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myrre

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Tó eallum uncystum þe on gómum beóð ácenned . . . myrre and pipor, Lch. i. 318, 14. Tó gehealdanne líchoman hǽlo mid Drihtnes gebede, þis is aeþele lǽcedóm. Genim myrran and gegníd on wín . . . Þonne is eft se æþelesta lǽcedóm tó þon ilcan. Genim myrran

slipig

(adj.)
Grammar
slipig, adj.

Slippy, slimy, viscid

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Slippy, slimy, viscid Mid slipigre and þiccere wǽtan Lchdm. ii. 280, 4. Ða þiccan and ða slipigan (slipinga, MS.) wǽtan on ðam magan and ðæt þicce slipige horh ðú scealt mid ðám lǽcedómum wyrman and þynnian 194, 29-22. Wǽtan þicce and slipegran 178,

Linked entry: slipa

heámol-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
heámol-scipe, es; m.

Parsimonymiserlinessniggardliness

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Parsimony, miserliness, niggardliness Forlǽtan wé . . . níðas and nearoþancas and heámolscipas, Nap. 36

cluf-wyrt

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

buttercupbatrachion = βατράχιον, ranunculus acris

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The herb buttercup; batrachion = βατράχιον, ranunculus acris, Lin Ðeós wyrt ðe man batrachion, and óðrum naman clufwyrt nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum landum and on feldum: heó biþ feáwum leáfum and þynnum this herb which is called batrachion and by

Linked entry: clof-wurt

scip-réðra

(n.)
Grammar
scip-réðra, an; m.
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A sailor Scypréðra nauita, Germ. 389, 39. Hé on scyp code, and myd hys scypréðrum hys segl up áhóf, and forþ seglode, St. And. 38, 32

geár-geriht

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Þæt wé eal gelǽstan on geárgerihtan þæt úre yldran hwílum ǽr Gode behétan; ðæt is sulhælmessan and Rómpenegas and cyricsceattas and leóhtgescota, Wlfst, 113, 9. Add

ge-dohtra

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dohtra, pl. (dual ?) [Two]
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daughters Heora (Jupiter and Juno) gedohtra wǽron Minerua and Uenus (cf. heora twá dohtra wǽron Minerua and Uenus, Wlfst. 106, 15), Sal. K. p. 121, 33

hlíwan

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Hlýwan fouere An. Ox. 252. Uton hlýwan ofcalene and wǽfan nacode and syllan mete þám gehingredum, Wlfst. 119, 6. Take here hleówan in Dict., and add

Linked entries: hleówan hlýwan

leáh

Grammar
leáh, lye.
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Leág, lǽg lexiva Txts. 74, 591. Lǽcedónias wiþ miclum heáfodece . . . and sealf tó þon ilcan, and leáh and eágsealfa, Lch. ii. 172, 28 : 302, 23. Add

ge-wæterian

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

To waterirrigateadăquāreirrĭgāre

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To water, irrigate; adăquāre, irrĭgāre Ðæt mǽge and cunne óðerra monna inngeþonc giendgeótan and gewæterian [gewætrian, MS. Cot.] that he may be able and know how to irrigate and water the minds of others, Past. 18, 5; Swt. 137, 10; Hat. MS. 27 a, 14

Linked entry: wæterian

æht

(n.)
Grammar
æht, e; f.

Valuationestimationdeliberationcouncilæstimatiodeliberatioconsilium

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Valuation, estimation, deliberation, council; æstimatio, deliberatio, consilium Fira bearn æht besittaþ the sons of men sit in council, Andr. Kmbl. 820; An. 410. Biscopas and bóceras and ealdormen æht besǽton bishops and scribes and princes sat in council

middæg-sang

(n.)
Grammar
middæg-sang, es; m.

The midday service

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The midday service Úhtsang and prímsang, undernsang and middægsang, nónsang and ǽfensang, and nihtsang, L. Ælfc, C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 7. De officio sextae horae. Middægsang. On midne dæg wé sculon God herian, Btwk. 216, 13: R. Ben. 39, 19: 40, 7

un-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tíme, adj.

Unhappyunfortunateill-timed

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Unhappy, unfortunate, ill-timed Se dysiga dranc bútan bletsunge and eode him út. Man slǽtte ðá ǽnne fearr, and se fear arn him tógeánes, and hine ðýde ðæt hé his feorh forlét, and gebohte swá ðone untíman drenc, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 74

Linked entry: tíme

frécnian

(v.)
Grammar
frécnian, p. ode
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To endanger, imperil On his heortan unhǽlo cymð, and hé bið frǽcnoð, E.S. 39, 328. Moni wíf sweltað and scíp beóð frécnode and ciningas forwearðað, Lch. iii. 164, 1

manigteáw-ness

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Ðæt sunnan gér byð gesett on þrím hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum dagum and syx tídum þæs þe ásmeáde séo msenigtýwnes geþungenra wera, Angl. viii. 298, 5. Add

scip-toll

(n.)
Grammar
scip-toll, n. (not m.).
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Cómon hí tó sǽ and þǽr gemétton scip standan, and hí on ꝥ eódon, and mid him reówan. Þæs scypes hláford . . . gyrnde þæs scyptolles, Hml. S. 30, 167. Add

ofer-tæl

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-tæl, es; n.

An odd number

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An odd number Ðæra pipercorna sý ofertæl, ðæt ys ðý forman dæge án and þrittig, and ðý óðrum dæge seofontýne, and dý þriddan dæge þreótýne, Lchdm. i. 288, 8

scrofell

(n.)
Grammar
scrofell, es; n. (?)
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Scrofula Cyrneles and scrofelles and ǽghwylces yfles, Lchdm. iii. 62, 22

unriht-hǽmend

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽmend, es; m.

An adulterer

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An adulterer Þeófum and mánswarum and unrihthǽmendum, Blickl. Homl. 63, 13

Linked entries: hǽmend unriht-hǽmdere

ge-cípan

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Take here ge-cépan and ge-cýpan in Dict., and add:

Linked entries: ge-ceápian ge-cýpan