ofer-lifa
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Excess in food Se oferlyfa on ǽte and on wǽte déð þone man unhálne, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 5. [Þe oferlifa on hete and on wete macað þene mon unhálne, 101, 27, ] Cf. big-leofa
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win-cynn
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A kind of wine Ne drinc ic heononforð of ðysum wíncynne ( de hoc genimine uitis, Mt. 26, 29) ǽr on ðám dæge þe ic eft drince mid eów níwe wín on mínes fæder ríce. Nap. 69
heáfod-stól
A chief place, capital ⬩ a chief seat
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A chief place, capital Thébána fæsten ðætte ǽr wæs ealra Créca heáfodstól the city of Thebes which before was the chief place of all Greece, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 5: 3, 11; Swt. 144, 19
ge-þuhtsum
Abundant
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Abundant Hit wæs ǽr ðǽr singal druwung and sóna æfter ðam com geþuhtsum rén on eorþan there had been there before continual drought, and directly after that came abundant rain on the earth, Shrn. 113, 20
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biblioþéce
a library ⬩ the bible
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Nime heora ǽlc sume bóc of þ ǽre bibliothécan, R. Ben. 74, 13. the bible þis spel (Judith) nis on ð ǽre bibliothécan, Hml. A. 114, 405. Gyf þú biblio-ðécan habban wille, Tech. ii. 120, 26
næftig
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N[æ]fti[ge] inopes An. Ox. 56, 227. N[æ]f[tige] egenos 231
á-lǽnan
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Hé wæs úre munuc, wé willað hine habban for þan þe wé hine álǽndon ǽr, Hml. S. 31, 1447. Ðone ylcan ( St. Martin ) þe hí ǽr álǽndon tó ðám biscopdóme of heora burhscíre, Hml. Th. ii. 518, 21.
CRÁWAN
To CROW as a cock ⬩ cantare instar galli
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Ǽr hana cráwe priusquam gallus vocem dederit, Mk. Bos. 14, 30. Ǽr se hana cráwe bifore the cok synge Wyc. 14, 72; Lk. Bos. 32, 61. Sóna se cocc creów statim gallus cantavit Jn. Bos. 18, 27. Hrædlíce ðá creów se cocc. Mt.
níd-máge
A near kinswoman ⬩ a cousin
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A near kinswoman, a cousin Ǽfre ne geweorðe ðæt cristen man gewífige on ðæs wífes nýdmágan ðe hé ǽr hæfde, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 16. Nédmágan, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 24
ed-níwian
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Ongunnan hí þá heargas edníwian (-níwan, v. l.) þá þe ǽr forlǽtene wǽron coeperunt fana, quae derelicta erant, restaurare, Bd. 3, 30; Sch. 331, 15. Add
foran-niht
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De completorio (Forannihtsang) On foranniht wé sculon God herian ǽr wé tó bedde gán, Btwk. 218, 34: 194, 14. Add
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swétian
To be sweet or pleasant
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To be sweet or pleasant Ðætte ús biterige sió hreówsung, swá swá ús ǽr swétedon ða synna that repentance may prove bitter to us, as before sins were sweet to us, Past. 54, 5; Swt. 425, 14
wín-gál
Flown with wine ⬩ wanton with wine
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Flown with wine, wanton with wine Onwóc wulf-heort, se ǽr wíngál swæf, Cd. Th. 223, 8; Dan. 116. Wlonc and wíngal "flown with insolence and wine," Exon. Th. 307, 25; Seef. 29 : 478, 2; Reim. 35
drincan
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Ne mót nán preóst drincan æt wínhúsum ealles tó gelóme, ii. 386, 8. Sé ðe wylle drincan and dwǽslíce hlýdan, drince him æt hám, 357, 39. trans. to imbibe a liquid Hié þone drenc druncon, Bl. H. 229, 13.
leax-heáfod
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Dele, and see heáfod-ǽ(?)
feorh-dolh
A life-wound ⬩ deadly wound ⬩ lētāle vulnus
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A life-wound, deadly wound; lētāle vulnus Geseóþ nú ða feorhdolg ðe gefremedon ǽr on mínum folmum see now the deadly wounds which they ere inflicted on my palms, Exon. 29 a; Th. 89, 10; Cri. 1455
ge-reáfian
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</b> add :-- ꝥ hé him ágeáfe ꝥ hé ǽr on him gereáfade. Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 30
félan
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Nédmægn ǽc stences ðínes ł mægn hiá foele vimque odoris tui vel virtutem sentiant, Rtl. 117, 27. Add
sliht
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Þá þe ǽr flugon þone sleht, Gr. D. 198, 6-18
wamm-full
Evil, guilty, criminal, flagitious
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Evil, guilty, criminal, flagitious Ǽr se unsýfra (Holofernes) womfull onwóce, Judth. Thw. 22, 24;Jud. 77. Synfulra here . . . womfulra scolu, Exon. Th. 94, 5 ;Cri. 1535. Womfulle, scyld*-*wyrcende (the fallen angels), Elen. Kmbl. 1519;El. 761