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pyttel

(n.)
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soricarius, 63, 8. a mouse-hawk : — Bleri pittel scoricarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 6. Blerea pyttel

Linked entry: pittel

wæter-leást

(n.)
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wæter-leást, e; f.

Want of water

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Want of water Ðæt folc wearð geangsumod on móde for ðære wæterleáste, Homl. Ass. 108, 177

deágian

(v.)
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deágian, dégian; p.ode ; pp. od [deáh a colour, dye]
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To colour, DYE; fucāre, inficĕre, tingĕre Deágian fucāre, Mone B. 1245: inficĕre, 6225. Dégian tingĕre, 6251

Linked entries: dégian ge-deágod

leóht-líc

(adj.)
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leóht-líc, adj.

Light ⬩ bright ⬩ shining

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Light, bright, shining Lyftfæt leóhtlíc [the moon], Exon. 108 a; Th. 411, 21; Rä. 30, 3

bícnend-lic

(adj.)
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bícnend-lic, (-i(g)end-); adj.

allegorical ⬩ indicative

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allegorical Be ðǽre becnend-lican gerece alligoricae expositionis, Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 696, 15. indicative (mood)

hǽlan

(v.)
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to castrate Móna se syofoða, blód lǽtan . . . temian, hǽlan (castrare) gód ys, Lch. iii. 186, 22

wín-trog

(n.)
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wín-trog, es; m.

A wine-press

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A wine-press Wíntrog, ðǽr monn tred ða wín-begera torculas, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 33

Linked entry: trog

folgoþ

service ⬩ office ⬩ authority

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Ðá ðe . . . him mon swelcne folgað beódeð and hié him wiðsacað qui culmen regiminum si vocati suscipere renuunt, 41, 20.

oxa

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Mon selle him tó ðém londe .iiii. oxan, .ii. cý, and .L. scépa, and ǽnne horn, i. 310, 13: 27. Ic ( the ploughman) gá út on dægræd þýwende oxan tó felda . . . geiukodan oxan . . . ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer . . .

seonu

(n.)
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seonu, sionu, senu, sinu, synu; gen. seonwe, sine; weak forms also occur; f.

A sinew ⬩ nerve ⬩ tendon

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Gif mon ða. greátan sinwe (synewe, ) forsleá, L. Alf. pol. 75; Th. i. 100, 3. Gif ða smalan sinwe (synewan, MS. B.) mon forsleá, 76; Th. i. 100, 8. Nellaþ folc etan sine (nervum), Gen. 32, 32. Seonuwa [beóþ] fortogene. Lchdm. iii. 48, 28: 50, 5.

Linked entry: sinu

ge-wuna

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Ox. 1627. (3 b) the habit of a class, manner :-- On eargra cempena gewunan timidorum more militum, An.

ge-warenian

(v.)
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Ic eów warnige ... ꝥ gé eów gewarnion, and geornlíce gýmon hwǽr se móna beó, 329, 20. <b>II a.</b> to be on one's guard against something :-- Ǽlc gleáw mód hit gewarenaþ wiþ heora þreáunga, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 24.

hádianv

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Hér mon hádode Byrnstán bisceop tó Wintanceastre, Chr. 931; P. 106, I. with acc. of office Ðá apostolas hæfdon him mid fela leorningchidta, of þám hí hádodon mæsse-preóstas and diáconas, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 25.

wefan

(v.)
Grammar
wefan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to weave a web ⬩ to weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive

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Ðæs engles mód ðe ðone unrǽd ongan ǽrest fremman, wefan and weccean, Cd. Th. 3, 5 ; Gen. 31. Ðonne seó þrág cymeþ wefen wyrdstafum, Exon. Th. 183, 10; Gú. 1325

betwyx-aworpennyss

(n.)
Grammar
betwyx-aworpennyss, e; f.

An interjection ⬩ interjectio

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Se dǽl líþ betwux óðrum wordum, and geswutelaþ ðæs módes styrunge. Heu geswutelaþ módes sárnesse an interjection is a throwing between. This part of speech lieth between other words, and denotes a stirring of the mind.

án-standende

(v.; part.)
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án-standende, part.

One standing alone

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One standing alone Ánstandende, án-stonde, oððe munuc one standing alone, or a monk, Ælfc. Gl. 3 ?

Linked entry: án-stonde

dincge

(n.)
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dincge, dyncge, an; f.
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Dyncgum novālĭbus, Mone B. 1434: 2326

Linked entry: dyncge

imbe

(n.)
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imbe, a swarm of bees.
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Of ðám móre on imbaleá, C.D. v. 277, 13

Linked entry: ymbe

nítenlíce

(adv.)
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nítenlíce, adv.
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Like an animal Þæt man móte æfter luste nýten-líce (níten-, v. l. ) libban, Wlfst. 55, 18

smeágend

(n.)
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smeágend, es; m.
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A searcher, an examiner, inquirer Ðú þe eart módes smeágend and manna heortan, Hml. S. 12, 193