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axian

(v.)
Grammar
axian, axigan, axigean; p. ode; pp. od

To askinterrogare

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Ic axige me rǽdes consulo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3 ; Som. 31, 2. Ic axige percunctor [ = percontor ], 25 ; Som. 27, 6: Mt. Foxe 22, 46

Linked entries: axigean axode

ele-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
ele-fæt, es; n.

An oil-vat, cruise or potemĭcădium

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Du Cange, vol. ii. 238], Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 79; Wrt. Voc. 25, 19. Stǽnen elefæt ălăbastrum, 24; Som. 60, 40; Wrt. Voc. 24, 40

for-rotodnys

(n.)
Grammar
for-rotodnys, -rotednys, -nyss, e; f.

Rottennesscorruptionputrēdopus

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Ðeós forrotednyss hoc pus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 35

mǽrels

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrels, márels, es; m. and <b>mǽrels-ráp,</b> es; m.

A rope for mooring a shippronesium

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Ducange: 'pronexium funis quo navis religatur ad palum'] Mǽrelsráp pronesium, Ælfc. Gl. 105; Som. 78, 21; Wrt. Voc. 57. 3. Márels prosnesium, 63, 62. Prompt. Parv. 327, and note. ]

Linked entry: scip-mǽrels

norþ-sǽ

(n.)

a northern sea

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Of Japhet com ðæt norþerne mennisc be ðære norþsǽ, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 38. Án geweorc on Defnascíre be ðære norþsǽ, Chr, 894; Erl. 91, 8

plúm-treów

(n.)
Grammar
plúm-treów, es ; n.
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A plum-tree Ðis plúmtreów haec prunus, Ælfc. Gr. 6 ; Som. 5, 60 : Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 55 : 33, 33 : 80, 10 : plummus, 285, 56. Plúmtréu plunas, ii. 117, 44. Nim plúmtreówes leáf, Lchdm. ii. 310, 19

ge-hebban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hebban, p. -hóf; pp. -hafen

To heave upraise upfermentelevarefermentare

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To heave up, raise up, ferment; elevare, fermentare Gehafen hláf fermentatus panis, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Wrt. Voc. 41, 15. Gehebbes ða ilco levabit eam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 11. Gehefen biþ exaltabitur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 11

Linked entry: ge-hafen

clauster

(n.)
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Voc. i. 82, 48) claustrum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 316, 2. Claustres gýmenne dón . . . ymbfaran ꝥ clauster, Angl. xiii. 433, 981. On mynstres claustre, R. Ben. 19, 9. [Icel. kláustr; n. From Latin.] Add

cine

(n.)
Grammar
cine, es; m.
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Substitute: A folded sheet of parchment Cine quaternio (quaternio chartae invicem compactae, Migne), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 35, 3. Cine quaternio, bod on cine diploma, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 65, 67. Cine quaternio, boga diploma, 75, 10, 12

ge-landian

(v.; adj.)
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., and be healfum þám ǽlc mínra þegna þe gelandod sý, Ll. Th. i. 240, 20

haga

(n.)
Grammar
haga, an; m.

A haw, berry of the hawthorn; also used to signify any thing of no valuefrute cinum, cornum, ramnum

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Chaucer's 'not worth an hawe'] Hagan gignalia, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 24; Wrt. Voc. 33, 24. Hagan quisquilia, 285, 31

hnut-beám

(n.)
Grammar
hnut-beám, es; m.

A nut tree;corylus avellana

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A nut tree; corylus avellana Hnutbeám nux velnucarius, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 38; Wrt. Voc. 33, 35. Hnutbeámes rind, L. M. i. 3, 6; Lchdm. ii. 42, 3; 52, 1. Hnutbeámes leáf, Lchdm. iii. 6, 15

æðel-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
æðel-boren, part.

Noble-bornfree-bornnoblenatu nobilisnobili genere natusnobilis

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Æðelborene cild vel freóbearn liberi, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Wrt. Voc. 51, 67: Apol. Th. 19, 21

Linked entries: æðel- eðel-boren

feax-net

(n.)
Grammar
feax-net, -nett, es; n.

A hair-netnet-work cap for confining the hairrētĭcŭlum căpillis contĭnendisrīcŭla

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A hair-net, net-work cap for confining the hair; rētĭcŭlum căpillis contĭnendis, rīcŭla Feaxnet rētĭcŭlum, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 89; Wrt. Voc. 66, 59: rīgŭla [ = rīcŭla, Car. Ains.], Som. 55, 96; Wrt. Voc. 16, 66

fore-speca

(n.)
Grammar
fore-speca, an; m. [ = for, speca a speaker]

One who speaks for anothera sponsoran advocatea patronprolŏcūtoradvŏcātus

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One who speaks for another, a sponsor, an advocate, a patron; prolŏcūtor, advŏcātus Fore-speca [ = for-speca] causĭdĭcus, advŏcātus, Ælfc. Gl. 48; Som. 65, 67; Wrt. Voc. 34, 2: Th. Diplm. A.D. 997; 539, 33; 540, 15

fót-þweál

(n.)
Grammar
fót-þweál, es; n.

A washing of the feetpĕdum lōtio

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A washing of the feet; pĕdum lōtio Fótþweál pedĭlăvium, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 27; Wrt. Voc. 37, 17. Fótþweáles fæt a vessel for washing the feet in; pellŭviæ, 26; Som. 60, 88; Wrt. Voc. 25, 28

hryte

(adj.)
Grammar
hryte, or hrýte; adj.

Balidinus'balidinusbalius

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Balidinus, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 94; Wrt. Voc. 46, 41. The word occurs in a list of names of colours, but the meaning is uncertain. Ducange has 'balidinus forte legendum badius vel balius nostris bay, bayard.'

ge-wefan

(v.)

to weavetexere

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M. p. 387]: 111 b; Th. 427, 2; Rä. 41, 85: Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 100, 101; Wrt. Voc. 40, 11, 12.

godspellian

(v.)
Grammar
godspellian, p. ode; pp. od
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To declare the gospel; evangelizare Ic godspellige evangelizo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 45. Godspellian [MS. A. godspel secgan] Salm. Kmbl. 132; Sal. 65. God gifeþ gleáw word godspellendum Dominus dabit verbum evangelizantibus, Ps. Th. 67, 12

bigspell-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bigspell-bóc, e; f. [bigspell parabola, proverbium, bóc liber]

A book of parables, the Book of Proverbsproverbiorum liber

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A book of parables, the Book of Proverbs; proverbiorum liber Salomon gesette þreó béc þurh his snoternisse: án ys bigspellbóc Solomon wrote three books by his wisdom: one is the Book of Proverbs, Ælfc. T. 14, 26