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hemlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hemlíc, hymlíc, es; m: hymlíce, an; f.

Hemlock

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Hymlíce cicuta, p. 331, col. 1. Dó tó hymlícan put hemlock to it, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 18, 27

Linked entry: hymblícae

dysig

(adj.)
Grammar
dysig, adj.
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Nys drenc cilda ne dysigra ( stultorum ), Coll. M. 35, 19. Þú dysegost manna, Hml. Th. ii. 416, 13. Add

hramsan

(n.)
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Hrameson ramuscium, Lch. iii. 304, col. 2. Ramesan ramusium, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 44. ¶ in compounds? :-- On hramæshangran; of ðám hangran, C. D. iii. 229, 27. Beneoðan hramesleá, v. 297, 14

Cyménes óra

(n.)
Grammar
Cyménes óra, an; m.

Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex ⬩ Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit

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They rely on a Charter which Kemble [Cod. Dipl. 992] has marked as spurious, but which was no doubt constructed with a regard for probability. In this Charter [Cod. Dipl. 992; A.

Linked entry: Cymén

ǽfnung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfnung, e ; f.

Evening ⬩ vespera

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Evening; vespera Heó com ðá on ǽfnunge eft to Nóe illa venit ad eum [Noe] ad vesperam, Gen. 8. 11 : Homl. Th. ii. 266. 5. 6

Linked entry: ǽfenung

a-hluttrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-hluttrian, p. ede; pp. ed

To purify ⬩ scum ⬩ refine ⬩ cleanse ⬩ purificare

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Cot. 68

Linked entry: a-hlutred

bǽting

(n.)
Grammar
bǽting, béting, e; f.

A cable ⬩ a rope ⬩ anything that holds or restrains ⬩ funis ⬩ retinaculum

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A cable, a rope, anything that holds or restrains; funis, retinaculum Lǽtan ða bétinge [Cot. bǽtinge] to slip the cable, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 15

Linked entry: béting

dǽd-céne

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽd-céne, adj.

Deed-bold ⬩ agendo fortis, audax

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Deed-bold; agendo fortis, audax Com ingán ealdor þegna, dǽdcéne mon the prince of thanes, the deed-bold man, came entering, Beo. Th. 3294; B. 1645

ete-lond

(n.)
Grammar
ete-lond, es; n.

Pasture land ⬩ pascua terra

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Pasture land; pascua terra Ǽgðer ge etelond ge yrþlond [MS. eyrðlond] both pasture land and arable land, Cod. Dipl. 299; A.D. 869; Kmbl. ii. 95, 14

sundor-freódóm

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-freódóm, es; m.
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-Mid andweardum apostolícum sunderfreódómum cum praesentibus apostolicis privilegiis (153, 10), Cod. Dip. B. i. 155, 17: 154, 22. v. next word

Linked entry: freó-dóm

fore-wís

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For Cot. 149 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 79, and add

for-lidennes

Grammar
for-lidennes, (-liþ-).
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Forlidenesse ic þolie, Coll. M. 27, 1. Forlyðenisse, An. Ox. 56, 342. Add

un-gefullod

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Ðá cóm án gecrístnod man tó Martine . . . ac æfter feáwum dagum hé wearð fǽrlíce seóc, swá ꝥ hé forðférde ungefullod sóna, Hml. S. 31, 210. Add

up-heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
up-heáfod, es; n.

A top end(?)

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, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 79, 10

wæter-bróga

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-bróga, an; m.

Terror caused by water, the terror of the deep

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Terror caused by water, the terror of the deep Engel ðín con sealte sǽstreámas, waroðfaruða gewinn and wæterbrógan, Andr. Kmbl. 394; An. 197 : 912; An. 456

Linked entry: wæter-egesa

hohful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hohful-ness, e; f.

Anxiety, ⬩ care, ⬩ trouble

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Anxiety, care, trouble Sǽde ic mínum witun mines módes hohfulnysse I told the anxiety of my mind to my 'witan,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 349, 11

býsting

(n.)
Grammar
býsting, es; m.

BIESTINGS, the first milk of a cow after calving ⬩ colostrum

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BIESTINGS, the first milk of a cow after calving; colostrum Býsting, þicce meolc biestings, thick milk, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 20; Wrt. Voc. 28, 3

Linked entry: bísting

rǽw

(n.)
Grammar
rǽw, ráw, e; f.
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The word also occurs in hæsel-, hege-, hlinc-, stán-, wiðig-rǽw, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. xxxv. Cf. also gerǽwud féða acies, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 26. Standaþ on geréwe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 424, 8. Hí on gerǽwe sǽton, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 779

Linked entry: ráw

ǽle-puta

(n.)
Grammar
ǽle-puta, an; m.

An EEL-POUT ⬩ capito

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minnows and eel-pouts, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 33

án-íge

(adj.)
Grammar
án-íge, -ígge; adj.

One-eyed

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Cot. 122. Gif he hí gedó ánígge if he make them one-eyed, L. Alf. 20; Th. i. 48, 25

Linked entries: án-eága ǽn-íge