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ge-cunnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cunnan, p. -cúðe

To know

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Lind. 4, 13. Ic ðé gecúðe ǽr ðan ðe ic ðé gesceópe I knew thee ere I created thee, Ælf. Test; Swt. Rdr. 70. 433

Linked entry: ge-cúþ

ge-fealdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fealdan, p. -feóld, pl. -feóldon; pp. -fealden

To fold up ⬩ wrap ⬩ plĭcāre ⬩ involvĕre

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Lind. 4, 20

Linked entry: ge-fildan

mǽg-wlite

Grammar
mǽg-wlite, <b>még-wlite,</b> es; m.

Appearance ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ species ⬩ forma ⬩ aspectus

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Lind. 28, 3. Mǽgwlit (mégwlitt, Rush) onsióne his species vultus ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 29. Tó mǽgwlite andgytes ad formam sensus, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 34. Ðæt ðú meahte mínum weorþan mǽgwlite gelíc, Exon. 28b; Th. 87, 30; Cri. 1433.

Linked entry: scír

tǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽsan, p. de

To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound

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Voc. ii. 128, 76 a line is omitted.) Hwílon hé on bord sceát, hwílon beorn tǽsde; ǽfre embe stunde hé sealde sume wunde, ða hwíle ðe hé wǽpna wealdan móste, Byrht. Th. 139, 47; By. 270. Nint wulle, and tǽs hý, Lchdm. iii. 112, 8

þel

(n.)
Grammar
þel, (þell), es; n.
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the line is: Corpus virgineum natat ceu plana carina, Ald. 199), 95, 79. Þeáh man gesette án brád ísen þell ofer ðæs fýres hróf ... and þeáh man mid ðám hameron beóte on ðæt ísene þell, Wulfst. 147, 2-7.

Linked entries: þille weel

ancleów

(n.)
Grammar
ancleów, m. l. n., and add: ,ancleówe; f.
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Ang(c)leów ( c added above the line), Wülck. Gl. 307, 28. Oncleóuue, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 7. Under þám ancleówe . . . under þám óþran ancleówe, Lch, ii. 118, 21-23. Under ancleów, 116, 25. Oþ ancleów talo tenus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 67: An. Ox. 8, 381.

sac-full

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</b> that excites dissension or strife: — Leáse láreówas bringað sacfulle láre pseudodoctores introducent sectas, Chrd. 93, 2. in last line for Leo. l. Lev

eluhtre

(n.)
Grammar
eluhtre, an; f.

The plant lupine ⬩ lŭpīnus albus

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The plant lupine; lŭpīnus albus, Lin Wyl eluhtran on ealaþ boil lupine in ale, L. M. 1. 41; Lchdm. ii. 106, 11: 1. 63; Lchdm. ii. 136, 26

fen-fearn

(n.)
Grammar
fen-fearn, fen-fern, es; n.

The fen ⬩ water-fern ⬩ flowering fern ⬩ the herb christopher ⬩ osmund-royal ⬩ osmunda rēgālis ⬩ salvia? ⬩ salvia

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The fen or water-fern, flowering fern, the herb christopher, osmund-royal; osmunda rēgālis, Lin. salvia?-Fenfearn salvia, Ælfc. Gl. 42; Som. 64, 8; Wrt. Voc. 31, 19

dæges eáge

(n.)
Grammar
dæges eáge, dæges ége,an ; n. [dæges, gen. of dæg a day; eáge, ége an eye: a day's eye]

DAISY ⬩ bellis perennis, Lin

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A DAISY; bellis perennis, Lin Dæges eáge consolĭda, Wrt. Voc. 79, 14. Dæges ége consolĭda, Ælfc. Gl. 42; Som. 64, 26; Wrt. Voc. 31, 36: Lchdm. iii. 292, 8

mis-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
mis-micel, adj.

Wanting in greatness or quantity(?) ⬩ few

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ðonne men cunnon to preserve the life of all that lives on earth Noah had an everlasting remnant (one from which an endless line of descendants would come), an original pair, father and mother, of every one of the offspring-producers, few in number, (

strica

(n.)
Grammar
strica, an; m.
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a stroke of a pen, a tittle, a mark, line Ánatrica oððe án stæf ðære ealdan ǽ ne biþ forgǽged iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit (Mt. 5, 18), Homl. Th. ii. 200, 1: Jud. 15. Strican ł mærcunge characteres Hpt. Gl. 473, 13.

ge-ligernes

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Substitute for second line Ǽlcne þára þe hió geácsian myhte þæt kynekynnes wæs, hió tó hyre gespón for hyre geligernesse, and syððan hió hý ealle beswác tó deáðe cum omnes, quos regie arcessitos, meretricie habitos, concubitu oblectasset, occideret.

fæs

(n.)
Grammar
fæs, fæss, fas, es; pl. nom. acc, fasu; n.

A fringe ⬩ fimbria

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Lind. 9, 20: 14, 36. Micclaþ fasu hiora magnĭfĭcant fimbrias, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 5

Linked entries: fas fnæs fæsce

geong

(n.)
Grammar
geong, es; m.

A course, passage, journey ⬩ cursus, meātus, iter

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Lind. 2, 44: 8, 1

Linked entries: ging giong giung iung geonc geng gung

ge-mǽn-sumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽn-sumian, -mǽn-suman; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-mǽne communis]

To do or have anything in common with another, to communicate to or share with another, to marry ⬩ communicare, nubere ⬩ communicare, participare

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Lind. 12, 25

turtur

(n.)
Grammar
turtur, es; m.: turture, an; f.
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Lind. Rush. 2, 24

hæn

(n.)
Grammar
hæn, hen, henn, e; f.

A hen

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Kmbl. 23, 37 : Lind. Rush. henne. Hænne æges geolocan the yolk of a hen's egg, L. M. 1, 2, 23; Lchdmii. 38, 6 : 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 40, 10

Linked entries: hen henna

smoca

(n.)
Grammar
smoca, an; m.

Smoke

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Hé nele ðone wlacan smocan wáces flǽsces wætere gedwæscan nec vult lini tepidos undis exstinguere fumos Dóm. L. 51

Linked entry: smíc

ge-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smeágan, -smeán; p. -smeáde; pp. -smeád

To search ⬩ examine ⬩ consider ⬩ scrutari ⬩ cogitare

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Lind. 11, 31. Gismeáþ wegas úsra scrutemur vias nostras, Rtl. 20, 21. Gismeága excogitare, 170, 5. Gesmeád sprǽc sermo commentitius, Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 77, 21; Wrt. Voc. 55, 25

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