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wæter-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-pyt, wæter-pytt, es; m.

A water-pit, well

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A water-pit, well Of ðam wege on ðone wæterpytt; of ðam pytte on dene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 186, 19. On ðone wæterpyt; of ðam wæterpyt, 359, 15. Heó geseah sumne wæterpytt videns puteum aquae, Gen. 21, 19. Done wæterpytt puteum illum (cf. wyllspring,

swincan

(v.)
Grammar
swincan, p. swanc, pl. swuncon; pp. swuncen.
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to toil, labour, work with effort Hwæt dést ðú on ðís folce ? hwí swingst ðú ána ? Ex. 18, 14. Hé nǽre ná ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre. His nama is omnipotens, ðæt ys, ælmihtig, for ðan ðe hé mæg eall ðæt hé wile, and his miht náhwár

ge-windan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-windan, p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden.

To twistweavebendwindtorquĕreplectereimplĭcāreTo goturnturn aboutrevolverollse vertĕrevolvĕre

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v. trans. To twist, weave, bend, wind; torquĕre, plectere, implĭcāre Ða þegnas gewundun ðæt sigbég of þornum milites plectentes coronam de spinis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19. 2. Ne hafu ic in heáfde hwíte loccas, wrǽste gewundne I have not white locks on my head

ge-healdsumnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-healdsumnys, -nyss, e; f.

A keepingobservancepreservationabstinencecustōdiaobservātioconservātioabstĭnentia

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A keeping, observance, preservation, abstinence; custōdia, observātio, conservātio, abstĭnentia We rǽdaþ on bócum, ðæt ðeós gehealdsumnys wurde arǽred on ðone tíman ðe gelamp on ánre byrig ðe Uigenna is gecweden micel eorþstyrung we read in books, that

ge-hladan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hladan, p. -hlód, -hleód, pl. -hlódon; pp. -hladen, -hlæden.

to loadburdenfreightheap uponĕrāreimpōnĕrecongĕrĕrecŭmŭlāreto draw [water]haurire

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to load, burden, freight, heap up; onĕrāre, impōnĕre, congĕrĕre, cŭmŭlāre Ðe he on foldan on his gǽste gehlód which he on earth loaded on his soul, Exon. 23 a; Th. 64, 10; Cri. 1035. He sǽbát gehleód he loaded the sea-boat, Beo. Th. 1795, note; B. 895

Linked entries: ge-hleód ge-hlód

þurst

(n.)
Grammar
þurst, es; m.

Thirst

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Thirst (lit. and fig.) Ne biþ ðǽr hungor ne þurst, Blickl. Homl. 65, 19: Exon. 101, 20; Cri. 5661. Beóð ðé hungor and þurst hearde gewinnan, 118, 27; Gú. 246. Hungorse háta ne se hearde þurst, 238, 33; Ph. 613. Se háta þurst, 430, 6; Rä. 44, 3. Ne biþ

camp-dóm

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Mannes líf is campdóm ofer eorðan (militia est vita hominis super terram), for ðan þe ǽlc . . . bið on gewinne wið ðone deófol, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 26: i. 418, 9 : Hml. S. 23, 86. Campdómes militiae, An. Ox. 868: 750. Compdómes, Txts. 180, 18: Rtl. 8,

byden

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Bydin (-en) cupa, Txts. 52, 260. Byden doleus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 6 : doleum, 26, 24: i. 291, 6 : bunia, ii. 102, 35: 11, 42 : 126, 75: cuba, i. 34, 24. Wses sum oferwrigen byden (dolium) eles ǽmtig . . . ongan ꝥ wrigels þǽre bydene beón upp áhafen,

ellen

(v.)
Grammar
ellen, ellern (-aern), elle

elder-tree

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elder-tree. Ellaen, ellae, ellaern sambucus, Txts. 94, 893. Elle sambuca, 109, 1131. Ellen sambucus, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 67: actis vel sambucus, 69, 31. Elnes rind, Lch. ii. 230, 14. In tó gryddeles elrene, of gryddeles elrene in tó ðára smalan ác, C.

hlóse

(n.)
Grammar
hlóse, an; f.

A pigstyelewzflooze

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A pigstye, lewzf, looze (v. D. D.) Swína hlóse ceni, luti (the gloss seems to refer to the dirt of a pigstye ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 77. Fald weoxian, scipena behweorfan and hlósan eác swá, Angl. ix. 261, 19. hlós- occurs in a number of local names:

CNOLL

(n.)
Grammar
CNOLL, es; m.

A KNOLLhill-topcopsummitcacumenvertex

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A KNOLL, hill-top, cop, summit; cacumen, vertex On ðam teóðan mónþe æteówodon ðæra munta cnollas decimo mense apparuerunt cacumina montium Gen. 8, 5. Garganus hine gemétte standan uppon ðam cnolle ðære heálícan dúne Garganus found him standing on the

stǽr

(n.)
Grammar
stǽr, stér, steór, es; n.
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A history; historia Tó eallum ðe ðis ylce stǽr becyme úres cynnes tó rǽdanne omnes ad quos haec eadem historia pervenire poterit nostrae nationis legentes, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 33. Ðæt getæl ðæs hálgan stǽres and spelles ... Song hé eall ðæt stǽr Genesis

yrfe

(n.)
Grammar
yrfe, (cf. orf; or (?) irfe, q. v.), es; n.
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Cattle For án eówre yrfe sceal beón hér oves tantum vestrae et armenta remaneant, Ex. 10, 24. Gnættas wǽron gewordene on mannum and on yrfe ( in jumentis ), 8, 17. Eft hwyrfende wæs tó ðæm yrfe and tó ðæm ceápe and tó heora gesetum, Blickl. Homl. 199

Linked entry: erfe

bleoh

Grammar
bleoh, (bleóh?).

colourform

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Add: colour Ðæt bleoh ðæs iacintes . . . carbuncules blioh, Past. 411, 28, 32. Híwes, bleós coloris, An. Ox. 529. Ꝥ heó (Iris Illyrica) þone heofonlican bogan mid hyre bleoge efenlǽce, Lch. i. 284, 15. Hió scínð on twǽm bleóm suá suá twégea bleó godwebb

geofon

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Add: ocean, sea, flood Ic gewíte sécan gársecges grund; gifen bið gewréged, Rá. 3, 3. Gársecg, geofon geótende, An. 393. Geofon ( the Red Sea ), Exod. 447. On geofones staðe, 580. Ymb geofenes stæð gearwe stódon sǽmearas, El. 227. Ofer geofenes streám

glæs-fæt

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Add: a flask, bottle Bebeád Benedictus ꝥ hí út áwurpon ꝥ ilce glæsfæt ( ampulla vitrea) in þám wæs gesewen sum dǽl eles . . . þá ꝥ útáworpene glæsfæt (vas vitreum ) cóm in þá stánas, Gr. D. 159, 20-27. Gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt wel micel, gedó wínes

sang

Grammar
sang, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Þæt hé sceolde þone sang lǽran tó twelf mónþum; quatenus cursum canendi annuum edoceret, Bd. 4, 18; Sch. 437, 4. Add Mid sange gesettendlices rynes and sealteres cum decantatione canonici cursus et psalterii, Angl. xiii. 390, 362. add: the service

torr

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Add Benedictus gestaþolode hine sylfne in þám uferan dǽlum þæs torres (on sumes stýpeles úpflóra, v.l. in turris superioribus), and Seruandus gestaþelode hine in þám neoðeran dælum þæs ylcan torres (stýpeles, v.l. ), Gr. D. 170, 16-21. add Þeáh hine

gára

a gorea goreflaplappet

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Add: a gore of land [' When a field, the sides of which are straight, but not parallel, is divided into lands, the angular piece at the side is called a gore. ' Leicester Gloss. in N. E. D.] Of ðám .iii. æceran to ðám gáran; of ðám gáran tó ðám óðran

á-wuht

(n.; pronoun.)
Grammar
á-wuht, [ = á-wiht]

Aughtanythingat allby any meansaliquidomninoullo modo

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Aught, anything; at all, by any means; aliquid; omnino, ullo modo Ne meahte on ðære eorþan áwuht libban nor might aught live on the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 214; Met. 20, 107: 11, 18; Met. 11, 9: 18, 14; Met. 18, 7: Cd. 25; Th. 32, 1; Gen. 496

Linked entry: á-uht