mæst-ráp
A rope fastening a sail to a mast
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A rope fastening a sail to a mast, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 27; Exod. 82
sweotol-líc
Clear, plain
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Clear, plain Gehýraþ hwæt God sylfa sǽde swytellícre (swutel-, MS. C.) segene, Wulfst. 45, 1
treów-wyrm
A caterpillar
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A caterpillar Hé salde treówyrme westmas heara dedit erugini fructus eorum, Ps. Surt. 77, 46
mán
A bad, shameful action ⬩ a crime ⬩ crime ⬩ guilt ⬩ wickedness
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Sax. mén endi morðwerk), misdǽda worn (v. Fox 58, 2, hwilc mán hé weorhte), Bt. Met. Fox 9, 13; Met. 9, 7. Mánes fraudis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 44. Mánes wyrhtan peccatores, Ps. Th. 100, 8. Máne piaculo, Hpt. Gl. 432, 50 : Lev. 19, 29.
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stille
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Seó sǽ ne mót heore mearce gebrǽdan ofer ða stillan eorþan, 21 ; Fox 74, 28. Twegen steorran standaþ stille, Lchdm. iii. 270, 17. Wit be ðisse strǽte stille þencaþ bídan, Cd. Th. 147, 9 ; Gen. 2436.
feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Wiþ ꝥ ðæt mannes feax fealle, Lch. i. 110, 15. of the direction of a stream, to run Fylð swýðe mycel sǽ úp in on ðæt lond, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 18. where an erect position is lost Ðá feól hé fǽringa onbæcling, Bl. H. 223, 11.
help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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Th. 142, lo: Sae. 291: Vald. 2, 27. Ne mæg se hreó hyge helpe gefremman, Wand. 16: Cri. 263: 424: Ph. 650: B. 1552: An. 91: 426: 1616: Jul. 696: 722.
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ge-rówan
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to row, sail Hrówundum t mið ðý gehrówun nauigantibus, Lk. L. 8, 23. to reach by rowing (sailing, & c. ), sail to a place Dona gehréwun enauigauerunt, Lk.
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FUGEL
A bird ⬩ FOWL ⬩ ăvis ⬩ āles
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Bos. 13, 34: Cd. 72; Th. 88, 5; Gen. 1460: Exon. 17 a; Th. 40, 27; Cri. 645: Salm. Kmbl. 507; Sal. 254: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 207. Fugel āles, Ælfc. Gr. 10; Som. 14, 59.
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-a
A person ⬩ an agent ⬩ actor
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Some abstract nouns, and words denoting inanimate things, end in -a; and these words, having the same declension as those which signify Persons or actors, are masculine; as Hlísa, an; m. fame: Tíma, an; m. fame: Líchama, an; m. a body: Steorra, an; m.
lafian
To lave ⬩ bathe ⬩ pour water on
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Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wyllewætre gecnuwa ða wyrta swíðe wel lege on ðæt wæter lafa on ðone swile make the bath of the same herbs in cold spring-water, pound the herbs very thoroughly, lay on, pour the water on to the swelling, L.
mǽnan
To tell of ⬩ relate ⬩ declare
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Sax. thú fora thesaro thiod telis, mahtig ménis). Exon. 105b; Th. 401, 14; Rä. 21, 11. Hæleþ hý hospe mǽnaþ men speak of her contemptuously, 90 a; Th. 337, 17; Gn. Ex. 66. Secgas nemnaþ, mǽnaþ mid múþe meodugáles gedrinc, 88 a; Th. 330, 26; Vy. 57.
bisceop-setl
a bishop's seat or residence ⬩ sedes episcopalis ⬩ a bishopric ⬩ episcopatus
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[bisceop a bishop, setl a seat]. a bishop's seat or residence; sedes episcopalis Sæt he ðæt bisceopsetl xxxvii wintra and six mónaþ and feówertyne dagas he occupied the episcopal residence thirty-seven [of] years [winters] and six months and fourteen
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ge-bégan
To cause to bow ⬩ bend ⬩ bow down ⬩ recline ⬩ press down ⬩ humble ⬩ crush ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ incurvāre ⬩ humiliare ⬩ deprĭmĕre
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Heó sceáf in ðæt neowle genip, nearwe gebéged thrust them into that deep darkness, closely pressed down, Cd. 223; Th. 292, 26; Sat. 446.
bleoh
colour ⬩ form
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Ðæt deófol bið on cildes onlícnisse; se Pater Noster on háliges gástes onlícnisse, Sal. K. 144, 1-7. Hé brǽd hine on feala bleóna þurh deófles þegnunga, Bl. H. 175, 5
geofon
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, Sal. K. 146, 27. Þes bát glídeð on geofone, An. 498. Storm oft holm gebringeð, geofen in grimmum sǽlum, Gn. Ex. 52. a flood, deluge Flód ofslóh, gifen ( Noah's flood ) geótende, giganta cyn, B. 1690.
ge-reording
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Hé sæt tó þám cásere and hí swýðe blýðe wǽron for Martines gereordunge (because Martin feasted with them) Hml. S. 31, 630. Tó þæs líchamon gereordunge (þone lichaman mid tó gereordianne, v.l. ) ad reficiendum corpus, Gr.
on-týnan
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Add Pater Noster heofenas ontýneð, Sal. 40. Gif hwá wæterpyt betýnedne ontýne, Ll. Th. i. 50, 6. (c α) intrans. (reflex) :-- Þá ontýnde se heofon, Shrn. 117, 3. <b>I d.
æfter-genga
one living at a later time ⬩ a descendant ⬩ one coming after in an office, a successor ⬩ a follower of a creed, &c.
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Z. 275, 3, and add: one living at a later time; where those of the same stock are referred to, a descendant Æftergencgena coposteriorum (natorum ), Hpt. Gl. 445, 60. Æftergen(gena) liberorum, i. filiorum, An. Ox. 584.
trem
a step
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Gl. 477, 78, where the gloss for the same passage is fægre; fægre oððe fótmǽlum gradatim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 47; fótmélum pedetemptim, Txts. 90, 834; siæpmǽlum gradatim. Hpt Gl. 497, 54.
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