þwǽnan
To soften by moisture, ointment ⬩ to soften
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., to soften Rysele oþþe gelyndo wiþ gárleác gemenged and on áléd ðone swile þwǽnþ, Lchdm. ii. 72, 5. Ðæt ( the ointment ) ða áheardodan swilas bét and þwǽnþ, 246, 17.
Linked entry: þwénan
wíde-feorh
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Wé sceolon leánum hleótan, swá wé widefeorh ( through all time ) weorcum hlódun, Exon. Th. 49, 11; Cri. 784. Á forð heonan wídeferh for ever, 36, 28; Cri. 583. Swá áwa sceal wesan wídeferh, 142, 12 ; Gú. 643 : 350, 1; Sch. 57: 255, 32; Jul. 223.
gum-cyst
Manly virtue ⬩ excellence, munificence,liberality
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He siððan sceal gódra gumcysta geásne hweorfan afterwards shall he pass away wanting in all noble virtues, Exon. 71a; Th. 265, 14; Jul. 381.
ge-sweorcan
To become dark ⬩ be darkened ⬩ saddened ⬩ angry
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To become dark, be darkened, saddened, angry Ródor eal geswearc the heavens all grew dark, Elen. Kmbl. 1709; El. 856: Beo. Th. 3583; B. 1789: Cd. 166; Th. 207, 4; Exod. 461.
ge-weaxan
To grow ⬩ grow up ⬩ crescere
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Ðǽm landbúendum is beboden, ðæt ealles ðæs ðe him on heora ceápe geweaxe, hig Gode ðone teóðan dǽl agyfen to farmers it is commanded that of all which increases to them of their cattle, they give the tenth part to God, L. E. I. 35; Th. ii. 432, 29.
Linked entry: ge-wæxen
cancer
a cancer, an eating ⬩ spreading disease ⬩ cancer, morbus ⬩ a crab ⬩ cancer, animal
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Ealne ðone bíte ðæs cancres heó afeormaþ it clears away all the pain [bite] of the cancer, 167, 3; Lchdm. i. 296, 22. Wið cancre, nim gáte geallanand hunig against cancer, take goat's gall and honey, L.
Linked entry: cancer-hæbern
daga
A day ⬩ dies
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A day; dies,-found in the compound word án-daga, q. v; also
eów
Wo! alas! væ! heu! — Eów me! ⬩ heu mihi!
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alas! væ! heu! — Eów me! heu mihi! Ps. Spl. T. 119, 5
Linked entry: euwá
sulh-ælmesse
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Plough-alms, a contribution of one penny to be paid for every sulh
Linked entry: ælmesse
ǽ
alas!
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alas! Ǽ, Hy. 1, 1. = eá, Lamb, MS. fol. 183b, line 11
blód-geótend
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A shedder of blood Álés mé of blódgeótendum, Ps. L. 50, 16
fǽr-stylt
amazement ⬩ stupor
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amazement, stupor Feerstylt forgráp alle stupor appraehendit omnes, Lk. L. 5, 26
Linked entry: stylt
heardlicness
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The Latin of the passage is: Alii asperitatem vitae ipsius disputabant. Add:
twelf-hynde
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Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i. 72, 15. Be twelfhyndes monnes wífe forlegenum.
Linked entry: six-hynde
lǽce-cræft
a remedy ⬩ recipe ⬩ medicine
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On ðissum ǽrestan lǽcecræftum gewritene sint lǽcedómas wið eallum heáfdes untrymnessum in these first recipes are written remedies for all infirmities of the head, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 18, 1
ge-fyllan
To fill ⬩ fulfil ⬩ make a total ⬩ complete ⬩ finish ⬩ accomplish ⬩ satisfy ⬩ implere ⬩ saturare
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Hí ne mágon ealle ðíne bletsunge gefyllan they do not complete the sum of all thy blessings, 157, 20. Ealle stówa he gefylleþ he fills all places, 23, 20. Míne geornnesse mid góde ðú gefyldest thou didst satisfy my longing with good, 89, 5.
ge-riht
What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, direction ⬩ rectum, jus, ratio, officium
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Ealla ða gerihta ðe ðǽr of arísaþ all the rights arising therefrom, 1031; Erl. 162, 4: 1074; Erl. 212, 6. Geriht ratio, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 23, 24.
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féþa
a footman ⬩ a foot-soldier ⬩ troops ⬩ infantry
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Dele II, and add: a footman Féða pedester (nunquam pergo pedester, Ald. 272, 34), An. Ox. 23, 54. Rídende oþþe féþan fær dónde equitando vel pedites iter agendo, Angl. xiii. 373, 116. Féþan pedestres, An. Ox. 61, 17. Féþena peditum, 826.
ge-tynge
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Þǽre getyngan lepida (libelli textum lepida urbanitatis facundia digestum, Ald. 80, 32), 88, 38: 50, 43. Mid getincgere urbana (verborum facundia fretus ), An. Ox. 1501. Getyngere urbano (libello ), 4, 88.
hýd
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Calceamenta mihi tradebant tergora dura, Ald. 263, 10). An. Ox. 26, 19. <b>I a.</b> the skin of a serpent, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 174, 15 (in Dict.). <b>I b.