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healf

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

HALF

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Th. ii. 584, 23. Sié be healfum ðæm ðonne sió bót let the fine then be half that, L. Alf. pol 11; Th. i. 68, 18: 39; Th. i. 88, 2: L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 292, 17.

FEÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FEÐER, gen. dat. acc. feðere; pl. nom. acc. feðera, feðra, feðre; f.

FEATHERpennaplūmaWingsālæpennæwhat is made of a featherA penpennacălămus

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a FEATHER; penna, plūma Mid níre [ = niwre] feðere with a new feather, Herb. 122, 1; Lchdm. i. 234, 13: L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 8. Gedó feðere on ele put a feather in oil, L. M. 1, 18; Lchdm. ii. 62, 11.

Linked entries: fæðer fiðere

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 196, 23. where the subject of thought is governed by a preposition, to think about, of, on a subject Ic ymb síþ spræce and on lagu þence, Exon. Th. 458, 9; Hy. 4, 97.

ELLEN

(n.)
Grammar
ELLEN, es; n.

The elder-treesambūcus nigra, a small tree whose branches are filled with a light spongy pith. The fruit is a globular, purplish-black berry, of which wine is often made, called elder-berry wine. It is quite distinct from alor the alder-tree

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M. 1, 27; Lchdm. ii. 68, 23: 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 228, 4

Linked entry: ellm

bisceop-stól

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Ꝥ ǽlc bisceop bið æt his bisceopstóle (in sede episcopali), Ll. Th. ii. 178, 1.

Linked entry: bisceop-stæf

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Wyrt oððe wád sandix (the passage to which this gloss belongs is Vergil Eclogae, iv. 45, quoted by Aldhelm), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 33. Wád sandix, i. 32, 6: 68, 70: 79, 42. Waad fucus, 32, 7. Dolhsealf. Genim wádes croppan, Lchdm. ii. 94, 11.

Linked entry: waad

fleah

(n.)
Grammar
fleah, fleó, flió, flié, flíg; indecl. n: fleá, an; m.

A white spot in the eyealbūgo

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it, if the white speck spreads all over it, then he cannot see anything, Past. 11, 4; Hat.

ceahhetung

Grammar
ceahhetung, ceahhettung.
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Th. ii. 358, 3. and add :--

tó-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-geótan, p. -geát, pl. -gulon; pp. -goten.

to diffusespreadto pour away,to exhaust

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Ǽr ðon sió yfele wǽte, se de on wintra gesomnad biþ, hié tógeóte geond óþera lima, Lchdm. ii. 228, 9. Tógoten is geofu in weolerum ðínum diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis. Ps. Surt. 44, 3.

Linked entry: tó-gotenness

fægnian

(v.)

to rejoiceexultwelcome

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Ic fægnie on þínre hǽlo exultabo in salutari tuo, Ps. Th. 9, 14. Ðý lǽs for ðǽm giefum his mód fægnige ne in oblato munere animus hilarescat, Past. 321, 24.

mixen

(n.)
Grammar
mixen, [n]e; f.

A mixendung-heapdung

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Th. ii. 452, 28. Nis hyt nyt ne on eorþan ne on myxene (mixen, Lind.: mixenne, Rush.) neque in terram neque in sterculinium utile est, Lk. Skt. 14, 35. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on ealdum myxenum (myxennum, MS. H.), Herb. 14, 1; Lchdm. i. 106, 12.

Linked entries: meoxen myxen

wringan

(v.)
Grammar
wringan, p. wrang, pl. wrungon; pp. wrungen

To wringto twistto squeeze out

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To wring, to twist Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. to squeeze out moisture from something Ic nam ða wínberian and wrang on ðæt fæt tuli uvas et expressi in calicem, Gen. 40, 11.

Linked entry: a-wringan

grǽg-hama

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As the epithet grǽg is applied to the mew, grǽghama might be a mew or gull.

hordian

(v.)
Grammar
hordian, p.ode

To HOARD, lay up [treasure], store

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Th. i. 66, 3. Hordiaþ eówerne goldhord on heofenum lay up your treasure in heaven ii. 104, 31

set

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D. ii. 102, 29. ¶ in local names :--- perdono, cuius uocabulum est ruminingseta, ad pastum ouium trecentorum, C. D. i. 54, 33.

un-gehealdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehealdsum, adj.

Incontinent

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Incontinent Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger oððe gálnyss, ðæt is ðæt se man ungehealdsum sý on hǽmede, and hnesce on móde tó flǽsclícum lustum, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 4.

líf-fæst

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S. 23 b, 625. settled in respect to domicile Ic wille ǽrist mé siolfne Gode forgeofan tó ðére stówe æt Crístes cirican, and mín bearn dér líffest gedóan, C. D. i. 316, 9

roð-hund

(n.)
Grammar
roð-hund, es; m.

A large dog molossusblood-hound and band-dog

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[In later English vocabularies molossus is translated by blood-hound and band-dog. v. Wrt. Voc. i. 177, 15 :187, col. 2. ] Roðhund molosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 24 : 56, 41 : i. 288, 27. Rothundas molosos, ii.91, 9. Hroð-hund inutilis canis, i.23, 36

Linked entries: hroð-hund ryðða

for-þryccan

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Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg, for ðon ðe ic eom forseted and forðrycced ( premor ) mid þám scyllum þisses dracan, 325, 5. to torture Beóð þá earman sáwla áhangene ofer þá hátestan lígeas, and þǽr þonne beóð forþriccende (-ede?)

ge-weald

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Th. i. 418, 12. Ne bið swylc monnes geweald that is not within a man's power to determine, Vy. 14. Gif hine mon tió gewealdes on þǽre dǽde if he be accused of intention in the deed, Ll. Th. i. 84, 15.