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CILD

(n.)
Grammar
CILD, cildes, cild, sometimes cildru, cildra ; n.

A CHILD, infantinfans, puer

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Col. Monast. Th. 32, 7. Eálá ge cildra O pueri, 35, 33. Mid cilde beón, weorþan, or wesan to be with child, Bd. Whelc. 487, 22

Linked entry: cyld

dwolian

(v.)
Grammar
dwolian, dwoligan; part. dwoliende, dwoligende ; p. ede; pp. ed

To wander out of the way, err errāre

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Cot. Hider and ðider dwoligende wandering hither and thither, 36, 5; Fox 180, 12. To ðám dwoligendum deófolgyldum to the erring idolatry, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 7, MS. B. Híg dwoliaþ on heortan hi errant corde, Ps. Lamb. 94, 10.

Linked entries: dwalian dwolung

for-gnídan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gnídan, -gnýdan, -cnídan; he -gnít; p. ic, he -gnád, ðú -gnide, pl. -gnidon ; pp. -gniden [for-, gnídan to rub]

To rub togetherdash or throw downbreakcontĕrĕreallīdĕreelīdĕre

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Heorte forgnidene God ná beheóld cor contrītum Deus non despĭcies. Ps. Spl. 50, 18. He forgnít hine allīdit illum, Mk. Bos. 9, 18. Forðon ðú forgnide me quia allīsisti me, Ps. Spl. 101, 11.

land-seten

(n.)
Grammar
land-seten, e; f.

an estateoccupation of land

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Land in possession or occupation, an estate Ðis his sió landseten æt Stántúne ðe Cénwold hæfde [then follow the boundaries], Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 403, 24.

Linked entry: feld-seten

BLÓMA

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓMA, an; m. [blów+am+a, Ettm. 314]

Metal, the metal taken from the orea massmetallum, massathat which adheres together like a dough

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Ísenes blóma a mass of iron; ferii massa, Som: Cot. 135. Blóma oððe dáh massa, Wrt. Voc. 85, 16;Lye says truly, referring to this quotation,-'Inter ea quæ pertinent ad metalla.'

Linked entry: gold-blóma

BODIG

(n.)
Grammar
BODIG, es; n.

bigness or height of body, staturestaturathe trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bonetruncus corporisthe BODYcorpus

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Voc. 283, 26: spina, Cot. 177: 196. the BODY; corpus Ǽgðer ge his fét ge his heáfod ge eác eall ðæt bodig either his feet or his head or even all the body, Past. 35, 3; Hat. MS. 45 b, 12

scír-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
scír-geréfa, an; m.
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Án scíregemót sæt æt Ægelnðþes stáne . . . ðǽr wæs Bryning scírgeréfa, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 54, 14.

Linked entry: ge-réfa

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, es; m. (?)
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Ǽrest of ðan ealdan slǽpe . . . tó ðan ealdan slǽpe ðǽr hit ǽr ongan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 112, 30-113, 3. On ocean slǽw (slǽp?), iii. 48. 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. sleifa labina (labina a myre, Wulck.

un-mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽne, adj.

free from evilpurewithout perjuryfree fromexempt fromnot sharing in

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O. 6; Th. i. 180, 18. free from, exempt from, not sharing in Álýsede fram bende ǽlces mennissces dómes, fram ǽlcere gærsuman woruldlícra brúcunga clǽne and unmǽne nexu humanae conditionis exuti, ab omni munere secularium functionum immunes, Cod.

Linked entry: mǽne

unriht-wrigels

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-wrigels, es; n.

A veil of error

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Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away, 2 Cor. 2, 14-16), Blickl. Homl. 105, 30

wiþ-ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-ufan, adv. prep.

Above

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Tó grǽwan stáne, ðonon wiðufan ðæs wælles heáfod, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 29, 4

myntan

Grammar
myntan, <b>. I a.</b>
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add: of the action of an inanimate object ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúmeweard, and wæs farende oþ ꝥ hit cóm þǽr hit mynte feallan ofer ꝥ mynster, Gr. D. 12, II. <b>I d.

norþ

(adj.)
Grammar
norþ, adj.
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Columba cóm tó Pihtum, and hí gecyrde tó Crístes geleáfan.

swǽr

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add: — Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte, sé cóm tó þám hálgan, and his swára heáfodbend sóna tóbærst, Hml. S. 21, 423.

ernþ

(n.)
Grammar
ernþ, e; f.

Standing corn, the crop sĕges

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Standing corn, the crop; sĕges Hi swá swá rípe ernþ fortreddon hí ealle they trod them all down like ripe corn, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 35, note

caldu

(n.)
Grammar
caldu, e; f.
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Cold, coldness; gelu, frigus

corn-hwæcca

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Dele: Substitute: corn-hwæcce

hearwian

(v.)

to coolrefrigerare

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to cool; refrigerare, Lye

beado-hrægl

(n.)
Grammar
beado-hrægl, es; n.

A war-garmentcoat of mailbellica vestislorica

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A war-garment, coat of mail; bellica vestis, lorica Beadohrægl on breóstum læg the coat of mail lay on my breast, Beo. Th. 1108; B. 552

Linked entry: beadu-hrægl

cealdian

(v.)
Grammar
cealdian, ode; od; v. intrans.

frigescere

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To become cold; frigescere Eorþmægen ealdaþ, ellen cealdaþ [MS. cólaþ] earthly power grows old, courage becomes cold, Exon. 95a; Th. 354, 62; Reim. 69, Grn. Gl