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hláfmæsse-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
hláfmæsse-dæg, es; m.

Lammas-day, the first of August

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Lammas-day, the first of August Of ðam gehálgedan hláfe ðe man hálige on hláfmæssedæg from the hallowed bread which is hallowed on Lammas-day, Lchdm. iii. 290, 27. Ǽr hláfmæsse [dǽge?], L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 146, 9.

Linked entry: hláf-mæsse

swamm

(n.)
Grammar
swamm, es; m.
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Nym hláf and sealt and swamm, and cnuca hit eal tógadere, Lchdm. iii. 94, 21. Syle etan gebrǽdne swam, 142, 11. Sinwealte swammas volvi, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 28. For mete heo sceal sume hwíle swamma brúcan; wundorlíce heo geeácnaþ, Lchdm. i. 346, 8

ge-reordness

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Hé bróhte mé hláf to gereordnesse, 347, 32. Wín tó his heortan gereordnysse, Ll. Th. ii. 438, 17.

Linked entry: -reordness

mete

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Hú sió womb weorðe mid swótlecustum mettum gefylled, Past. 311, 9. a meal, meat as in at meat Þonne hí hira hláf brǽcon æt mete, Shrn. 30, 8. Ǽlce dæge ǽr mete þrié cucler fulle geþicge, Lch. ii. 152, 7

ge-delfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-delfan, p. -dealf, pl. -dulfon; pp. dolfen

To digdelvefodereeffodere

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To dig, delve;fodere, effodere Wæs ðǽr sum hláw ðone men gedulfon there was a mound which men had dug, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 6. Ðé wearþ helle seáþ niðer gedolfen the pit of hell was dug beneath for thee, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 30; Jul. 423

snǽding

(n.)
Grammar
snǽding, e; f.

A (slight?) meal a meal to take food

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Ðære wucan rǽdere gange tó hláfe and drince) ǽr ðan ðe hé áginne rǽdan R. Ben. Interl. 70, 4

Linked entry: snǽdan

bere

barley

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Of fíf hláfum beres (bere, L. ) ex quinque panibus hordiaciis, Jn. R. 6, 13. Hláfas of bere (bero, L. 9. Mid onlegene of wearmum bere. Lch. ii. 82, 15. Beras ordea, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 84, 6. Dele first passage, and add

ge-ǽtrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽtrian, ge-ǽttrian.

to poison

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Geǽttrodne hláf. Gr. D. 118, 5. Geǽtredum infectis Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 62

Linked entry: ǽtrian

bríting

(n.)
Grammar
bríting, e; f.
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Breaking to pieces Bréting hláfes fractio pants, Lk. L. 24, 35

húslian

(v.)
Grammar
húslian, p. ode

To housel

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Diaconus mót hláf sillan, L. Ælfc. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 12]. Gif man biþ tó húsligenne, 29; Th. ii. 352, 31

sellan

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</b> add :-- Þǽr man hláf sealde tó ceápe, Hml. S. 23, 563. <b>IV d.</b> add :-- Hig sealdon þæt on tigelwyrhtena æcyr, Mt. 27, 10. <b>V a.

dæg-hwamlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-hwamlíc, dæg-hwomlíc; def. sedæg-líca, seó, ðæt dæg-líce; adj.

Daily diurnus, quotidianus

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Syle us to-dæg úrne dæghwamlícan hláf panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, Lk. Bos. 11, 3: Mt. Bos. 6, 11: Homl. Th. i. 264, 31.

Linked entry: dæg-hwomlíc

gneáð

(adj.)
Grammar
gneáð, gnéð; adj.

Sparingfrugalstingyscantysmall parcus

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He self lifde on gneáðum woroldlífe án tunece wæs his gegerela and ðæt wæs hǽren and beren hláf wæs his gereorde he himself lived a frugal life in the world, one tunic was his raiment, and barley bread was his food, Shrn. 110, 4: 77, 4.

Linked entry: un-gníðe

mearc-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-beorh, gen. -beorges; m.

A hill which forms part of a boundany

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Ǽrest on æscwoldes hláw: ðonne on gemótbiorh ... ðonne on mearcbiorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 195, 14. Æt ðæne mearcbeorh, iii. 175, 35. Cf. gemǽr-beorh, iii. 403, 27.

níw-bacen

(adj.)
Grammar
níw-bacen, adj.

New-baked

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New-baked Wé mid ús námon nígbacene hláfas panes calidos sumpsimus, Jos. 9, 12

þeorf

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Man mearcað mid medmicelum treówe þeorfe hláfas ( panes crudos ), Gr. D. 87, 3. Add

fini

(adj.)
Grammar
fini, adj.

Decayedmouldycorruptusmūcĭdus

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Decayed, mouldy; corruptus, mūcĭdus Finie hláfas mouldy loaves, Jos. 9, 5

be-stingan

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Hé bestang þone hláf on þ sealtfæt, Hml. A. 163, 254. Hé bestang fýr in þ corn, Gr. D. 290, 23. Hí bestungon him on múð þone mete, Hml. S. 25, 34, 88. Beren eár bestinge on eáre, Lch. ii. 54, ii.

líf-lic

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Ic com se líflica hláf, Hml. Th. i. 34, 16. long-lived Sé þe acenned bid, líflic (vitalis) hé bið, Archiv cxxix. 18, 11.

nabban

(v.)
Grammar
nabban, ( = ne habban, the verb is conjugated throughout)

not to haveto be without

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Nafast hláfes wiste, 621; An. 311. Ðú næfst nán þing, Jn. Skt. 4, 11. Næft ðú, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 71; Met. 20, 36. Hé nǽnige mehte nafaþ, Blickl. Homl. 31, 33. Hé wilnaþ ... ðæs ðe hé næft, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 34, 2. Næfþ, Ps. Th. 71, 12. Wé nabbaþ, Mk.

Linked entries: næfde nafa ne