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ge-meltan

(v.)
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Mín heorte is gemolten swá þæt weax factum est cor meum tamquam cera liquescens, Ps. Th. 21, 12. Gemolten liquefacta, Bl. Gl. to digest (intrans. ) Tácn ádeádodes magan, hú ꝥ ne gemylt ꝥ hé þigeþ, Lch. ii. 158, 15: 186, 21

hlid-geat

(n.)
Grammar
hlid-geat, es; n.

A swing-gate, folding-door

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A swing-gate, folding-door On ðonæ stocc ðæ ðæt hlidgeat on hangodæ to the post that the swing-gate hung on, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 176, 13. Of ðam hlidgeate, 236, 35. Hlidgata valva, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 36; Wrt. Voc. 26, 35

Linked entry: liþ-geat

mageþe

(n.)
Grammar
mageþe, an; f.

maythechamomileox-eye

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See Lchdm. ii. 398, col. 2, iii. 337, col. 1, and E. D. S. Plant-names under mathes and May-weed.]

Linked entries: mægeþe mægþa

mersc

(n.)
Grammar
mersc, es; m.

A marsh

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On feldum and on mǽdum and on sealtum merscum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 350, 8. Mersc Romney Marsh, Chr. 796; Erl. 58, 11

Linked entry: merisc

ufenan

(prep.; adv.)

From aboveAbovebesides

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From above Se ðe ufenan com qui desursum uenit, Jn. Skt. 3, 31. Hé déð ðæt fýr cymð ufenon, Wulfst. 97, 21 note. Seó landfyrd com ufenon and trymedon big be ðam strande, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 24. Grammar ufenan, prep. with acc.

BEÓD

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓD, es; m.

A tablemensa

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Beódas lances Cot. 123

Linked entries: beád beódas

ge-anmétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anmétan, p. -anmétte; pp. -anméted, -anmétt

To encourageanĭmāre

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To encourage; anĭmāre He him to fultume com, and hine swíðe geanmétte he came to his help and greatly encouraged him, Ors. 3, 10; Bos. 70, 45. Wæs Demetrias swíðe þearle geanmétt Demetrius was very greatly encouraged, 3, 11; Bos. 75, 25

hrægel-talu

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel-talu, e; f.
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A fund for providing vestments Ic ðas land ǽcelíce sælle into sanctæ trinitatan ðám híwum tó hira beódlandæ and tó hregltalæ ego has terras dono æternaliter familiæ æcclesiæ sanctæ trinitatis ad refectorium fratribus et ad vestimenta, Cod. Dipl.

hwerwe

(n.)
Grammar
hwerwe,
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Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1.]

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, e ; f.

A meadowan ing

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Ing-ham, Ing-thorpe, Ink-set, Ink-pen ; see Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 306

in-lád

(n.)
Grammar
in-lád, e ;

A way inbringing inintroductionentrance-fee

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Mid inláde and útláde cum inductione et eductione, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 209, 5

leloþre

(n.)
Grammar
leloþre, [error for geloþre according to Cockayne. v. gelod-wyrt],
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A kind of dock Lelodrae lapatium ( = λάπαθoν; cf. uude docce lapatium, Lchdm. iii. 303, col. 2), Ep. Gl. 13 f, 31. Lelothras radinape, 22 b, 32. Leloþre lapadium, Wrt. Voc. 69, 14: ii. 54, 24. Lelodrae lapatium, 112, 35. Lelothrae rodinope, 119, 24

scydd

(n.)
Grammar
scydd, es; m.
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Ðis synt ða denbæra . . . hudelinga scydd, Cod. Dip Kmbl. ii. 195, 19. On timberslǽd in stǽpa cnolles scydd on hanslǽdes heáfdan, iii. 380, 26. Haec sunt pascua porcorum . . . in communi silua pascuale quod dicitur Palinga Schittas (scyddas ?)

binnan

(prep.)
Grammar
binnan, [be-innan]; prep. dat. acc.

Within, in, intointra, infra, in

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Gyt ne com se Hǽlend binnan ða ceastre nondum Iesus venerat in castellum, Jn. Bos. 11, 30

Linked entry: be-innan

bí-word

(n.)
Grammar
bí-word, -wyrd, es; n.

A BYEWORD, proverbproverbium

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Bíword, bíwyrd proverbium, Cot. 157

syrfe

(n.)
Grammar
syrfe, an; f.

A service-treesorbus

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A service-tree; sorbus Of caweldene tó ðære syrfan; ðonne of ðære syrfan tó healwícum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 262, 13. Ðonon tó ðan wón stocce; and ðǽr tó wuda; ðonon on ða syrfan, vi. 234, 26. Similar entries v. v. next word

wudu-lǽs

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-lǽs, we; f.

Forest pasture

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Forest pasture Seó útlǽs and seó wudulǽs mid ódrum mannum gemǽne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 214, 22.

ymb-ærnan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-ærnan, p. de
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To go round Ða gelamp ðætte Peahte ðeód com of Scyþþia lande and ymbærndon éall Breotone gemǽro, ðæt hí cómon on Scotland upp contigit gentem Pictorum de Scythia, circumagente flatu ventorum, extra fines omnes Brittaniae Hiberniam pervenisse, Bd. 1,

Linked entries: ymb-irnan ærnan

þeówetling

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Se mæssepreóst cóm sume dæge hám of síðfæte, and þá hé eóde in bis hús hé cleopode réceleáslíce tó his þeówtlinge (ðeówet-, v.l. mancipio suo ) and cwæð: 'Cum, deófol, hider and unscó mé,' Gr. D. 221, 21. Þeówetlinge (þeówit-, v.l. ), 222, 1. Add

muscelle

(n.)
Grammar
muscelle, muscle, muxle, musle, an; f. [from Latin]

A musclemussela shell-fish

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Musclan scil conca, 15, 35. Of muscellan de conca, 26, 39: 75, 71: 89, 35. Musclan, Hpt. Gl. 417, 9. Hér beóþ oft numene missenlícra cynna muscule (muslena, note), Bd. 1. 1; S. 473, 17. Muslan musculos, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 11