lyt
Few ⬩ little
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Kmbl. 2688; An. 1346
Linked entry: lyt-hwón
ge-mæcca
A companion, mate, consort, husband or wife ⬩ conjux
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Ne eart ðú ðon leófre nǽngum lifigendra menn to gemæccan ðonne se swearta hrefn thou art not any dearer to any living man as mate than the swart raven, Exon. 99 a; Th. 370, 6; Seel. 53.
MǼD
MEAD ⬩ meadow
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Voc. 53, 52. xii æcras an westhealfe ðære strǽte and án médwa beneoþan ðæm hliþe xii acres on the west side of the road, and one meadow beneath the hill, Cod. Dipl.
aldor
an elder ⬩ parent ⬩ author ⬩ parens ⬩ auctor ⬩ a chief ⬩ prince ⬩ præpositus ⬩ princeps
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an elder, parent, author; parens, auctor. Cd. 76; Th. 95, 14; Gen. 1578: L. H.
Linked entry: alder
ampella
A vial ⬩ bottle ⬩ flask ⬩ flagon ⬩ ampulla ⬩ lecythus ⬩ lenticula
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A vial, bottle, flask, flagon; ampulla, lecythus, lenticula Ampella vel ele-fæt an oil-flask, lecythus = λήκυθος [MS. legithum], Cot. 119. Ampella vel crog lenticula, 124
ymb-þanc
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Hié eallneg rǽswaþ and ondrǽdaþ ðæt hí mon tǽlan wille and beóð eallneg mid ðæm ymbeðoncan (-ðonce, Cott. MSS.) ábisgode and ofdrǽdde dum deprehendi metuunt, semper pavidis suspicionibus agitantur Past. 35; Swt. 239, 7.
witig
having knowledge ⬩ wisdom ⬩ sense ⬩ sagacious ⬩ wise ⬩ in one's wits ⬩ in one's right mind
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having knowledge, wisdom, sense; sagacious, wise Stán witig werede and worde cwæð, Andr. Kmbl. 1485; An. 744. Swilce wittige ł gleáwe leorneras velut sagaces (prudentes) gymnosophistas, Hpt.
Linked entry: wittig
wæl-cyrge
A chooser of the slain.
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But elsewhere it is used apparently with the sense of witch or sorceress Wyccan and wælcyrian and unlybwyrhtan, Wulfst. 298, 18. Wiccan and wælcerian, 165, 34. Wiccean and wælcyrian, Chart. Erl. 231, 10
Linked entries: -cyrge wæl-ceásiga
dim-scúa
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Kmbl. 281; An. 141
wil-gifa
A giver of what is desirable, a giver of good ⬩ the giver of all good
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A giver of what is desirable, a giver of good, as epithet of an earthly prince Wilgeofa Wedra leóda, dryhten Geáta ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 5792 ; B. 2900. Ðæs wilgifan ( Constantine's ) word, Elen.
ecgan
To give an edge, to sharpen ⬩ acuĕre
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To give an edge, to sharpen; acuĕre. Ecged edged, sharpened, only found in compositions, as twig-ecged two-edged; bĭceps, q. v
scíte
A sheet ⬩ piece of linen cloth
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Veronica's Handkerchief) genam, and hyne on pællenre scýtan befeóld, and eác heó wæs gewefen myd golde. Auð ðá scýtan hé dyde ðá on án gylden fæt, St. And. 42, 11-15. Scétan sindonem Kent. Gl. 1148. On scétum in sabanis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 47
sǽ-lida
A sea-goer, sailor
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Ic georne wát ðæt ic ǽfre ne geseah on sǽleodan syllicran cræft I have never seen in a seaman more wondrous skill, Andr. Kmbl. 999; An. 500. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte, 941;An. 471. Offa ðone sǽlidan slóh, Byrht. Th. 140, 10; By. 286
þyle
An orator ⬩ spokesman
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If a gloss in Wrt.
swǽr
- Halliwell
- Jamieson's Dictionary
unwilling ⬩ dull, heavy, ⬩ lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.] ⬩ heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive ⬩ heavy, grievous, painful, unpleasant ⬩ heavy, sad, feeling or expressing grief ⬩ of sin or evil, grave, grievous ⬩ of physical or mental inactivity, heavy, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent ⬩ inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak ⬩ of sleep, heavy ⬩ grave, honoured ⬩ grievous (sin, sickness) ⬩ gravis, onerosus ⬩ (a poetic word) heavy, grave.
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Gebrec swár and swíðlíc a crash grievous and great 59, 19; Cri. 955. Ðæt hé swǽre áhweorfe hæftnéd hefige, Ps. Th. 125, 1. Ðú þolades swár gewin, Exon. Th. 86, 22 ; Cri. 1412. Geswencean mid swárum wítum, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 181.
æppel
an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball
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Add: an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) Æppel pomum, Ælfc. Gr. 31, 4. Ęppel malum, Kent. Gl. 962. Scoldon hangigan reáde apla mala punica Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá reádan apla (appla, l. 13)?
Ceóles íg
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CHELSEA, on the bank of the Thames, Middlesex; Somner says, 'Insularis olim et navibus accommodata, ut nomen significat.'
HÝRAN
to HEAR ⬩ hear of ⬩ to listen to ⬩ follow ⬩ serve ⬩ obey ⬩ be subject to ⬩ belong to
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Ic gean ðæs landes æt Holungaburnan and ðæs ðe ðǽrtó hýrþ I grant the land at Hollingbourn and what belongs thereto, Chart. Th. 558, 27. Se haga æt Wiltúne ðe hýrþ intó Wilig, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 415, 4.
nǽnig
not any ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ no one ⬩ not any one
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Grammar nǽnig, used as an adjective, not any, none, no, Grammar nǽnig, without another negative Nǽnig óðer hý ǽfre má eft onlúceþ, Exon. Th. 20, 27; Cri. 324. Ðeáh ðe nǽnegu nédþearf wǽre, Met. 20, 25. Ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera, 16, 13.
Linked entry: nán
wan-sceaft
misfortune ⬩ misery ⬩ unhappiness ⬩ some form of disease
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Ic ne wrecan meahte on wigan feore wonnsceaft míne, ac ic ealle þolige, Exon. Th. 499, 16; Rä. 88, 16.