Ex
The river Ex ⬩ Isca, in Devon ⬩ Exan ceaster, Exan múþa
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The river Ex; Isca, in Devon, v. Exan ceaster, Exan múþa
feorh-góma
Fatal or deadly jaws ⬩ fatāles fauces
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Fatal or deadly jaws; fatāles fauces Se deópa seáþ mid wíta fela, frécnum feorhgómum, folcum scendeþ the deep pit [hell] afflicts people with many torments, with rugged fatal jaws, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 32; Cri. 1549
Linked entry: góma
folc-truma
A host of people ⬩ people ⬩ pŏpŭli cohors ⬩ pŏpŭlus
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A host of people, people; pŏpŭli cohors, pŏpŭlus Cweðe eall folctruma, sý ðæt, sý ðæt oððe beó hit swá dīcet omnis pŏpŭlus, fiat, fiat, Ps. Lamb. 105, 48. Folctruman andettaþ ðé pŏpŭli confĭtēbuntur tĭbi, 44, 18. Drihten démþ folctruman Dŏmĭnus jūdicat
Linked entry: truma
frec-máse
The nun bird ⬩ titmouse ⬩ pārus cærŭleus
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The nun bird, titmouse; pārus cærŭleus Frecmáse sigitula ? Wrt. Voc. 281, 9
FROGGA
A FROG ⬩ rāna
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A FROG; rāna Frogga rāna, Ælfc. Gl. 24; Som. 60, 16; Wrt. Voc. 24, 20: 78, 58. He asende on hig froggan [frocgan. Spl.] mīsit in eos rānam, Ps. Lamb. 77, 45. Acende eorþe heora ýcan oððe froggan [frogan. Spl.] edĭdit terra eōrum rānas, 104, 30. He afylde
here-serce
A coat of mail.
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A coat of mail. Beo. Th. 3027; B. 1511
líne-twige
A linnet
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A linnet Línetwige carduelis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 43: 103, 13: fronulus, 36, 3. Línetuigle fronulus, 109, 14. Cf. þisteltuige cardella, 102, 76
Linked entry: -twige
mære
A night-mare ⬩ a monster oppressing men during sleep
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A night-mare, a monster oppressing men during sleep (cf. passage quoted in Cl. and Vig. under mara; 'En er hann hafði litt sofnat, kallaði hann ok sagði at mara trað hann. Menn hans fóru til, ok vildu hjálpa honum; en er þeir tóku uppi til höfuðsins,
migoþa
Urine
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Urine Gif se micgþa ætstanden sý, Herb. 7, 3; Lchdm. i. 98, 5. Heó earfoþlícnysse ðæs migþan ástyreþ, 143, 1; Lchdm. 1. 266, 3. Mid his selfes migoþan, 11, 42, 1. Swá hwæt swá ðæne migþan gelet, 4, 6; Lchdm. i. 90, 26: 7, 3; Lchdm. i. 98, 8: 152, 1;
míl
A mile
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A mile Álecgaþ hit on ánre míle ðone mǽstan dǽl fram ðæm túne, ðonne óðerne ... óð ðe hyt eall áled biþ on ðære ánre míle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 30-32: Blickl. Homl. 129, 4. Leóuue, míle milliarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 7. Twelf míla, Blickl. Homl. 197, 23
earc
the ark of Noah ⬩ arca ⬩ a chest, the ark of the covenant ⬩ cista, cistella
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the ark of Noah; arca Noe on ða earce eode Noah went into the ark. Mt. Bos. 24, 38: Lk. Bos. 17, 27. Under earce bord under the boards of the ark, Cd. 67; Th. 80, 23; Gen. 1333. Earce bordum with the boards of the ark, 67; Th. 81, 33; Gen. 1354. a chest
targe
A targe, small shield
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A targe, small shield [apparently with the same development of meaning as rand, q. v. Cf. O. H. Ger. zarga costa (aheni) with the English word] Ic geann Ælmére mínen discðéne mínes taregan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 363, 12. Targa[n] parma, scuto, Hpt. Gl
Linked entry: ge-targed
táxe
A toad
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A toad Táxan rubetae, quae et ranae dicuntur, Hpt. Gl. 450, 19
dǽge
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Pistrilla lytel cofa, pristris dǽge, panis hláf, . . . sparrum daag, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 63-67. Godwíg hæfð geboht Leófgife þá dǽgean (dágean, C. D. iv. 271, 16) æt t Áne dǽgan, Cam. Phil. Soc. 1902, p. 15. [v. N. E. D. dey. Icel. deigja a dairy maid. Cf
eorþ-berie
A strawberry
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A strawberry Streábergan vel eorþbergan fragium, i. pumorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 31
eówestras
A sheepfold
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A sheepfold On ðǽre ylcan circan wǽron onfæste þá eówestran (locu, v. l.) þára bróðra sceápa (caulae ovium) . . . Se þeóf eóde in ðá eáwestran (locu, v. l.), Gr. D. 224, 16-20. Tó éwestrum ad caulas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 38. Eóuuistras mandras, 113, 48.
feax-eácas
A forelock
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A forelock Loccas oððe feaxeácan antiae frontis (calamistro crispantur, Ald. 77, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 66. Substitute:
fen-ampre
Water-dock
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Water-dock Nim fenompran, Lch. ii. 100, 23
forca
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Ðá cwelleras tugon þá gléda under ðæt bedd, and wiðufan mid heora forcum (cf. geaflum, l. 5) hine ðýdon. Hml. Th. i. 430, 11. Add:
fore-scýwa
A shadow
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A shadow Forescýa umbra, Rtl. 13, 27
Linked entries: -scýwa fore-scúwa fore-scýa