fóre-wyrd
A deed done before ⬩ antefactum
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A deed done before; antefactum, Som. Ben. Lye
for-worhta
A misdoer ⬩ malefactor ⬩ scĕlestus ⬩ mălefactor
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A misdoer, malefactor; scĕlestus, mălefactor Ða forworhtan, ða ðe firnedon, beóþ beofigende the malefactors, they who sinned, shall be trembling, Cd. 227; Th. 30, 28; Sat. 620
freó-lǽta
One made free ⬩ a freedman ⬩ libertus
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One made free, a freedman; libertus Freólǽta libertus, Ǽlfc. Gl. 8; Som. 56, 106; Wrt. Voc. 18, 55. Freó-lǽtan sunu the son of a freedman; libertīnus, 8; Som. 56, 107; Wrt. Voc. 18, 56
heorot-clæfre
Hart-clover ⬩ medicago maculata
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Hart-clover; medicago maculata, Lchdm. ii. 392
ísen-panna
A fryinig-pan
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A fryinig-pan Ísenpanna sartago, Wrt. Voc. 82, 68. Ísenpanne, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 94; Wrt. Voc. 25, 34
liðere
A sling
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A sling Liðere funda, Wrt. Voc. 84, 34. Lyðre, 35, 30. Liðre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 41. Leðera funda: liðeran fundibulæ, 36, 23, 24. Swá mycelre brǽdo swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan amplitudinis quasi jactus fundæ, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 11.
mǽl-tange
A pair of compasses
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A pair of compasses Mǽltange circinum, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 70; Wrt. Voc. 34, 5: 62; Som. 68, 78; Wrt. Voc. 39, 61. Mǽltanges prica centrum, 39, 62
níd-fara
One who journeys under compulsion ⬩ who is forced to march
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One who journeys under compulsion, who is forced to march, Cd. Th. 191, 1; Exod. 208
þwǽle
A band ⬩ fillet
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A band, fillet Ðuaelum taenis, Txts. 101, 1991. Thuélan vittas, 107, 2120
þencan
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Sum on bǽle sceal brondas þencan (Thorpe would read þeccan; Grein suggests sumne on bǽle sceal brond áswencan. Cf. ge-swencan), Exon. Th. 329, 33; Vy. 43
wiþo-winde
Withy-wind ⬩ with-wind ⬩ convolvulus
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Withy-wind, with-wind (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names), convolvulus Wiþewinde involuco, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 2. Wiðwinde viticella, i. 33, 13. Genim wiþowindan twigu, Lchdm. ii. 34, 17. Wiþowindan leáf, 52, 6. Wiþewindan, 122, 18
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bita
a bit
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a bit. Bita frustum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 40. Drége bite bucella sicca, Kent. Gl. 587. Swá swá bita sicut buccellas, Ps. Spl. M. 147, 6. Add:
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ge-fremdian
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excommunicate Gefremðiga anathematizare, Mk. L. 14, 17
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hind-fald
A hind-fold.
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A hind-fold. Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 112, 33
asse
A she-ass ⬩ asina
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A she-ass; asina Uppan assan folan sittende seders super pullum asinæ, Jn. Bos. 12, 15. Finde gyt áne assene ye [two] shall find a she-ass, Mt. Bos. 21, 2. Rit uppan tamre assene rides on a tame she-ass, 21, 5.
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fen-ýce
A snail ⬩ tortoise
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Mé is snægl swiftra, snelra, regnwyrm, and fenýce fóre hreðre lumbricus et limax et tarda testudo palustris me vincunt certamine currus (Ald. 272, 2), Rä. 41, 70. Substitute:
ná
No ⬩ not ⬩ non
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Grammar ná, an adverb or adverbial phrase Nis nó ðæt án ... ac eác not only ... but also, Blickl. Homl. 85, 15. Næs hit ná ðæt án ðæt ðú on ungemetlícum ungesǽlþum wǽre, ac eác ðæt ðú fulneáh mid ealle forwurde, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 6.
BURN
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A bubbling or running water, a BOURN, brook, stream, river; torrens, rivus Hefe upp ðíne hand ofer burna and ofer móras extende manum tuam super rivos et super paludes, Ex. 8, 5
dǽd-fruma
A deed-doer, perpetrator, labourer ⬩ facinoris vel facinorum auctor, actor
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Cain and Abel, ða dǽdfruman, dugeþa strýndon, wélan and wiste Cain and Abel, the original labourers, acquired goods, wealth and food, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 27; Gen. 970
abbadisse
An abbess ⬩ abbatissa
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An abbess; abbatissa Riht is ðæt abbadissan fæste on mynstrum wunian it is right that abbesses dwell closely in their nunneries, L. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 320, 30: L. Const.