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Anglo-Saxon

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folme

(n.)
Grammar
folme, -an.
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Of werlicum folman sine uirili uolo, An. Ox. 1549. Add:

hwilpa

(n.)
Grammar
hwilpa, hwilpe ?, an ; m. f. (?).
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Some kind of bird: Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóþor and huilpan swég fore hleahtor wera, Seef. 21. —

Linked entry: hú-ilpa

ancra

(n.)
Grammar
ancra, an; m.

An anchor ⬩ ballast ⬩ ancora ⬩ saburra

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An anchor, ballast; ancora vel saburra, Ælfc. Gl. 83; Wrt. Voc. 48, 21

Linked entries: ancor áncora

áncra

(n.)
Grammar
áncra, an; m.

An anchoret ⬩ hermit ⬩ anachoreta ⬩ solitarius

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An anchoret, hermit; anachoreta, solitarius, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 20

frum-wyrhta

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

An author ⬩ creator ⬩ auctor

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An author, creator; auctor Léhtes frumwyrhte lucis auctor, Rtl. 37, 7

FLEÓGE

(n.)
Grammar
FLEÓGE, an; f.

A FLY ⬩ musca

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For ðé ic gebidde and ðeós fleóge færþ fram ðé ōrābo Dŏmĭnum et recēdet musca a Pharaōne, Ex. 8, 29. Ðæt ðǽr ne beóþ náne fleógan ut non sint ĭbi muscæ, 8, 22. Ic sende on ðé eall fleógena cynn égo immittam in te omne gĕnus muscārum, 8, 21, 24.

Linked entries: flége buttor-fleóge

þúma

(n.)
Grammar
þúma, an; m.

The thumb

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Ic com mid handa on ðone stán drífan, and se ðúma gebrocen wæs, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 24. Gif se þúma biþ of áslægen, ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte. Gif se nægl biþ of áslegen, ðam sculon .v. sciłł. tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 56; Th. i. 94, 28.

un-hlísa

(n.)
Grammar
un-hlísa, an; m.

Ill-fame ⬩ evil report ⬩ discredit ⬩ infamy

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Sume swíðe yfele férdon ... and yfele geendodon on heora unhlísan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 10. Ða wíf ðe heora ǽwe healdaþ wið unhlísan, Homl. Ass. 39, 376: 108, 208

CEÁCE

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁCE, an; f.

The jaw, CHEEK ⬩ maxilla, mala, mandibula, gena

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On hælftre and bridle ceácan heora gewríþ in camo et freno maxillas eorum constringe, Ps. Lamb. 31, 9. Ceácan mandibulæ, Wrt. Voc. 64, 46. Ceác-bán vel ceácan vel cin-bán mandibula, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 81; Wrt. Voc. 43, 14.

Linked entries: céce ceác-bán

hwelca

(n.)
Grammar
hwelca, hwylca, an; m.
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An inflamed swelling, a pustule Cwydele vel hwylca varix, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 32

Linked entry: hwylca

full-wiht

Grammar
full-wiht, fulluht,
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Án is geleáfa, . . . án is fulwihte, Hy. 11, 9

Linked entry: fulluht

strýta

(n.)
Grammar
strýta, strúta, an; m.
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An ostrich Strýta strutio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 38. Strúta, i. 280, 4

Linked entry: strúta

þwǽre

(n.)
Grammar
þwǽre, an; f.

An instrument for beating or stirring

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An instrument for beating or stirring Thuaere, thuérae, thuére tudicla, tudica, Txts. 103, 2072

scíre

(n.)
Grammar
scíre, (?), an; f.

An enclosure ⬩ precinct

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An enclosure, precinct Portic porticus, scíre peribolum, heall aula. Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 3

flýma

(n.)
Grammar
flýma, fléma, an; m.

One who flees ⬩ a runaway ⬩ an exile ⬩ outlaw ⬩ a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction ⬩ profŭgus ⬩ fŭgĭtīvus ⬩ exul

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One who flees, a runaway, an exile, outlaw, a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction; profŭgus, fŭgĭtīvus, exul Ðú bist flýma geond ealle eorþan profăgus ĕris sŭper terram, Gen. 4, 12: 4, 16.

Linked entries: fléma flíma

abboda

(n.)
Grammar
abboda, an; m.

An abbot ⬩ abbas

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An abbot; abbas Swá gebireþ abbodan as becometh abbots, L. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 320, 35

un-ǽmetta

(n.)
Grammar
un-ǽmetta, -ǽmta, an; m.

Want of leisure for doing, something, occupation, business

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Gif man hwylc metrum cild tó mæssepreóste bringe, ðonne fullie hé hit sóna, and for nǽnigum unǽmtan ne forlǽte [ðæt] hé hit ne fullie if any sick child be brought to a priest, let him baptize it at once, and do not let him be prevented by any occupation

Linked entry: ǽmetta

abedisse

(n.)
Grammar
abedisse, an; f.

An abbess ⬩ abbatissa

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An abbess; abbatissa Ðære abedissan betæhton committed to the abbess, Chr. 1048; Erl. 181, 28

apuldre

(n.)
Grammar
apuldre, an; f.

An apple-tree ⬩ malus

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An apple-tree; malus Ðeós apuldre hæc malus, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 9; Som. 5, 57

Linked entry: æppuldre

winna

(n.)
Grammar
winna, an; m.

An opponent

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An opponent Ða þeóda ðe hyra winnan (wiþer-, ge-winnan, v.ll.) wǽron, Ors. 6, 35; Bos. 130, 44