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stroccian

(v.)
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to stroke Gyf þé meolce lyste, þonne strocca (stráca?) þú þínne wynstran finger mid þínre swýþran handa þám gelíce swylce þú melce. Tech. ii. 123, 24

ge-wrixl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, -wrixle, es; n.

A changeinterchangevicissitudeturncourse

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Dial. 2, 17, Lye: Blickl. Homl. 91, 24

sinscipe

(n.)
Grammar
sinscipe, es ; m.
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Mé nú ne lyst nánes synscipes ac ðæs Hǽlendes geþeódnysse mid gehealdenre clénnisse, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 37. Heó wunode twelf geár on ðæs cynincges synscype, 20, 16. Hú miht ðú ðam Ælmihtigan his brýde beniman and ðínum sinscipe geþeódan, Homl.

ge-lýfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lýfan, p. de; pp. ed

To allow, permitconcēdĕre, permittĕre

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To allow, permit; concēdĕre, permittĕre Wæs him seó rów gelýfed þurh lytel fæc repose was allowed them for a little time, Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 5; Gú. 185

bán-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
bán-sealf, e; f.

A bone-salvea salve for pains in the limbs

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A bone-salve, a salve for pains in the limbs Tó gódre bán-sealfe þe mæg wið heáfodece and wið ealra lyma týddernysse, Lch. iii. 12, 23

orþian

(v.)
Grammar
orþian, p. ode

To breathe, pant

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Skt. 3, 8. þurh ðæt lyft wé orþiaþ and eác ða nýtenu, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 18. Ælc þing ðe orþode omne quod spirare poterat, Jos. 10, 40. Orþode palpitavit (palpavit, MS. ), Germ. 402, 73. Orþige palpitet, 398, 116.

Linked entry: oreþian

scripp

(n.)
Grammar
scripp, es; n. (?)
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A scrip, bag Petrus forlét lytle þing, scripp and net, ac hé forlét ealle þing, ðá ðá hé for Godes lufon nán þing habban nolde, Homl. Th. i 394, 7

eár-finger

(n.)
Grammar
eár-finger, es; m.
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Quas tua fert auris sordes trahit auricularis (lytil finger), Wrt. Voc. i. 179, 25 Eárfinger auricularis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 298, 15: Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 25

Linked entry: eáre-finger

feón

(v.)
Grammar
feón, p. feah, pl. fǽgon; pp. fegen, fægen

To rejoice

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Þý lǽs on Þ fǽgon Þ ic swá lytle hwíle lifgean móste, Nar. 32, 20

geflít-ful

Grammar
geflít-ful, l. ge-flitful,
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Ðá gesibsuman menn sind Godes bearn gecígede, and witodlíce ðá geflitfullan sind deófles lyma, Hml. Th. i. 604, 34

hleótend

(n.)
Grammar
hleótend, es; m.
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One who obtains Swá þéh his sylfes wyllan hé wæs lytel (hleótend, v. l.) in ðám midle Crístes þegna tamen sponte fit parvulus in medio discipulorum Gr. D. 218, I

ceáp-ealeðel

Grammar
ceáp-ealeðel, l. ceáp-ealo-þelu (?). The passage cited occurs in a section headed 'Ut sacerdos tabernas fugiat.'
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Tabernae is glossed by lytle hús of bredan, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 7; as þel=plank, a word containing a derivative of it might have served to o

swilc-hwega

(adj.; pronoun.)
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some Þá geseah hé þǽr swilchwugu treów licgende and ꝥ lytel he saw lying there some bit of wood or other and that little, Hml. S. 236, 766

cnyssung

(n.)
Grammar
cnyssung, e; f.

A strikingstrokeictus

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A striking, stroke; ictus Of ðære lyfte cnyssunge from the striking of the air Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 30. Sweng oððe cnyssung ictus 43; Som. 44, 55

récels

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Ǽþm récelses gefylð lyfte uapor timiamatis refert aerem, Scint. 57, 9. Genim . . . swefl and récels . . . lege on hátne stán, drinc þurh horn þone réc, Lch. ii. 316, 10: 56, 10. Add

líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
líhtan, to lighten.
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Ðá lýhte (hlíhte, líhte, v. ll. ) hé sóna desiliens. Bd. 3, 14 ; Sch. 257, 12. Hí þá sóna líhton descendentes, Gr. D. 15, 27. v. ofer-, under-líhtan. Add

flór-stán

(n.)
Grammar
flór-stán, es; m.

A floor-stonestone used for pavementtessĕra păvimento sternendo designāta

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A floor-stone, stone used for pavement; tessĕra păvimento sternendo designāta Lytle feðerscitte flórstánas little four-cornered floor-stones; tessellæ, Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 67; Wrt. Voc. 39, 50

pleg-scild

(n.)
Grammar
pleg-scild, es; m.
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[Cf. lytel scyld pelta, ða læssan scyldas peltae, i. 35, 28, 59.] Truman pleigscelde tuta pelta, Hpt. Gl. 424, 38

wicel

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the next article is: Gif ðú lytel drencefæt habban wylle) blede tácen is ðæt ðú árǽre up ðíne swýþran hand and tósprǽd ðíne fingras, Techm. ii. 125, 9

fleótig

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, fleótgan lyfte swift was it (a dragon) in its course, outstripping the birds and the nimble air, Rä. 52, 4. For passage substitute