cempa
A soldier, warrior, CHAMPION ⬩ miles, bellator, athleta = ἀθλητής
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Gl. 7; Som. 56, 75; Wrt. Voc. 18, 27. Fíf hund cempena ealdor a commander of five hundred soldiers; cohors, 7; Som. 56, 61; Wrt. Voc. 18, 14
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be-lisnian
To evirate ⬩ emasculate ⬩ castrate ⬩ castrare ⬩ belisnod ⬩ belistnod ⬩ emasculated ⬩ A eunuch
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Gl. 2; Som. 55, 53; Wrt. Voc. 16, 26. Grammar be-lisnian, Used as a noun A eunuch Belisnod spado, eunuchus Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 32.
bend
A band ⬩ bond ⬩ ribbon ⬩ a chaplet ⬩ crown ⬩ ornament ⬩ vinculum ⬩ ligamen ⬩ diadema
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Gl. 64; Som. 69, 12; Wrt. Voc. 40, 46. Mid golde gesiwud bend nimbus 64; Som. 69, 13
hú-líc
qualis
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Of what sort; qualis Hé áhsode hwæt alexander se cyning dyde and húlíc mon hé wǽre and in hwylcere yldo he asked what king Alexander was doing, and what sort of man he was, and of what age, Nar. 18, 12.
fóre-weard
FORWARD ⬩ fore ⬩ former ⬩ early ⬩ prōnus ⬩ antĕrior ⬩ prior
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Gl. 71; Som. 70, 95; Wrt. Voc. 43, 26. Fóreweard fót the fore [part of the] foot, the sole of the foot; planta, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 95; Wrt. Voc. 45, 3.
BEARG
A castrated boar ⬩ a barrow pig ⬩ majālis
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Gl. 20; Som. 59, 31; Wrt. Voc. 22, 72
cawl
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Gl. 50; Som. 65, 118; Wrt. Voc. 34, 47. Hý heora cawlas afylled hæfdon they had filled their baskets, Ors. 4, 8: Bos. 90, 34. Caul corbis, Cot. 45: 196. Ceawlas cophinos, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 20. Ceaulas cophinos, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 43
CEAFER
A beetle,chafer; ⬩ brūchus = βροῦχος
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Gl. 23; Som. 59, 118; Wrt. Voc. 23, 72: 77, 50: 281, 45.; He cwæþ and com gærshoppa, and ceaferas ðæs næs gerín oððe getel dixit et venit locusta, et bruchus cujus non erat numerus, Ps. Lamb. 104, 34
cúslyppe
A COWSLIP ⬩ primula veris, Lin
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Gl. 42; Som. 64, 30; Wrt. Voc. 31. 40
cweart-ern
A guard-house, prison ⬩ custodia, carcer
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Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 59
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leáfa
Belief ⬩ faith
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Gr. pref; Som. 1, 37. Leáfa fides, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 10: 15, 28. Leáfo, 21, 21
gicþa
Itch ⬩ itching
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Gl. 11; Som. 57, 62: Wrt. Voc. 20, 6: Past. 11; Swt. 70, 19; Cot. MS. Wið gicþan against itch, Herb. 21, 3; Lchdm. i. 116, 23: L. M. 2, 41; Lchdm. ii. 252, 19, 24: 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 6
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be-wépan
To weep, weep over, bewail ⬩ flere, deflere, plorare
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Gr. 26, 1; Som. 28, 28. Hí beweópon Aarones forþsíþ they bewailed Adron's death, Num. 20, 30. Wyduwan heora nǽron bewópene viduæ eorum non plorabantur, Ps. Lamb. 77, 64: Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 51, 41
BOX
The BOX-tree ⬩ buxus ⬩ buxus sempervirens ⬩ the box-tree or box-wood
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Gl. 47; Som. 65, 39; Wrt. Voc, 33, 36: 79, 71. Æt ðam boxe, of ðam boxe at the box-tree, from the box-tree, Cod. Dipl. 1102; A. D. 931; Kmbl. v. 195, 14
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ge-hende
Nigh ⬩ near ⬩ juxta
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Gr. 47; Som. 47, 34
ge-hyrstan
To fry ⬩ roast ⬩ frīgĕre
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Gl. 66; Som. 69, 69; Wrt.Voc.41, 23. Et ðas sídan ðe gehirsted is eat this side that is roasted, Shrn. 116, 6
gemót-stów
A meeting-place, council ⬩ conveniendi locus, concilium
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Gl. 55; Som. 66, 110; Wrt. Voc. 36, 32. Ic ne sæt mid gemótstówe ydelnyssa non sedi cum concilio vanitatis, Ps. Spl. T. 25, 4
hæg-þorn
Hawthorn
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Gl. 48; Som. 65, 50; Wrt. Voc. 33, 46. Genim hægþornes leáf take leaves of hawthorn, Herb. 37, 6; Lchdm. i. 138, 17. Of ðam mappuldre tó ðam hægþorne from the maple to the hawthorn, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 424, 3
hnitu
A nit
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Gl. 23; Som. 60, 8; Wrt. Voc. 24, 12. Hnite and wyrmas on weg tó dónne ðe on cildum beóþ to remove nits and worms that are on children, L. Med. ex Quadr. 9, 15; Lchdm. i. 364, 6
crucet-hús
A torment house ⬩ afflictionis domus
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is into a chest that was short, and narrow, and undeep, and put sharp stones therein, and pressed the man therein, so that they brake all his limbs Chr. 1137; Th. 382, 28