ge-rǽdan
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God him (Decius) ðis geþanc on móde ásende . . . and Decius lét him tó rǽde hé þá gerǽdde ( what God Had suggested to him), Hml.
wæl
the slain ⬩ the dead ⬩ a number of slain, ⬩ a single corpse ⬩ a slain person ⬩ slaughter ⬩ carnage ⬩ destruction
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Hit næs ná gesǽd hwæt Pirruses folces gefeallen wǽre, for ðon hit næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe wieldre wæs (mos est, ex ea parte quae vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum) Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 21.
faðu
A father's sister, paternal aunt ⬩ ămĭta
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Mín faðu ămĭta mea; mínra faða móder ămĭta mea magna; mínre faðan yldre móder proamĭta mea; mínre [MS. mínra] faðan þriððe móder abămĭta mea, Ælfc. Gl. 92, 93; Som. 75, 60-64; Wrt. Voc. 52, 17-20.
betwyx-aworpennyss
An interjection ⬩ interjectio
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Se dǽl líþ betwux óðrum wordum, and geswutelaþ ðæs módes styrunge. Heu geswutelaþ módes sárnesse an interjection is a throwing between. This part of speech lieth between other words, and denotes a stirring of the mind.
Linked entries: betwux-alegednes betwux-aworpennys
ge-wýscendlíc
Optative
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Optative Gewíscendlíc gemet modus optativus, Ælfc. Gr. 21; Som. 23, 28. Gewíscendlíce optativa, 38; Som. 40, 25
Linked entry: -wýscendlíc
feónd-mann
An enemy
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fyónd monn) ðis dyde inimicus homo hoc fecit, Mt. L. 13, 28
seonu
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Gif mon ða. greátan sinwe (synewe, MS. B.) forsleá, L. Alf. pol. 75; Th. i. 100, 3. Gif ða smalan sinwe (synewan, MS. B.) mon forsleá, 76; Th. i. 100, 8. Nellaþ folc etan sine ( nervum ), Gen. 32, 32. Seonuwa [beóþ] fortogene.
Linked entry: sinu
car-ful
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Hé ongǽn his fiónd férde mid carfullum móde, H. R. 3, 12. careful, attentive to the interests of, solicitous for Hú abbod careful (sollicitus) beón sceal ymbe ðá dǽdbétendan, R. Ben. 50, 16.
folgoþ
service ⬩ office ⬩ authority
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Ðá ðe . . . him mon swelcne folgað beódeð and hié him wiðsacað qui culmen regiminum si vocati suscipere renuunt, 41, 20.
oxa
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Mon selle him tó ðém londe .iiii. oxan, .ii. cý, and .L. scépa, and ǽnne horn, i. 310, 13: 27. Ic ( the ploughman) gá út on dægræd þýwende oxan tó felda . . . geiukodan oxan . . . ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer . . .
cluster
A CLUSTER, bunch ⬩ botrus = βότρυς, f: — Cluster ðæt bitereste botrus amarissima,
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Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 193 b, 32
el-hygd
Strange thought, distraction ⬩ perturbātio
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Strange thought, distraction; perturbātio Módes elhygd distraction of the mind, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 258, 18
Linked entry: hygd
fæiger
Fair, beautiful ⬩ pulcher
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Fair, beautiful; pulcher Fæigrestan heowes of the most beautiful colour, Bd. 3, 14; Whelc. 199. 34, MS. Cantab
for-spenning
An enticement ⬩ allurement ⬩ illĕcebra ⬩ lēnōcĭnium
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An enticement, allurement; illĕcebra, lēnōcĭnium Forspenningce illĕcebras, Mone B. 4614. Mid forspennincge lēnōcĭnio, 3098. Forspenningce lēnōcĭnia, 6013: 6274
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ealdor-leg
Life-law, fate, death ⬩ fātum, mors
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Life-law, fate, death;fātum, mors Æfter ealdorlege after death, Exon. 51 a; Th. 177, 29; Gú. 1234
Linked entry: aldor-leg
blæc-berie
A BLACKBERRY, mulberry ⬩ vaccinium, morus
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A BLACKBERRY, mulberry; vaccinium, morus Blace berian mori, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 30; Wrt. Voc. 33, 29
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un-rípe
Unripe ⬩ immature
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Unripe, immature Unrípe deáð immatura mors, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 20. Ða unrípan immatura, Hpt. Gl. 518, 22
cancettan
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Add: , to chatter, mock, deride Cancet (printed -er) clamet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 14. Cancettende gannature, 40, 51
earfoþ-sǽlig
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After moldan add: þæt hine se árgifa ealles bescyrge módes cræfta. Cf. heard-sǽlig
collon-cróh
A water-lily ⬩ nymphæa
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Voc. 68, 20; Mone A. 461 Colloncróg nymphæa Cot. 140