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mixen-plante

(n.)
Grammar
mixen-plante, an; f.

The mixer-plant ⬩ solanum nigrum ⬩ morella minor ⬩ night-shade

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Otherwise night-shade,' Lchdm. iii. 338, col. 2 Of ðære wyrte ðe man háteþ myxenplante, L. M. 1, 58; Lchdm. ii. 128, 23

Linked entry: plante

ge-delf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-delf, es; n.

A delving ⬩ the act of digging ⬩ a trench ⬩ fossio ⬩ fossa

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He lét delfon an mycel gedelf he had a great trench dug, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 58, 5

ge-feðeran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feðeran, -feðran; p. ede; pp. ed

To feather ⬩ give wings to ⬩ ālas addĕre

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Cot. Gefeðran, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 8; Met. 24, 4

ge-ryd

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-ryd, -rid; adj.

Prepared, ready, usual ⬩ paratus

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Prepared, ready, usual; paratus Ðeáh se graf geryd sí though the grave be prepared, Lchdm. iii. 355, 2, col. 1; Shrn. 184, 20. Moises dyde on geryde orcas Moses put it into the usual basons, Ex. 24, 6

á-hátian

(v.)
Grammar
á-hátian, p. ode
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Áhátode heorte mín concaluit cor meum, Ps. L. 38, 4. Sé cymð of þám swíðe ácólodan magan oþþe of þám tó swíðe áhátodan, Lch. ii. 60, 19

Linked entry: hátian

ge-wealden

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In l. 12 for Lchdm. iii. 362, col. 1 substitute Hml. S. 6, 275, and add Hié gewealdenne here on Umbre sendon an hergiunge quibusdam suis ad populandos agros in Umbriam praemissis, Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 7

hwelian

(v.)
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For ' Lchdm. . . . col. 1' substitute Scint. 76, 19 and add: to waste away, pine: —

efen-hæfdling

(n.)
Grammar
efen-hæfdling, es; m.

An equal, fellow, fellow-mate ⬩ co-æquālis, co-ætāneus

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An equal, fellow, fellow-mate; co-æquālis, co-ætāneus Gesomnode miccle scóle his geþoftena and hys efen-hæfdlingas he collected a great troop of his companions and equals, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 14, 3

Linked entries: efen-heáfda hæfdling

bel-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bel-hús, bell-hús, es; n.

A BELL-HOUSE ⬩ campanile vel campanarium ⬩ turris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula

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qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula; a room or tower in the castle of a Thane, generally built between the kitchen and porter's lodge, where was a bell or bells to summon the inhabitants to prayers, and for other purposes; Du Cange, fol. 1681, col

Linked entry: bell-hús

middel

(adj.)
Grammar
middel, superl. midlest; adj.

Middle

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Middel-tún Middleton, Middel-hám Middleham, etc., Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 315; see also following words

þyrne

(n.)
Grammar
þyrne, an; f.

A thorn-bush

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On ða ealdan þyrnan, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 136, 25. Þyrnan dumos, þyrnum dumis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 43, 44

un-forworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forworht, [different from preceding word.
Similar entries
v. fór-wyrcan
(l. for-), and cf.
O. H. Ger. furi-wurchen obstruere
]; adj.

Unobstructed ⬩ without hindrance ⬩ free ⬩ immunis

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See also the passage: Tellus episcopali restituatur cathedrae absque ullius controversiae obstaculo, iii. 232, 24), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 396, 33: 397, 29: 384, 22. (The formula is common in Oswald's charters. See Cod. Dip.

and-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
and-lang, -long, [ond-]; adj.

All-along ⬩ throughout ⬩ continuous ⬩ extended ⬩ per totum ⬩ continuus ⬩ in longum porrectus

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Kmbl. 2550; An. 1276: Chr. 937; Th. 202, 27, col. 2; Æðelst. 21: Beo. Th. 4237; B. 2115

a-þráwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þráwan, p. -þreów, pl. -þreówon; pp. -þráwen [a, þráwan to throw] .

to throw forth ⬩ to spill ⬩ effundere ⬩ to twist ⬩ wreath ⬩ twine ⬩ contorquere

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Aþráwenum þrǽdum with twisted threads, Cot. 50

Linked entries: a-dreópan a-þrowen

dyderian

(v.)
Grammar
dyderian, dydrian; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans.

To deceive, delude ⬩ illūdĕre

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To deceive, delude; illūdĕre Me þincþ ðæt ðú me dwelige and dyderie [dwelle and dydre, Cot.], swá mon cild déþ methinks that thou misleadest and deludest me, as any one does a child, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 12

fácne

(adj.)
Grammar
fácne, def. se fácna; seó, ðæt fácne; adj.

Deceitful, fraudulent, factious ⬩ subdŏlus, dŏlōsus, factiōsus

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Deceitful, fraudulent, factious; subdŏlus, dŏlōsus, factiōsus Fácna dŏlōsus, Cot. 85: factiōsus, 198. Gif hit fácne is if it be fraudulent, L. Ethb. 77; Th. i. 22, 2. Fácnum wordum with factious words, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 35; Sat. 65

ferd-mon

(n.)
Grammar
ferd-mon, -monn, es; pl. nom. acc. -men; m.

A soldier ⬩ mīles

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Cot

firgen-gát

(n.)
Grammar
firgen-gát, firgin-gát, e; pl. nom. acc. -gǽt; f.

A mountain-goat ⬩ chamois ⬩ montāna vel saltuensis capra ⬩ ībex

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Firgengát mountain-goat, Cot. 109: 116. Firgingǽt [MS. -gǽtt] ibĭces, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 158, 31

fóre-gilpan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-gilpan, p. -gealp, pl. -gulpon; pp. -golpen

To boast greatly ⬩ valde jactāre

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To boast greatly; valde jactāre Ðæt he wǽre cumen to ðám gódan tídum ðe Rómáne eft fóregulpon that he was come to the good times of which the Romans afterwards boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13

mearc-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-bróc, es; m.

A brook which serves as a boundary

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A brook which serves as a boundary Andlang Ecclesburnon tó ðam meatcbróce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 193, 31. Ðis synd ða landgemǽra. Ǽrest ðǽr mercbróc scýt on Seolesburnan; of mearcbróce ... swá andlang burnan eft on mérbróce, 284, 12-30