blǽd
A flower, blossom, fruit ⬩ flos, olus, fructus
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What is produced,- A flower, blossom, fruit; flos, olus, fructus His leáf and his blǽda ne fealwiaþ its leaves and its flowers shall not fall; folium ejus non decidet, Ps. Th. 1, 4. Wudu sceal blǽdum blówan a wood shall blow with flowers, Menol.
un-tweógendlíce
without feeling doubt ⬩ certainly ⬩ unhesitatingly ⬩ so as not to cause doubt ⬩ unequivocally ⬩ indubitably
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.), ðonne ða heora segene eft gelýfdon, ðe æfter heom ácende wǽron, Wulfst. 2, 12. so as not to cause doubt, unequivocally, indubitably Hé his ǽrendracan ásende tó ðære ðeóde, and him untweógendlíce secgan (say in a way that should leave no room for
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un-myndlinga
undesignedly ⬩ without meaning to do something ⬩ unexpectedly
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where an act is not intended or expected by the doer of it, undesignedly, without meaning to do something Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ðæt swylces hwæt unmyndlinga gebyrige, þonne hé ne can ongitan for hwí God swylc geþafaþ nec mirum, si quid ordinis
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wác-mód
of weak disposition ⬩ morally weak ⬩ fainthearted ⬩ pusillanimous
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Secgaþ ðám wácmódum, ðæt hí beón gehyrte, and nánðing ofdrǽdde say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not (Is. 35, 6), Homl. Th. ii. 16, 15
on-munan
to esteem, consider (worthy), think (highly of) ⬩ denoting worth ⬩ alone
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Ðá cuǽdon hié ðæt hié hié ðæs ne onmunden ðon má ðe eówre geféran then they said, that they did not consider themselves entitled to accept the offer, any more than your comrades did, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 24.
smale
finely ⬩ not loudly
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Gegníd tó duste swá ðú smalost mǽge 108, 15. of the voice, not loudly Ðæs cocces þeáw is ðæt hé micle hlúdor singþ on úhtan ðonne on dægréd ac ðonne hit neálǽcþ dæge ðonne singþ hé smælor and smicror gallus profundioribus horis noctis altos edere cantus
bæftan
behind, ⬩ ⬩ after
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Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle let not any man backbite other, Wlfst. 70, 14. Ælc óðerne bæftan werige, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 19. Hé wearð gebunden bæftan tó his bæce, Hml.
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DOCCE
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wyrt ðe man lăpăthum, and óðrum naman docce nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum stówum, and on ealdum myxenum this herb which is called lăpăthum, and by another name dock, is produced in sandy places, and on old dunghills, Herb. 14, 1; Lchdm. i. 106, 10-12, note
fóre-mǽre
Fore-great ⬩ very honourable ⬩ illustrious ⬩ eminent ⬩ famous ⬩ celebrated ⬩ præclārus ⬩ illustris ⬩ excellens ⬩ fāmōsus ⬩ celeberrĭmus
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Se wer se foremǽresta the most eminent man, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, note 37
ge-feoht
A fight ⬩ battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ preparation for war ⬩ prælium ⬩ pugna ⬩ congressio ⬩ bellum ⬩ procinctus
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In. 6; Th. i. 106, i, note 1. Gefehto and woeno gefehtana prælia et opiniones præliorum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 6
ge-regnian
To put, dispose, adorn
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Lii hit oftræd and hie to loman gerénode ðæt hie mec ǽnigre note nytte beón ne meahton 52 it trode down and made them cripples so that they could be of no use to me; calcatos inutiles fecit, Nar. 15, 26.
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un-týnan
to unclose ⬩ open ⬩ to disclose ⬩ lay open ⬩ solvere ⬩ inhiare
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Alf. 22; Th. i. 50, 6, note. Untýne insigloe aperire signaculum, Rtl. 29, 17. Gié geseáð ðæt heofun untýned ( apertum ), Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 51. Hát ða duru beón untýnede, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 448. Untúned bóc aperto codice, Mt. Kmbl. p. 4, 1.
ge-sceáwian
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L. 10, 14 note. Gesceáwiað eów selfe considerans te ipsum, Past. 159, Gif hé hæbbe ealle on fóðre tó ágifanne, gesceáwige mon, ágife ealle if he have to pay all in fodder, let the matter be looked into, let him pay all. Ll. Th. i. 140, 9.
scearu
a cutting, shaving ⬩ a shearing of sheep ⬩ the ecclesiastical tonsure ⬩ a share
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Tó scare, 5, 22; S. 643, 38, note. Hér Eádberht Norþhymbra cining féng tó scære Chr. 757; Erl. 53, 6. Ðæt hié heóldon ða ciriclecan scare, 716; Erl. 44, 19. Hé sceare onféng, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 10: 5, 19; S. 636, 26.
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spring
a source of water ⬩ scaturigo, scatebra ⬩ fons ⬩ fons ⬩ a springing, rising, spring in day- spring, ⬩ what springs up or from. ⬩ an ulcer, a sore, pustule ⬩ a flux ⬩ a squirting, sprinkling
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Similar entries v. fǽr-, wen-, wund-spring. a flux Wið ðæs magan springe, ii. 190, 16 (where see note): 192, 12. a squirting, sprinkling Mon sceal ǽr mid wearmum springum and háte wætre beþian and þweán ða stówe, 202, 21.
lǽce-finger
The leech-finger
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P. 291 note the reason for the name is given differently.
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mæsse
a service of the church ⬩ mass ⬩ a festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated ⬩ -mas
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Mæssan dón, 4, 22; S. 591, 29 note. Se biscop and se mæssepreóst sceolan húru embe seofon niht mæssan gesingan for eal cristen folc ðe ǽfre ácenned wæs, Blickl. Homl. 45, 31.
treówian
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Him ꝥ ha treoweð on, Kath. 1327, note.] þeo luue . . . þu treowest hire, Misc. 94, 42. Putifar trewið his wiwes tale, Gen. and Ex. 2037
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ymbren
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Eth. vi. 25; Th. i. 320, 25: Wulfst. 117, 15 note
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alor
An ALDER- tree ⬩ alnus ⬩ alnus glutihosa
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The alder alnus glutinosa must not be confused with the elder sambucus nigra the elder-tree, Bútan alore except alder, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm, ii. 86, 9. On ðone [MS. ðane] alr to the alder, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 376; A. D. 939; Kmbl. iii. 413, 5.