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lytes-ná

(adv.)
Grammar
lytes-ná, lytes-ne, lytest-ne; adv.

Almostnearly

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Almost, nearly, within a little Lytesná concedam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 49. Lytisná, 14, 65: Ep. Gl. 7 d, 31.

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mageþe

(n.)
Grammar
mageþe, an; f.

maythechamomileox-eye

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A plant-name, maythe, chamomile, ox-eye Mageþe beneolentem [camemelon], Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 27: obtalmon, 68, 50. Magoþe optalmon, ii. 65, 52. Ðás wyrte ðe man camemelon, and óðrum naman mageþe nemneþ, Herb. 24; Lchdm. i. 120, 14.

Linked entries: mægeþe mægþa

scrætte

(n.)
Grammar
scrætte, an; f.
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Angl. 325; and in this sense Halliwell gives scrat as a word in dialects of the North. Scritta is the form glossing hermaphroditus in Ælfric's Glossary, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 28. Corresponding forms but with different meanings are found in O. H.

Linked entry: scritta

sucga

(n.)
Grammar
sucga, an; m.
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Voc. ii. 35, 53. Sugga, i. 62, 43. sucgan gráf, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 27

Linked entry: sugga

á-cwician

(v.)
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D. 90, 7. to come to life Ealle deáde menn mannes bearnes stefne gehýrað, and ealle ácuciað, Hml. S. 23, 385. On niht forþférde, ac on dagunge eft ácwicode, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 13. trans. To make lively; vivificare, Ps. Th. 118, 159

be-hindan

(prep.; adv.)
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Add: prep. dat. Behindan him sylfum tǽlan, Bl. H. 65, l. þǽr wunode behindan óþrum mannum, Gr. D. 278, 21. Ðeáh sín behindan ðǽm ðe lǽssan hádes bióð, Past. 411, 23. with acc. Ðeáh God behindan hine, Past. 373, I.

bil

Grammar
bil, bill.

a falchiona bill

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Dele Dut. and Ger. cognates, and add: [a falchion, v. Dict.] a bill, an implement for cutting (wood, stone, weeds) Síðe vel bill falcastrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 16: 34, 16.

betera

(adj.)
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Add conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, ond hine bettran (betran, v. l.) ne déð. Past. 113, 23. Ic me bættran hám ne wéne, Sat. 49.

cwalu

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his sunu ásende cwale for ús, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 32. Dón cwale to put to death, Hml. S. 21, 372. v. morþor-, súsl-cwalu. Add

eargian

(v.)
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His geféran eargodon bútan eahta hund mannum þe him mid fuhton, 25, 654. Ne déð náht, eargie oðþon hine forsceamige riht sprecanne, Ll. Th. ii. 326, 21. Eargian for woruldege, 310, 20.

Eáster-tíd

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Add: v. Eáster, Wæs seó tíd þám folce geset Eástertíde . . . is his ðrowung and his ǽrist úre Eástertíd, Hml. Th. i. 312, 8, 19. Hyt wæs gehende heora ( the Jews ) Eástertíde, Hml. A. 67, 60. v.

egl

(n.)
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Add: <b>egle,</b> an; f. an ail, awn, beard of barley Egle, eglae, egilae glis, Txts. 67, 973. Glis fonfyr (furfur? ) oððe egle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 71. Egle aresta, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 21. Egle (-a, MS.) arista, 38, 48.

for-beornan

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Ealle ðá clifu forburnan ascan, Ors. 5, 4; S. 226, 5. His weorc sceal on ðám fýre forbyrnan. Hml. Th. ii. 590, ii.

fóster-fæder

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Add: of human beings, lit.: Fósterfæder altor, i. nutritor (Alexander, who brought up Athanasius), An. Ox. 2841: Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 62: 92, 28. Fóstorfæder, 100, 7. Jóseph, Crístes fósterfæder, Hml. Th. i. 30, 6: 42, 4. Fóstorfæder, 148, 34.

fót-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fót-swæþ, -swaþu.
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of the track (lit. or fig.) of living creatures. Grammar fót-swæþ, neut. or uncertain Ne bið nǽnig wonung on þǽm sande ðǽra Drihtnes fótswaða, Mart. H. 74, 21. ástrehte hine Ióhannes fótswaðum, Hml. Th. i. 68, 14.

ge-gifan

(v.)
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D. 16, 1. to give as a present Hig noldon him ágyfan nán þingc þæs þe se cyng heom gegyfen (geunnen, v. l. ) hæfde, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 19. hæfð gegyfen þǽ gegyldhealle, Cht. Th 605, 6.

Linked entry: gifan

ge-ríp

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Add: harvest, gathering of grain. Sic. Fela landa wuniað gyt on hǽðenscipe and úres Hǽlendes geríp mænigfeald is on mancynne, Hml. S. 29, 128.

ge-frætewian

(v.)
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Add: to equip, dress, attire úrne líchoman gefrætwiað. Bl. H. 99, 7. Gefratwode conficit, Germ. 401, 122. On swylcum heówe swá hié ǽr hié sylfe gefrætwodan. Bl. H. 95, 19. On his lífes þeáwum wæs swíþe gefrætewod, Hml. S. 23 b, 20.

ge-týn

(v.)
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Take here ge-týan and ge-týdan in Dict., and add: p. -týde, -tydde; pp. -týd, -tydd þǽm ús getýde eádmódnysse wege ut nos ad viam humilitatis instrueret, Gr. D. 59, 30. Ðeáh hine ðá brocu getýn and gelǽren, Past. 35, 12.

heáf

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Wearð micel morcnung and ormǽte wóp, swá se heáf swégde geond ealle þá ceastre . . . þá cwæð : 'Sege for hwilcum intingum þeós ceaster wunige on swá micclum heáfe and wópe,' Ap. Th. 6, 8-20: Exod. 35.