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felt-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
felt-wyrt, e; f.

The plant mulleinverbascum thapsus

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The plant mullein; verbascum thapsus, Lin Ðeós wyrt, ðe man verbascum, and óðrum naman feltwyrt nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum stówum and on myxenum this plant, which is named verbascum, and by another name mullein, is produced in sandy places and on

Linked entry: feld-wyrt

cráw-leác

(n.)
Grammar
cráw-leác, es; n. [cráwe a crow, leác a leek]

Crow-garlic allium vineale, Lin

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Crow-garlic; allium vineale, Lin Nim hermodactylos = ἑρμο-δάκτυλος[MS. datulus] ða wyrt ... ðæt is on úre geþeóda ðæt greáte [MS. greáta] cráwleác[MS. crauleac] take the wort attium vineale ... that is in our language the great crow-garlic Lchdm. i.

DYNT

(n.)
Grammar
DYNT, es; m.

a stroke, stripe, blow ictus, plaga, percussioA bruise, DINT, noise, crash contusio, impressio, sonus

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Lind. Rush. War. 18, 22. Ondrǽden him ðone dynt let them fear the stroke, Past. 45, 2; Hat.

hyll

(n.)
Grammar
hyll, es; m: e; f.

A hill

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Lind. 23, 30

un-rihtwísness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rihtwísness, e; f.

Unrighteousnessiniquityinjustice

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Unihtwísnesse (-rehtwísnesses, Lind.) túngeréfa vilicus iniquitatis, Lk. Skt. 16, 8, 9. Ðú ágiltst fædera unrihtwísnysse ( iniquitatem ) hira bearnum, Ex. 34, 7: 20, 5. Ða ðe unrihtwísnesse wyrceaþ qui faciunt iniquitatem, Mt. Ktnbl. 13, 41: Blickl.

Linked entry: rihtwís-ness

un-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gleáw, adj.

without understandingwithout skillnot sagaciousignorantblinddullnot apt for service

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Lind. 15, 14. Synt gé þus ungleáwe (inprudentes)? Ne ongyte gé ðæt...? are ye so without understanding? Do ye not perceive that...? Mk. Skt. 7, 18. Ungleáwe inertes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 32.

wánung

(n.)
Grammar
wánung, e ; f.
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Lind. 5, 38. Se áfunde his hláford licgan heáfodleásne and hé ðá mid wánunge wende út ongeán videns cadaver absque capite Holofernis exclamavit voce magna cum fletu, Anglia x. 101, 365. Mid hreówlícere wánunge, Homl. Th. i. 466, 33

hǽmed

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed, es; n.

A lying with, sexual intercourse, marriagecoitus

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Lind. Rush. 2, 1

Linked entry: dreám

hlosnian

(v.)
Grammar
hlosnian, p. ode

To listen, be silent in expectation of hearing, listen for the coming of a person, watch, await, be on the look out

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Lind. 19, 48. Hlosniend attonitus, Cot. 3, Lye

Linked entry: hlysnan

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, To judge by the former of the two passages given here the word in the latter of them should mean a place of concealment for the hunter where he lies in wait for the game which is driven towards him. Such driving of game is described by the hunter in Ælfric's Colloquy, Th. An. 21, 13-22, 18.
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte

rihte-bred

(n.)
Grammar
rihte-bred, es; n.

An instrument for measuring, a square

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An instrument for measuring, a square Rihte-bred norma, linca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 20 : 114, 83 : 54, 16

wamb

(n.)
Grammar
wamb, e; f.

a belly, stomacha womba hollow

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Lind. ventres )ða ðe ne ácendun, Lk. Skt. Rush. 23, 29. of inanimate things Ic wiht (bellows) geseah, womb wæs on hindan, Exon. Th. 419, 6;Rä. 38, 1. Hí (clouds ) feallan lǽtaþ seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wombe, 385, 21;Rä. 4, 48.

snytro

(n.)
Grammar
snytro, snyttro, snytero(u); indecl. in sing.; pl. is used with the same force as sing.; f.

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Lind. Rush. 6, 2. Hwǽr com heora snyttro what has become of their wisdom? Blickl. Homl. 99, 31. Wera snytero Cd. Th. 295, 25; Sat. 492. Se þurh snytro spéd smiðcræftega wæs 66, 14; Gen. 1084. Ic eom gewis ðínra mægena and snytro Lchdm. i. 326, 4.

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode: v. impers. with acc. of pers.
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Lind. 14, 13. Ðæt ús nú æfter swelcum longian mǽge swelce ðá wǽron that we should now long for such times as then were, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 27. Ðá ongan hine eft langian on his cýððe then he began to long again for his native land, Blickl.

lengu

(n.)
Grammar
lengu, indecl. f.

Length

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Lind. Rush. 6, 27. Lengu dæga longitudine dierum, Ps. Surt. 90, 16. Lengu, Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 25. Se ðe lífa gehwæs lengu wealdeþ he who determines the length of every life, Exon. 40 a; Th. 133, 2; Gú. 483.

Linked entries: leng lenge leng lengeo

ge-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hrínan, -rínan; he -hríneþ, -hrínþ; p. -hrán, pl. -hrinon; pp. -hrinen

To touchtake hold ofseizeaffecttangĕrecontingĕrerăpĕreaffectāre

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Lind. 14, 36

ge-scendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scendan, -scindan, -scyndan; p. de; pp. ed

To shame, put to shame, confound, corrupt

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Lind. 12, 33. Ðæt ðú híg gescindest that thou didst shame her, Gen. 20, 6. He us gescende and úre weorc he hath put us and our deeds to shame, Blickl. Homl. 243, 11. Hwá biþ gescended ðæt me forðæm ne scamige who is shamed and I am not ashamed?

tǽlness

(n.)
Grammar
tǽlness, e: f.

Reproach, slander, calumny, detraction

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Télnise ł sceoma calumniam, Lind. 3, 14. Tǽlnysse detractio, L. Ecg. C. proem.; Th. ii. 132, 7. Télnisse weorlde aerumnae saeculi, Mk. Skt. Rush. 4, 19. Ða ðe tǽlnessa teónan wið heora ðam néhstan níð áhófan detrahentem adversus proximum suum, Ps.

Linked entry: télnis

trimes

(n.)
Grammar
trimes, trimis, es; trimessa, an; m. : trimesf[s], e; trimes[s]e, an; f. : þrimes;
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Lind. 17, 27. Lidrine trimsas (trymsas) asses scorteas (corteas), Txts. 38, 31. Liþerene trymsas asses corteas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 18. in England, a coin of the value of three pence.

ymb-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sellan, p. -sealde
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Ymbsaldun (ym-, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 28. Hí mé útan ymbsealdan, Ps. Th. 87, 17. Úton ymbsele circumda Kent. Gl. 157. Ymbselle circumdet Rtl. 34, 7. Ymbsyllendum mé circumdantibus me Ps. Spl. 31, 9.