wudu-sníte
The name of some bird
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The name of some bird Uudusuíte cardictis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 46. Wudusníte, 14, 9
Linked entry: sníte
for-hogodlic
scorn ⬩ contempt
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Denoting scorn or contempt Drihten þá cynelican burh forhogodlice naman nemde, Bl. H. 77, 23
Linked entry: -hogodlic
spitel
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Þá íserngelóman gewunelice naman wé hátaþ spadan and spitelas (vangas), Gr. D. 201, 20. Add
blácern-leoht
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lamplight Þæs blácernes leóht næs gesýne ... hé geseh eft ꝥ blácernleóht, Vis. Lfc. 54-59
reohhe
The name of a fish
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The name of a fish Reohhe ;fannus,; Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 5. Reohche, 77, 66
Linked entry: hreoce
hlyn
The name of a tree, ⬩ maple [?]
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The name of a tree, maple [?], Exon. 114 a; Th. 437, 17; Rä. 56, 9
Linked entry: hlin
grétan
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Nánne man be wege ne grétað (groetað, L., salutaueritis ), Lk. 10, 4. Hé ( Lot ) grétan eóde cuman cúðlíce, Gen. 2430. to bid farewell Hé hié grétte and hié forlét, Bl. H. 247, 36.
næder-winde
adder-wort
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The name of a plant, adder-wort Næddrewinde viperina, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 26
Nægling
the name of Beowulf's sword
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the name of Beowulf's sword Nægling forbærst, sweord Beówulfes, Beo. Th. 5354; B. 2680
niht-scada
night-shade
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night-shade (plant name) Nihtscada strumus vel uva lupina, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 18
Linked entry: sceada
full-dón
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Ic his líc behwearf ... næs his heáfodcláð eallunga fuldón, Hml. S. 31, 1425. Add
blere
An onyx, gem
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An onyx, gem; onyx = όνυξ, m. a nail Blere onyx, Wrt. Voc. 288, 55
Linked entry: á-bléred
þeód-líc
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Of a people Ðeódlíc nama gentile nomen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 45; Zup. 65, 6
ge-dropa
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drop as the name of a kind of plum) Gedropa nicolaum, An. Ox. 474
wítan
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Ic þence ðís feoh . . . tó wítanne næs tó oðwyrceanne. Lch. i. 384, 5. Add
reód-múþa
The name of a bird
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; The name of a bird Reódmúþa ;faseacus, nomen avis,; Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 56
á-stǽgan
To ascend ⬩ mount up
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To ascend, mount up Ástǽgdun on scip ascendentes in naui, Mk. R. 6, 32
Linked entry: stǽgan
dweorge-dwosle
The herb pennyroyal ⬩ mentha pulēgium
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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man pollēgium [ = pulēgium], and óðrunt naman dweorge-dwosle nemneþ this herb, which is called pulēgium, and by another name pennyroyal [dwarf dwosle], Herb. 94, 1; Lchdnt. i. 204, 6, 7: 156, 2; Lchdm. i. 282, 23: iii. 6, 19.
Linked entries: dworge-dwostle dwyrge-dwysle
druncennes
DRUNKENNESS ⬩ ebriĕtas
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On druncennysse and on wiste hiora wombe þeówiaþ, nas Gode in drunkenness and feasting they minister to their belly, not to God, L. Eccl. 45; Wilk. 195, 25; L. E. I. 45; Th. ii. 440, 38
em-niht
Equal day and night, equinox ⬩ æquĭnoctium
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Equal day and night, equinox ; æquĭnoctium On emnihtes dæg, ðæt is ðonne se dæg and seó niht gelíce lange beóþ on the day of the equinox, that is when the day and night are equally long, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 19; Lchdm. iii. 260,
Linked entry: efen-niht