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.
earc
the ark of Noah ⬩ arca ⬩ a chest, the ark of the covenant ⬩ cista, cistella
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Æt Godes earce to the ark of God, Cd. 212; Th. 262, 30; Dan. 752: Ps. Th. 131, 8
táxe
A toad
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A toad Táxan rubetae, quae et ranae dicuntur, Hpt. Gl. 450, 19
eorþ-berie
A strawberry
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A strawberry Streábergan vel eorþbergan fragium, i. pumorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 31
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
fore-scýwa
A shadow
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A shadow Forescýa umbra, Rtl. 13, 27
Linked entries: -scýwa fore-scúwa fore-scýa
wæl-hlenca
A slaughter-link ⬩ a link of a coat of mail
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A slaughter-link, a link of a coat of mail Wriðene wælhlencan, Elen. Kmbl. 47; El. 24. Gúðweard gumena grímhelm gespeón, ... [h]wælhlencan sceóc. Cd. Th. 188, 31; Exod. 176
Linked entry: hlenca
wearda
A watchman or a watch
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A watchman or a watch Óð weardan hylle; fram weardan hylle (the beacon-hill? Cf. Icel. varða a beacon; varð-berg a look-out place: O. H. Ger. wart-perg), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 191, 34. Cf. On weardæs beorh, 291, 23: 112, 32. Weardan excubiae, Ælfc.
weg-bráde
Way-bread
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Way-bread (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) Wegbráde, uuegbrádae, uegbrádae arnaglossa, Txts. 43, 213. Uuegbráde plantago, uuaegbrádae plantago vel septenerbia, 87, 1601. Wegbrǽde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 21. Wegbráde arnaglosse, i. 67, 10. Wegbrǽde, 286, 22
gyden
A goddess ⬩ dea
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A goddess; dea Iuno wæs swíðe heálíc gyden Juno was a very lofty goddess, Salm. Kmbl. 121, 32. Sceolde bión gydene was said to be a goddess, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 19; Bt. Met. Fox 26, 105; Met. 26, 53.
screáde
A piece cut off ⬩ a shred ⬩ a screed ⬩ paring
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A piece cut off, a shred, a screed, paring Screáde sceda, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 70. Screádan praesegmina, praecisiones, 40, 9. Æppelscreáda quisquiliae, 22, 13
Linked entry: æppel-screáda
scriða
A chariot
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A chariot Scriðena ł cræta bigarum, curruum, Hpt. Gl. 457, 77
Linked entry: scrid
scúra
A shower
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A shower Hé áríman mæg rægnas scúran dropena gehwelcne, Cd. Th. 265, 22; Sat. 11
sealf
Salve ⬩ ointment
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Salve, ointment Salf, salb malagma, Txts. 77, 127. Sealf, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 6. Smyrels vel sealf unguina vel unguenta, 49, 29. Fota, i. confortata vel sealf, ii. 149, 76. Smyrels oððe sealfe unguentum, i. 74, 8. Sealfe nardi, Hpt. Gl. 517, 28. For hwí
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secg-sceára
A corn-crake or a quail
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A corn-crake or a quail Secg-scára ortigometra (cf. erschen ortigomera, ii. 63, 53 : edischen, 115, 67), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 21
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gingifer
Ginger
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Ginger Gingifer ginger, L. M. 1, 14; Lchdm. ii. 56, 11: 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 3. Gingiber, Lchdm. iii. 92, 15. Gingifran broþ broth of ginger, L. M. 1, 18; Lchdm. ii. 62, 6. Genym gingiferan, take ginger, Lchdm. iii. 136, 17
þoft
A rower's bench
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A rower's bench Scipsetl transtra, þofta (þoftan?) trastra vel juga, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 15. Þoftan transtra, 56, 41: 63, 43. (All three occur in lists 'de navibus.')
spranc
A shoot, twig, sprig
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A shoot, twig, sprig Spranca (sprauta, Wrt.) sirculus vel virgultum. Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 44. Styb vel spranca (sprauta, Wrt.) tirps, 33, 57. Treówes sprancan plante, 39, 14. Deáðbǽre sprancan letiferas labruscas, Hpt. Gl. 454, 17.
ifig-tearo
Ivy tar
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Ivy tar, gum that comes from ivy when it is cut Nim sciptearo and ifigtearo, L. M. 1, 76; Lchdm. ii. 150, 12. Dó clǽne ifigtaran ðǽr on gif ðú hæbbe [cf. dó gódne sciptaran tó, 326, 14], 3, 26; Lchdm. ii. 322, 27