swǽpels
A wrap, garment ⬩ to wrap, swaddle ⬩ a kerchief, hood ⬩ barn child in swaddling-clothes.
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A wrap, garment Swǽpels amictus Ps. Surt. 106, 3. Ða swǽpelsan amicula Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 49
scild-hreóða
Shield-covering ⬩ a shield ⬩ buckler ⬩ the arrangement of shields as in the scild-burh
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Shield-covering, a shield, buckler Scinon scyldhreóðan, Cd. Th. 184, 26; Exod. 113. the arrangement of shields as in the scild-burh, q. v. Scyldréðan testudine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 31. Sumum wíges spéd giefeþ æt gúþe, ðonne gárgetrum ofer scildhreádan
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scyrte
A short garment ⬩ skirt ⬩ kirtle
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A short garment, skirt, kirtle Scyrtan pretexta, tunecan togae, Germ. 393, 143
grunde-swelge
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GROUNDSEL; senecio Ompre, grundeswelge, ontre dock, groundsel, radish, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 25. Grundeswylige groundsel, Herb. 77, 1; Lchdm. i. 180, 5. Gením grundeswelgean take groundsel, L. M. 1, 22; Lchdm. ii. 64, 19: 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 32, 5
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þeów
A female servant or slave
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A female servant or slave Seó foresprecene Cristes þeówe praefata Christi famula, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 13: 4, 10; S. 578, 5: 4, 23; S. 592, 36. Seó Cristes þeówe, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 92, 2. Án menen ł þeówæ (ðíua,) (Lind.) ancilla, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 69.
DÆG
DAY ⬩ dies ⬩ the time of a man's life ⬩ tempus vitæ humanæ ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men
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a DAY; dies Se dæg segþ ðam óðrum dæge Godes wundru one day to another tells of God's wonders, Ps. Th. 18, 2. God hét ðæt leóht, dæg God called the light, day, Gen. 1, 5. Se þridda dæg the third day, Gen. 1, 13. Emnihtes dæg the day of equinox; æquinoctium
wudu-rofe
Woodruff
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Woodruff Wuderofe astula regia, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 31. Wudurofe. Genim ðysse wyrte seáw ðe man astula regia, and óðrum naman wudurofe nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 132, 6-9. Wuduhrofe. Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman ðe Grécas malochin agria, and Rómáne astula regia
biren
A she-bear
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A she-bear Ursa, ꝥ is on úre geðeóde byren ... Bebeád seó fǽmne þǽre byrene ... and seó byren hine lét gangan, Shrn. 47, 1-7. In loco que vocitatur birene-feld, C. D. ii. 76, 7. Byrene urse, Kent. Gl. 606
húðe
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numerosas predas, An. Ox. 5084
sifeþa
siftings ⬩ bran ⬩ chaff ⬩ useless seeds ⬩ tares
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siftings, bran, chaff Sifeþa furfur, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 49: acus, 83, 19. Sifiþan, siuida furfures, Txts. 65, 940. Syfeþa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 75. Swá swá mon melo sift; ðæt melo þurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel and ða siofoþa (syfeþa, Cott. MS.) weorþaþ ásyndred. Bt
wiþ-sacan
To deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ to say no ⬩ to refuse permission ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ decline ⬩ to deny ⬩ reject ⬩ refuse assent ⬩ to renounce ⬩ reject ⬩ give up ⬩ refuse ⬩ withhold ⬩ not to give ⬩ to declare hostility
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To deny, refuse, reject Ic wiþsace recuso, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Zup. 178, 13. Sume (adverbs) syndan abnegativa, ðæt synd wiðsacendlíce, mid ðám wé wiðsacaþ, 38; Zup. 226, 4. Wé wiðsacaþ diffitemur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 21. Ic ne wiþsóc non abnui, 60, 32. Wiðsóc
FRÓFOR
comfort ⬩ solace ⬩ consolation ⬩ help ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ refuge ⬩ sōlāmen ⬩ sōlātium ⬩ consōlātio ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ refŭgium
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comfort, solace, consolation, help, benefit, profit, refuge; sōlāmen, sōlātium, consōlātio, auxĭlium, refŭgium Sió frófor the comfort, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 32; Met. 21, 16. Wæs frófor cumen comfort was come. Cd. 72; Th. 89, 4; Gen. 1475. Frófor eft gelamp
smedema
Fine flour, meal
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Fine flour, meal Smeoduma polenta Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 51. Melewes smedma simila 83, 65. Smedma of melwe pollis Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 15. Smedma simila vel pollis Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 24. Hwǽtes smedma Lchdm. ii. 108, 10. Gecned þrí sestras smedeman (similae
deóful-gild
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scucca
A devil ⬩ demon ⬩ the devil ⬩ Satan ⬩ Beelzebub
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A devil, demon; in sing generally the devil, Satan, Beelzebub Wæs se scucca (Satan) him betwux. Tó ðæm cwæð Drihten: 'Hwanon cóme ðú?' Se sceocca andwyrde: 'Ic férde geond ðás eorþan,' Homl. Th. ii. 446, 25-27. Se scucca, 452, 13, 17. Se sceocca, 448
tún-cressa
Town-cress ⬩ garden-cress ⬩ nasturtium ⬩ lepidium sativum
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Town-cress (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names), garden-cress, nasturtium; lepidium sativum Tuuncressa nasturcium, Txts. 79, 1359. Túncǽrse, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 4, 64: i. 67, 70. Túnkerse, 31, 50. Nim túncersan sǽd, Lchdm. ii. 90, 18
FOR
FOR ⬩ on account of ⬩ because of ⬩ with ⬩ by ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per ⬩ according to ⬩ pro ⬩ sĕcundum ⬩ juxta ⬩ For ⬩ instead of ⬩ pro ⬩ lŏco ⬩ vĭce ⬩ For ⬩ on account of ⬩ because of ⬩ through ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per
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Grammar FOR, with the dative; cum dătīvo. FOR, on account of, because of, with, by; pro, propter, per Nys ðeós untrumnys ná for deáþe, ac for Godes wuldre infirmĭtas hæc non est ad mortem, sed pro glōria Dei, Jn. Bos. 11, 4. Ðæt he ðone dǽl Willferþe
celendre
The herb coriander ⬩ coriandrum = κορίαννον , coriandrum sativum, Lin
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The herb coriander; coriandrum = κορίαννον coriandrum sativum, Lin Celendre coriandrum, Ælfc. Gl. 43; Som. 64, 44; Wrt. Voc. 31, 54: 286, 16. Genim ðás wyrte, ðe man coliandrum, and, óðrum naman ðam gelíce, cellendre nemneþ, take this herb, which is
ge-mengness
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Hié gewemmað ðone áliéfedan gesinscipe mid ðǽre unliéfedan gemengnesse in ipso conjugio jura transcendunt, Past. 397, 14. Gif bróðor mid bréðer hǽme þurh his líchaman gemengnysse ( per copulationem corporis ), Ll. Th. ii. 230, 10
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Geóla
The YULE or Christmas month, that is, December
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The YULE or Christmas month, that is, December Se ǽrra geóla the ere, or former yule, December. Se æftera géóla the after yule, January. Se mónaþ is nemned on Leden Decembris, and on úre geþeóde se ǽrra geóla, forðan ða mónþas twegen syndon nemde ánum
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