dweorge-dwosle
The herb pennyroyal ⬩ mentha pulēgium
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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man pollēgium [ = pulēgium], and óðrunt naman dweorge-dwosle nemneþ this herb, which is called pulēgium, and by another name pennyroyal [dwarf dwosle], Herb. 94, 1; Lchdnt. i. 204, 6, 7: 156, 2; Lchdm. i. 282, 23: iii. 6, 19.
Linked entries: dworge-dwostle dwyrge-dwysle
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess (see Thrupp's Anglo-Saxon Home, c. xvi, sec. 7); and in O. H. Ger. scah-zabel = scacarium.
Linked entry: tebl
slíf
A sleeve
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Æghwelcere wunde beforan feaxe and beforan sliéfan (sléfan, MS. B.: slýfan, MS. H.) and beneoðan cneowe sio bót bið twýsceatte máre (cf. 45; Th. i. 92, 20 for this double compensation when a wound was not concealed by the hair) L.
ed-wille
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Eduualles Carybdis, An. Ox. 53, 11. Ýþ, ædwella flustra, i. unda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 67
wang
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Benedictus slóh ðone munuc under ðæt wencge mid anre handa, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 10. T him ða wongan briceþ, Salm. Kmbl. 192 ; Sal. 95. Ic ða wangas mid teárum ofergeát, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 556
for-speca
One who speaks for another ⬩ a defender ⬩ advocate ⬩ advŏcātus ⬩ patrōnus
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Slaga sceal his forspecan on hand syllan, and se forspeca mágum the slayer shall give pledge to his advocate, and the advocate to the kinsmen, L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 14, 15, 16. Ðe hire forsprecan [-specan MS. B.] synd who are her advocates, L.
Linked entry: for-spreca
gearwe
YARROW ⬩ millefŏlium ⬩ achillæa millefŏlium
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YARROW; millefŏlium, achillæa millefŏlium, Lin Ðas wyrte man millefŏlium and on úre geþeóde gearwe nemneþ this plant is named millefŏlium and in our language yarrow, Herb. 90, 1; Lchdm. i. 194, 6 : Wrt. Voc. 79, 23.
ǽrend-raca
A messenger ⬩ ambassador ⬩ an apostle ⬩ angel ⬩ nuntius ⬩ apostolus ⬩ angelus
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Ǽrendraca an apostle. Wrt. Voc. 42, 1. Ǽrendraca unnytnesse a tale-bearer, Cot. 139. Gesibbe ǽrendracan messengers of peace; caduceatores vel pacifici, Wrt. Voc. 36, 6
Linked entries: ǽrend-wreca -raca
C
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As a medial and final letter c corresponds to the Gothic and Icelandic k, — thus A. Sax. æcer a field, Goth. akrs, Icel. akr; A.
wǽdl
- P. B. viii. 535
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ penury ⬩ unproductiveness ⬩ barrenness
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Ðǽr is wyrma slite and ealra wǽdla gripe, Wulfst. 114, 24. weak forms Gé þeówiaþ eówrum feóndum and Drihten ásent hungor on eów and þurst and næcede and ǽlce wǽdlan servies inimico tuo, quem immittet tibi Dominus, in fame et siti et nuditate et omni
Linked entry: wéðel
cýpa
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Grammar cýpa, <b>cýpe,</b> an; f. Substitute: A basket Cýpan corbes, An. Ox. 18, 3. Þǽr tó láfe wǽron XII cýpan fulle, 3657 note: Lk. 9, 17 (in Dict.)
land-leód
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Hé betealde hine wið Eádward cyng his hláford and wið ealle landleódan he cleared himself to his lord king Edward and to all the people, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 20
Linked entry: leód
tungol
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Th. 132, 8; Gen. 2190. a heavenly body other than sun or moon, a star Seó sunne and se móna and ealle tunglan (tungla, MS. R.), Lchdm. iii. 246, 23. Gewíteþ sunne and móna and eal tungla leóht áspringeþ, Blickl. Homl. 91, 23.
for-wyrhta
One who does anything for another ⬩ an agent ⬩ vicegerent ⬩ instĭtor ⬩ procūrātor
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One who does anything for another, an agent, vicegerent; instĭtor, procūrātor Ðe nǽnne forwyrhtan næfde who had no agent, L. Ath. v. 2; Th. i. 230, 20.
ǽ-swíca
An offender of the law ⬩ a deceiver ⬩ hypocrite ⬩ apostate ⬩ hypocrita ⬩ apostata
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An offender of the law, a deceiver, hypocrite, apostate; hypocrita, apostata
Linked entry: é-swíca
bóc-cest
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Apollonius his bócciste untýnde and ásmeáde þone rǽdels æfter údwitena wísdóme, Ap. Th. 5, 24. Bóccysta armaria, An. Ox. 27, 19. of books for sale Bóccest taberna (libraria ), Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 7
a-holede
An engraved or embossed work ⬩ opus lacunatum
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An engraved or embossed work; opus lacunatum.Cot. 7;
Linked entry: a-holan
FLOTA
a ship ⬩ vessel ⬩ fleet ⬩ nāvis ⬩ classis ⬩ a sailor ⬩ pirate ⬩ nauta ⬩ pīrāta
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Lǽt nú geferian flotan úserne to lande let our ship now go to land, Andr. Kmbl. 794; An. 397: Beo. Th. 594; B. 294. a sailor, pirate; nauta, pīrāta Flota mōdgade the sailor proudly moved, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 32; Exod. 331.
FLEÓT
a place where vessels float ⬩ a bay ⬩ gulf ⬩ an arm of the sea ⬩ estuary ⬩ the mouth of a river ⬩ a river ⬩ stream ⬩ sĭnus ⬩ æstuārium ⬩ rīvus ⬩ a raft ⬩ ship ⬩ vessel ⬩ rătis ⬩ nāvis
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a place where vessels float, a bay, gulf, an arm of the sea, estuary, the mouth of a river, a river, stream; hence the names of places, as Northfleet, Soulhfleet, Kent; and in London, Fleetditch; sĭnus, æstuārium, rīvus Se Abbod Petrus wæs besenced on
Linked entries: mylen-fleót fleóte fliét fleóte
wiþo-bán
collar-bone
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Hwílum ofer ealle ða sídan biþ ðæt sár, hwílum becymð on ða weoþobán, and eft ymb lytel ða gesculdru ðæt sár grét, 258, 5