bréding-panne
to roast ⬩ a pan ⬩ A frying-pan; ⬩ sartago,
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A frying-pan; sartago, Wrt. Voc. 288, 38
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ge-spelia
A substitute ⬩ deputy ⬩ vicegerent ⬩ vĭcārius
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A substitute, deputy, vicegerent; vĭcārius Cristen cyning is Cristes gespelia geteald on cristenre þeóde a christian king is accounted Christ's vicegerent among christian people, L. Eth. ix. 2; Th. i. 340, 12. Wið Cristes gespelian against Christ's vicegerent
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hnygela
A shred, ⬩ clipping
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A shred, clipping Hnygela tomentum; seolce hnygele platum[ = placium, Som.] Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 3, 4; Wrt. Voc. 40, 37, 38. Hnyglan putamina, Cot. 152, Lye
swíge
- Scint. 82, 1
silence, absence of speech ⬩ silence, quiet, absence of noise; also a time of silence ⬩ silence from astonishment, amazement ⬩ stupor ⬩ delay ⬩ a curve, circuit ⬩ to bend, sway ⬩ taciturnitas, silentium
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silence, absence of speech Hú se láreów sceal bión gesceádwís on his swígean (swig*-*gean, Cott. MSS.) and nytwyrðe on his wordum . . . Sió ungemetgode suíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) ðæs láreówes on gedwolan gebringþ ða ðe hé lǽran meahte, Past. 15; Swt.
swinge
A stripe, stroke. ⬩ a stroke with a scourge or rod ⬩ chastisement, afflicting stroke ⬩ flagellum ⬩ a winnow, fan
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A stripe, stroke. literal, a stroke with a scourge or rod Sc̃p. Petrus hine mid grimmum swingum swong and þreáde (flagellis artioribus afficiens) . . . Cwæþ him eác tó: ' Ic bende and swingan (vincula, verbera) ðrowade' . . . Ðá wæs Laurentius mid ðæs
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sylla
A saddle
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A saddle Sylla sella, sadolfelt pella, sadolboga carpella, Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 14-16
sifeþa
siftings ⬩ bran ⬩ chaff ⬩ useless seeds ⬩ tares
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siftings, bran, chaff Sifeþa furfur, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 49: acus, 83, 19. Sifiþan, siuida furfures, Txts. 65, 940. Syfeþa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 75. Swá swá mon melo sift; ðæt melo þurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel and ða siofoþa (syfeþa, Cott. MS.) weorþaþ ásyndred. Bt
sinder
Dross ⬩ impurity of metal
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Dross, impurity of metal Sinder scoria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 4. Sindor caries, putredo lignorum vel ferri, 129, 11. Synder scorium, i. 86, 18. Syndran blæccan scoriae atramento, Hpt. Gl. 421, 59. Nim seolferun syndrun, Lchdm. iii. 112, 24. Ðiss folc is
abbad
an abbot ⬩ abbās
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an abbot; abbās the title of the male superior of certain religious establishments, thence called abbeys. The word abbot appears to have been, at first, applied to any member of the clerical order, just as the French Père and English Father. In the earliest
CULFRE
A dove ⬩ CULVER ⬩ pigeon ⬩ columba
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A dove CULVER pigeon ; columba Se hálega Gást astáh swá án culfre descendit Spiritus sanctus sicut columba, Lk. Bos. 3, 22: Wrt. Voc. 77, 20: 280, 31. Wæs culufre of cófan sended a dove was sent from the ark, Cd. 72 ; Th. 88, 12; Gen. 1464 . Culfer columba
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bædzere
A baptist ⬩ baptizer ⬩ baptista
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A baptist, baptizer; baptista Hie cwǽdun, sume Iohannes se bædzere illi dixerunt, alii Ioannem Baptistam, Mt. Rush. Stv. 16, 14: 3, 1
ciric-belle
A church-bell ⬩ ecclesiæ campana
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A church-bell; ecclesiæ campana Of ciricbellan from a church-bell, L. M. 1, 63; Lchdm. ii. 136, 29
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cusceote
A ringdove, wood-pigeon
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A ringdove, wood-pigeon; Cusceote palumba, Wrt. Voc. 280, 32. Cuscote wuduculfre palumbes, 62, 27. Cuscutan palumbes, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 161, 58
cwealm-bǽre
Death-bearing, deadly ⬩ mortifĕrus
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Death-bearing, deadly; mortifĕrus Ðeáh ðe he cwealmbǽre wǽre though he was death-bearing, Wanl. Catal. 164, 48, col. 1 . Drenc mid ðam cwealmbǽrum áttre gemenged a drink mingled with deadly poison, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 17: 260, 11. Cwealmbǽrne mortifĕrum
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earm-gegyrela
A bracelet to be worn on the right arm ⬩ dextrāle
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A bracelet to be worn on the right arm; dextrāle Earmgegirelan dextrālia, Cot. 63
fára
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mycg
A midge
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A midge Mygg culix. Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 60: sciniphes, 120, 9. Mycg culix, 15, 55. Mygc, i. 281, 36, Micge (micgc ?) culex, 24, 17. Mycgæs cynomya Ps. Spl. T. 104, 29. Wið gnættas and micgeas, Lchdm. i. 54, 14. Heó gnættas and micgeas (micgas, MS. B.
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time Wyþ pleyynge at tables oþer atte chekere, R. Glouc. 192, 3. Kueade gemenes of des and of tables
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epactas
epacts
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epacts Þæs geáres ne beóð náne epactas, Angl. viii. 301, 29. Tó geáre synd feówertýne epactas, 327, 11. Hú fela epactas beón on geáre, 329, 35: Lch. iii. 228, 5, 8. On grécisc hí synt gecwedene epacte, Angl. viii. 302, 32. Swá fela epacte beóð, 301,
epistol
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strong forms Hér is seó gesetenis Alexandres epistoles . . . Cwæþ hé in fruman þæs epistoles, Nar. 1, 2, 9. On þǽm ǽrron epistole, 3, 28. weak forms Hé cuæð on his epistolan tó Galatum, P. 117, 7. Sealde hé mé ǽnne epistolan, Nar. 18, 28. uninflected