hlýpa
That which helps in leaping, in leaping on or mounting a horse, ⬩ a horse-block
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Æt hinde hlýpan, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 249, 35
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mága
a relative ⬩ a son ⬩ a man
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Mága cystum eald a man old in virtues, Exon. 80 a; Th. 300, 7; Fä. 2. Se mága ( Christ), Andr. Kmbl. 1278; An. 639: 1630; An. 816: (St. Andrew ), 1967; An. 986: 1249; An. 625. Mága máne fáh ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 1960; B. 978.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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A lady, mistress of a house; after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king, v. William of Malm. bk. ii. c. 2 Hlǽfdige, domina, Wrt. Voc. 72, 79. Hírédes hlǽfdige materfamilias, 73, 21.
eáþ-módgian
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Eadmodieð (makeð edmod, v. l. ) our heorte, A. R. 278- O. H. Ger. gi-ótmuotigón, (-ód-) humiliare.] Cf. eáþ-médan
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cyte
A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell ⬩ casa, cubiculurn, cella
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Gecyrde he to sumes hyrdes cytan he turned into a shepherd's cottage, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 14. In ðæm he hæfde cirican and cytan in hac habuit ecclesiam et cubiculum, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 24, col. 2. Cyte cella, Wrt. Voc. 85, 75.
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nædre
Any kind of serpent ⬩ adder ⬩ viper
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God bebeád Moyse ðæt hé gewothte áne ǽrene næddran, and sette up tó tácne, and ðæt hé manode ðæt folc ðæt swá hwá swá fram ðám næddrum ábiten wǽre, besáwe up tó ðære ǽrenan næddran, Homl. Th. ii. 238, 4-19. Nædran serpentes, Ps. Th. 139, 3.
blégen
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Blegnae (-æ), vesica, Txts. 106, 1094. Seó bláce blegne carbunculus (v. blác), Wrt. Voc. 40, 52. Gif men eglað seó bláce blegen (carbunculus) . . . þis gebed man sceal singan on ðá blácan blegene, Lch. iii. 40, 19, 8; 8, 31. and add:
ge-scirpla
Clothing, clothes ⬩ vestitus
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Clothing, clothes; vestitus Wǽron hie on gescirplan scipférendum onlíce they were in clothing like seafarers, Andr. Kmbl. 499; An. 250. Hwǽr beóþ ðonne his ídlan gescyrplan where shall his vain garments be then? Blickl. Homl. 111, 35
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federa
An uncle ⬩ a father's brother ⬩ patruus
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An uncle, a father's brother; patruus Se wæs Ælfríces sunn Ǽdwines federan he was the son of Ælfric, Edwin's uncle. Chr. 634; Erl. 25, 25: 737; Erl. 47, 24 Édwines fedran suna Edwin's uncle's son, Chr. 643; Erl. 27, 19
higera
A magpie or a woodpecker
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A magpie or a woodpecker ; see Exon. 106b; Th. 406, 14; Rä. 25 where the name of a bird that can imitate various sounds is given by the runes G, A, R, O, H, I. Higera picus. Wit. Voc. 62, 34. Higere picus, 281, 5: gaia vel catanus, Ælfc.
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mere-næddra
A sea-adder ⬩ a lamprey
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A sea-adder, a lamprey Merenæddra murena vel murina vel lampreda, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 65. Myre-næddra, 77, 72. Merenædre, ii. 59, 23
freca
A bold man ⬩ warrior ⬩ hero ⬩ bellātor ⬩ hēros ⬩ ἥρως
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A bold man, warrior, hero; bellātor, hēros = ἥρως Geféng fetelhilt freca Scyldinga the Scyldings' warrior seized the belted hilt, Beo. Th. 3131; B. 1563: Andr. Kmbl. 2328; An. 1165.
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þíxl
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a beam or pole of a waggon; temo: used, also, like temo, to denote a constellation, the Bear Wǽnes ðísl (wægne þíxl (wægnes?), 100, 72) archtoes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 23. Þísl temo vel arctoes, i. 16, 24: themon (in a list 'de plaustris'), 284, 46.
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styria
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Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc byþ, styria and mereswýn, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27. Andlang strǽte út on styrian pól, vi. 9, 6. Mereswýn and stirian delphinos et sturias, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9
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Wealh-geféra
A count of the Welsh Marches(?) ⬩ the commander of the Wealh-færeld(?)
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a superintendence over them in some one or all of the royal domains,' Saxons in England, ii. 179.
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fricca
A crier ⬩ herald ⬩ præco
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A crier, herald; præco Hleówon hornboran, hreópon friccan trumpeters sounded, heralds shouted, Elen. Kmbl. 108; El. 54: 1097; El. 550. Hreópon friccan heralds shouted, Andr. Kmbl. 2314; An. 1158. Cristes fricca Christ's crier, Blickl.
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þrostle
A throstle ⬩ singing-thrush
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A throstle, singing-thrush Ðrostle trita, Txts. 103, 2062: turdella, 2068. Þrostle, Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 16: merula, 62, 45: 77, 19. Ðrostle, ii. 55, 61. Þrosle merula vel plara, i. 29, 57. Án blác þrostle flicorode ymbe his neb, Homl.
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-sum
drugaþ
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Drúgaþe (-a ?), Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 43. a dry place Hí dweledon on wéstene on drúgoþe erraverunt in solitudine in inaquoso, Ps. L. 106, 4
plæce
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A place, an open space, a street In huommum ðara plæcena in angulis platearum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 5. On plæcum (on plætsa, Rush.) in plateas, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 10 : 14, 21. In plaecum in plateis, 13, 26. In plæcum (plæsum, Rush.), Mk. Skt.
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