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middel

(n.)
Grammar
middel, es; middela(?), an; m.

The middlecentre

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Hió is gesceapen on ðam midle, betwux ðære drýgan and ðære cealdan eorþan and ðam hátan fýre, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 37. Hió is on midle fýres and eorþan, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 163; Met. 20, 82. On midle mínra dagena, Ps. Th. 101, 21.

Linked entry: midlest

netele

(n.)
Grammar
netele, netle, netel, an; f.

A nettle

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A nettle Netele urtica, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 43: ii. 65, 49. Netle, i. 31, 60 : 68, 25. Netel (netele, netle) urtica; blind netel (netele, netle) archangelica, 79, 30, 31. Netle, blinde netle, Lchdm. ii. 66, 4. Netele.

níd-fara

Grammar
níd-fara, nýd-fara, an; m.

One who journeys under compulsionwho is forced to march

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One who journeys under compulsion, who is forced to march, Cd. Th. 191, 1; Exod. 208

BÉTE

(n.)
Grammar
BÉTE, an; f : béte, an; n ?

BEETbēta = σεύτλoν

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BEET, a root from which sugar is often extracted; bēta = σεύτλoν, n Sindon eáþ begeátra béteand mealwe beet and mallow are more easily procured, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 226, 25: iii. 12, 26.

þwǽle

(n.)
Grammar
þwǽle, (or -a?; m.), an; f.

A bandfillet

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A band, fillet Ðuaelum taenis, Txts. 101, 1991. Thuélan vittas, 107, 2120

þencan

Grammar
þencan, in the following passage seems an error
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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

(n.)
Grammar
wiþo-winde, (wiþ-), an; f.

Withy-windwith-windconvolvulus

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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

Linked entries: wiþe-winde wiþ-winde

bita

(n.)
Grammar
bita, bitu (-e) (?), e, an; f.

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:

Linked entry: bítel

ge-fremdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fremdian, to make an alien of a person,
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excommunicate Gefremðiga anathematizare, Mk. L. 14, 17

Linked entry: ge-fremðian

riht-wís

(n.)
Grammar
riht-wís, (?), e; -wíse (?), an ; f.

Righteousness justice

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Righteousness justice Rihtwíse and sybbe hý cyston justitia et pax osculatae sunt, Ps. Spl. 84, 11

wilige

(n.)
Grammar
wilige, (and -a; m. ?), an; f.

A basket

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A basket Wilige cophinus Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 3. Wilige vel leáp, 55, 37. Wylige oððe meoxbearwe corbis vel, cofinus 86, 2. Wylige (wilige, v. l.) odðe windel corbis, Ælfq. Gr. 9,28; Zup. 55, 13. Wiligan corbes, wiliga corbis Hpt. Gl. 497, 41.

Linked entries: wilege wilie

hind-fald

(n.)
Grammar
hind-fald, es [or -falda, an]; m.

A hind-fold.

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A hind-fold. Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 112, 33

hláf-mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-mæsse, -messe, an; f.

Lammas, a name for the first of August

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Lammas, a name for the first of August Ðæt wæs on ðære tíde calendas Agustus and on ðæm dæge ðe wé hátaþ hláfmæsse it was on the first of August, on the day that we call Lammas, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 17.

hlenca

(n.)
Grammar
hlenca, or hlence, an; m. or f.

A link, a chain of links, a coat of mail formed with links or rings

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A link, a chain of links, a coat of mail formed with links or rings [cf. hringlocen serce and other compounds of hring] Moyses bebeád frecan árísan habban heora hlencan beran beorht searo Moses bade the warriors arise, take their coats of mail, bear

tóþ-rima

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ-rima, -reoma, an; m.

A gum

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A gum Tóþrima gingifa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 22. Tóðreoma ingua (gingiua?), i. 64, 55. Tóþriman gingifa, 282, 72. Wið tóþa sáre and tóðreomena, Lchdm. i. 318, 1, 4. Wið tóþreomena geswelle, 370, 29. Gníd golóme ða tóðreoman, 346, 14

abbadisse

(n.)
Grammar
abbadisse, abbodisse, abbatisse, abbudisse, abedisse, an; f. [abbad an abbot, isse a female termination, q. v.]

An abbessabbatissa

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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.

or

(prefix)
Grammar
or, This form occurs in A. Sax. only as a prefix, but in
Goth. us
, in
Icel. or, ur,
in
O. H. Ger. ur
it is found also as a preposition.

withoutoriginal, early

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It has the meaning without, e. g. or-mód ; also that of original, early, e. g. or-eald

bíd-steal

(n.)
Grammar
bíd-steal, -steall, es; m. [bíd an abiding, delay; steal a stall, place]

A stand, haltstatio, mora

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A stand, halt; statio, mora He, beald in gebéde, bídsteal gifeþ he, bold in prayer, maketh a stand, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 29; Jul. 388.

rǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdels, es; m.: e; f.: rǽdelse, rǽdelle (?), an; f.
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Ic sprece tó him openlíce næs þurh rédelsas ( per aenigmata; dark speeches, A. V.), Num. 12, 8

swingel

(n.)
Grammar
swingel, swingell, e; and swingel[l]e, an ; f.
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A swyngelstok excussorium, excudia, Wülck. Gl. 581, 30: studia, 614, 1. A swyndyl-stoc exculidium, a swyndilland excudium, 696, 7, 8. I bete and swyn-gylle flax, Rel. Ant. ii. 197, 34. See also Cath. Angl. 374-5 and the notes there. Cf.

Linked entry: swincgel