ǽcern
The corn or fruit of an oak ⬩ an ACORN ⬩ a nut ⬩ glans
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Gl. 46; Som. 65, 7. Ǽcirnu, pl. nom. Gen. 43, 11
Linked entry: ác-cærn
býsting
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Gl. 33; Som. 62, 20; Wrt. Voc. 28, 3
Linked entry: bísting
feax-nǽdel
A hair-needle ⬩ curling-iron ⬩ crisping-pin ⬩ călămistrum ⬩ ăcus crīnĭbus intorquendis sive crispandis adhĭbĭta
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Gl. 4; Som. 55, 101; Wrt. Voc. 17, 4
folc-geréfa
A folk-reeve ⬩ a people's governor ⬩ pŏpŭli præpŏsĭtus
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Gl. 5; Som. 56, 25; Wrt. Voc. 17, 30. v. Du Cange, sub voce Actionator
frum-gifu
An original gift ⬩ privilege ⬩ prerogative ⬩ primāria grātia ⬩ prærogātīva
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Gl. 99; Som. 76, 119; Wrt. Voc. 54, 61. Hpt. Gl. 457.
fýr-hús
A FIRE-HOUSE ⬩ furnace ⬩ cămīnus ⬩ κάμινος ⬩ fornax
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Gl. 107; Som. 78, 92; Wrt. Voc. 58, 7. Fýrhúses hlýwing caumenæ (?) refŭgium, R. Concord. 11
numol
Able to take or contain much
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Gr. 9, 60; Som. 13, 41. Numul, gripul capax, qui multum capit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 29
Linked entry: scearp-numol
ge-fédan
To feed ⬩ nourish ⬩ pascĕre ⬩ enutrīre
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Gr. 33; Som. 36, 44. MS. D
gyte-streám
A current, flowing stream
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Gl. 105; Som. 78, 38; Wrt. Voc. 57, 20 : Recd. 37, 65; Wrt. Voc. 63, 78
LÍM
LIME ⬩ cement ⬩ mortar ⬩ glue ⬩ gluten ⬩ paste
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Gl. 56; Som. 67, 43; Wrt, Voc, 37, 31. Lím tó fugele gluten; eglím glara, Ælfc. Gl. 80, 81; Som. 72, 118, 119; Wrt, Voc. 47, 1, 2, Gebærnd lím calcis viva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127. 49.
efne
Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now ⬩ plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem
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Deór efne swá some æfter ðære stefne on ðone stenc faraþ just so goes the beast after the voice in that odour, 96 a; Th. 358, 30; Pa. 53.
be-sárgian
To lament ⬩ bewail ⬩ to mourn or be sorry for ⬩ to condole ⬩ lamentari ⬩ condolere ⬩ compati ⬩ deflere
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Gr. 29; Som. 33, 52 : Ælfc. T. 42, 1 : Scint. 45. 50
Linked entry: be-sárigende
car-ful
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Gl. 89; Som. 74, 112; Wrt. Voc. 51, 25
bóc-hord
A BOOK-HOARD, a library or receptacle for books, papers, etc ⬩ bibliotheca, archivum
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Gl. 109; Som. 79, 4; Wrt. Voc. 58, 47
folc-wóh
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a public wrong Nis hís talu nán þincg soþ, ne drífð hé bútan folcwóh there is no truth in his tale, he is but wronging the public, Hml. S. 23, 691
Linked entries: folc-leásung folc-sóþ
styfic-leáh
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Soc. Trans. 1895-8, p. 541
gyr
Mud ⬩ fen ⬩ marsh
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Gr. 9, 33; Som. 12, 29. Gyran, gyras paludes, Lye
byldan
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Hí bylde bearn Ælfríces the son of Ælfric encouraged them, Byrht. Th. 137, 60; By. 209. Swá hí ealle bylde Godríc to gúþe so Godric encouraged them all to the war, Byrht. Th. 141, 11; By. 320.
Linked entry: bældan
cor-snǽd
A choice or trial piece ⬩ panis conjurátus, offa consecrāta
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A sort of ordeal in which the person accused had placed in his mouth an ounce of bread or cheese. If he ate it freely and without hurt, he was considered innocent; but guilty, if he could not swallow it, or had a difficulty in doing so.
ánga
one and no more ⬩ only ⬩ sole ⬩ single ⬩ singular ⬩ unicus ⬩ ullus ⬩ quisquam ⬩ any ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ quisque
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one and no more, only, sole, single, singular; unicus, ullus, quisquam Se ánga hyht the sole hope, Exon. 62a; Th. 227, 14; Ph. 423: 96b; Th. 360, 1; Pa. 73.