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reord-hús

(n.)
Grammar
reord-hús, es ;n.;

A house; or ;room where meals are taken;

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; A house; or ;room where meals are taken; Reordhús ;cenaculum,; Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 15

ge-siftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-siftan, p. -sifte; pp. -sifted, -sift

To sift

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melu fine meal, Ex. 12, 34

Linked entry: ge-syft

beód-fers

(n.)
Grammar
beód-fers, es; m. [beód a table, fers a verse]

A song or hymn sung during meal-time ⬩ ad mensam carmen ⬩ hymnus

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A song or hymn sung during meal-time; ad mensam carmen, hymnusDial. 1, 19

Linked entry: fers

beód-gereordu

(n.)
Grammar
beód-gereordu, pl. n. [beód a table, gereord a feast]

A table-meal ⬩ a feast ⬩ convivium

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A table-meal, a feast; convivium Cd. 74; Th. 91, 27; Gen. 1518

beód-láf

(n.)
Grammar
beód-láf, e; f.
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Food remaining after a meal Sylle hé earmum mannum his beódláfa, Bl. H. 53, 13

Linked entry: láf

þearm-gewind

(n.)
Grammar
þearm-gewind, -wind, es; m. The words seem to mean 'that which enwraps the intestines,' cf. plecta wǽfelsa, gewynde, Hpt. Gl. 462, 64, but they are used to gloss jugulam (-um?), so should mean the collar-bone, or the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone, or
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the throat Gescyld ðearmgewind (ðearmwind, lxxiv, 24), breóstbán, breóst tege jugulam, pectusculum, mamillas, Lchdm. i. lxxii, 1

dæg-mete

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Substitute: A day-meal(?), breakfast or dinner Dægmete agapis, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 36: ii. 8, 9

ǽfen-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereord, e; f.

An evening meal ⬩ a supper ⬩ cœna

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An evening meal, a supper; cœna, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 87; Wrt. Voc. 38, 13

Linked entry: ge-reord

beánen

(adj.)
Grammar
beánen, adj.

Beany ⬩ belonging to beans ⬩ fabarius

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Beany, belonging to beans; fabarius Beánene melewe BEAN-MEAL, Herb. 155, 3; Lchdm. i. 282, 9

þurhtogenness

(n.)
Grammar
þurhtogenness, e; f.

A religious reading in monasteries ⬩ especially after meals ⬩ collatio

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A religious reading in monasteries, especially after meals; collatio Þurhtogenessa and gesetnessa heora lífes conlationes patrum et instituta vile eorum, R. Ben. Interl. 118, 7

heáfod-stocc

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stocc, es; m. This word, which occurs several times in charters that describe the boundaries of land, seems from the following passage to mean
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum

twi-dǽl

(n.)
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a double portion, two parts out of three Dó gegrundenne pipor on, and cropleác, hwǽtenes melwes twidǽl swilce ðæs pipores twice as much wheaten meal as pepper, two parts of meal to one of pepper, Lchdm. ii. 52, 22.

hwǽte-gryttan

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-gryttan, pl.
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Coarse wheaten meal Hwǽtegryttan apludes vel cantalna [ = cantabra ], Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 124; Wrt. Voc. 34, 53

gereording-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
gereording-tíd, e; f.
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Meal-time Hé cóm symle tó his gereordung­tíde (ad horam refectionis illius), Gr. D. 118, 12 : 145, 13

mésan

(v.)

to feed ⬩ eat

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to feed, eat Ic mésan mæg meahtelícor ealdum þyrse I can eat mightier meals than an old giant, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 26; Rä. 41, 62

un-gereordod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gereordod, adj.

Unfed ⬩ not having had a meal

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Unfed, not having had a meal Se déma ungereordod sæt bútan ǽlcere ðénunge unþances fæstende, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 91

beód-gereord

(n.)
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a meal, feast Hé symlede æt his beódgereordum ꝥ ic ( the soul ) wæs oft swíðe neáh ofðylmed, Nap. 50, 20

dæg-wist

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wist, e; f.
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A meal, food Hé ðone hálgan ( Cuthbert) grétte, biddende þæt hé him dægwistes tíðode (that he would give him a meal ). Cúðberhtus cwæð: 'Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf nú gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 134, 30.

middæg-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
middæg-þegnung, e ; f.
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Midday-meal, dinner, v. þegnung; Sylle man tó middægþénunge ( ad sextam ) twám and twám án tyl cýssticce . . . and on ǽfen án cýssticce, Chrd. 15, 2

ge-siftan

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Dele the passage, and add Genim gréne rúdan leáf, scearfa smale and cnuca swíðe, and beren meala gesift dó þǽrtó, Lch. iii. 8, 15. Þæt folc nam gesyft melu (conspersam farinam), Ex. 12, 34

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