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bríd-bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
bríd-bletsung, e; f.

A marriage-blessingnuptialis benedictio

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Ælf. P. 43 ; Th. ii. 382, 33

Linked entry: brýd-bletsung

gyrstan-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gyrstan-dæg, gestran-dæg, gysternlíc-dæg

yesterdayheri

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yesterday; heri Gyrstan-dæg heri, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 57. Swá he wæs gyrstan-dæg and ǽran dæg sicut erat heri et nudius tertius, Gen. 31, 5

hænne-belle

(n.)
Grammar
hænne-belle, an; f.

Henbanehyoscyamus

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Henne-belle simphoniaca, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 96; Wrt. Voc. 30, 42

Linked entry: henne-belle

hand-lín

(n.)
Grammar
hand-lín, es; n.

A hand-cloth, napkinsleeves

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A hand-cloth, napkin Hand-lín manualis, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 117; Wrt. Voc. 25, 57. iiii subdiácones handlín four sub-deacon's handcloths, Th. Chart. 429, 23

ge-þæslíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þæslíc, adj. [þæslíc fit]

Fitproperdĕcensopportūnus

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Fit, proper; dĕcens, opportūnus Geþæslíc [MS. geþæsliic] dĕcens, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 16, 44. On tíman geþæslícum oððe on gedafenlícre tíde in tempŏre opportūno, Ps. Lamb. 31, 6

an-leofa

(n.)
Grammar
an-leofa, an; m.

foodnourishmentvictuscibusa giftalmswagesstips

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Kmbl. 36; Leás. 20. a gift, alms, wages; stips, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 105

Linked entry: big-leofa

a-slacigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
a-slacigendlíc, adj.

Remissiveremissivus

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Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 29

Linked entry: slacigendlíc

axiendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
axiendlíc, axigendlíc; adj.

Interrogativeinquiringinquisitiveinterrogativus

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ðon biþ se [hwá quis] interrogativum, ðæt is axigendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 27

bæd-þearm

(n.)
Grammar
bæd-þearm, es; m.

Menteraenteraέντερa

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Bæd-þearm seems to be an error of the copyist for bæcþearm, Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 71, 122; Wrt. Voc. 45, 27

dæg-wine

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wine, es; n?

A day's pay diarium

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A day's pay; diarium Dægwine diarium, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 32; Wrt. Voc. 28, 15. Dægwine pensum vel diarium, 64; Som. 69, 9; Wrt. Voc. 40, 43

Linked entry: wine

cwild

(n.)

a plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction

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Voc. 75, 54: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27; Som. 11, 25: Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 31: Ps. Spl. C. 28, 9: 31, 8

cwyde

(n.)

a sentence sententiaa discourse, sermon

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a sentence ; sententia, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 2, 38. a discourse, sermon Smeágaþ ðysne cwyde consider this sermon, Homl. Th. i. 28, 20: ii. 2, 14: 2, 17

eár-hring

(n.)
Grammar
eár-hring, eár-ring, es; m.

An ear-ring inauris

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An ear-ring; inauris Nymaþ gyldene eár-hringas of eówer wífa eáron tollĭte inaures aureas de uxōrum vestrārum aurĭbus, Ex. 32, 2: Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 91

Linked entry: eár-ring

earn-geáp

(n.)
Grammar
earn-geáp, [earn an eagle, geáp shrewd, cunning] A vulture, species of falcon; vultur, harpe = ἅρπη
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vultur, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 32; Wrt. Voc. 29, 51. Earn-geáp? arpa [ = harpe ], Glos. Brux. Recd. 36, 2; Wrt. Voc. 62, 2, Ben. Lye

éce-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
éce-líce, adv.

Eternally, ever perpĕtuo

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Eternally, ever; perpĕtuo, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 1. Ic ðas tíde Eástrena écelíce healdan wille vŏlo hoc tempus Paschae perpetuo observare Bd. 5. 21; S 643. 20

enneleác

(n.)
Grammar
enneleác, enneléc, eneleác, ynneleác, yneleác, es; n. [leác a leek, onion]

An onioncæpe, ūnio

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Enneléc cæpe, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 106; Wrt. Voc. 30, 54

Linked entry: eneleác

fen-fearn

(n.)
Grammar
fen-fearn, fen-fern, es; n.

The fenwater-fernflowering fernthe herb christopherosmund-royalosmunda rēgālissalvia?salvia

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-Fenfearn salvia, Ælfc. Gl. 42; Som. 64, 8; Wrt. Voc. 31, 19

fina

(n.)
Grammar
fina, an; m.

A woodpeckerpīcus

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A woodpecker; pīcus Fina pīcus, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 26; Wrt. Voc. 29, 46: 77, 31: 281, 4: Glos. Brnx. Recd. 36, 33; Wrt. Voc. 62, 33

iuc-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
iuc-sticca, an; m.
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The bar of a yoke Ioc-sticca obicula, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 61; Wrt. Voc. 16, 33. (Cf. O. H. Ger. iuh-rota pertica, Grff. ii. 491.]

lǽrestre

(n.)
Grammar
lǽrestre, an; f.

an instructresspreceptress

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A female teacher, an instructress, preceptress Lǽrestre doctrix, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 64; Zup. 71, 8. Siððan clypode heó hire tó ða ylcan lǽrestran, Homl. Th. ii. 543, 8