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hacele

(n.)
Grammar
hacele, an; f : hæcla, an; m [?]

A cloak, mantle, upper garment, coal, cassock. ⬩ lacerna, subucula, capsula, mantilia, pl ⬩ a cloak ⬩ a kind of cowled or hooded frock ⬩ priest's cope ⬩ cuculla, casula

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Ðá gegyrede heó hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan ðæt is mid lytelre hacelan she dressed herself in a tunic of hair and in a byrnie, that is in a little cassock, Shrn. 140, 30.

Linked entry: hæcele

ýce

(n.)
Grammar
ýce, an; f.: ýce, es; m. A (poisonous)
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Ýcean roboete (the passage is :-- Regulorum et aspidum venena, ad quae quadrupedis robetae et spalangii pestifera confectio humanae naturae nocitura habebatur, Ald. 25), 78, 44.

Linked entries: ice ice

CÆRSE

(n.)
Grammar
CÆRSE, cerse, an; f. CRESS, watercress; nasturtium, cardămum = κάρδαμον
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Ðeós wyrt, cærse, ne biþ sáwen, ac heó of hyre sylfne cenned biþ on wyllon and on brócen this herb, cress, is not sown, but it is propagated of itself in wells and in brooks, i. 116, 15

Linked entries: cesena cerse cresse

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, wielle, welle, wylle, an ; f.

A well, spring, stream, fountain

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A well, spring, stream, fountain (lit. and fig. ) An wielle weól blóde flumen sanguine effluxit Ors. 4, 7 ; Swt. 184, 21. Welle fontana Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 79. Ðǽr com upp wærtres welle, Shrn. 93, 36. Seó wylle fluvius Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29.

æcer-spranca

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-spranca, æcer-spranga, an; m. [æcer, spranca, an; m. a shoot, sprout]

Young shoots springing up from acorns ⬩ saplings ⬩ the holm oak ⬩ scarlet oak ⬩ ilex

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Young shoots springing up from acorns, saplings, the holm oak, scarlet oak; ilex Æcer-spranca ilex, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 61; Som. 13, 48

wrenna

(n.)
Grammar
wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, an; m.: wrenne, an; f.

A wren

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A wren Wrenna vel hicemáse parrax, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 56. Wrenne (wræuna, v. l.), 77, 46. Wrenna bitorius vel pintorus, 29, 27: bitorius, bitriscus, ii. 126, 37. Wrænna biturius, 12, 62: bitorius, i.62, 41. Werna birbicariolus, ii.101, 76.

Linked entry: wrænna

ÆSP

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSP, e; f: æspe, an; f.

An ASP or aspen-tree ⬩ populus tremula

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An ASP or aspen-tree; populus tremula Æspan rind the rind of the asp-tree, L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm, ii. 116, 1

Linked entry: æps

gelíc-bisen

(n.)
Grammar
gelíc-bisen, a copy, an imitation; in a personal sense,
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an imitator Of his gelícbisene ex ejus imitatione, Rtl. 50, 4. Hiora gelícbisin, 91, 37. Gimaco ł gilícbiseno Godes imitatores Dei, 12, 11

Linked entry: bisen

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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<b>II a.</b> in the phrase under sunnan= in this world, cf. sublunary :-- Hié ǽfre geseón under sunnan, Andr. Kmbl. 2025; An. 1015.

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól

wlite

(n.)
Grammar
wlite, es; m.: wlitu, e (and? an;
Similar entries
v. wlita, II.
); f.

aspect ⬩ countenance ⬩ looks ⬩ appearance ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ good looks ⬩ beautiful appearance ⬩ beauty ⬩ glory ⬩ ornament

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Wæs gelícnes horses and monnes, hundes and fugles, and eác wífes wlite, 418, 28; Rä. 37, 12. Ðeós wlitu haec species, Ælfc. Gr. 12; Zup. 82, 11. Gilde be his (a horse's ) wlites wyrðe, L. Ath. v. 6, 1; Th. i. 232, 25.

Linked entries: wlita wlitu

tynder

(n.)
Grammar
tynder, e; tyndren (-in), e (?); tyndre, an; f.
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Deóful ná gewilnunge tyndran onǽlþ diabolus non concupiscentiae fomenta succendit, Scint. 210, 3. a burner, an implement which burns Mearcísern vel tynder cauterium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 76. Tynder furnus, 149, 84. Tyndre cautere, Txts. 114, 100.

Linked entries: tender tyndre

for-hátena

(n.)
Grammar
for-hátena, an; m. [hátan to call or name]

An ill-named, or a reprobate person ⬩ fāmōsus ⬩ perdĭtus

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An ill-named, or a reprobate person; fāmōsus, perdĭtus Ðá se forhátena spræc then spake the reprobate one. Cd. 29; Th. 38, 20; Gen. 609

GE-RÉFA

(n.)
Grammar
GE-RÉFA, ge-reáfa, groefa, an; m.

A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, count ⬩ præpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes

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A. 752-4

Linked entries: réfa geréfscipe ge-reáfa

áþ-sweord

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-sweord, es; n. [áþ an oath, sweord sword]

A sword-oath ⬩ a warrior's oath ⬩ an oath ⬩ jusjurandum

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A sword-oath, a warrior's oath, an oath; jusjurandum Ðonne bióþ brocene áþsweord eorla then will be broken the oaths of the warriors, Beo. Th. 4134; B. 2064

Linked entries: sweord áþ-swyrd

egesa

(n.)
Grammar
egesa, egsa, ægsa, an; m. [ege fear]

Fear, horror, dread ⬩ tĭmor, horror, terror, formīdo

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Egesan geaclod terrified with fear, Andr. Kmbl. 1609; An. 806: Beo. Th. 5465; B. 2736

Linked entry: egsa

ebbian

(v.)
Grammar
ebbian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ebba an ebb]

To ebb ⬩ recēdĕre, refluĕre

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To ebb; recēdĕre, refluĕre Will-flód ongan lytligan eft, lago ebbade sweart under swegle the well-flood began again to lessen, the water ebbed dark under the firmament, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 12; Gen. 1413

Linked entries: a-ebbian be-ebbian ge-ebbian

scealfor

(n.)
Grammar
scealfor, e; f.: scealfra, an; m.

A diver

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Ðá geseah hé swymman scealfran on flóde, and gelóme doppettan ádúne tó grunde éhtende þearle ðære eá fixa . . . Ðá hét Martinus ða fugelas ðæs fixnoðes geswícan, and tó wéstene síðian; and ða scealfran gewiton áweg tó holte, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 6-12

nosu

(n.)
Grammar
nosu, neosu; gen. a and e; also an; f.

the nose ⬩ a ness ⬩ a piece of land projecting into water

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Th. 134, 17 : 113, 14. a ness, a piece of land projecting into water Of hliþes nosan, Beo. Th. 3789; B. 1892. Æt brimes nosan, 5599; B. 2803

Linked entries: nasu nose leþer-hose

wíde

(n.)
Grammar
wíde, an (wídu; indecl.? cf. brǽdu, lengu, and O. H. Ger. wítí); f.
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Width Heora wíde ( longitudo ) is .cc. míla, Nar. 36, 28

spyrnness

Grammar
spyrnness, v. and-spyrnness, Mt. L. R. 26, 31. Spyruug, An. Ox. 5214.

Similar entry: spyrigung

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