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for-sewennes

(n.)
Grammar
for-sewennes, fore-seuwenes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A looking down uponcontemptcontemptusdespectio

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Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 17

fóstraþ

(n.)
Grammar
fóstraþ, es; m.

Foodvictualsescacĭbus

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Fóstraþas epimēnia = ἐπιμήνια provisions for a month, a month's rations, Som. Ben. Lye

hwæl-hunta

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl-hunta, an; m.

whale-fisherwhaler

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Gl. 101; Som. 77, 55; Wrt. Voc. 55, 59. Ðá wæshé swá feor norð swá ða hwælhuntan firrest faraþ was as far north as the whalers ever go, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 12

Linked entry: hunta

læpeldre

(n.)

a dishplatter

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Gl. 26; Som. 60, 89; Wrt. Voc. 25, 29. Se ðe bedypþ on disce mid mé his hláf on læpeldre qui intingit mecum manum in parapside [Mt. 26, 23], Homl. Th. ii. 244, 4

lǽste

(n.)
Grammar
lǽste, es; m [?].
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Gl. 29; Som. 61, 25; Wrt. Voc. 26, 24. Lǽste vordalium [?], Wrt. Voc. 287, 37

leóht-berend

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-berend, es; m.

Lucifer

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Gr. 8; Som. 7, 19. Ðá wæs ðæs teóþan werodes ealdor swíðe fæger and wlitig gesceapen swá ðæt hé wæs geháten Leóhtberend, Homl. Th. i. 10, 22. Se hátte Lucifer, ðæt ys Leóhtberend, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 35

lustbǽr-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lustbǽr-líce, adv.

pleasureeagernesspleasantly

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With delight, pleasure, eagerness, pleasantly Ða leóþ ðe ic geó lustbǽrlíce song carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 7.

mealwe

(n.)
Grammar
mealwe, an; f.

Mallow

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Gl. 42; Som. 64, 31; Wrt. Voc. 31, 41. Mealewe, 67, 56. Wildre mealwan seáw, L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 14. Hé hláf þicge and mealwan, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6: 33; Lchdm. ii. 238, 14

óþ-flítan

(v.)
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to get from another by litigation Ðá ongon Higa him specan sóna on, and wolde him óþflítan ðæt lond then Higa at once began the case against him, and wanted to get the land from him by the litigation. Chart. Th. 169, 23

betwux-alegednes

(n.)
Grammar
betwux-alegednes, -nyss, e; f. [betwux between; aleged, alegd laid]

an interposition, interjectioninterjectio

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Gr. 48; Som. 48, 61

Linked entry: betwyx-aworpennyss

sylian

(v.)
Grammar
sylian, p. ede
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To sully, soil, pollute, defile Hé on unscyldgum eorla blóde his sweord selede (cf. besyled, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58. 18), Met. 9, 60. Sió sugu hí wille sylian on hire sole æfter ðæm ðe hió áðwægen biþ, Past. 54; Swt. 419, 27

Linked entries: selian sulian be-sylian

ge-hlencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlencan, pp. ed
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Gif men sió heáfodpanne beó gehlenced, álege þone man úpweard, dríf . ii. stacan æt þám eaxlum, lege þonne bred þweóres ofer þá fét, sleah bonne þriwa on mid slegebytle; hió gǽþ on riht sóna, Lch. ii. 342, 4 : 302, 29

hás

(adj.)
Grammar
hás, adj.

Hoarse

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Gr. 30; Som. 34, 38. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan ðe nú hás ys habeo quendam puerum qui modo raucus est, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29. Mé syndan góman háse raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ, Ps. Th. 68, 3

ge-þióstrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þióstrian, p. ode; pp. od

To obscure;obscūrāre

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Sunna biþ geþióstrod sol contenebrabitur, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 24

-elfen

(suffix)
Grammar
-elfen, e; f. [ælf an elf, en a feminine termination]

A fairy, nymphnympha: used only as a termination

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Gl. 112, 113; Som. 79, 108-112; Wrt. Voc. 60, 15-19

fore-speca

(n.)
Grammar
fore-speca, an; m. [ = for, speca a speaker]

One who speaks for anothera sponsoran advocatea patronprolŏcūtoradvŏcātus

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Gl. 48; Som. 65, 67; Wrt. Voc. 34, 2: Th. Diplm. A.D. 997; 539, 33; 540, 15

fynig

(adj.)
Grammar
fynig, fini; adj.

Mouldymustydampmūcĭdusuligĭnōsus

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Gl. 106; Som. 78, 48; Wrt. Voc. 57, 29

hring-íren

(n.)
Grammar
hring-íren, es; n.
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The iron rings of a coat of mail Gúþbyrne scán heard hand-locen hringíren scír song in searwum the corslet shone, hard, hand-wrought, the bright iron rings rang in their armour, Beo. Th. 650; B. 222

Linked entry: íren

hryte

(adj.)
Grammar
hryte, or hrýte; adj.

Balidinus'balidinusbalius

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Gl. 79; Som. 72, 94; Wrt. Voc. 46, 41. The word occurs in a list of names of colours, but the meaning is uncertain. Ducange has 'balidinus forte legendum badius vel balius nostris bay, bayard.'

ge-wefan

(v.)

to weavetexere

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Gl. 63; Som. 68, 100, 101; Wrt. Voc. 40, 11, 12.