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wull

(n.)
Grammar
wull, e; wulle, an; f.

Wool

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Wool Uul lana, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 44. Wul, i. 66, 29: 82, 7. Wull, ii. 51, 61. Unáwaxen wul lana sucida, 54, 6. Unáwæscen wul, i. 61, 8. Rammes wul (wull, v.l.), Lchdm. i. 356, 11. Ða loccas hire heáfdes wǽron swá hwíte swá wull, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b,

Linked entries: wul wyll

ymb-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-þanc, es; m. n. : -þanca, an; m.
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Thought about a matter, consideration, attention Embeþonc circumspectio Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 26. Mid micelum embeþance magna animaduersione Anglia xiii. 373, 106. Hié eallneg rǽswaþ and ondrǽdaþ ðæt hí mon tǽlan wille and beóð eallneg mid ðæm ymbeðoncan

wundel

(n.)
Grammar
wundel, e: wundle, an; f.

A wound ⬩ sore

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A wound (lit. or fig.), sore Gif hwylc lǽwede man óðerne wundige, gebéte wið hine ða wunde (wundlan, wundlác, v.ll.), L. Ecg. P. iv. 22; Th. ii. 210, 25. Wið níwe wundela (wunda, v.1. ), Lchdm. i. 8, 14: 10, 9: 92, 21: 100, 1: 108, 19: 296, 6, 17. His

Linked entries: wund-lác wyndle

dræge

(n.)
Grammar
dræge, es; n.? l. dræge, an; f.
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fealcen

(n.)
Grammar
fealcen, es: fealca (?), an; m.

A falcon

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A falcon Tó fealcnes forda (cf. Hafuclord, C. D. v. 103, 37), C. D. B. ii. 220, 14. Ðæt land æt Fealcnahám (cf. æt Habeccahám, i. 315, 23. On heafoces hamme, vi. 75; 33), C. D. ii. 381, 20. Cf. Wilgísl Westerfalcing (-falcning, v. l.), Westerfalca (-

gesca

(n.)
Grammar
gesca, geocsa, geohsa, geoxa, gihsa, an ; m.
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hiccough or sobbing Gesca, iesca singultus, Txts. 97, 1865. Gescea singultum, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 35. yox (v. D. D. s. v.), hiccough Gesca tentigo (cf. extentio, i. tenacitas ventris, tentigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 59), Txts. 101, 1996. Hwonan se micla geoxa

Linked entries: gihsa giscian geocsa geohsa geoxa gescea iesca

ge-swigra

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swigra, ge-swirga, ge-swiria, an; m.
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A cousin Geswiria oððeswustur sunu consobrinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 73. Gesuigran, gesuirgion, gisuirgian consobrinus, Txts. 53, 530. Cf. ge-swegra

Linked entries: ge-swegra ge-swiria

ge-þrít

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þrít, (?), ge-þrét (an i-stem noun?)
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clamour of a host, threatening noise [Tó?] geþréte [ad?] clangorem (cf. ? cum ad stridulae buccinae sonum Gothorumque clangorem ... Roma contremuit, Ald. 65, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 55

Linked entry: ge-þréte

handle

(n.)
Grammar
handle, es; n. l. handle, an; f.
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A handle Handle stiba, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 10: i. 287, 31

in-boren

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
in-boren, adj.; in-borena, an; m. [A]
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native Inborena indigena, Germ. 390, 32

róðer

(n.)
Grammar
róðer, es; a; an; m.

A rower ⬩ sailor

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A rower, sailor Róðer nauta, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 8. Róðra, 63, 28

Linked entry: róðra

sceáda

(n.)
Grammar
sceáda, (sceáde; f. (?)), an; m.

The top of the head, parting of the hair

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The top of the head, parting of the hair v. Halliwell's Dict. shed, and E. D. S. Pub. Lincolnshire, shed the parting of the hair. Hé tófylleþ feaxes scádan conquassabit verticem capilli, Ps. Th. 67, 21. Crulle was his heer, and as the gold it schon .

Linked entry: horn-sceaða

hearste-panne

Grammar
hearste-panne, hierste-panne, an; f.

A frying-pan

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A frying-pan Hé him tǽhte ðæt hé him genáme áne íserne hearstepanna tu sume tibi sartaginem ferream, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 7 : 163, 22

Linked entries: hyrste-panne brǽde-panne

galdrygea

(n.)
Grammar
galdrygea, Substitute: galdricge, an; f.

One who uses magical formulae, a magician, enchantress

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One who uses magical formulae, a magician, enchantress Galdriggan incantatores Wrt. Voc. ii. in, 60. Galdrigean incantaliones (- tores ? ), 45, 61

wil-gehléþa

(n.)
Grammar
wil-gehléþa, þa, an; m.

A pleasant comrade

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A pleasant comrade Hwílum ic (a horn) tó hilde bonne wilgehléþan, Exon. Th. 395, 9; Rä. 15, 5

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, wella, wylla, an. ; m.

A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig.)

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A well, spring, fountain (lit. and fig.) Wæs ðér wælla ( fons ) . . . ðe Hǽlend sæt ofer ðæm wælh, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 6, 14. In ðæm wælla, 9, 7. Tó ðé ðam willan ealles wísdðmes ad te fontent omnis sapientiae Bd. 5, 24 ; S. 649, 3. Mid ðam willan fulluhte

hors-elene

(n.)
Grammar
hors-elene, -helene, an;

Elecampane; ⬩ inula helenium,

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Elecampane; inula helenium, Lchdm. iii. 333, col. 1. Horshelene helena, Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 68; Wrt. Voc. 32, 4. Horselene, Wrt. Voc. 79, 42

cugele

(n.)
Grammar
cugele, cugle, cuhle, an; f.

A COWL ⬩ monk's hood ⬩ cuculla

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A COWL, monk's hood; cuculla Twá cugelan two cowls R. Ben. 55. Cugle cuculla Wrt. Voc. 81, 71. Seó cuhle the cowl R. Ben. 55

Linked entry: cúle

æg-lím

(n.)
Grammar
æg-lím, es; m. [æg an egg, lím lime, glue]

EGG-LIME ⬩ the sticky part or white of an egg ⬩ ovi viscum

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EGG-LIME, the sticky part or white of an egg; ovi viscum Æglíra glara, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 72,119

deór

(adj.)
Grammar
deór, diór, dýr; adj. [deór an animal] .

brave, bold, as a wild beast ⬩ fortis, strēnuus ⬩ heavy, severe, dire, vehement ⬩ grăvis, dīrus, vehĕmens

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brave, bold, as a wild beast; fortis, strēnuus Se hálga wæs to hofe lǽded, deór and dómgeorn the holy one was led to the house, bold and virtuous, Andr. Kmbl. 2617; An. 1310: Exon. 108 b; Th. 414, 6; Rä. 32, 16. Nis mon in his dǽdum to ðæs deór there

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