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
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
flacor
Flickering ⬩ vŏlĭtans
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Ofer scildhreádan sceótend sendaþ flacor flánge*-*weorc warriors send flickering arrow-work over the shield's defence, 17b; Th. 42, 21; Cri. 676
Linked entry: flicerian
flyne
What is made soft ⬩ batter ⬩ fluĭdum quid
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What is made soft, batter; fluĭdum quid Gewyrce to flynan micelne citel fulne work a large kettle full into a batter, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 6. Geót ða flynan on pour the batter on, 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 10
Linked entry: flene
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
scip-líðend
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Ealla ða þing ða ðe scyplíðendum ( navigantibus ) nydþearflícu gesewen wǽron, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 26. v. next word
Sciððia
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Ðæt lond mon hǽtt þa ealdan Sciððian, 1, 1; Swt. 14, 17. v. preceding word
ge-bryddan
To frighten ⬩ terrify ⬩ terrēre
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To frighten, terrify; terrēre Gif ðú mec gebringest, ðæt ic sí gebrydded þurh ðæs cantices cwide Cristes línan if thou wilt bring me, that I may be frightened through the word of the canticle of Christ's discipline, Salm. Kmbl. 32; Sal. 16
Linked entry: bryddan
ge-deorfleás
nil prosperum ⬩ without labour, trouble ⬩ without effort ⬩ without result, success
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This word in Glos. Prudent. Recd. 151, 73 is explained nil prosperum. The natural meaning would be without labour, trouble, which hardly agrees with that given above.
sige-wíf
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Grimm supposes this word may be a general denomination of wise women, D. M. 402 ; the passage in which it occurs is a charm, where it is addressed to bees when swarming Sittaþ gé, sigewíf, sígaþ tó eorþan, Lchdm. i. 384, 24
stán-geweorc
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Working in stone, stone-work Bæd hé ðæt hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces architectos sibi mitti petiit, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 1. On hire wurðmynte is árǽred mǽre cyrce mid wundorlícum stángeweorce, Homl. Th. i. 440, 18. Cf. stán-weorc
sundor-nytt
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Th. 1339; B. 667. v. preceding word
swǽs-líc
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Kindly, pleasant, agreeable Sárge gé ne sóhton, ne him swǽslíc word frófre gé sprǽcon, Exon. Th. 92, 20; Cri. 1511. He ( Antecrist ) winþ ongeán Godes gecorenan mid swǽslícum gifum.
wógian
To woo ⬩ marry
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To woo, marry Náht framaþ flǽsc habban mǽden gif on geþance aenig wógaþ nihil prodest carnem habere uirginem si mente quis nupserit, Scint. 70, 7. Bearn worulde ðissere wógiaþ (nwbunt) . . . hí ne wógiaþ (nubunf), ne hí ne lǽdaþ wíf, 68, 14, 17