CÝF
A vessel, vat, cask, bushel ⬩ dolium, modius
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Se hét afyllan áne cýfe mid ele he commanded a vat to be filled with oil, Homl. Th. i. 58, 25. Under cýfe sub modio, Mt. Bos. 5, 15
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ge-cringan
To sink ⬩ fall ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori
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Stíðmód gecrang firm of mind he died, Apstls. Kmbl. 144; Ap. 72
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býtlian
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Hé sárette ðætte hié sceoldon bytlan , Past. 153, 9. Hét Harold bytlian on Brytlande, Chr. 1065; P. 190, 26. On sumor geneát sceal bytlian and burh hegegian, Ll. Th. i. 432, 15: Angl. ix. 261, 10. Cf. botl, ge-bytlu
récan
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Add: to expose to smoke or steam, fumigate: — Lege stór on þá gléda and réc hine mid ꝥ hé swǽte, Lch. ii. 348, 5.
rúm-mód
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</b> of things, liberal, abundant :-- Heó dǽlde þearfendum mannum manigfealde and rúmmóde gife ælmessan larga indigentibus eleemosynarum opera impendit, Gr. D. 279, 24
tóm
Empty; ⬩ figuratively, ⬩ free from.
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Cf. leás Ðæt hý móstun mánweorca tóme lifgan and tíres blǽd écne ágan (cf. the man farid imu an giwald Godes tionono tómig, Hél. 2490), Exon. Th. 74, 26; Cri. 1212. Tome saule (animam inanem) he filled with fode, Ps. 106, 9.
un-myndlinga
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Add Sume dæge þá þá heó swá wídgál swíde dwolode, heó becóm unmyndlinga tó þám scræfe . . . and heó þá þǽr wunode swá swá heó nyste quadam die dum vaga nimium erraret ad specum devenit, ibique nesciens ingressa mansit, Gr. D. 176, 21.
teorung
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Fainting, failing, exhaustion Sum gemyndleás wíf férde wórigende geond wudas and feldas and ðǽr gelæg ðǽr hí seó teorung gelette a certain witless woman went wandering about the woods and fields, and lay down where exhaustion prevented her going further
webba
A weaver
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Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Willelm cwæð saccles Wulwærd ðane webba, Chart. Th. 648, 3. [The webbes ant the fullares (of Flanders), P. S. 188, 14. Chauc. webbe: Piers P. webbe a (female) weaver.]
gelodr
A part of the body about the chest, the backbone or spine? pars corporis circa thoracem vel spinam? - Se maga biþ neáh ðære heor-tan and ðære gelodre the stomach is near the heart and the spine,
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- Se maga biþ neáh ðære heor-tan and ðære gelodre the stomach is near the heart and the spine, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 176, 3
þeówen
A female servant or slave ⬩ a handmaid
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Hé sceáwode ða eáþmódnesse his þeówene, Blickl. Homl. 7, 4. Swá eágan gáð earmre þeówenan (ancillae), ðonne heó on hire hlǽfdigean handa lócaþ, Ps. Th. 122, 3. Heó hié sylfe tó ðeówene genemde, Blickl. Homl. 9, 24. Þeówene, 89, 12.
hynden-mann
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the head] have their refection together, L.
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sár
pain, suffering, soreness ⬩ a pain, pang, sore, wound ⬩ grief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrow ⬩ a grief, sorrow, pain, wound
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Hé heora helpend wæs on heora sáre, Bd. 3,9 ; S. 533, 26. a grief, sorrow, pain, wound Hit wæs swá gewunelíc on ealdum dagum, ðæt gif hwam sum fǽrlícsár ( affliction ) becóme, ðæt hé his reáf tótǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 14.
gehðo
Care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ cura ⬩ solicitudo
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Iudas cwæþ ðæt he ðæt on gehðu gesprǽce Judas said that he spoke that in trouble, Elen. Kmbl. 1331; El. 667. Ne meahte he ða gehðu bebúgan he could not avoid the sorrow, 1215; El. 609.
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dearnunga
Secretly, privately, clandestinely ⬩ clam, occulte, clandestīno
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Ðeáh heó dearnenga fordón wurde though she was secretly seduced, Cd. 30; Th. 39, 21; Gen. 629: 29; Th. 38, 5; Gen. 602. Hwæt he dearninga on hyge hogde what he secretly meditated in his mind, Exon. 51 a; Th. 177, 13; Gú. 1226
land-ár
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Wilniende ðætte heó him funden swylce londáre swylce hé mid árum on beón mehte desiring that they should provide him such an estate as he might reside on with dignity, Chart. Th. 47, 21.
up-áhafenness
Uplifting ⬩ elevation ⬩ exaltation ⬩ exultation ⬩ arrogance ⬩ pride
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Ðá wæs gehroren sió upáhæfenes Paulus,... and sóna æfter ðæm hryre ðære upáhaefennesse hé ongan timbran eáðmódnesse, 58; Swt. 443, 29. Hér is úres módes upáhafennes; ac ðǽr is ðære þýstro dymnes, L. E. I. proem.; Th. ii. 394, 12.
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Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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Ða bísgu us sint swíðe earfoþ ríme, ðe on his dagum on ða rícu becómon, ðe he underfangen hæfde; and ðeáh, ðá he ðas bóc hæfde geleornode, and of Lædene to Engliscum spelle gewende, and geworhte hí eft to leóðe, swá swá heó nú gedón is king Alfred was
lamb
A lamb
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Hér is Godes lamb ecce agnus dei, Jn. Skt 1, 29. Swá plegende lamp quasi agnus lasciviens, Kent. Gl. 214. Hé gefullode ðone wulf and geworhte tó lambe he baptized the wolf and made it a lamb, Homl. Th. i. 390, 26.
HUND
A HOUND ⬩ a dog
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A HOUND, a dog; applied to persons as a term of abuse in English and in other dialects Ðá hé ðider com ðá sceolde cuman ðære helle hund ongeán hine ðæs nama wæs Ceruerus when he came thither, it is said, that then the dog of hell, whose name was Cerberus
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