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CYFES

(n.)
Grammar
CYFES, cyfys, cifes, ciefes,e; f: cyfese, an; f.

A concubine, handmaid ⬩ concubina, pellex, ancilla

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Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 1. Constantius gesealde his suna ðæt ríce, Constantinuse, ðone he hæfde be Elenan his ciefese Constantius gave the empire to Constantine, his son, whom he had by Helena his concubine [wife, v. notes to Ors.

Linked entries: cyfys ceafes cefes ciefes cifes

sicetung

(n.)
Grammar
sicetung, sicettung, siccetung, siccettung, e; f.
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Hé angsumlíce siccetunga teáh swá ðæt hé ear*-*foþlíce orðian mihte he drew his breath painfully and heavily, so that he could hardly breathe, Homl. Th. i. 86, 8.

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, consider ⬩ recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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Gr. 41; Som. 44, 2. Ic gemuna meditabor, Ps. Spl. 62, 7. Seó leó gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana the lioness remembers the wild manner of her parents, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12.

Linked entries: ge-mýste ge-mon ge-monan ge-mynan

æ-wyrdla

(n.)
Grammar
æ-wyrdla, -werdla, an; m.

Damage ⬩ detriment ⬩ injury ⬩ detrimentum

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Damage, detriment, injury; detrimentum He sóna mycle wonunge and æwyrdlan wæs wyrcende ðære mærwan cyrican weaxnesse magno tenellis ibi adhuc ecclesiæ crementis detrimento fuit, Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 37: 1, 3; S. 475, 21; Herb. 141; Lchdm, i. 262, 11

Linked entries: æ-werdla a-wyrdla

a-rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽcan, p. -rǽhte, -rǽcte; pp. -rǽht.

to reach ⬩ get at ⬩ prehendere ⬩ attingere ⬩ to hold forth ⬩ reach out ⬩ hand ⬩ porrigere

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Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 47

angnes

(n.)
Grammar
angnes, -ness, angnis, -niss, angnys, -nyss, e; f. [ange angustus, anxius; -nes]

Narrowness ⬩ anxiety ⬩ distress ⬩ sorrow ⬩ trouble ⬩ anguish ⬩ angustiæ ⬩ anxietas ⬩ tristitia ⬩ ærumna

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Narrowness, anxiety, distress, sorrow, trouble, anguish; angustiæ, anxietas, tristitia, ærumna Angnes módes anxietas animi, Somn. 354. On angnisse mín in ærumna mea, Ps. Spl. T. 31, 4.

Linked entry: ang-sumnes

CALU

(adj.)
Grammar
CALU, caluw; adj.
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Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 36: Exon. 111b; Th. 427, 31; Rä. 41, 99. Monig man weorþ fǽrlíce caluw many a man becomes bald suddenly, Prov. Kmbl. 42

Linked entry: caluw

fíc-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
fíc-æppel, -appel, es; m; pl. nom. acc. -æppla; n.

A fig-apple or fruit ⬩ a fig ⬩ fīcus ⬩ cārĭca

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Gl. 46; Som. 64, 125; Wrt. Voc. 32, 59. Ne Híg of þornum fícæppla ne gaderiaþ neque de spīnis collĭgunt fīcus, Lk. Bos. 6, 44: Mt. Bos. 7, 16

Linked entry: caric

fox

(n.)
Grammar
fox, es; m.

A FOX ⬩ vulpes

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Gl. 19; Som. 59, 27; Wrt. Voc. 22, 68. Secgaþ ðam foxe dĭcĭte vulpi illi, Lk. Bos. 13, 32. Foxas habbaþ holu vulpes fŏveas hăbent, 9, 58. Foxes dǽlas vulþis partes, Ps. Th. 62, 8

frum-wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
frum-wæstm, es; m: e; f. [wæstm fruit]

First-fruits ⬩ prīmĭtiæ

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Gr. 13; Som. 16, 17. Heora frumwæstme fulle syndon promptuāria eōrum plēna, Ps. Th. 143, 16. He ofslóh frumwæstmas [-wæstme, Th.] ealles geswinca heora percussit prīmĭtias omnis lăbōris eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 77, 51: 104, 36

gǽten

(adj.)
Grammar
gǽten, adj. [gát a goat]

Of or pertaining to goats ⬩ caprīnus

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Gl. 63; Som. 68, 117; Wrt. Voc. 40, 27

hrútan

(v.)
Grammar
hrútan, p. hreát, pl. hruton

to snore ⬩ stridere ⬩ stertere

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Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 64. Ne æt mé hrutende hrisil scríðeþ nor does the shuttle come whizzing at me, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 19; Rä. 36, 7

mægden-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mægden-líc, adj.

Maidenly ⬩ girlish ⬩ virgin ⬩ virginal

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Gr. 5; Som. 5, 23. Seó mǽdenlice clǽnnys virginalis castitas, Hymn. Surt. 118, 21. Mǽdenlícere virginalis, Hpt. Gl. 506, 38. Godes sunu þurh mǽdenlícne innoþ ácenned wearþ, Homl. Th. i. 458, 33

reádness

(n.)
Grammar
reádness, e; f.
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Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 28. Seó reádnes ðære rósan, Blickl. Homl. 7, 29. Seó reádnes ðæs swyles rubor tumoris, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 31. Reádnysse ostro, purpura, vermiculo, Hpt. Gl. 503, 49 : 522, 6

drugung

Grammar
drugung, l. drúgung, drúwung,
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Hit wæs ǽr þǽr singal drúwung, and sóna æfter þám cóm geþuhtsum rén, Shrn. 113, 20

flǽsc-ǽt

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The eating of flesh Flǽscǽt (carnium esus) þám untruman sý geðafod; sóna swá hý geedwyrpte beóð, þám flǽscǽte (a carnibus) forhæbben, R. Ben. 61, 1-3. Ealle fram flǽscǽte hí forhæbben carnium quadrupedum ab omnibus abstineatur commestio, 64, 6.

sǽdian

(v.)
Grammar
sǽdian, ode

To sow,

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To sow, provide seed for land Folgere gebyreþ ðæt hé on twelf mónþum .ii. æceras geearnige, óðerne gesáwene and óðerne unsáwene; sǽdige sylf ðæne he must provide the seed for the latter himself, L. R. S. 10; Th. i. 438, 5

Linked entries: séde sǽdere

heálede

(adj.)
Grammar
heálede, adj.

Ruptured, hydrocelous ⬩ ruptured ⬩ ponderosus, cui humor viscerum in virilia labitur

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Gl. 76; Som. 71, 126; Wrt. Voc. 45, 29. Heálede ydropicus, Wrt. Voc. 283, 62. Heálede ponderosus, Past. 11, 7; Swt. 73, 4, 9, 11: Herb. 78, 2; Lchdm. i. 182, 1: Lchdm. iii. 144, 26

brastlung

(n.)
Grammar
brastlung, e; f.

A BRUSTLING, rustling, creaking, breaking, crashing; ⬩ strepitus, crepitus, fractio

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Gr. 1; Som.2, 35: Greg. Dial. 1, 2

Linked entries: BRASTL bærstlung

CÓC

(n.)
Grammar
CÓC, es; m.

A COOK; ⬩ coquus

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Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 7; Wrt. Voc. 82, 50 Hwæt secgaþ we be cóce quid dicimus de coquo? Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 5. Hí cócas gehyrstan cooks roasted them Ps. Th. 101, 3

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