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cneówian

(v.)
Grammar
cneówian, cneówigan; part. cneówigende;p. ode;; pp. od [cneó, cneów a knee]

To bow the kneeto kneel; genuflectere

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To bow the knee, to kneel; genuflectere Benedictus on his gebédum cneówode Benedict knelt down in prayer Homl. Th. ii. 154, 20: 178, 33. Cneówigende genuflectens Proæm. R. Conc

Linked entry: cneówlian

ceáp-sceamul

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-sceamul, -sceamel, es; m. [scamel = a bench, seat]

A toll-booth, custom-house, treasury mercatorium scabellum, telonium = HEBREW , gazophylacium = τελώνιον

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A toll-booth, custom-house, treasury; mercatorium scabellum, telonium = HEBREW gazophylacium = τελώνιον He geseah Leui, æt ceápsceamule sittende vidit Levi, sedentem ad telonium, Lk. Bos. 5, 27. Ðás word he spæc æt ceápsceamele hæc verba locutus est

Linked entry: cép-sceamol

Ceaster-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Ceaster-scír, e; f. [ceaster III. Chester, scír a shire]

Cheshireager Cestrensis

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Cheshire; ager Cestrensis Rodbeard wæs gecoren to bisceope to Ceasterscíre Robert was chosen bishop of Cheshire, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 21

ge-menigfealdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-menigfealdan, -menigfildan; p. de [menig many, feald a fold, plait]

To multiply, increase, extendmultiplicare

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To multiply, increase, extend; multiplicare, Ex. 32, 13 : Gen. 9, 27 : 32, 12

gestæf-lǽred

(v.)
Grammar
gestæf-lǽred, part. [stæf a letter; lǽred learned; pp. of lǽran]

Versed in lettersliteratelearnedbooklearnedlītĕrātus

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Versed in letters, literate, learned, booklearned; lītĕrātus Cild biþ gestæflǽred a child will be booklearned, Lchdm. iii. 184, 3: 192, 15: 194, 12

Linked entries: -lǽred -stæf-lǽred

ge-mæt-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mæt-fæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted, -fæst [gemet a measure, fæst fast]

To comparecomparare

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To compare; comparare, Ps. Lamb. 48, 21

ge-met

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-met, adj. [ge-met IV. a fit or proper measure]

Fit, meet, properaptus, congruus, conveniens

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Fit, meet, proper; aptus, congruus, conveniens Wearþ him hýrra hyge ðonne gemet wǽre he had a loftier soul than were meet, Cd. 198; Th. 247, 5; Dan. 492 : 186; Th. 231, 21; Dan. 250: Andr. Kmbl. 2358 ; An. 1180, Swá him gemet þince as to him may seem

Linked entry: or-met

cemban

(v.)
Grammar
cemban, cæmban; de; ed [camb a comb,q. v.]

To COMBpectere

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To COMB; pectere Ic cembe pecto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 61

Linked entry: cæmban

Ceóles íg

(n.)
Grammar
Ceóles íg, e; f. [ceól a ship, íg an island]
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CHELSEA, on the bank of the Thames, Middlesex; Somner says, 'Insularis olim et navibus accommodata, ut nomen significat.'

clawan

(v.)
Grammar
clawan, ic clawe; ede; ed [clá a nail, claw]

To CLAWscalpere

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To CLAW; scalpere Ic clawe scalpo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 20

ge-teld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-teld, -tæld, -teald, es ; n. [teld a tent]

A tenttabernaclepavilionTILTcovertentōriumtabernācŭlum

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A tent, tabernacle, pavilion, TILT, cover; tentōrium, tabernācŭlum Geteld tentōrium vel tabernācŭlum, Wrt. Voc. 85, 84: scēna vel tabernācŭlum, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 25; Wrt. Voc. 37, 15. God æteówde Abrahame on ðam dene Mambre, ðǽr ðǽr he sæt on his

Linked entries: teld ge-teald

croppiht

(adj.)
Grammar
croppiht, adj. [crop, a bunch, cluster; -iht, adj. termination, q. v.]

Croppyfull of clusters racemosus

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Croppy, full of clusters; racemosus L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 12

hilde-deór

(adj.)
Grammar
hilde-deór, [Thorpe and Kemble take deór to be a noun.]

Stoat in war, brave,

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Stoat in war, brave,, Beo. Th. 629; B. 312: 1672; B. 834: 4220; B. 2107: 4372; B. 2183. Hæle hildedeór a warrior brave, 3296; B. 1646: 3636; B. 1816: 6213; B. 3111: Andr. Kmbl. 2003; An. 1004: Elen. Kmbl. 1868; El. 936. Hildedeóre brave men, Beo. Th.

etan

to devourconsumedestroy

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Add: of living creatures. to take food, take a meal Sé itt and drincð mid ðǽm synfullum, Past. 327, 3. Eatað ðearfan edent pauperes, Ps. Srt. 21, 27. Ðá þá se Godes wer æt (ætt, v. l.), se munuc stód him ætforan, Gr. D. 144, 1. Ðíne suna and ðíne dohtra

bil-gesleht

(n.)
Grammar
bil-gesleht, bill-gesliht, -geslyht, es; n. [bil, bill a sword, gesleht a clashing, conflict, slaughter; from sleán to slay, kill]

A clashing of swords, battleensium concutio, pugna

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A clashing of swords, battle; ensium concutio, pugna Gelpan ne þorfte beorn blandenfeax bilgeslehtes [billgeslyhtes, Cott. Tiber. A. vi; billgeslihtes, Cott. Tiber. B. i: Cott. Tiber. B. iv] the grizzly-haired warrior needed not boast of the clashing

be-wǽpnian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wǽpnian, -wépnian; p. ed; pp. ed; [be, wǽpen a weapon]

To take away arms, disarmarmis spoliare

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To take away arms, disarm; armis spoliare Be ðam ðe óðerne bewépnaþ de eo qui alium armis spoliaret, L. C. S. 61, titl; Th. i. 408, 16. Gif man æt unlagum man bewǽpnige [bewepnie MS. B.] if any one unlawfully disarm a man, 61; Th. i. 408, 18

Linked entries: be-wépnian wǽpnian

big-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
big-cwide, bí-cwide, es; m. [be, big by; cwide a saying]

A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, taleproverbium, fabula

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A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, tale; proverbium, fabula Ge forwurðaþ þurh bigspell and bigcwidas eris perditus in proverbium et fabulam, Deut. 28, 37. Bícwide proverbium, Prov. 22

Linked entry: bí-cwide

tosca

(n.)
Grammar
tosca, (-e; f. (?); in the Ritual feminines sometimes end in a), an; m.

A frog

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A frog Sceomiende (the glosser has taken rubeta as connected with rubeo) ða ðió is ácuoeden tosca rubeta illa quae dicitur rana, Rtl. 125, 27. Sette him heard wíte hundes fleógan and hí ǽtan eác yfle tostan (toscan ?) hæfdan hí eallunga út áworpen immisit

Linked entries: toxa tostan

ceáp-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-strǽt, e; f. [ceáp = saleable commodities, strǽt = a street, public place, market]

a marketvicus mercatorius, forum, mercatus;

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a market; vicus mercatorius, forum, mercatus; A street or place for merchandise, Som. Ben. Lye

ǽfen-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereord, e; f. es; n. Substitute: add: Used in pl. for a single meal
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Gif hit beó seó tíd ǽfengereordes, árísen hý sóna swá hý heora mete hæbben, and sitten on ánre stówe si tempus fuerit prandii mox ut surrexerint a cena sedeant omnes in unum, R. Ben. 66, 15. Æfter his ǽfengereorde post caenam, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 12: Angl