stæflíc
literal ⬩ literate ⬩ pertaining to letters
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literal Wé understandaþ ðæt gástlíce andgit ðæra bóca, and hí rǽdaþ ða stæflícan gereccednesse, Homl. Th. ii. 114, 35. Hí nellaþ understandan bútan ðæt steaflíce (stæf-, MSS. C. D.) andgit the literal meaning, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 73. literate Stæflecum
stǽger
Steep
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Steep
á-sécendlic
To be sought out
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To be sought out Ásécendlice exquisita, Ps. L. 110, 2
Linked entry: -sécendlic
átes-hwon
At all ⬩ ullatenus
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At all; ullatenusH. Z. 31, 19
Athénisc
Athenian
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Athenian Tó Atheniscre byrig, Hml. S. 3, II. Tó þǽre Athéniscan byrig, 29, 78
atollíce
Horribly
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Horribly Hé wæs atelíce hreóflig, Hml. Th. i. 122, 17. Atelícor, 23. Hwæt is atelícor geðúht on menniscum gecynde þonne is ðæs hreóflian líc?, 336, 31
atol
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Atol atrox, An. Ox. 7, 291. Atole deformem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 17: cenidos ( = cinaedos ), 96, 60. Add
á-worpenlíce
Vilely ⬩ viliter
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Vilely; viliter, An. Ox. 2736
bær-lic
Open ⬩ public
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Open, public Bærlic publicam, Lk. p. 3, 8
beald-wyrde
Bold in speech ⬩ saucy
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Bold in speech, saucy Se biscop him andwyrde: 'Ðú earming, . . .' Se cwellere mid gebolgenum móde cwaeð: 'Gif ðes bealdwyrda (this saticy priest) biscop ácweald ne bið, siððan ne bið úre ege ondrǽdendlic,' Hml. Th. i. 420, 2
Linked entry: -wyrde
bearn-eaca
Big with child ⬩ pregnant
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Big with child, pregnant Maria wæs þágyt bearneáca, Hml. Th. i. 30, 9. Ðonne mon sníð ðá bearneácan (praegnantes), wíf Past. 366, 14
bebbisc
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Se hǽlend nazarenisca ł (in the margin ðe bebbisca .i. all suá monn cuoeðas) Iesus Nazarenus, Lk. L. 18, 37
wén-líc
fair ⬩ handsome ⬩ comely ⬩ conveniens
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fair, handsome, comely Stranglíc on wæstme and wénlíc on nebbe Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41. Heó wæs swíðe wlitig and wénlíces híwes erat eleganti aspectu nimis Homl. Ass. 108, 205. the word glosses conveniens in the following passages Ne wæs woenlíc (þæslíc
Linked entry: wénþ
weolcen-reád
Scarlet ⬩ purple
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Scarlet, purple Se wolcnreáda wǽfels the scarlet robe Homl. Th. ii. 254, 4. Hí scrýddon hyne mid weolcenreádum scyccelse Mt. Kmbl. 27, 28. Wolcnreádum Homl. Th. ii. 252, 25. Gif eówere synna wǽron wolcnreáde si fuerint peccata vestra ut coccinum, 322
Linked entries: wolcen-reád weolc weoloc-reád
weoloc-reád
Of the red colour that is got from the weoloc, scarlet, purple
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Of the red colour that is got from the weoloc, scarlet, purple Wiolocreád, wilocreád coccum bis tinctum, Txts. 51, 496. Weolocreád Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 43: cocco, 77, 20. Weolcreád coccum, 14, 57: coccum rubicundum bis tinctum i. 34, 10. Weol[c]rǽd coccinea
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-weorc
symbel
Of a feast ⬩ festival
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Of a feast or festival Simbel onsáh dæg sollempnis urgebat dies, Hymn. Surt. 96, 1. Gesettaþ dæg symbelne constituite diem sollemnem, Ps. Lamb. 117, 27. Dæg symbelne hý dóþ ðé diem festum agent tibi, Ps. Spl. 75, 10. Ealle dagas simle omnes dies festos
symbel-gál
Wanton with feasting
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Wanton with feasting Se ðe him wínes glæd wilna brúceþ, siteþ him symbelgál, Exon. Th. 449, 30; Dóm. 79
symbel-wlanc
Elate with feasting
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Elate with feasting Siteþ symbelwlonc, lǽteþ wíne gewǽged word út faran, Exon. Th. 315, 32; Mód. 40
symbel-líc
solemn
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Of a feast or festival, solemn Dæge symellícum die sollempni, Anglia xiii. 390, 354. Gebedu symellíce orationes sollempnes, 417, 750. Daegas symbellíce dies festos, Ps. Surt. 73, 8