hwæt
Why ⬩ what! ⬩ ah!
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Cd. 48; Th. 62, 6; Gen. 1010: Andr. Kmbl. 1257; An. 629. Hwæt ðú leóda feala forleólce and forlǽrdest how many people hast thou deceived and seduced! 2726; An. 1365: Beo. Th. 1064; B. 530. Hwæt iudas hét ðá settan ðæt líc ah!
Linked entries: hwet hwá hwata hwilc-hwega
æmete
An EMMET ⬩ ant ⬩ formica
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An EMMET, ant; formica Æmete formica. Wrt. Voc. 23, 78. Æmettan ægru gením take emmet's eggs, L. M. 1, 87; Lchdm, ii. 156, 6. Æmytte formica, Somn. 108. Níme æmettan take emmets, L. M. 3, 34; Lchdm, ii. 328, 7
wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Wiþ yflum wǽtan and swile . . . hit eal ðæt worms and ðone yfelan wǽtan ádrífþ, 72, 12-15.
Axa-múþa
Exmouth
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Exmouth, Chr. 1049; Th. 307, 37
bed-cófa
A bed place ⬩ cubiculum
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A bed place; cubiculum Bed-cófa vel búr cubiculum, Ælfc. Gl, 27 ; Som. 60, 99 : Lk. Bos. 12, 3
-bǽre
Producing ⬩ bearing
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Producing, bearing, from beran to bear, produce; as, wæstm-bǽre fruit-bearing, fruitful; frugifer: æppel-bǽre apple-bearing; pomifer: horn-bǽre horn-bearing; corniger: leóht-bǽre light-bearing
Linked entry: -bora
Cartaina
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Carthage; Carthago Cartaina toworpen wæs Carthage was overthrown, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 101, 18. Scipia hæfde gefaren to ðære niwan byrig Cartaina Scipio had gone to the new city Carthage, 4, 10; Bos. 93, 41: 4, 13; Bos. 99, 27. Ðæt mon ealle Cartaina towurpe
CEOLE
The throat, JOWL ⬩ guttur, fauces
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The throat, JOWL; guttur, fauces Ðý-læs sió ceole síe aswollen lest the throat be swollen, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 48, 26. Wið ceolan swile for swelling of throat, 1, 12; Lchdm. ii. 54, 23; 56, 2. Wið sweorcóðe, riges seofoþa seóþ on geswéttum wætere,
Linked entry: ceoler
dim-hofe
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A lurking-place, hiding-place; latĭbŭlum, lātēbra He gesette þýstru dymhofan oððe dymnes oððe behýdednesse his pŏsuit tenĕbras latĭbŭlum suum, Ps. Lamb. 17, 12. Dimhofan latēbræ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 21. Dimhofum latĭbŭlis, Mone B. 85. Gregorius on
fýren cylle
A fiery torch ⬩ ignea fax
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A fiery torch; ignea fax, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 29, note, MS. B
Linked entry: fýren
fýren þecelle
A fiery torch ⬩ ignea fax
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A fiery torch; ignea fax. Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 29
heolra
The scale of a balance ⬩ a balance[?]
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The scale of a balance, a balance[?] Twí-feald heolra bilanx, Lye. Similar entries v. helur-blæd, heoloran
Linked entry: holor
heorþa
A deer-skin
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A deer-skin Heorþa nebris, Wrt. Voc. 86, 39
Linked entry: herþa
mǽl-sceafa
A canker
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A canker Mǽlscæafa eruca, Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 60, 3; Wrt. 24, 7. Mǽlsceafa caniglata. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 19. Mǽlsceafa eruca, Wrt. Voc. 78, 66; Zup. 310, 5. In the last reference one MS. (v. Wrt. Voc. 91, 23) has mæslesceafe; in Wrt. Voc. 161, 23 maseles
Linked entries: mæsle-sceafe sceafa
mæsse-gierela
Vestment used at the celebration of the mass,
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Vestment used at the celebration of the mass, Past. 14, 6; Swt. 87, 19
mán-fordǽdla
One who wickedly destroys
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One who wickedly destroys Mánfordǽdlan ( the sea monsters that attacked Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 1130; B. 563
Linked entry: for-dǽdla
máðum-gifa
A giver of costly gifts ⬩ a liberal prince
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A giver of costly gifts, a liberal prince Hwǽr cwom máððumgyfa? Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 1; Wand. 92
mearc-béce
A beech-tree which forms part of a boundary
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A beech-tree which forms part of a boundary Ðis synd ðæra viii. hída landgeméra ... tó ðære mearcbécean; of ðære bécean, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 9. On ða ealdan mearce bécan, 296, 26
Linked entry: béce
mearc-stapa
One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land
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One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land Grendel, mǽre mearcstapa, Beo. Th. 206; B. 103. Hié gesáwon swylce twegen micle mearcstapan móras healdan; óðer wæs idese onlícnes óðer on weres wæstmum wræclástas træd ... Hié dýgel lond warigeaþ
meox-force
A fork used for removing dirt
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A fork used for removing dirt Myxforce rotabulum (rotabulum furca vel illud lignum cum quo ignis movetur in fornace causa coquendi: et dicitur sic, quia rotat et proruit ignem furni gratia coquendi vel stercora purgandi), Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 34