geolwe
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With a yellow tinge Se andwlita biþ geolwe blác (cf. hire andwlita biþ reáde wan, 19) the face is pale with a tinge of yellow (sallow ), Lch. ii. 348, 16. Geole reád vel geole crog flavum, i. fulvum, rubeum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 15
Linked entries: croh geole geolo-reád
lǽlian
livescere
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to become black and blue; livescere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50 41
blæcce
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Black matter Speccan blæccan gefýlede scoriae atramento foedatos, An. Ox. 652
hamer-wyrt
Black hellebore
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Black hellebore, Lchdm. iii. 330, col. 1: ii. 390, col. 1
wann-hǽwe
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Dark-blue, blue-black Ða wonhǽwan cerula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 66
salu-pád
Dark-coated
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Dark-coated Ða sind blace swíde, swearte, salopáde, Exon. Th. 439, i; Rä. 58, 3
wyrm-geard
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An enclosure full of snakes Wyrmgeardas, atol deór monig,... blace nædran, Salm. Kmbl. 940; Sal. 469
Linked entry: wyrm-sele
wann-feax
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Dark-haired, with raven-black tresses Wonfeax wale, Exon. Th. 393, 30; Rä. 13, 8
Linked entry: wan-feax
rásettan
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Blác rásetteþ reáda líg, reðe scríþeþ, Exon. Th. 51, 1; Cri. 809. Cf. rǽs
sin-niht
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Þǽr eów is hám sceapen, sweart sinnehte there is a home assigned you, black darkness, Gú. 650. Hé geseah deorc gesweorc semian sinnihte sweart under heofonum he saw dark cloud lower, black night under heaven, Gen. 109
rǽs
Similar entry: on-rǽsa
blǽge
A BLAY, bleak, the gudgeon ⬩ gobio ⬩ a blay
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A BLAY, bleak, the gudgeon; gobio = κωβιós Blǽge gobio, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som, 77, 59; Wrt. Voc. 55, 64
þrostle
A throstle ⬩ singing-thrush
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Án blác þrostle flicorode ymbe his neb, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 22. Of ðam leá on þrostlan wyl, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 345, 3
Linked entry: þrosle
sweartness
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Gl. 514, 50. a black material Sweartnesse atramentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 72: 5, 31
wæl-mist
A mist that covers the bodies of the slain
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Sum sceal on galgan rídan ... hé, blác on beáme, bídeþ wyrde bewegen wælmiste, Exon. Th. 329, 30;Vy. 42
snegel
A snail
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Ðone blacan snegl áwæsc on háligwætre, sele drincan Lchdm. ii. 110, 14. Blace sneglas on pannan gehyrste 144, 2
Linked entry: snægel
hræfn
A raven
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Hrefn blaca, 3606; B. 1801. Se swearta hrefn, Soul Kmbl. 108; >Seel. 54.
eallenga
Altogether, utterly ⬩ prorsus, omnīno
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Altogether, utterly; prorsus, omnīno Ðonne wæs se óðer eallenga sweart then was the other utterly black, Cd. 24; Th. 30, 35; Gen. 477
Linked entry: eællenge
sweart-lást
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Leaving a black track Fugles wyn ( a pen) stop eft on mec (a book ), síþade sweartlást, Exon. Th. 408, 12 ; Rä. 27, 11
æl-myrca
All sallow ⬩ a black man ⬩ an Ethiopian ⬩ omnino fuscus ⬩ Æthiops
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All sallow, a black man, an Ethiopian; omnino fuscus, Æthiops On ælmyrcan éðel-ríce in the realm of the Ethiopian, Andr. Kmbl. 863; An. 432