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ge-baþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-baþian, p. ode
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To bathe, wash Heora ǽlc án .c. þearfendra manna gebaðige, Cht. Th. 616, 25. Hé næs geefesod, ne eác bescoren oððe gebaðod, Hml. Th. ii. 298, 20

Linked entry: baþian

riht-gesetness

(n.)
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right institution Ǽlc wuht his rihtgesetnesse fuleóde bútan men ánum every creature carried out its properly appointed task except man only, Bt. 5, 3; S. 12, 23

cól-máse

(n.)
Grammar
cól-máse, an; f. [cól coal, máse a titmouse]

A coal-titmousecoal-tit parus ater

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Voc. 62, 39 parula, 281, 11 bardioriolus, Ælfc. Gl. 39; Som. 63, 52; Wrt. Voc. 30, 7

Linked entry: cummáse

cóp

(n.)
Grammar
cóp, es; m?

A cope, an outer garment worn by priests ependytes

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A cope, an outer garment worn by priests; ependytes = ἐπενδύτης Cóp vel hoppada vel nfrescrúd ependeton =ependytes Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 83; Wrt. Voc. 59, 52

barþ

(n.)
Grammar
barþ, es; m.

A kind of shipa light vessel to sail or row indromo

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A kind of ship, a light vessel to sail or row in; dromo Æsc vel barþ dromo, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 102; Wrt. Voc. 56, 24

dolh-smeltas

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-smeltas, pl. m.

Linen bandagestæniæ = ταινίαι

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Linen bandages; tæniæ = ταινίαι Tæppan vel dolhsmeltas [MS. dolsmeltas] tæniæ [MS. tenia ], Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 93; Wrt. Voc. 16, 64. v. tæppan, from tæppa, m

Linked entry: smelt

eow

(n.)
Grammar
eow, es; m.

the mountain ash ornus?

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Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 40; Wrt. Voc. 33, 37

fór-þearle

(adv.)
Grammar
fór-þearle, adv.

Very muchgreatlyvaldevehĕmenter

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Very much, greatly; valde, vehĕmenter He behýdde his swíðran hand, ofsceamod fórþearle he hid his right hand, greatly ashamed thereof, Ælfc. T. 37, 13: Jud. 3, 8

earfoþ-lǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-lǽte, adj.

Difficult to be sent forthdiffĭcĭlis emissu

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Difficult to be sent forth; diffĭcĭlis emissu Earfoþlǽte micga a painful discharge of urine, strangury; strangūria = στραγγουρία, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 47; Wrt. Voc. 19, 49

ealdnys

(n.)
Grammar
ealdnys, -nyss, e; f.

OLDNESS, age vĕtustas

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OLDNESS, age; vĕtustas Ealdnyss vĕtustas, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 5, 21. We awurpon ða derigendlícan ealdnysse we have cast off pernicious age, Homl. Th. i. 194, 25

hwistlere

(n.)
Grammar
hwistlere, es; m.

A piper

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A piper, player on a flute Pípere oððe hwistlere tibicen, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 25. Ðá hé geseah hwistleras cum vidisset tibicines, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 23

ge-fyllendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fyllendlíc, adj.

Fillingexplētīvuscomplētīvus

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Filling; explētīvus, complētīvus Sume syndon gehátene explētīvæ oððe complētīvæ, ðæt synd gefyllendlíce some are called explētīvæ or complētīvæ, that is filling, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Som. 45, 57

hredding

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Ælc rihtwís man hæfde fultum and hreddinge, sé ðe mid fullum geleáfum on his earfoðnyssum tó ðám Ælmihtigan clypode, Hml. S. 13, 48. Hræddinge, 2, 219. Add

leád-gota

(n.)
Grammar
leád-gota, an; m.
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Mylewerde, sútere, leádgotan (leód-, MS.) and óðran wyrhtan ǽlc weorc sylf wísað hwæt him tó gebyreð, Angl. ix. 263, 18

Linked entry: gota

weorþung-dæg

Grammar
weorþung-dæg, <b>. II.</b>
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add: a festival Swá oft swá hit ǽnige freólsdagas beón, Sunnandagas oððe mæssedagas oððe þyllice wurðingdagas þe wé hátað templhálgunga, forlǽten wé ǽlc óðer wurc, Nap. 68

samod-swégende

(adj.)

consonantes

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translates the Latin consonantes Ða óðre stafas syndon gehátene consonantes, ðæt is, samodswégende, forðan ðe hí swégaþ mid ðám fíf clypiendlícum, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 2, 49

ofer-glenged

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-glenged, part.

Over-ornamented, too much adorned

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Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 10

ge-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swælan, p. de; pp. ed, ud

To lightkindleinflammareaccendere

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To light, kindle; inflammare, accendere Geswælud spoon [ = spón,q. v.] vel tynder kindled chips or tinder; fomes, Ælfc. Gl. 60; Som. 68, 35; Wrt. Voc. 39, 21

hnygela

(n.)
Grammar
hnygela, [or hnigela ?], hnygele, an; m. f.

A shred, clipping

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Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 3, 4; Wrt. Voc. 40, 37, 38. Hnyglan putamina, Cot. 152, Lye

on-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
on-scyte, es; m.

an attack, assaultan attack in words, a calumny, backbiting

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Th. ii. 578, 23. an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting Mǽst ǽlc óðrum derede wordes and dǽde; and húru unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan [and mid wróhtlácan, MS. E.], Wulfst. 160, 5.