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min

Grammar
min, [For another explanation of this word see N. E. D. min, where minne is taken as the nominative form : but the word may be taken as belonging to the same declension as mid[d]
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Beiblatt, xvi. 228.] add(?) On minnan linche, C. D. B. iii. 494, 31. Add Wið feóndes hond and . . wið malscrunge minra wihta, Lch. iii. 36, 14

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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In manuscripts and in books, it sometimes denotes the letter a; and, at other times, the oak, from its Anglo-Saxon name, ác the oak. v. ÁC, and RÚN. B.

bord-hreóða

(n.)
Grammar
bord-hreóða, -hréða, an; m. [bord II. a shield, hreóðan to cover, protect]

the cover or protection of the shield ⬩ clypei tegmen vel tutela ⬩ a shield, buckler ⬩ clypeus

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Kmbl. 256; An. 128: Beo. Th. 4412; B. 2203: Cd. 154; Th. 192, 23; Exod. 236. a shield, buckler; clypeus Blicon bordhreóðan shields glittered, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 30; Exod. 160.

Linked entries: hreóða hréða

ge-lác

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lác, es; n. [lácan to move as e.g. the waves do, to sport, play]

Motion ⬩ commotion ⬩ tumultuous assembly ⬩ play

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Gelác engla and deófla hosts of angels and devils, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 5; Cri. 896. Ðurh heard gelác through hard fortune, Andr. Kmbl. 2185; An. 1094

for-strogdness

(n.)
Grammar
for-strogdness, dispersion (?). Forstrogdnis is given as the gloss to praecipitationis in Ps. 51, 6, Nap. 25.
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T. 51, 4: could for-strogdnis be an error for this form?

Dún-holm

(n.)
Grammar
Dún-holm, e; m. [Flor. Dunhelm: Brom. Durem, Durham: dúna hill, holm water, an island]

DURHAM ⬩ Dunelmia

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DURHAM; Dunelmia Hér forlét Ægelríc bisceop his bisceopríce æt Dúnholm in this year [A. D. 1056] bishop Ægelric left his bishopric at Durham, Ch. 1056; Erl. 191, 14.

eglian

(v.)
Grammar
eglian, eglan, elan; hit egleþ, eleþ; p. ode, ade; pp, od, ad; v. trans.

chiefly used impersonally with dat. of person. To trouble, pain, grieve, AIL ⬩ molestāre, dŏlēre

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B.] if worms trouble a man within, Herb. 2, 10; Lchdm. i. 82, 22. [Piers P. Chauc. eylen, eilen to ail: Orm. eȝȝlenn: Plat, echeln, öcheln to be vexed, grieved at anything: Ger. ekeln: Goth. aglyan to molest, in us-aglyan.] DER, æt-eglan, ge-

Linked entries: eglan elan

CYFES

(n.)
Grammar
CYFES, cyfys, cifes, ciefes,e; f: cyfese, an; f.

A concubine, handmaid ⬩ concubina, pellex, ancilla

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A. ceafese; B. cefese] ne dó him nán preóst nán ðara gerihta, ðe man cristenum men dón sceal he who has a right wife, and also a concubine, let no priest do for him any of those rites, which ought to be done for a christian man, L. C.

Linked entries: cyfys ceafes cefes ciefes cifes

wolcen

(n.)
Grammar
wolcen, wolcn (wolc), es;n. : also wolcne, an; f.

A cloud ⬩ the clouds ⬩ the heavens ⬩ the sky ⬩ the clouds of night ⬩ under heaven ⬩ on earth ⬩ sky ⬩ welkin

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Al þe wyde worlde bothewelkne (wolkne, þe welkene, welken, v. ll.) and þe wynde, water and erþe, Piers P. 17, 160. O. Sax. wolkan; n. a cloud: O. Frs. wolken: O. H. Ger. wolcnan;n, nubes. ] Similar entries v. heofon-, weder-wolcen

nealles

(adv.)
Grammar
nealles, nalles, nallæs, nallas, nales, nalæs, nalas; adv.

Not ⬩ not at all

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Nalas ... ah, Blickl. Homl. 121, 11: Andr. Kmbl. 3180; An. 1593. Nales ðæt án ðæt ... ac eác swelce not only ... but also, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 27: 1, 7; Swt. 40, 4.

Linked entry: nalas

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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Alle geniðradon hine omnes condemnaverunt eum, Mk. Skt. Lind.14, 64. On Godes dóme geniðerod condemned at God's judgment, Homl. Th. i. 60, 33. Geniðrad damnatus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 3: Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 16.

Linked entries: ge-neoðerian ge-nyðerian

ge-corenes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-corenes, -corennes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f. [corenes an election]

An election ⬩ choice ⬩ choiceness ⬩ goodness ⬩ electio ⬩ electus ⬩ probĭtas

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An election, choice, choiceness, goodness; electio, electus, probĭtas Seó gecorennys stent on Godes fóresceáwunge the election stands in God's providence, Homl. Th. ii. 524, 25.

breóst-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-cófa, an; m. [breóst
the breast, the heart, mind,
cófa
a cave,
chamber
]

the breast, the heart, mind, ⬩ a cave ⬩ chamber ⬩ The breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind; ⬩ pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus

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Ðú eart hiht mín fram breóstcófan módor mínre tu es spes mea ab uberibus matris meæ, Ps. Lamb. 21, 10. He wæs ðe blíðra on breóstcófan > he was the blither in his heart, Bt. Met.

Linked entry: in-cofa

æpplian

(v.)
Grammar
æpplian, æplian; p. ede; pp. ed [æppel an apple]

To make into the form of apples ⬩ to make into balls or bosses ⬩ in pomorum formam redigere ⬩ globosum facere

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To make into the form of apples, to make into balls or bosses; in pomorum formam redigere, globosum facere, Exon. 63a; Th. 232, 14; Ph. 506: 75b; Th. 283, 30; Jul. 688: Elen. Kmbl. 2517; El. 1260

Linked entries: æplian æppled

afýrida

(n.; part.)
Grammar
afýrida, afýryda, an; m. [a-fýred; pp. of a-fýran]

A eunuch ⬩ a castrated animal ⬩ servant ⬩ courtier ⬩ eunuchus ⬩ servus

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A eunuch, a castrated animal, servant, courtier; eunuchus, servus Se afýrida the servant, courtier [eunuch ], Gen. 39, 1. Hí sealdon Iosep Putifare ðam afýrydan Faraones vendiderunt Joseph Putiphari eunucho Pharaonis, 37, 36

Linked entries: a-fýrd a-fýryda

a-wyrgda

(n.)
Grammar
a-wyrgda, an; m. [the def. pp. of a-wyrgian to curse]

The cursed ⬩ the devil ⬩ diabolus

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The cursed, the devil; diabolus, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 3; Sat. 316

CǼG

(n.)
Grammar
CǼG, gen. cǽge; pl. nom. acc. cǽga, cǽgia; f; cǽge, an; f.
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A KEY ; clavis Stæfcræft is seó cǽg ðe ðæra bóca andgýtt unlýcþ grammar is the key that unlocketh the sense of books, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. I. 23: 9, 28; Som. 11, 54: Past. 15, 2; Hat. MS. 19a, 17.

Linked entry: cǽge

celendre

(n.)
Grammar
celendre, cellendre, an; f: celender, cellender, es; n.

The herb coriander ⬩ coriandrum = κορίαννον , coriandrum sativum, Lin

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Genim celender and beána togædere gesodene take coriander and beans sodden together, 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 44, 17. Celendres sǽd gegníd rub seed of coriander, 2, 48; Lchdm. ii. 262, 21.

Linked entries: calender cellendre coliandre coríon

dolh-rune

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-rune, dolg-rune, dulh-rune, an ; f.

The herb pellitory, which grows upon walls ⬩ perdīcium = περδίκιoν, ⬩ parietāria officinālis

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To sealfe wið springe, nim dolhrunan for a salve against a pustule, take pellitory, 1, 33; Lchdm. ii. 80, 8: 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 11: 3, 65; Lchdm. ii. 354, 1: Lchdm. iii. 4, 10: 38, 26. Genint dolgrunan take pellitory, L.

Linked entries: dolg-rune dulh-rune

deóp

(n.)
Grammar
deóp, dýp, dióp,es; n: dýpe,an ; f.

Depth, the deep, abyss ⬩ prŏfundum

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Adó me of deópe deorces wæteres libĕra me de profundo aquārum, 68, 14. Ic slóh gársecges deóp I struck the ocean's deep, Cd. 157; Th. 195, 24; Exod. 281: Beo. Th. 5091; B. 2549: Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 21; Sch. 83

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