galdor-cræftiga
One crafty or skilful in enchantments ⬩ an enchanter ⬩ incantātor
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One crafty or skilful in enchantments, an enchanter; incantātor Ða fǽmnan, ðe gewunniaþ [MS. gewunniah] onfón galdorcræftigan, ne lǽt ðú ða libban the women, who are wont to receive enchanters, suffer thou not to live, L.Alf. 30; Wilk. 31, 26
ýce
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Ðære wyrte wyrttruma on wætere geðyged wiðrǽð íceom and næddrum, i. 144, 15. Ýcan ł froggan ranas, Ps. Lamb. 104, 30. ¶ Yce parruca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 69, seems to be for hyce; v. hicae paruca, 116, 50
cyre-áþ
The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge ⬩ juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566]
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begite ðara twegen and sylle ðone áþ . . . and stande ðæs cyre-áþ ofer xx peninga let there be named ten men to him and let him get two of them and give the oath . . . and let his select oath stand for over twenty pence, L.
el-boga
ELBOW ⬩ cŭbĭtum, ulna
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An ELBOW; cŭbĭtum, ulna Elboga cŭbĭtum, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 125; Wrt. Voc. 43, 50. Fæðm betwux elbogan [MS. elboga] and hand-wyrste a cubit, between the elbow and wrist; cŭbĭtum, 72; Som. 70, 126; Wrt. Voc. 43, 51
netele
A nettle
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Genim ðysse wyrte seáw ðe man urticam, and óðrum naman netele nemneþ i. 310, 14-16. Seó reáde netele lamium purpureum, iii. 52, 11: ii. 58, 10 : 92, 10. Netelan sǽd, i. 228, 24 : ii. 94, 12. Of nioþoweardre netlan, 128, 7.
bed-reda
One BEDRIDDEN ⬩ clinicus
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One BEDRIDDEN; clinicus Ðǽr læg be ðam wege án bedreda there lay by the way one bedridden, Homl. Th. ii. 422, 4. Arás se bedreda, and arn blissigende the bedridden arose, and ran rejoicing, ii. 422, 9.
Linked entries: bædd-ryda bedd-redda bed-rida bed-ryda
wille
A well, spring, stream, fountain
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A well, spring, stream, fountain (lit. and fig. ) An wielle weól blóde flumen sanguine effluxit Ors. 4, 7 ; Swt. 184, 21. Welle fontana Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 79. Ðǽr com upp wærtres welle, Shrn. 93, 36. Seó wylle fluvius Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29.
assa
A male ass ⬩ asinus
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He hæfde on olfendum and on assum micele ǽhta he had great possessions in camels and in asses, Gen. 12, 16: 22, 5
Linked entry: ESOL
BÉTE
BEET ⬩ bēta = σεύτλoν
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BEET, a root from which sugar is often extracted; bēta = σεύτλoν, n Sindon eáþ begeátra béteand mealwe beet and mallow are more easily procured, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 226, 25: iii. 12, 26.
hleomoc
Brook-lime
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Nim lilian and hleomoc, 324, 13: 320, 14: 330, 5, 14, 3. Genim wád and hleomocan . . . wyl hleomoc and gearwan, 36, 23-25. Niman leomucan, iii. 38, 17. Genim lemocan, 46, 13. Substitute:
drían
Linked entry: drí
Englan
The Angles ⬩ Angli
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The Angles; Angli Ða Wealas flugon ða Englan [=Engle, Th. 22, 27, col. 2, 3 ] the Welsh fled from the Angles, Chr. 473; Th. 23, 26, col. 2; 23, 27, col. 1. Betweox Wealan and Englan between the Welsh and Angles, L. O.
hosu
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Gyf þú hosa habban wille, þonne stríc þú uppweard on þínum sceancum mid þínum twám handum, Tech. ii. 127, 12. a husk, pod Hose glumulá, An. Ox. 8, 94. Pisan hosa siliqua, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 58. See hosa in Dict. v. leþer-hosu, scin-hosu; lǽs-hosum
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gifa
A giver ⬩ bestower ⬩ dator ⬩ largitor
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A giver, bestower; dator, largitor Me þincþ betere ðæt ic forléte ða gyfe and folgyge ðam gyfan it seems to me better to leave the gift and follow the giver, Shrn. 176, 19
berbéna
Vervain ⬩ verbēna
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V. and by περιστερεών in Dioskorides
wilder
A wild beast
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A wild beast þan deoren,and duden of þan wilden al heora willa, Laym. 1129. At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde, Gaw. 1150. Went we to wod the wilde for to cacchne. Destr. Tr. 2347. Þurh ðæs wildres ( the panther's ) mflð, Exon.
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æcer-spranca
Young shoots springing up from acorns ⬩ saplings ⬩ the holm oak ⬩ scarlet oak ⬩ ilex
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Young shoots springing up from acorns, saplings, the holm oak, scarlet oak; ilex Æcer-spranca ilex, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 61; Som. 13, 48
frum-tíhtle
A first accusation ⬩ first charge ⬩ prīma accūsātio ⬩ prīma calumnĭa
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A first accusation, first charge; prīma accūsātio, prīma calumnĭa Ðæt he borh næbbe æt frumtýhtlan that he have no surety at the first accusation, L. C. S. 35; Th. i. 396, 24
wrenna
A wren
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A wren Wrenna vel hicemáse parrax, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 56. Wrenne (wræuna, v. l.), 77, 46. Wrenna bitorius vel pintorus, 29, 27: bitorius, bitriscus, ii. 126, 37. Wrænna biturius, 12, 62: bitorius, i.62, 41. Werna birbicariolus, ii.101, 76. Wærna bitorius
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tídre
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Se wlite ðæs líchoman is swíþe fliónde and swíþe tédre and swíþe anlíc eorþan blóstmum formae nitor ut rapidus est, ut velox, et vernalium florum mutabilitate fugacior, 32, 2; Fox 116, 17. Ðis líf is lǽnlíc and tyddre and feallende and earm, L. E.