fore-boda
A herald ⬩ crier
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A herald, crier Þæt syndan forbodan and Antecrístes þrǽlas þe his weg rýmað, Wlfst. 55, 8
Linked entry: boda
CÆRSE
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Man nasturcium, and óðrum naman cærse [cerse B.] nemneþ one nameth nasturtium, and by another name, cress, Herb. 21, 1; Lchdm. i. 116, 17. Ðeós wyrt, cærse, ne biþ sáwen, ac heó of hyre sylfne cenned biþ on wyllon and on brócen this herb, cress, is not
un-coðu
Disease
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Disease Ús stalu and cwalu, stric and steorfa, orfcwealm and uncoða ( murrain and disease ) derede swýðe þearle, Wulfst. 159, 10. Gé gehwilce uncoðe gehǽldon, Homl. Th. i. 64, 23. Hé mid ísene ðone uncoðan (ða uncoðe, v. rr. ) áceorfe, R. Ben. 52, 19
a-niman
To take away ⬩ remove ⬩ tollere ⬩ capere
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To take away, remove; tollere, capere Animaþ ðæt púnd æt hym take the talent from him, Mt. Foxe 25, 28. Animan wolde would take, Fins. Th. 43; Fin. 21
Linked entries: a-numen a-nyman aweg-animan
hláf-mæsse
Lammas, ⬩ a name for the first of August
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Lammas, a name for the first of August Ðæt wæs on ðære tíde calendas Agustus and on ðæm dæge ðe wé hátaþ hláfmæsse it was on the first of August, on the day that we call Lammas, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 17. On ðære nihte ðe gé hátaþ Hláfmesse on the day
Linked entries: hláf-sénung hlám-mæsse
wacen
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a watch ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a rousing ⬩ an incitement
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wakefulness, sleeplessness Ðone intingan ðínre unrótnisse and ðínre wacone (wæcene, Bd. M. 128, 23) tuae moestitiae et insomniorum causam, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 41 a watch, vigil 'Wel ðú dést ðæt ðú nalæs ðé slǽpe forgeáfe, ac má woldest wæccan (weacenum
cýþ-lǽcan
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wæl-cyrge
A chooser of the slain.
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A chooser of the slain. According to the mythology, as seen in its Northern form, the Val-kyrjur were the goddesses who chose the slain that were to be conducted by them to Odin's hall — Val-halla : 'Þær ríða jafnan at kjósa val.' Something of the old
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hearra
A lord
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A lord. The use of this word, which occurs only in poetry, is noticeable. It occurs twenty-three tines in that part of the Genesis [vv. 235-851] for which Sievers claims an old Saxon origin, and only four times elsewhere, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 28; Dan. 393
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foxes glófa
Foxglove ⬩ digĭtālis purpŭrea
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Foxglove; digĭtālis purpŭrea, Lin Wið óman genim ðysse wyrte leáf ðe man στρύχνος μανικός, and oðrum naman foxes glófa [MS. foxes clófa] nemneþ for inflammatory sores, take leaves of this wort, which is named sōlānum insānum or Sodŏmeum, and by another
Axa-múþa
Exmouth
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Exmouth, Chr. 1049; Th. 307, 37
bed-cófa
A bed place ⬩ cubiculum
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A bed place; cubiculum Bed-cófa vel búr cubiculum, Ælfc. Gl, 27 ; Som. 60, 99 : Lk. Bos. 12, 3
-bǽre
Producing ⬩ bearing
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Producing, bearing, from beran to bear, produce; as, wæstm-bǽre fruit-bearing, fruitful; frugifer: æppel-bǽre apple-bearing; pomifer: horn-bǽre horn-bearing; corniger: leóht-bǽre light-bearing
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Cartaina
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Carthage; Carthago Cartaina toworpen wæs Carthage was overthrown, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 101, 18. Scipia hæfde gefaren to ðære niwan byrig Cartaina Scipio had gone to the new city Carthage, 4, 10; Bos. 93, 41: 4, 13; Bos. 99, 27. Ðæt mon ealle Cartaina towurpe
CEOLE
The throat, JOWL ⬩ guttur, fauces
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The throat, JOWL; guttur, fauces Ðý-læs sió ceole síe aswollen lest the throat be swollen, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 48, 26. Wið ceolan swile for swelling of throat, 1, 12; Lchdm. ii. 54, 23; 56, 2. Wið sweorcóðe, riges seofoþa seóþ on geswéttum wætere,
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CÍNE
A chink, fissure, vault ⬩ rima, caverna
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A chink, fissure, vault; rima, caverna Ic geseah áne lytle cýnan [Cott. cínan] I saw a little chink, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 28. Cínan rimas, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 5. Cínum cavernis, 148, 81
dim-hofe
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A lurking-place, hiding-place; latĭbŭlum, lātēbra He gesette þýstru dymhofan oððe dymnes oððe behýdednesse his pŏsuit tenĕbras latĭbŭlum suum, Ps. Lamb. 17, 12. Dimhofan latēbræ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 21. Dimhofum latĭbŭlis, Mone B. 85. Gregorius on
fædera
An uncle, a father's brother ⬩ patruus
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An uncle, a father's brother; patruus Mín fædera patruus; meus, Wrt. Voc. 52, 13. Bán hire fæderan patrui sui ossa, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 16 : 3, 24; S. 556, 28 : Cd. 90; Th. 114, 7; Gen. 1900. Mínes fæderan þridda fæder my uncle's great grandfather, Wrt
fýren cylle
A fiery torch ⬩ ignea fax
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A fiery torch; ignea fax, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 29, note, MS. B
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fýren þecelle
A fiery torch ⬩ ignea fax
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A fiery torch; ignea fax. Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 29