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wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weapon ⬩ membrum virile

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a weapon Steng oððe wǽpen clava, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 63. Mé sceal wǽpen niman, ord and íren, Byrht. Th. 139, 11; By. 252. Ðis (the bridle into which the nails from the cross were put) bið unoferswíðed wǽpen, Elen. Kmbl. 2375; El. 1189. Ǽlces wǽpnes ord

web

(n.)
Grammar
web, webb, es; n.

A web, woven stuff

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A web, woven stuff Web telum, webb, uueb textrina, Txts. 101, 2004, 2005. Web textrina, telum, Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 72: textrina, 66, 9: tela vel peplum, 82, 5: peblum, 59, 30. Lang web tela, 59, 20. Webb byþ gefylled mid þrǽdum tela consummatur filis,

Linked entry: wæbb

fylleþ-flód

(n.)
Grammar
fylleþ-flód, es; m. n.

Spring-tide, high tide at full (or new) moon

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Spring-tide, high tide at full (or new) moon Fylledflood malina, Txts. 35, 20. On ǽlcum ánum geáre weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða and swá oft wanað. Fylleþflód bið nemned on Læden malina, and se népflód ledo, Shrn. 63, 30

Linked entries: flód fylleþ

BREÁD

(n.)
Grammar
BREÁD, breód, es; n.

A bit, fragment, morsel, BREAD ⬩ buccella, panis

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A bit, fragment, morsel, BREAD; buccella, panis Æfter ðæt breád post buccellam, Jn. Lind. War. 13, 27, 30. Hí ge-éton ðæt breád manducaverunt panem, 6, 23

Linked entry: breód

hæft

(n.)
Grammar
hæft, hæfte, es; n.

A haft, handle ⬩ manubrium ⬩ manubrium ⬩ a haft or kilt ⬩ capulum, manubrium ⬩ handle

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A haft, handle; manubrium Hæft and helfe manubrium, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 31; Wrt. Voc. 35, 20. Nim ðæt seax ðe ðæt hæfte síe fealo hryðeres horn take a knife, the handle of which is yellow ox-horn, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 290, 22 : 52; Lchdm. ii. 272

hǽlu-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
hǽlu-bearn, hǽlo-, es; n.

A child who brings salvation, the Saviour,

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A child who brings salvation, the Saviour, Exon. 16 a; Th. 37, 1; Cri. 586 : 19 a; Th. 47, 12; Cri. 754

heáh-getimbru

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-getimbru, -getimbro; pl. n.

A lofty building, a place built on high ⬩ pergama (πέργαμα), capitolia

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A lofty building, a place built on high, Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 9; Gú. 556: 22 a; Th. 60, 24; Cri. 974: 25 a; Th. 72, 34; Cri. 1182: Cd. 35; Th. 46, 5; Gen. 739

Linked entry: heáh-timber

cniht-gebeorþor

(n.)
Grammar
cniht-gebeorþor, gen. -gebeorþres; n.

A boy-bearing ⬩ child-bearing; ⬩ pueri partus

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A boy-bearing, child-bearing; pueri partus On ðæm cnihtgebeorþre heó á clǽne þurhwunode in child-bearing she continued ever immaculate Homl. Blick. 3, 12

commuc

(n.)
Grammar
commuc, es; n. m?

The cammoc ⬩ kex ⬩ brimstone wort ⬩ peucedănum officinale

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The cammoc, kex, brimstone wort; peucedănum officinale, Lin, L. M. 3, 30; Lchdm. ii. 324, 20

cud

(n.)
Grammar
cud, cudu, es; n?

A CUD ⬩ what is chewed ⬩ rumen

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A CUD, what is chewed; rumen Ðe heora cudu ne ceówaþ: ða clǽnan nýtenu ðe heora cudu ceówaþ which chew not the cud: the clean beasts which chew their cud M. H. 138b

oroþ

(n.)
Grammar
oroþ, orþ, es; n.

Breath, breathing

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Breath, breathing Oroþ oððe gást flamen, anhela, flatus, spiritus, Wrt. Voc. 11. 37, ii: 149, 32: Rtl. 192, 21. Hé oroþ stundum teáh . . . swá wæs óþ ǽfen oroþ up hlæden, Exon. Th. 178, 17-30; Gú. 1245-1252. Heora oruþ biþ swylce líg ignem et flammam

Linked entries: oruþ oreþ orþ

gesíþ-mægen

(n.)
Grammar
gesíþ-mægen, gen. -mægnes; n.

A multitude of companions; ⬩ comitum turba

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A multitude of companions; comitum turba For gesíþmægen, Exon. 90 a; Th. 339, 4; Gn. Ex. 89

ge-teóh

(n.)
Grammar
ge-teóh, gen. -teóges; n.

Matter ⬩ material ⬩ pl. instruments ⬩ implements ⬩ utensils

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Matter, material; pl. instruments, implements, utensils Se ðis leóht onwráh and ðæt torhte geteóh tillíce onwráh who this light displayed and the bright matter [the universe] revealed, Exon. 94 a; Th. 352, 32; Reim. 2. Sulh-geteógo ploughing implements

Linked entry: egeþ-getígu

hleów

(n.)
Grammar
hleów, hleó, es; n.

A shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ covering, ⬩ refuge;

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A shelter, protection, covering, refuge; often applied to persons Dægscealdes hleó the sun's [cf. Icel.himin-targa = the sun] covering, i.e.the pillar of cloud, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 22; Exod. 79. God hleó þarfendra deus, refugium pauperum, Rtl. 40, 25.

hnut-cyrnel

(n.)
Grammar
hnut-cyrnel, es; m. n.

A nut kernel

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A nut kernel Genim hnutcyrnla, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 34, 19

Linked entry: cyrnel

holh

(n.)
Grammar
holh, holg, es; n.

A hollow, ⬩ cavity, ⬩ hole

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A hollow, cavity, hole Hwæt tácnaþ ðæt holh on ðæm weobude búton gódra monna geþyld? Forðam ðonne mon his mód geeáðmódgeþ ðæt he wiðerweardnesse and scande forbere ðonne geeácnaþ hé sum holh on his móde swá swá ðæt weobud hæfþ on him uppan. Holh wæs

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treów-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
treów-cynn, es; n.

A kind of tree ⬩ wood ⬩ a tree ⬩ a wood ⬩ Abies

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A kind of tree or wood, a tree, a wood; Abies ðæt treówcyn, Nar. 8, 21. Treócynn, Exon. Th. 472, 20; Bo. 2. Nim ǽlces treówcynnes dǽl ðe on ðæm lande sý gewexen, Lchdm. i. 398, 7. Hé ásmeáde be ǽlcum treówcynne fram ðam heágan cederbeáme óð ðæt hé com

tún-land

(n.)
Grammar
tún-land, es; n.

Land of an estate or a farm

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Land of an estate or a farm Ðis sindon ða londgemǽra ðæra túnlonda ðe intó Perscóran belimpaþ these are the boundaries of the lands forming the estate of Pershore, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 76, 28

tungol-gesceád

(n.)
Grammar
tungol-gesceád, es; n.

Astrology ⬩ astronomy

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Astrology, astronomy Tungelgesceád astrologia, Hpt. Gl. 479, 60: Anglia xiii. 38, 308

Linked entry: ge-sceád

friht

(n.)
Grammar
friht, freht, es; n.

Inquiry about the future ⬩ divination

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Inquiry about the future, divination. Take here passages under fyrht in Dict., and add:

Linked entries: firht fyrht