ge-fædere
A godmother ⬩ commater ⬩ susceptrix
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A godmother; commater, susceptrix Ǽfre ne geweorþe, ðæt Cristen man gewífige on his gefæderan let it never be that a Christian man marry with his godmother, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 17 : L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 22
Linked entry: ge-federe
ge-niðle
Enmity, hate, fierceness
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Enmity, hate, fierceness Fram hungres geníðlan from the fierceness of hunger, Elen. Kmbl. 1398; El. 701: 1216; El. 610. Ic onféng feonda geníðlan I received the hate of foes, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 15; Cri. 1440
tang
A pair of tongs
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A pair of tongs Tang forceps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Zup. 67, 3: Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 78: ii. 33, 36: delebra, 138, 62. Tong forceps, 109, 6. Tange forceps, i. 86, 19. Tange forcipis, ii. i3, 35. Tangan, tange, Hpt. Gl. 417, 74. Ic hopige ðæt cherubin mid his
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sylla
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A saddle Sylla sella, sadolfelt pella, sadolboga carpella, Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 14-16
þeówen
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A female servant or slave, a handmaid Ic eom Drihtnes þeówen ( ancilla, Lk. 1, 38), Blickl. Homl. 9, 20. Ðá com tó hym án þeówyn (-en, MS. A.) accessit ad eum una ancilla, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 69. Seó Godes ðeówen, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 14: Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b,
un-cyst
A vice ⬩ defect ⬩ fault ⬩ a disorder ⬩ a fault ⬩ solecism ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault ⬩ the vice of avarice ⬩ niggardliness ⬩ parsimony ⬩ want of liberality
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A vice, defect, fault. of the body, a disorder Wið wífa earfoðnyssum; ðás uncyste Grécas hátaþ hystem cepnizam, Lchdm. i. 334, 18. Tó eallum uncystum ðe on gómum beóð ácenned, 348, 12. of diction, a fault, solecism Ðære uncyste sylocismi, laudacismi
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wull
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,
ymb-þanc
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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
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
dræge
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and add:
ear
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and add Eár spica, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 47: 287, 20. In eher (æhher, R.) in spica, Mk. L. 4, 28. Geberen eár, Lch. ii. 124, 17. Þá hié heora corn ripon ealle þá eár ( spicae ) wǽron blódge, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 28. Ðára ehera spicarum, Mk. p. 2, 16. Eára,
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fealcen
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
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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
ge-swigra
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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
ge-þrít
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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
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handle
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A handle Handle stiba, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 10: i. 287, 31
in-boren
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native Inborena indigena, Germ. 390, 32
róðer
A rower ⬩ sailor
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A rower, sailor Róðer nauta, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 8. Róðra, 63, 28
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sceáda
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 .
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wacen
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a watch ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a rousing ⬩ an incitement
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wakefulness, sleeplessness Ðone intingan ðínre unrótnisse and ðínre wacone (wæcene, Bd. M. 128, 23) tuae moestitiae et insomniorum causam, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 41 a watch, vigil 'Wel ðú dést ðæt ðú nalæs ðé slǽpe forgeáfe, ac má woldest wæccan (weacenum