efen-gelíca
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A coequal, fellow Þúhte him ( Lucifer ) þæt hé mihte beón þæs efengelíca ðe hine gescóp, Wlfst. 84, 4. Godes euengelíca, 306, 26. Þæt ungesǽlig man mǽðe ne geseó on his under*-*þeóddum ne on his efengelícan, 53, 25: Mt. 11, 16. (In Dict. under efen-gelíc
Linked entry: ge-líca
efen-wǽge
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An equipoise Ebnwége aequipensum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 47. Efenwǽge equipensium, 143, 71
egeþe
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For 'Som. . . . Lye' substitute Egðe, egdae erpica, Txts. 59, 761. Egþe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 15. Egeþe, 29, 44. Egiðe raster, 118, 61. Egþe (-a, MS.) hircipes vel tribula, i. 16, 25. Eiþe (printed ciþe) traha, 15, 11. [Theose foure harowede . . . with
Linked entry: egþa
ele-greófa
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An oil-pot (v. greófa); or fibrous material saturated with oil (?) (cf. O. H. Ger. grinbo v. pfanna frixorium, cremium vel siccamina lignorum: Ger. griebe fibrous remains of lard, &c. after being fried) Elegreóuena naptarum (the passage is: incendia
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ele-tredde
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An oil-press, press in which olives are crushed Wǽron feáwa eleberian . . . hét hé þá gegaderian and dón on eletreddan ( in praelo ), Gr. D. 50, 29. Of þǽre eletreddan ( ex prelo ) nǽnige gemete ǽnig dǽl eles út eóde, 251, 2
Elmed-sǽte
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The inhabitants of Elmet, the ancient British Loidis, an independent district in Yorkshire Elmedsǽtan (Elmet-, Elmeth- in Latin MSS.) landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 17. Cf. In monasterio . . . quod est in silua Elmete, Bd. 2, 14
eorþ-berie
A strawberry
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A strawberry Streábergan vel eorþbergan fragium, i. pumorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 31
eorþ-mata
An earth-worm
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An earth-worm Eorþmata vermis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 44
Linked entry: maþa
eówestras
A sheepfold
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A sheepfold On ðǽre ylcan circan wǽron onfæste þá eówestran (locu, v. l.) þára bróðra sceápa (caulae ovium) . . . Se þeóf eóde in ðá eáwestran (locu, v. l.), Gr. D. 224, 16-20. Tó éwestrum ad caulas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 38. Eóuuistras mandras, 113, 48.
epactas
epacts
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epacts Þæs geáres ne beóð náne epactas, Angl. viii. 301, 29. Tó geáre synd feówertýne epactas, 327, 11. Hú fela epactas beón on geáre, 329, 35: Lch. iii. 228, 5, 8. On grécisc hí synt gecwedene epacte, Angl. viii. 302, 32. Swá fela epacte beóð, 301,
epistol
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strong forms Hér is seó gesetenis Alexandres epistoles . . . Cwæþ hé in fruman þæs epistoles, Nar. 1, 2, 9. On þǽm ǽrron epistole, 3, 28. weak forms Hé cuæð on his epistolan tó Galatum, P. 117, 7. Sealde hé mé ǽnne epistolan, Nar. 18, 28. uninflected
fæcele
A torch
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A torch Fæcilae, faecile fax, Txts. 62, 407. Fæcele, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 77. Fecele, 33, 54: facula, 53. Substitute:
fǽr-béna
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Substitute: one that has to ask leave to go (faran) from his lord (? v. fær; I 2), a person of the churl class Gif ǽni man ágiten wurðe ꝥ ǽnige hǽðenscipe dreóge . . . gif hé sí cynges þegn . . . Gif hit sí elles landágende man . . . Gif hit sí færbéna
feax-eácas
A forelock
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A forelock Loccas oððe feaxeácan antiae frontis (calamistro crispantur, Ald. 77, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 66. Substitute:
fen-ampre
Water-dock
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Water-dock Nim fenompran, Lch. ii. 100, 23
fíf-leáf
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fild-burne
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A stream in a plain(?) Of ðǽm aldan felde . . .; swá ondlang bróces on ðone gemǽrhagan; ofer fild*-*burnan, C. D. iii. 393, 27
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for án
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Heom for án þá wítu gemynte wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 112: Lch. i. 286, 10. Add:
forca
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Ðá cwelleras tugon þá gléda under ðæt bedd, and wiðufan mid heora forcum (cf. geaflum, l. 5) hine ðýdon. Hml. Th. i. 430, 11. Add:
folme
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Of werlicum folman sine uirili uolo, An. Ox. 1549. Add: