latian
To be slow ⬩ to linger ⬩ loiter ⬩ delay
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To be slow, to linger, loiter, delay Ic latige on sumere stówe moror, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 27, 14. Hwí latast ðú swá lange ðæt ðú ðé lǽce ne cýðst why dost thou delay so long to show thyself to the leech? Dóm. L. 6, 66. Lataþ tardat, Wrt.
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swǽtan
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</b> to send forth blood, to bleed
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þung
A poisonous plant ⬩ (vegetable) poison ⬩ aconitum ⬩ eleborus ⬩ mandragina ⬩ toxa
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Þung mandragina, 59, 42: aconita, i. 31, 58: aconitum, 67, 16: toxa, 68, 26: coxa (r. toxa ), 67, 15. Þung toxa or toxicum (printed toxi pang), 289, 52. Gif mon þung ete, áþege buteran and drince; se þung gewít on ða buteran.
bune
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Add: a reed Canna, harundo, calamus vel bune (cf. calamus vel canna vel arundo hreód, i. 79, 27: cf. too Bun-hám with Hreód-hám in local names, and see N.E.D. bun.
fót-spure
A foot-support ⬩ foot-rest ⬩ pĕdum fultūra
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, and took the crown, all of beaten gold, from our Lord's head, and took the foot-rest which was underneath his foot, which was all of red gold, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 6-8
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þreáp
a troop ⬩ band
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Halliwell gives thrap to crowd, as an Essex word), Hpt. 477, 52; 487, 33. (?)
Andefera
ANDOVER, a market town in the north west of Hampshire built on the east bank of the river Ande or Anton ⬩ oppidum in agro Hamtunensi
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ANDOVER, a market town in the north west of Hampshire built on the east bank of the river Ande or Anton; oppidum in agro Hamtunensi Hí ðá lǽddon Ánláf to Andeferan they then led Anlaf to Andover, Chr. 994; Th. 242, 27, col. 1; Th. 243, 26, col. 1, 12
manung
monition ⬩ admonition ⬩ advice ⬩ a claiming or exaction of debt, tribute ⬩ the place where toll is demanded ⬩ the district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercised ⬩ the people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons
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Ðæt wé rídan be eallum tó mid ðam geréfan ðe hit on hismonunge sý, v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 13. the people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons Fó se geréfa tó mid his monuuge, and ádrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre, v. 8, 4; Th. i.
onettan
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Seó stíg gelǽdde þá ónettendan (properantes) men tó ðæs weres cytan, Gr. D. 212, 20. <b>I a.</b> of too quick procedure, to hurry :-- Gif hé unendebyrdlíce ónet mid dǽre sprǽce si inordinate ad loquendum rapitur, Past. 93, 18.
leáf-helmig
frondicoma
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Having a leafy top; frondicoma Germ. 390
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hæc
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hæcce, tó ðǽr cynges hæcce ; of ðǽr cynges hæcce. . . tó Ælsyges hæcce . . . of cerlen hacce — tó cerlen hacce, C.
seldan
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Tó seldan hit biþ, beó hit seldor on dæg ðonne seofon síðum, Btwk. 194, 11. Oft (of ? cf.
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ýþian
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Ic ýðgode mid synnum, swá sǽ mid ýðum, Shrn. 140, 18. to move in waves, to toss, roll, of the sea. v. ýþung Ðæs ýþiendan sǽs flucivagi ponti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 61. Hé ða yþig-endan sǽ mid ánre hǽse gestilde, Homl.
níd-micel
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The poem seems to support the idea contained in nédmicel, that of urgency: Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce micel módes hiht, An. 286. In support, too, of nédmicel is the accent in the MS. Moreover St.
cnep
a top ⬩ summit
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a top, summit Glos. Prudent. Recd. 147, 55
un-gemetlíce
immoderately ⬩ beyond measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ too (much) ⬩ immensely ⬩ exceedingly ⬩ very greatly
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Ðæt hé ðæt ryht tó swíþe and tó ungemetlíce ( nimie et inordinate ) ne bodige, Past. 15; Swt. 95, 17.
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gird
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., and add: of material. a long thin bough of a tree or stem of a plant whether growing or cut off Tóh gęrd, tóch gerd lentum vimen, Txts. 75, 1207. Tóh gerd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 74. Gerd virgultum, 123, 66. On gerde hysopo, Jn. L. R. 19, 29.
tún-rǽd
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A town-council Man beád ðam túnrǽde ðe his suna on áfédde wǽron ðæt man sceolde twégen cempan gescyrpan an order was given to the council of the town in which his sons had been brought up, that two soldiers should be equipped, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 297
be-frinan
to ask a person a question, ⬩ to ask ⬩ question, ⬩ to ask about something ⬩ to ask a person about something ⬩ to ask for some-thing ⬩ to ask of a person what one wishes to be told
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Lch. iii. 432, 27. to ask for some-thing Hé befrán his geféran rǽdes, Hml. S. 25, 397. Búton hé his godes rǽdes befrúne, Hml. A. 197, 77. to ask of a person what one wishes to be told Befrán hé æt þám mæssepreóstum ðæs martires naman, Hml.
feld-gangende
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going about the fields, (a beast) of the field Ealdes swínes tord þæs þe feldgangende sié, Lch. ii. 62, 22. Hé hine geðídde tó feldgongendurn deórum (agri bestiis), Past. 38, 23. Add: