GEARN
YARN ⬩ spun wool ⬩ pensum ⬩ lāna nēta
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Unwunden gearn unwound yarn, a ball or clew of yarn; glŏmus, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 67; Wrt. Voc. 59, 36
Linked entry: gern
heort-hama
A covering of the heart
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A covering of the heart Heorthama bucleamen, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 102; Wrt. Voc. 45, 9. Ðú nymst ðone hearthaman thou shalt take the fat that covers the inwards, Ex. 29, 22
Linked entry: heort-gesída
seld-síne
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Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc biþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27
ge-runnen
run together, congealed, joined ⬩ coagulatus,
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Lamb. 67, 16: 118, 70: Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 17; Wrt. Voc. 28, 1: 78; Som. 72, 52; Wrt. Voc. 46, 12; pp. of ge-rinnan
Linked entry: rynning
stræcness
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Ælfc. P. 13 ; Th. ii. 368, 29
un-forrotigendlíc
Not liable to decay ⬩ imperishable ⬩ incorruptible
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Ælfc. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 23. Unforrotiendlíc, 36; Th. ii. 360, 42
Linked entry: -rotigendlíc
ge-fégednes
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Add: (i) figure, shape Figura is gecweden on Englisc híw oððe gefégednyss, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 105, 20. a conjunction Polysindeton ys þæt gebed þe byð mid manegum gefégednyssum gefrætwod, Angl. viii. 332, 28
tó-settan
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Twá and hundseofontig bóca sind on bibliothécan, for þan þe hig sume sind tósette on twá ( some of them are put into two parts ) for heora langnysse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 32. Add
þúsend-feald
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Add: Þúsendfealde milleni, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 284, 15
weorold-níd
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Sý ǽlc hýrsunmys an woroldneódum cáflíce gefylled omnis obedientia in seculi necessitatibus strenue peragatur, 93, 9. Add
cræft-sprǽc
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Neutrum is náðor cynn ... ne werlices ne wíflices, on cræftsprǽce ( grammatically speaking ), ac hit byð swá þeáh oft on andgyte, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 18, 15
æcern
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Ðis æceren (æcern, v. l.) haec glans, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 61, 8: 312, 6: glandix, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 29: ii. 41, 27. Heó eteð hnyte oþþe æceran, Lch. iii. 144, 20. Add
beóþ
is ⬩ are ⬩ shall be
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is, are, shall be Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 28; Gú. 768 : 96 b; Th. 361, 20; Wal. 22 : Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 14 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 743-745; 28, 27
fefer-fuge
The herb feverfew ⬩ febrĭfŭgia
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The herb feverfew; febrĭfŭgia Feferfuge febrĭfŭgia, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 89; Wrt. Voc. 30, 39: Herb. 36; Lchdm. 1. 134, 15. Genim feferfugean blóstman take blossoms of feverfew, Lchdm. i. 374, 3
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for-swúgian
To pass over in silence ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre
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To pass over in silence; sĭlentio prætĕrīre Ǽlc ánweald biþ forswfigod gif he biþ bútan wísdóme every power is passed over in silence, if it be without wisdom. Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10
friþ-man
One who is under special protection
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One who is under special protection, 'friþ:' — Ǽlc ágenra friþmanna friþ hæbbe let each of those who are in our ' friþ ' be unmolested, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 5, 7, 13
Linked entry: fryþ-man
ealdorlíc
Principal, chief, excellent ⬩ princĭpāls, magnĭfĭcus
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Principal, chief, excellent; princĭpāls, magnĭfĭcus Ealdorlíc princĭpālis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 37. Ealdorlíc ánnyss princĭpālis unĭtas, Hymn. Surt. i. 5. Ealdorlíce Gáste Spīrĭtu princĭpāli. Ps. Grn. 50, 13; ii. 149, 13
hwet-stán
A whetstone
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A whetstone Hwetstán cos, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 100; Wrt. Voc. 38, 25: Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 30. Nim ðonne hwetstán brádne then take a broad whetstone, Lchdm. iii. 16, 21
hyldere
A flayer ⬩ butcher
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A flayer, butcher Hyldere oððe cwellere oððe flǽsctawere lanio vel lanista vel carnifex velmacellarius, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 121; Wrt. Voc. 60, 27. From hylderum a lanionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 2
níd-wraca
One who is forced to be an avenger ⬩ who avenges an affront
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One who is forced to be an avenger, who avenges an affront Gif ǽnig gilda hwilcne man ofstleá, and hé neádwraca sí, and his bismer béte, fylste ǽlc gegylda, Chart. Th. 611, 29
Linked entry: wraca