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grytta

(n.)
Grammar
grytta, and gryttan; pl. f.

Grits ⬩ groats ⬩ coarse meal

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Grits, groats, coarse meal Ðás gritta hic furfur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Som. 10, 47. Gretta furfures, Wrt. Voc. 83, 21. Beren mela oððe grytta barley meal or grits, L. M. 2, 26; Lchdm. ii. 220, 8: 39; Lchdm. ii. 250, 2. Grytte, Lchdm. ii. 200, 9.

Linked entry: gritta

bryne-welm

(n.)
Grammar
bryne-welm, -wylm, es; m.

A burning flame, flame of fire, burning heat ⬩ incendii fervor vel æstus

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A burning flame, flame of fire, burning heat; incendii fervor vel æstus Brynewylmum mealt gifstól Geáta the gift chair of the Goths was consumed by flames of fire, Beo. Th. 4642; B. 2326: Exon. 42a; Th. 142, 14; Gú. 644.

mǽl-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-tíd, e; f.
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Meal-time Hé sceal hyne gebiddan on ásettum tídum, and ǽr mǽltídum (-tíman, v. l. Nap. 84) metes ne ábítan, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 7

ge-temesed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-temesed, -temsud; part.

Sifted; ⬩ cribratus

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Nim getemsud melu take sifted meal, Lchdm. iii. 134, 20

Linked entries: temesian ge-temsud

tó-cumende

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-cumende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Coming to a strange place, ⬩ strange, ⬩ foreign

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Coming to a strange place, strange, foreign Hé for Godes lufon eode tó reordum mid ðám tócumendum mannum for the love of God he took his meals with the strangers who came, Shrn. 129, 27

snǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽdan, p. de

To take food, take a meal ⬩ a meal ⬩ food, meat

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To take food, take a meal Ðá hé com to Cantwarbyrig, ðá snǽdde hé ðǽr and his menn, and tó Dofran gewende Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 31

Linked entry: snǽding

lim-gesihþ

(n.)
Grammar
lim-gesihþ, physical vision, sight by means of the bodily eye (? cf. A man has na lym þat he is warere wiþ þan wiþ his eghe, Hamp. Ps. 16, 9. Þe lyme of syȝte
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organum visus, N. E. D. under limb; I) Ealle menn árísað mid limgesihðum (corporibus), Ps. Rdr. 301, 4

Linked entry: ge-siht

gereord-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gereord-dæg, es; m.
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A day on which a meal or feast is celebrated On þám mónðe þe Aprilis [hátte], þǽre nigeðan nihte, on þám drihtenlican gereorddæge (on Holy Thursday. Cf. tó þon hálgan n

beren

(adj.)
Grammar
beren, adj.

Barley ⬩ made of barley ⬩ hordeaceus

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Barley, made of barley; hordeaceus Genim smæl beren mela take fine barley-meal, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 24. Hæfþ fíf berene hláfas habet quinque hordeaceos, Jn. Bos. 6, 9 : 6, 13

lim-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
lim-mǽlum, adv.
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Limb-meal (used by Shakspere in Cymbeline), limb by limb, a limb at a time Limmǽlum membratim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 55: membratim, particulatim, Hpt. Gl, 443, 3: membratim, per singula membra, 486, 44

mete-rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
mete-rǽdere, es; m.
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The brother appointed for the week to read aloud to the others at meals. Cf. Be ðǽre wucan rǽdere. Gebróðra gereorde æt hyra mýsum ne sceal beón bútan háligre rǽdinge, R. Ben. 62, 2-4, Gyf þú meterǽdere fyldstól habban wille, Tech. ii. 122, 20

sceatt

Grammar
sceatt, <b>; I a.</b>
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Hæbbe ǽlc cniht mealtes ánne sester and sceat huniges, Cht. Th. 614, 1. Add

gif-stól

(n.)
Grammar
gif-stól, gief-stól, es; m.

A gift-seat ⬩ seat from which gifts are distributed ⬩ throne ⬩ throne of grace ⬩ donorum thronus ⬩ solium ⬩ gratiæ thronus

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Brynewylmum mealt gifstól Geáta the gift-chair of the Goths was consumed by flames of fire, Beo. Th. 4643; B. 2327: Exon. 16 a; Th. 36, 6; Cri. 572. Sceal gifstól gegierwed stondan a throne shall stand prepared, Exon. 90 a; Th. 337, 23; Gn.

Linked entry: gief-stól

nón-mete

(n.)
Grammar
nón-mete, es; m.

An afternoon meal

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An afternoon meal Nónmete merenda, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 14 : annona, 291, 2 : ii. 8, 67. On xii mónþum ðú scealt sillan ðínum þeówan men vii hund hláfa and xx hláfa, búton morgenmetum and nónmetum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 192, 19

stán

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D. iii. 382, 22. v. byrþen-, cealc-, cynning-, fót-, fýr-, gagat-, gemǽr-, gicel-, heal-, hróf-, hwam-, marmel-, mealm-, sinc-, spær-, windel-stán

cníf

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Wrít þysne circul mid þínes cnífes orde on ánum mealan stáne, Lch. i. 395, 3. Add

smedema

(n.)
Grammar
smedema, smeodema, smidema, smedma, an; m.

Fine flour, meal

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Of mealtes smedman geworht 332, 20. Genim hwǽtenes meluwes smedman 134, 4

Linked entries: smeodoma smidema

ymb-haga

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-haga, an; m.
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An enclosure where bees are kept Wrít ðysne circul on ánum mealanstáne (mealm- ?), and sleah ǽnne stacan onmiddan dam ymbhagan, and lege ðone stán onuppan ðám stacan (the words on the stone are : Contra apes ut salui sint.

ÁTE

(n.)
Grammar
ÁTE, ǽte ; gen. átan ; pl. átan ; gen. átena ; f.

OATS ⬩ tares ⬩ darnel ⬩ cockle ⬩ avena fatua ⬩ Lin. lolium

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Genim mela ǽtena take meal of oats, L. M. 1, 35 ; Lchdm.ii. 84, 5 : Chr. 1124; Th. 376, 6. Áte lolium, Cot. 126. Átan or lasor tares; zizania, Cot. 204

Linked entries: ǽte átih

tunge

(n.)
Grammar
tunge, an ; tung [? in the passage: Álés sáwle míne fram tunge fácen-fulre a lingua dolosa (but in the next verse linguam is glossed by tungan, so that perhaps tunge is meant for nominative : O. L. Ger. and O. H. Ger. , however, have strong as well as weak forms), Ps. Lamb. 119, 2], e; f.
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a tongue Tunge lingua, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 56. Gif monnes tunge biþ of heáfde óðres monnes dǽdum dón, ðæt biþ gelíc and eágan bót, L. Alf. pol. 52 ; Th. i. 94, 20: Exon. Th. 373, 25 ; Seel. Ex. 115. His tungan (tungæs, Lind. : tunga, Rush. ) bend uinculum

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