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latian

(v.)
Grammar
latian, p. ode

To be slowto lingerloiterdelay

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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.

Linked entry: elcian

swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
swǽtan, p. te
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</b> to send forth blood, to bleed

Linked entry: swítan

þung

(n.)
Grammar
þung, es; m.

A poisonous plant(vegetable) poisonaconitumeleborusmandraginatoxa

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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

(n.)
Grammar
fót-spure, es; n.

A foot-supportfoot-restpĕdum 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

Linked entry: -spure

þreáp

(n.)

a troopband

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Halliwell gives thrap to crowd, as an Essex word), Hpt. 477, 52; 487, 33. (?)

Andefera

(n.)
Grammar
Andefera, an; m.

ANDOVER, a market town in the north west of Hampshire built on the east bank of the river Ande or Antonoppidum 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

(n.)
Grammar
manung, e; f.

monitionadmonitionadvicea claiming or exaction of debt, tributethe place where toll is demandedthe district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercisedthe people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons

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Ðæt wé rídan be eallum 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 mid his monuuge, and ádrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre, v. 8, 4; Th. i.

onettan

Grammar
onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
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Seó stíg gelǽdde þá ónettendan (properantes) men 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

(adj.)
Grammar
leáf-helmig, adj.

frondicoma

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Having a leafy top; frondicoma Germ. 390

Linked entry: helmig

hæc

(n.)
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hæcce, ðǽr cynges hæcce ; of ðǽr cynges hæcce. . . Ælsyges hæcce . . . of cerlen hacce — cerlen hacce, C.

seldan

(adv.)
Grammar
seldan, (-on, -un, -um) ; cpve. seldnor ; adv.
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seldan hit biþ, beó hit seldor on dæg ðonne seofon síðum, Btwk. 194, 11. Oft (of ? cf.

Linked entry: seldnor

ýþian

(v.)
Grammar
ýþian, ýþgian; p. ode.
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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.

Linked entries: ýþan ýþgian

níd-micel

(adj.)
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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

(n.)

a topsummit

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a top, summit Glos. Prudent. Recd. 147, 55

un-gemetlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíce, adv.

immoderatelybeyond measureexcessivelytoo (much)immenselyexceedinglyvery greatly

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Ðæt hé ðæt ryht swíþe and ungemetlíce ( nimie et inordinate ) ne bodige, Past. 15; Swt. 95, 17.

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

(n.)
Grammar
tún-rǽd, es; m.
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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

(v.)
Grammar
be-frinan, l. be-frignan, -frinan; p. -frán, pl. -frúnon, -frinon; pp. -frúnen, -frinen,

to ask a person a question,to askquestion,to ask about somethingto ask a person about somethingto ask for some-thingto 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

(adj.)
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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 feldgongendurn deórum (agri bestiis), Past. 38, 23. Add: