wín-horn
A wine-horn ⬩ drinking-cup
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A wine-horn, drinking-cup Gyf ðú wínhorn habban wille, ðonne dó ðú mid ðínum swíðran scytefingre on ðíne wynstran hand swilce ðú tæppan teón wille, and rǽr up ðínne scytefinger be ðínum heófede, Techm. ii. 120, 11
Lang-beardas
The Lombards
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The Lombards Ða Gallie ðe mon nú hǽt Longbeardas, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 180, 25. Tó Longbeardna londe, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 9. Longbeardum, Exon. 85 a; Th. 320, 21; Víd. 32: 86 a; Th. 323, 18; Víd. 80
ge-maca
A mate, an equal, companion ⬩ par, socius ⬩ socius
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A mate, an equal, companion; par, socius Gemaca hic et hæc par, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 50. Of eallum nýtenum ealles flǽsces twegen gemacan of all beasts two of the same kind, male and female, Gen. 6, 19
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mid
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e. what he had before and the roofless land taken together make up the two hides, the portion granted, C.
ge-writ
Something written ⬩ writing ⬩ scripture ⬩ inscription ⬩ a writing ⬩ letter ⬩ treatise ⬩ writ ⬩ charter ⬩ book
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Ic hæfde ǽr on óðre wísan awriten ymbe mín yrfe and hæfde monegum mannum ða gewritu óðfæst I had previously written in another way about my inheritance and had entrusted the writings to many men, Chart. Th. 490, 29: 541, 22
DÓN
To DO, make, cause ⬩ agĕre, facĕre
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For náuht dón to consider as naught, Past. 38, 1; Hat. MS. 50 b, 19: Lev. 26, 15:Deut. 31, 16. Furðor dón to prefer, esteem, Past. 17, 7; Hat. MS. 23 b, 14. Gifta dón to keep nuptials, Somn. 186; Lchdm. iii. 208, 21.
CEÓ
A CHOUGH, a bird of the genus corvus, ajay, crow, jackdaw ⬩ cornix, gracculus, monedula
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A CHOUGH, a bird of the genus corvus, ajay, crow, jackdaw; cornix, gracculus, monedula Ðeós ceó hÆc cornix, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 64; Som. 13, 58. Ceó gracculus vel monedula, Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som. 63, 13; Wrt. Voc. 29, 36
plett
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A fold Óðre scíp ic hafo ða ðe ne sindun of ðisse pletta (from ðissum plette, Lind.) ... biþ ánn pletta (án plette, Lind.), Jn. Skt. Rush. 10, 16. In scípa plett ł locc in ouile ouium, Lind. 10, 1
Hungerie
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Hungary Seó þeód þe mon þá hét Basterne, and nú hié mon hǽt Hungerre (Hungerie, v. l. ), Ors. 4, 11; S. 206, 36. Þes folces þe be Hungrie fór fela þúsenda þǽr earmlíce forfóran, Chr. 1096; P. 232, 36
wundor
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For earnunge hálignesse wundra manega hǽla (monig wundur hálo, v.l.) gefremede wǽron ob meritum sanctitatis eius multa sanitation sint patrata miracula, Bd. 5, 15; Sch. 649, 12. Gelómlico wundor hǽla crebra sanitatum miracula, 4, 3 ; Sch. 365, 16.
tó-haccian
To hack to pieces, ⬩ cut to pieces
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To hack to pieces, cut to pieces Sume hig wǽron on feówer dǽias tóhaccode, eall swá lug ðæs Hǽlendes tunecan on feówer tódǽldon, Homl. Ass. 186, 166. To smale peces ich hym wolde to-hakke, R. Glouc. 141, 14
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a-rǽcan
to reach ⬩ get at ⬩ prehendere ⬩ attingere ⬩ to hold forth ⬩ reach out ⬩ hand ⬩ porrigere
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to reach, get at; prehendere, attingere Ðæt man arǽcan mihte that one could reach, Chr. 1014; Ing. 193, 19. to hold forth, reach out, hand; porrigere Arǽce me ða bóc porrige mihi librum, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 47
féðe-gest
A pedestrian guest ⬩ pĕdester advĕna
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Wæs gerýmed féðegestum flet the hall was cleared for the pedestrian guests, Beo. Th. 3956; B. 1976
un-hǽlþ
Bad health ⬩ sickness ⬩ weakness ⬩ infirmity
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Ne beþurfon lǽces ða ðe hále synd, ac ða ðe unhǽlþe habbaþ ( qui male habent ), Lk. Skt. 5, 31
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un-spéd
Want ⬩ indigence ⬩ penury
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Ðiós of unspoed (unspoedum, Rush.) hire alle ða ðe hæfde sende haec de paenuria sua omnia quae habuit misit, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 44. unspéd
á-hiltan
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To make to halt, to cripple a person's movement Þá on hyge þóhtan þæt hí áhyltan mé and mínne gang qui cogitaverunt supplantare gressus meos, Ps. Th. 139, 5. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ar-helzit, arlemit debilitatum.]
spora
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Dele hún-, hand-spor(a?) at end, and add Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum þerscan and mid heora spurum blódgian and heáwan; ac hwæðre þá hors wǽron mid þám spurum gebló;dgode . . . Gr. D. 14, 26-15, 4
greátian
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To GREATEN, to become great or large; grandescere, grossescere On ðæs siwenígean eágum beóþ ða æpplas hále, ac ða brǽwas greátigaþ in lippi oculis pupillæ sanæ sunt, sed palpebræ grossescunt, Past. 11, 4; Swt. 69, 2; Hatt. MS. 15 a, 18
þeór-ádl
Some disease
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Similar entries v. preceding word Wiþ þeórádle on eágum ðe mon gefigo hǽt, Lchdm. ii. 38, 5. Lǽcedómas wið þeórádlum ... Drenc wiþ þeórádle, 116, 1, 13: 118, 1, 18: 172, 30. Drencas and sealfa wiþ þeórádlum, 12, 1, 3
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aldor
life ⬩ the vital parts of the body ⬩ vita ⬩ age
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Ðæt him on aldre stód here-strǽl hearda so that the hard war-shaft stood in his vital parts, Beo. Th. 2873; B. 1434. age, in the expressions — On aldre ever, to aldre always. On aldre, Elen. Grm. 570: Beo.