dedess, Orm. 13858.]
æncnetrym
a narrow step ⬩ a little bit
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The word pedetemptim (An. Ox. 7, 221: 8, 165) is glossed by this form in the passage: Qui pedetemptim in pubertatis primordio instrumentis medicinallbus imbuti, Ald. 41, 33
Linked entry: trem
wíf-leás
Without a wife ⬩ unmarried
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P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 3. ] See also next word
spracen
The berry-bearing alder ⬩ rhamnus frangula.
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The word glosses apeletum in Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 83 : ii. 8, 4 3, for alnetum (Cockayne) Genim spracen berindred, Lchdm. ii. 58, 8: 66, 3
á-stihting
Instigation
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Gl. 469, 65.Napier (v. note) takes the word as an error for átihtinge, but cf. Paulus for his líchaman stihtunga bæd, (de carnis suae stimulo) Gr. D. 166, 25.]
trucian
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to fail in doing something Ne trucaþ heora nan ána ðurh unmihte ac ðurh gecynde ánre Godcundnysse hí wyrcaþ ealle ǽfre án weorc no one of them alone fails through want of power, but through the nature of one divinity they all work always the same work
ge-bǽru
BEARING ⬩ state ⬩ habit or disposition of body or mind ⬩ manner ⬩ conduct ⬩ behaviour ⬩ demeanour ⬩ manners in society ⬩ society ⬩ gestus ⬩ hăbĭtus ⬩ mōres ⬩ consortium ⬩ consuētūdo
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BEARING, state, habit or disposition of body or mind, manner, conduct, behaviour, demeanour, manners in society, society; gestus, hăbĭtus, mōres, consortium, consuētūdo Biþ swá fæger fugles gebǽru the bird's bearing [demeanour] is so pleasing, Exon.
Linked entries: ge-bǽre ge-bǽrness
and-git
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Wendan hwílum word be worde, hwílum andgit of andgite, Past. 7, 20. Ǽrendgewrit on þyson andgite gediht a letter to this effect, Hml. S. 23, 792. Hé áwrát be sumum ðegene þisum andgite reccende, Hml. Th. ii. 356, 22.
Linked entry: on-gitenness
sucga
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[In later times the word seems to apply to the whitethroat, which is called hazeck (Worcest.) and hay sucker (Devon), and to the hedge-sparrow, isaac or hazock (Worcest.), segge (Devon), E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, pp. 23, 29.
Linked entry: sugga
heáf
Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing
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Wóp and heáf micel ploratus et ululatus multus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 2, 18. Ðǽr biþ heáf illic erit fletus, 24, 51. Nis hér nǽnig wóp ne nǽnig heáf gehýred there is no weeping nor wailing heard here, Blickl.
Linked entry: heóf
a-beódan
To announce ⬩ relate ⬩ declare ⬩ offer ⬩ command ⬩ referre ⬩ nuntiare ⬩ annuntiare ⬩ edicere ⬩ offerre ⬩ jubere
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To announce, relate, declare, offer, command; referre, nuntiare, annuntiare,edicere, offerre, jubere Ðæt he wolde ðæt ǽrende abeódan that he would declare the errand, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 20: Cd. 91; Th. 11514 ; Gen. 1919: 200; Th. 248, 9; Dan. 510
Linked entry: a-boden
æfesen
Pasturage ⬩ the charge for pigs going into the wood to fatten on acorns ⬩ pasnagium ⬩ pretium propter porcos in quercetum admissos
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Pasturage, the charge for pigs going into the wood to fatten on acorns; pasnagium, pretium propter porcos in quercetum admissos Gif mon níme æfesne on swínum if [a man] any one take pasturage on swine, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 18
Linked entry: æbesen
ceáp-sceamul
A toll-booth, custom-house, treasury ⬩ mercatorium scabellum, telonium = HEBREW , gazophylacium = τελώνιον
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Ðás word he spæc æt ceápsceamele hæc verba locutus est in gazophylacio, Jn. Bos. 8, 20
Linked entry: cép-sceamol
flód-wudu
Flood-wood ⬩ a ship ⬩ mărīnum lignum ⬩ nāvis
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Flood-wood, a ship; mărīnum lignum, nāvis Swá we ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, geond sídne sǽ flódwudu fergen as if we journey in vessels over the cold water, convey our ships through the wide sea, Exon. 20a; Th. 53, 21; Cri. 854
ing
A meadow ⬩ an ing
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The word occurs in local names, e. g. Ing-ham, Ing-thorpe, Ink-set, Ink-pen ; see Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 306
lafor
A leopard
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A leopard [so Cockayne, but ought not the word in the following passage to be eoforas?]
nép
Lacking ⬩ scanty
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Th. 207, 20; Exod. 469. v. next word
ge-wídmǽrsian
To publish ⬩ spread abroad ⬩ divulge ⬩ celebrate ⬩ divulgare
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To publish, spread abroad, divulge, celebrate; divulgare Ofer ealle Iudéa munt-laud wǽron ðás word gewídmǽrsode super omnia montana Iudææ divulgabantur omnia verba hæc, Lk. Bos. 1, 65: Mt. Bos. 28, 15.
risne
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I. 4; Th. ii. 404, 27. v. ge-risene; n. and preceding word