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be-nacian

(v.)
Grammar
be-nacian, p. ode; pp. od, ed[be, nacian nudare]

To make nakeddenudare

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To make naked; denudare Ðú benacodest grundweall óþ hneccan denudasti fundamentum usque ad collum Cant. Abac. Lamb. fol. 190 a; 13

Linked entry: nacian

cluster

(n.)
Grammar
cluster, es; n.

A CLUSTER, bunchbotrus = βότρυς, f: — Cluster ðæt bitereste botrus amarissima,

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A CLUSTER, bunch; botrus = βότρυς, f: — Cluster ðæt bitereste botrus amarissima, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 193 b, 32

hærean-fagol

(n.)
Grammar
hærean-fagol, Have the glossers misunderstood the word herinaciis, and supposed it to be the name of a bird ? Can the hærean represent herin and fagol be a mistake for fugol? and in the other gloss, hâtte-fagol, is hatte = hatte, andfago/ for fugol, so that the gloss would mean
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herinacius is the name of a bird ?

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Ne canst ðú huntian búton mid nettum? ... Mid swiftum hundum ic betǽce wildeór, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 21-27. Ðú ðæt land tódǽlst mid hlyte ( sorte ), Deut. 31, 7.

Linked entry: mið

ge-þynnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þynnian, p. ode; pp. od

To thinlessendiminishattenuāre

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To thin, lessen, diminish; attenuāre Geþynnode synt eágan míne attenuāti ŏcŭli mei, Cant. Ezech. Lamb. fol. 185 a, 14

Linked entry: ge-þinnian

slide

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Eádmódnyss fyll (casum) ne cann; eádmódnyss slide (lapsum) ne cann; eádmódnyss nǽfre slide (lapsum) þolode, Scint. 22, 7-9. Tó ǽrran slidum ongeányrnan ad priores lapsus recurrere, 61, 11

áþ-swaru

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Áðsware hé swór, (jus jurandum) Cant. Zach. 73. Ðæs fæder (Herod) dyrstigan áðsware, Hml. Th. i. 482, ðsware sé þe flýhð, Lch. iii. 186, 7. Áðswara juramenta. Cant. Ab. 9. Add

Cædmon

(n.)
Grammar
Cædmon, es; m. [Cædrnon, MS. C. C. C. Oxford: Cædrnon, Bd. 4, 24; S. 170, 50; Cedmon, S. 597, 12: Ceadmon, MS. B. S. 597, note 12: Cadmon, Runic Monmnts. by Prof. Stephens, fol. Cheapinghaven, 1868, p. 419, 11: cæd linter, mon homo]
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láre; and eft big ðam ege ðæs toweardan dómes, and be fyrhto ðæs tintreglícan wítes, and be swétnesse ðæs heofonlícan ríces: he monigleóþ geworhte then stood some man by him in a dream, and hailed and greeted him, and named him by his name, ' Cædmon, canta

ge-rennan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rennan, p. ge-renned
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Cant. 67, 16

bát

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bát, e; f.

Foodesca

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What can be bitten,- Food; esca,Ettm. 305

ge-wring

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wring, es; n. [ge-wringan comprimere, wringan to wring, torquere]

What one can wring or press outdrinkstrong drinkpotussiceraσίκερα

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What one can wring or press out, drink, strong drink; potus, sicera = σίκερα Sicera ælces cynnes [MS. kynnes] gewring bútan wíne and wætere what one can press out of every kind, except wine and water, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 120; Wrt. Voc. 27, 48

Linked entry: -wring

feax-hár

(adj.)
Grammar
feax-hár, adj.

Hoary-hairedcŏmam cānam hăbens

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Hoary-haired; cŏmam cānam hăbens Ic wæs feaxhár I was hoary-haired, Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 13; Rä. 73, 1

Linked entry: hár

wiþer-cirr

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cirr, es; m.

A going againstresistance

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A going against, resistance Ic gehýned eom, fáh and freóndleás; ic findan ne can wiðercyrr wið ðan of ðam wearhtreafum I am humiliated, proscribed and friendless; against this I can devise no resistance from hell, Elen. Kmbl. 1849; El. 926

wín-sester

(n.)
Grammar
wín-sester, es; m.

A wine-can

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A wine-can Wínsester cantarus, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 37

Linked entry: sester

láþettan

Grammar
láþettan, [In the last two passages láþettan translates infestare, which however is for infestari. The original Latin of the two translations is: Canes latrantes uiderit vel eis infestare, and: Camelos uidere et ab eis se uiderit infestare.]
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For 'To be odious . . . hate' substitute: to abhor, execrate, hate, hold in detestation Þíne goda ic láðette and him teónan dó ego diis tuis abominationem feci Angl. xvii. 116, 4. Man tó forð láþet þæt man scolde lufian, Wlfst. 165, 3 [: 168, 13: Wrt

Linked entry: lǽþettan

a-stígend

(n.)
Grammar
a-stígend, es; m.

A riderascensor

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A rider; ascensor Hors and astígend [MS. astígende] aweorpeþ on síe equum et ascensorem dejecit in mare, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 1; Thw. 29, 6

ge-sencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sencan, p. -sencte; pp. -senct

To sink, drownsubmergĕre

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To sink, drown; submergĕre Hí gesencte [synt] on ðære [MS. ðere] reádan sǽ [MS. sea] they are drowned in the Red sea, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 4; Thw. 15, 4

for-bæran

(v.)

to forbear

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to forbear Hwá mæg forbæran who can forbear? Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 13

Sedlingas

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Cant. 67, 32 (not 34) redlingum is printed: in Ps. Cam. Wédlingum is suggested, as if Æthiopia had been connected or confused with inopia

wróht-stafas

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-stafas, pl. m.

Accusations

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Accusations Ic eom fáh and freóndleás, gén ic findan ne can þurh wróhtstafas wiðercyr wið ðam I am proscribed and friendless; still I can by accusations (cf. w. 1813-1830, where the devil complains of unfair treatment (nis ðæt fæger síð)) devise no resistance