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un-hlísa

(n.)
Grammar
un-hlísa, an; m.

Ill-fame ⬩ evil report ⬩ discredit ⬩ infamy

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Sume swíðe yfele férdon ... and yfele geendodon on heora unhlísan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 10. Ða wíf ðe heora ǽwe healdaþ wið unhlísan, Homl. Ass. 39, 376: 108, 208

HÓC

(n.)
Grammar
HÓC, es; m.

A HOOK

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Wíngearda hócas ðe hí mid bindaþ ðæt him néhst biþ capreoli vel cincinni vel uncinuli, Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 68, 9; Wrt. Voc. 38, 59.

Linked entries: hóced hóc-ísern

FLÓC

(n.)
Grammar
FLÓC, es; n.

A sole ⬩ kind of flat fish ⬩ plătessa ⬩ passer

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[= passer ], Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 80; Wrt. Voc. 56, 4. Fagc and flóc plătesias et plătessas, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 12, 13

Linked entry: flooc

hweorf-bán

Grammar
hweorf-bán, hwyrf-, hwer-bán, es; n.

A join ⬩ vertebra ⬩ the knee-cap

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A joint [of the back], vertebra, [of the knee], the knee-cap Hwyrfbán vertibulum, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 43; Wrt. Voc. 19, 46. Hwerbán vertibulum velvertebra, 74; Som. 71, 50; Wrt. Voc. 44, 33. Hweorbán vertibula, Wrt. Voc. 283, 38.

Linked entries: hwer-bán hwurf-bán hwyrf-bán

hyll-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hyll-wyrt, e; f.

Hill-wort

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Hill-wort Hylwurt samum, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 82; Wrt. Voc. 30, 34. Hylwyrt pollegia, 44; Som. 64, 83; Wrt. Voc. 32, 19. v. Lchdm. ii. 392, col. 2. In E. D. S. Plant Names hillwort is given as [1] mentha pulegium; [2] thymus serpyllum

Linked entry: hǽl-wyrt

leás-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
leás-líce, adv.

Falsely ⬩ deceptively

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Falsely, deceptively Leáslíce falso, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 35. Leáslíce geclypode oððe áwritene pronounced or written wrongly, 50; Som. 51, 52.

lund-laga

(n.)
Grammar
lund-laga, an; m.

Rein ⬩ kidney

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Rein, kidney Ðes lundlaga hic rigen oððe ren, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 13; Som. 9, 34. Lundlaga lien, Wrt. Voc. 45, 14: renunculus, ii, 118, 72. Lundlagan renunculi, Wrt. Voc, 44, 67: renunculæ, 65, 58.

Linked entry: -laga

mæsse-créda

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-créda, an; m.

The creed used in the service of the mass, the Nicene creed

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Ælfc. C. 4; Th. ii. 344, 9. The mæssecréda is given in Homl. Th. ii. 596, 24-598, 14

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, myre, an; f.

A mare

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Myre, ii. 30, 42: Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 7, 2. Myran meolc, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 16. Ðære myran sunu, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 30. On myran rídan, 2, 13; S. 517, 7

niht-nihstig

(adj.)
Grammar
niht-nihstig, -nestig; adj.

Fasting for a night

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Gedrinc ǽlce dæge neahtnestig, 30, 26. Drince iii morgenas neahtnestig, 296, 12. Mid his selfes nihtnestiges migoþan, 42, 1. Sele nihtnestigum drincan, 64, 9, 19 : 186, 5. Syle on morgenne ðam seócum men neahtnestigum, 286, 11

Linked entries: nihstig nihstig

pipor

(n.)
Grammar
pipor, es; m.
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Pepper Piper (other MSS. pipor) piper, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Zup. 44, 2. On ðám londum biþ pipores genihtsumnys ... Ðone pipor mon swá nimeþ, Nar, 34, 21-23. Genim langes pipores .x. corn, Lchdm. ii. 186, 8. Of blacum pipore, 234, 2.

bi-geng

(n.)
Grammar
bi-geng, es; m.

Observation, worship, service ⬩ cultus

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Observation, worship, service; cultus Bigeng cultus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 18, MSS. C. D.

un-leáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-leáslíce, adv.

Not falsely ⬩ truly

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Ælfc. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, 5

Linked entry: leáslíce

weriend

(n.)
Grammar
weriend, werigend, es; m.
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Hig woldon sumne weriend habban, ðe hí geheólde wið ðæt hǽðene folc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 43

Linked entries: wergend werigend

forþ-riht

(adj.)
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Substitute: Straight forward, direct, without variation or modification, plain Prosa is forðriht léden búton leóðcræfte gelógod, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 15.

am-byre

Grammar
am-byre, (am-byre = and-byre).
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Substitute: Unfavourable, contrary (of wind) Þyder, hé cwæð, þæt man ne mihte geseglian on ánum n, mónðe, gyf man . . . ǽlce dæge hæfde ambyrne wind, Ors. l, I ; Bos. 21, 20. [Cf. Icel. aud-viðri a head wind. Mod. Icel. and-byrr (= mðt-byrr). (Dr.

CRÁWE

(n.)
Grammar
CRÁWE, an; f.

a CROW ⬩ cornix ⬩ a raven ⬩ corvus

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a CROW; cornix Cráwe cornix Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som. 63, 8; Wrt. Voc. 29, 31; 62, 29; 280, 34. a raven; corvus Se selþ nýtenum mete heora, and briddum cráwan cígendum hine qui dat jumentis escam ipsorum, et pullis corvi invocantibus eum Ps. Spl.

Linked entry: crǽ

ge-soden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-soden, part. [soden, pp. of seóðan to seethe]

Seethed ⬩ sodden ⬩ cooked ⬩ boiled ⬩ coctus ⬩ elixus

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Seethed, sodden, cooked, boiled; coctus, elixus Gesoden, gebacen coctus, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 86; Wrt. Voc. 27, 16; 82, 71. Gesoden mæt on wætere elixus cĭbus, 31; Som. 61, 87; Wrt. Voc. 27, 17. Gesoden wín defrūtum vīnum, 32; Som. 62, 8; Wrt.

hnæpf

(n.)
Grammar
hnæpf, hnæpp, hnæp, es; m.

A cup, ⬩ bowl

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A cup, bowl: Hnæp ciatus, anthlia, Ælfc. Gl. 25; Som. 60, 50, 51; Wrt. Voc. 24, 46, 47. Hnæp anaphus, Wrt. Voc. 82, 43. Hnæpp patera, 290, 74. Of ðam hnæpfe from the bowl, Chart. Th. 439, 31. ii gebonede hnæppas two polished bowls, 429, 30

Linked entry: neap

BEARG

(n.)
Grammar
BEARG, bearh, es; m.

A castrated boar ⬩ a barrow pig ⬩ majālis

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Bearh majalis, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 31; Wrt. Voc. 22, 72

Linked entries: bearug berg

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