ælf-cynn
The elf-kind ⬩ the race of elves ⬩ elfin race ⬩ ephialtum genus
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Lye Wyrc sealfe wið ælfcynne work a salve against the elfin race, L. M. 3, 61; Lchdm, ii. 344, 7
Baddan-burh
BADBURY, Dorsetshire ⬩ Baddanburgus in quo castra metatus est Eadweardus Ælfredi fil
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BADBURY, Dorsetshire, formerly Baddanburgum; Baddanburgus in quo castra metatus est Eadweardus Ælfredi fil, An. 901; He gewícode æt Baddanbyrig wið Winburnan he encamped at Badbury near Winburn, Chr. 901; Th. 178, 26. ;
bearn-eácen
Increased ⬩ pregnant ⬩ auctus ⬩ gravidus
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Increased, pregnant; auctus, gravidus Bearneácen wíf þrówaþ micel earfoðu a pregnant woman suffers much trouble, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 2, note 2, Cott: L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 66, 23
beór-hyrde
A beer-keeper ⬩ butler ⬩ cerevisiæ custos ⬩ pincerna
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A beer-keeper, butler; cerevisiæ custos, pincerna Sum biþ gewittig æt wínþege, beórhyrde gód one is witty at wine-bibbing, a good beer-keeper Exon. 79 b; Th. 297, 28; Crä. 75
dǽd-leán
A deed-loan or reward, a recompence ⬩ factorum præmium
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A deed-loan or reward, a recompence; factorum præmium Him eallum wile mihtig Drihten dǽdleán gyfan the mighty Lord will give them all a recompence, Cd. 156; Th. 194, 20; Exod. 263
cwic-seolfor
QUICKSILVER ⬩ vivum argentum
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QUICKSILVER ; vivum argentum Wið magan wærce; rudan sǽd and cwicseolfor for pain of stomach; seed of rue and quicksilver, L. M. 3, 69; Lchdm. ii. 356, 19. Cwicseolfor argentum vivum, Cot. 16
Linked entry: seolfor
for-heáwan
To hew ⬩ cut down ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ slaughter ⬩ concīdĕre ⬩ occīdĕre
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Th. 99; Wíd. 49: Byrht. Th. 135, 9; By. 115
for-sweltan
To die away ⬩ perish ⬩ permŏri
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To die away, perish; permŏri Manig wíf forswilt for hire bearne many a woman dies because of her child, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 11, note 17. Forswealt disparuit, Cot. 65: 190
ealo-wósa
Ale-wetter or drinker ⬩ cervĭsiæ inebriātor vel pōtor
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Ale-wetter or drinker; cervĭsiæ inebriātor vel pōtor Sumum yrrum ealowósan, were wínsadum from one irritated as an ale-drinker, a wine-sated man. Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 10; Vy. 49
leáh-mealt-wurt
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lixivum, cf. lixivum mustum the wine that runs out of the grapes before they are pressed), Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 23; Wrt. Voc. 34, 6
un-gehálgod
Unhallowed ⬩ unconsecrated
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Mid wíne ungehálgudum, Anglia xiii. 422, 818. Ungehálgod fýr ignem alienum, Lev. 10, 1
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westerne
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Western Ðá ástáh westerne wind and bleów flante favonio, Bd. 5, 19; S. 635, 20 note. Com Æþelmér ealdorman þider and ða weasternan (westenan, v. l. ) þægnas, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 16
ge-cyrnod
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Jagged, having grainlike excrescences Wiþ scurfedum nægle; nim gecyrnadne sticcan, sete on þone nægl wið þá wearta, Lch. ii. 150, 4. Gecyrnode cambas serratas cristas (of a cock), An. Ox. 26, 15
Linked entry: -cyrnod
heáfod-wærc
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Wið heáfodwræce (-wærce, l. 8), iii. 2, 4
mán-áþ
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Ǽlcum geleáffullum men is tó warnigenne wið mánáðas (-áða, máne áðas, v. ll. ). . . Manega men tellað tó lytlum gylte, ꝥ hí óðre men mid mánáðum beswicen, Hml. A. 147, 89-93. Add
Súþ-Dene
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Ic þé bæd þæt þú léte Súð-Dene sylfe geweorþan gúðe wið Grendel, B. 1996
end
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Þín bén is gehýred, end þín wíf gebereð sunu, Archiv cxxii. 253, 91
up-lyft
the air above
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the air above Ðú wealdan miht eorðan mægen and uplyfte, wind and wolcna, Btwk. 196, 29; Hy. 9, 6. Ðú geworhtest heofonas and eorðan, eardas and uplyft, 198, 4; Hy. 9, 19
wunden-locc
With braided locks
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With braided locks Wíf wundenlocc, Exon. Th. 407, 26; Rä. 26, 11. Slóh wundenlocc (Judith) ðone feóndsceaþan, Judth. Thw. 23, 3; Jud. 103. Seó cneóris, wlanc, wundenlocc, 26, 13; Jud. 326
ýþ-gebland
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The tossing waves Ýðgeblond up ástígeþ won tó wolcnum, ðonne wind styreþ láð gewidru, Beo. Th. 2750; B. 1373: 3190; B. 1593. Wǽron ýðgebland eal gefǽlsod, eácne eardas, 3244; B. 1620