agof
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A word formed in the Riddles by inverting the. order of the letters in the word boga a bow. Agob [MS, agof] is mín noma eft onhwyrfed agob is my name transposed, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 12; Rä. 24, 1
fisc-wylle
Full of fish ⬩ abounding in fish ⬩ piscíbus abundans ⬩ piscōsus
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Full of fish, abounding in fish; piscíbus abundans, piscōsus Ðæt eálond is fiscwylle the island is abounding in fish, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 41. Fiscwyllum wæterum flŭviis piscōsis, 1, 1; S. 473, 15. Fiscwelle bisarius? [= piscārius ], Wrt. Voc. 66, 8
siftan
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Voc. ii. 74, 3. Syfte, 15, 57
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-hǽme
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This form is found in many words denoting the inhabitants of places whose names end in -hám, e, g. Æschǽma gemǽru, C. D. iv. 70, 26.lt;i>For a list ofswch words see Cht. Craw. 116. Also the form -hǽmingas Wanhǽminga gemǽre,C. D. v. 264, l.
rihtness
rightness ⬩ straightness ⬩ perpendicularity ⬩ rightness ⬩ justice ⬩ equity
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rightness straightness, perpendicularity Perpendiculawalþrǽd, ðæt is rihtnesse [þrǽd] Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 67. Similar entries Cf. rihtung-þræð. rightness justice, equity On rihtnesse in aequitate, Ps. Th. 97, 9 : 110, 5.
ge-rýnelíce
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Add: I. in secret, mysteriously Eal þæt se sacerd déð þurh ðá hálgan þénunge gesewenlíce, eal hit fulfremeð se hálga gást rýnelíce, Wlfst. 36, 9. II. mystically :-- Gerýnelice mystice, Wrt. oc. ii. 55, 84.
fandung
A temptation, trial, proof ⬩ tentātio, prŏbātio, inquīsītio
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Ðære lufe fandung is ðæs weorces fremming the proof of love is the performance of work, Homl. Th. ii. 314, 28. On ðære fandunge in temptation, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 8.
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Etna
Etna, the volcano of Sicily
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Nú manna gitsung is swá byrnende, swá ðæt fýr on ðaelig;re helle, seó is on ðam múnte ðe Ætne hátte now the covetousness of men is as burning as the fire in the hell, which is in the mountain that is called Etna, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 20.
grið
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Rdr. 107, 99. for the passages in which the word occurs as a technical term in the laws, see Thorpe, index to vol. i. of 'Ancient Laws and Institutes,' s. v.
leác-tric
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Voc. 67, 47: ii. 50, 51. Lactucas ðæt is leáhtric, L. M. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6: 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 352, 20.
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boðen
Rosemary, darnel ⬩ rosmarinus, rosmarinus officinalis ⬩ lolium
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in sandy lands, Herb. 81, 1; Lchdm. i. 184, 5.
heófung-tíd
A time of mourning
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A time of mourning Fram ðisum dæge óþ eastron is úre heófungtíd from this day until Easter is our time of mourning, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 25
lǽce-dóm
Medicine ⬩ a medicine ⬩ remedy ⬩ cure
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On ðare smyrunge biþ lǽcedóm and sinna forgifnes and ne biþ ná hádung unction is medicinal, and in it there is forgiveness of sins, but there is no ordination, L. Ælfc. P. 48; Th. ii. 384, 32.
Linked entry: lǽce-cræft
ge-lǽððe
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In the second edition of Grein's Bibliothek the reading of the MS. is taken to be gelædde.
ge-strod
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confiscation Gestrod proscriptionem (cf. fordéminge, rýpincge ǽhta proscriptionem, i. fraudationem rerum, i. possessionum, An. Ox. 3149 : in both cases Ald. 43, 19 is glossed), Wrt.
METE
MEAT ⬩ food
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Voc. ii. 22, 80. Mín mete (mett, Lind. Rush.) is ðæt ic wyrce ðæs willan ðe mé sende, Jn. Skt. 4, 34. Gesoden mæt on wætere elixus cibus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 17. Swéte mete dapis, ii. 28, 29.
ge-cǽlan
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In Lk. 16, 24 one MS. has gehǽle, in another this is altered to gecǽle (= gecéle? v. ge-célan)
ge-ýwan
To shew ⬩ manifest ⬩ reveal ⬩ ostendĕre ⬩ præbēre ⬩ manifestāre ⬩ monstrāre
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To shew, manifest, reveal; ostendĕre; præbēre, manifestāre, monstrāre Þeóden engla his þegnum seolfne geýwde the king of angels revealed himself to his disciples, Elen. Kmbl. 974; El. 488. Me ðín dóhtor hafaþ geýwed orwyrðu thy daughter has shewn me
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