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geoc-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
geoc-sticca, geoc-stecca, an; m.
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A yoke-stick. (Later a yoke-stick is 'a yoke for carrying pails.' v. D.D.) Take here <b>iuc-sticca</b> in Dict., and add Geocstecca obicula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 33. Geocsticca, 63, 29

mold-hýpe

(n.)
Grammar
mold-hýpe, an; f.

A heap of earth or dust

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A heap of earth or dust Ðonne biþ hit swylce hé sý mid sumere moldhýpan ofhroren it is as though he be overwhelmed by a heap of dust, Homl. Th. i. 492, 33

Linked entry: hýpe

CÍNE

(n.)
Grammar
CÍNE, cýne, an; f.

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

Linked entries: cín-líc cínu

wind-fana

(n.)
Grammar
wind-fana, an ; m.

A cloth for winnowing with ⬩ a fan

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A cloth for winnowing with, a fan Windfona scabellum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 71: i. 289, 22. His fone ł windfone (fonnae ł windgefonnae, Lind.) in honda his and clǽnsaþ bereflór his cujus uentilabrum in manu ejus et purgauit aream suam, Lk. Skt.

Linked entries: fana fann

æhrie

(n.)
Grammar
æhrie, (?), æhrige, an; f.

The husk of an ear(?)

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The husk of an ear(?) Aehrian, ægrihan (æhrigan?) quisquiliae, Txts. 90, 840

gerela

(n.)
Grammar
gerela, gierela, an; m.
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Wynna gierelan gielplíces the pleasures of pompous apparel, Exon. 35 a; th. 112, 3; Gú. 138: 38 b; 127, 22; Gú. 390

Linked entry: gyrla

wæter-þísa

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-þísa, (?),an; m.

A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale

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A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale Hé wǽghengest wræc, wæterþísa (-þiswa, MS., but the w is marked for erasure) fór snel, Exon. Th. 182, 1;Gú. 1303.

úþ-wita

(n.)
Grammar
úþ-wita, -weota, an; m.

a philosopher ⬩ scribe ⬩ geo metrician

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Án swíþe wís mon ongan fandigan ánes úþwitan and hine bismerode, for ðam hé hine swá orgellíce up áhóf and bodode ðæs ðe hé úðwita (philosophus) wǽre; ne cýððe hé hit mid nánum cræftum ...

út-siht

(n.)
Grammar
út-siht, e,an; f.

Diarrhoea ⬩ dysentery

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Wið útsiht and wið ðæs innoðes ástyrunge, i. 254, 7: iii. 294, 7. Hé bið gód wið lengtenádle and wið útsiht (contra dysenteriam et diarrhoeam), L. Ecg. C. 38; Th. ii. 162, 23

wín-háte

(n.)
Grammar
wín-háte, an; f.

A feast

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A feast Gefrægn ic Olofernus wínhátan wyrcean, and eallum wundrum þrymlíc girwan up swǽsendo; tó ðám hét se gumena baldor ealle ða yldestan þegnas (the Latin is: Holofernes fecit cenam servis suis, Judith 12, 10), Judth. Thw. 21, 6; Jud. 3

mersc-mealwe

(n.)
Grammar
mersc-mealwe, an; f.

Marsh-mallow

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man hibiscum and óðrum naman merscmealwe (-mealuwe, MS. B.) nemnaþ, Herb. 39; Lchdm. i. 140, 3-5. Merscmealwan crop, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 24. Nim merscmealwan, 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 12

Linked entry: mealwe

móna

(n.)
Grammar
móna, an; m.: but also móne, an; f.

the moon ⬩ moon as in new, full moon

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the moon Se móna and ealle steorran underfóþ leóht of ðære miclan sunnan, Lchdm. iii. 236, 19. Se móna wæs æt fruman on ǽfen gesceapen, 264, 26. Sunna and móne (but næs se móna ðágyt uppe, 29, 22), Nar. 28, 20: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 73; Met. 29, 37.

mót-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
mót-geréfa, an; m.

The geréfa who presides at a court or mót

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The geréfa who presides at a court or mót Swá ðæt nán scýrgeréfe oððe mótgeréfe ðár habban ǽne sócne oððe gemót búton ðæs abbudes ágen hǽse ( nullus vicecomes vel praepositus ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 200, 9. v.

homela

(n.)
Grammar
homela, homola, an; m.
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See the note there; see also on cutting the hair as a mark of disgrace, Grimm's Deutsche Rechtsalterthümer, pp. 702-3. v. hamelian

CNAPA

(n.)
Grammar
CNAPA, cnafa, an; m.

a boy ⬩ young man ⬩ KNAVE ⬩ puer ⬩ juvenis ⬩ adolescens ⬩ a servant ⬩ servus

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a boy, young man, KNAVE; puer, juvenis, adolescens He betǽhte hys cnapan and se cnapa hit ofslóh he gave it [a calf] to his young man and the young man slew it Gen. 18, 7.

seohtre

(n.)
Grammar
seohtre, sihtre, an; f.

A pipe through which a small stream is directed ⬩ a drain

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Ad locum qui dicitur hylsan seohtra, 373, 12

Linked entries: síc sihtre

adesa

(n.)
Grammar
adesa, eadesa, an; m.

An addice or adze ⬩ a cooper's instrument ⬩ ascia

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An addice or adze, a cooper's instrument; ascia, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 26: Wrt. Voc. p. 84, 62

Linked entries: eadesa adsa

dwolma

(n.)
Grammar
dwolma, dwolema, an; m.

Chaos, a chasm, gulph ⬩ chaos, n.= χάos, τό, hiātus

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Chaos, a chasm, gulph; chaos, n.= χάos, τό, hiātus Dwolma chaos, Cot. 40: 204. Betweox us and eów is mycel dwolma getrymed inter nos et vos chaos magnum firmātum est, Lk. Bos. 16, 26.

Linked entries: dwolema for-dwilman

nán-wiht

(n.; adv.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nán-wiht, nán-uht.

nothing ⬩ nothing ⬩ not at all ⬩ no whit

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Grammar nán-wiht, as an adverb, nothing, not at all, no whit Hé his godcundnesse nánwiht ne gewanode he no whit diminished his divinity, Blickl. Homl. 91, 9. Ne gefyrenodest ðú nánwuht thou hast done no sin, 235, 34

Linked entries: nǽnig-wiht nǽniht

efn-etan

(v.)
Grammar
efn-etan, to eat as much as any one? or

to become equal, to equal? ⬩ par esse ălĭcui ĕdendo? æquāre, æmŭlāri

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æquāre, æmŭlāri Ic mésan mæg meahtelícor and efn-etan ealdum þyrse I can feast more heartily and eat as much as the old giant. Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 28; Rä. 41, 63

Linked entry: efen-etan