ge-orwénan
To despair, to be out of hope ⬩ despērāre
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To despair, to be out of hope; despērāre Georwened despērātus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 38. Ðæt he ðý earmlícor georwénedre hǽlo hér nú forwurde quo mĭsĕrābĭlius ipse despērāta sălūte pĕrīret, Bd. 5, 14; S. 635, 3
Linked entry: or-wénan
storc
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Voc. ii. 103, 81 : 14, 33 : i. 29, 19 : 77, 18 : 280, 24 : Ælfc. Gr. 7 ; Zup. 25, 6. Storc and swalewe heóldon ðone tíman heora tócymes, Homl. Th. i. 404, 25
twi-ecgede
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Two-edged Twyecgede anceps, biceps Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Zup. 67, 9, 10. Sworde twyecgedes gladii ancipites. Ps. Spl. 149, 6. Hæfde hé twigecgede (twyecge, MS. B.) handseax habebat secam bicipitem, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 15
friþ-sócn
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Dele 'A peace-refuge,' and for the passage substitute Éhte his ǽlc þára þe Godes freónd sí, búton ꝥ gewurþe ꝥ hé ætberste, and swá deópe friðsðcne geséce ꝥ se cyningc him þurh ꝥ feores geunne. Add:
gréting-word
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Ave and salue synd grétingword, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 209, 14
ymb-útan
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Add Þ hé ǽlc yfel dó ymbútan þé, Hml. S. 30, 116
ele-beám
An olive-tree ⬩ ŏlea, ŏlīva
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Unwæstmbǽre elebeám an unfruitful or wild olive-tree; ŏleaster, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 19; Wrt. Voc. 33, 19: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 15
BEORCAN
to make a sharp explosive sound ⬩ latratum vel sonum edere ⬩ to BARK ⬩ latrare
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Ælfc. C. 23; Th. ii. 350, 34. Ic hwílum beorce swá húnd I sometimes bark as a dog Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 16; Rä. 25, 2. Húndbyrcþ canis latrat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 8.
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HWǼTE
WHEAT
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Hwǽtas frumenta, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 10. On hwǽtum frumento, Ps. Th. 64, 14
reccend-dóm
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Rex kyning is gecweden a regendo, ðæt is, fram reccendóme, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 51, 40. Cyninge is nama gesett of sóðum reccendóme, Homl. Th. ii. 318, 33
ge-edcucian
To requicken ⬩ revive ⬩ revīviscĕre
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Geedcuced redivīvus, Ælfc. Gl. 35; Som. 62, 91; Wrt. Voc. 28, 68. His gást wearþ geedcwicod revixit spirĭtus ējus, Gen. 45, 27. Geedcwycode brought to life again, Nicod. Thw. p. 18, 15
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wóhlíce
Wrongly ⬩ unjustly ⬩ perversely ⬩ wickedly
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Médsceattas áwendaþ wólíce ða rihtan dómas, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 32 : Basil admn. 9; Norm. 52, 20. Seó lagu lahlíce gewítnode ða ðe wólíce singodon, L. Ælfc. P. 8; Th. ii. 366, 23. Hé cwæð ðæt hé wurde wólíce swá getúcod, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 276.
yfel-wyrcende
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of persons, evil-doing, wicked Hwæþer ðú ongite ðæt ǽlc yfelwillende and ǽlc yfelwyrcende sié wítes wyrþe? . . . Hú ne is se ðonne yfelwillende and yfelwyrcende ðe ðone unscyldgan wítnaþ? Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 8-11.
a-sealcan
To languish ⬩ to be or become weak ⬩ idle ⬩ slothful ⬩ remiss ⬩ languescere ⬩ remittere ⬩ desidiosum fieri
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vel tediosus, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 18; Wrt. Voc. 60, 52. Asolcen dissolutus, desidiosus, R. Ben. 48. Asolcen deses, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 10. Asolcen iners, Cot. 108. Asolcen remissus, ignavus, Scint. 16
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cásus
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Cásus, ðæt is fyll oððe gebígedniss a case, that is, a declining or inflection, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 17, 23. Ða pronomina, ðe habbaþ vocativum, ðá habbaþ six casus the pronouns which have a
læfer
a rush
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Genim læfre neoðowearde take the lower part of a bulrush, Lchdm. i. 382, 21. a thin plate of metal Gylden læfr bractea, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 111; Wrt. Voc. 38, 34.
grǽg
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Grey Grég glaucus, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 90; Wrt. Voc. 46, 47. Deorce grǽg elbus, Wrt. Voc. 46, 48. Grǽg hwǽte far, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 17; Som. 9, 52. Se grǽfa mǽw the grey mew, Andr. Kmbl. 742; An. 371.
séðan
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Sume (adverbs) . syndon con- vel adfirmativa, ðæt synd fæstnigende oððe séðende, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 226, 11. Séðende ðæt Crist is Godes Sunu 'proving that this is very Christ' (Acts 9, 22), Homl. Th. i. 388, 4
hearmian
to da harm to
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Ǽlc man þe yfel déþ . . . þeáh þe hit sumum fremige, and ǽlc man þe gód déð . . . þeáh þe hit hearmige sumum, Hml. S. 27, 173. Hé him hearmian nolde, 23, 311.
án-éged
One-eyed ⬩ blinded of one eye ⬩ monoculus ⬩ monophthalmus ⬩ luscus
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Alf. 20; Th. 1: 48, 25, note: Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 76; Wrt. Voc. 43, 9