hold
A carcase, ⬩ body
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Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 3: L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 328, 5. Tódǽlon ðæs deádan hold him betwýnan cadaver mortui inter se dispertient, Ex. 21, 35
bær
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Hé tóbræc hire ceaflas mid his barum handum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 17. Add
a-feormian
To cleanse ⬩ clean thoroughly ⬩ purge ⬩ wash away ⬩ mundare ⬩ emundare ⬩ permundare ⬩ diluere
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Ic afeormige diluo, Ǽlfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 49. Hit afeormaþ of ealle ða nebcorn it will cleanse away all the face pimples. Herb. 22, 3; Lchdm, i. 118, 24
a-spendan
To spend entirely ⬩ consume ⬩ squander ⬩ to spend ⬩ expend ⬩ lay out ⬩ bestow ⬩ distribute ⬩ consumere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ expendere ⬩ sumptum facere ⬩ erogare ⬩ impertiri
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Ic aspende yfele distraho, Ælfc. Gr. 47 ; Som. 48, 52. Ic aspende [asende MS.] oððe gife impertior, 37; Som. 39, 13. Aspendan þearfum to spend on the poor; erogare pauperibus, R. Ben. interl. 58 : Scint. 1
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be-sceáwian
To look round upon ⬩ look on ⬩ consider ⬩ regard ⬩ watch ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ intueri ⬩ considerare ⬩ respicere ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ providere
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Ic onlócige, oððe ic besceáwige intueor, Ælfc. Gr. 27; Som. 29, 60. Besceáwiaþ æcyres lílian considerate lilia agri, Mt. Bos. 6, 28. Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád non respicis personam hominum, Mt. Bos. 22, 16.
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CWELAN
To die ⬩ mori
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L.] ǽlc eorþlíc líchama gyf he byþ ðære lyfte bedǽled as fishes die if they are out of water, so also every earthly body dies if it be deprived of the air, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl. science 17, 9-11; Lchdm. iii. 272, 25, and note 36
dolh-swæþ
A trace of a wound, a scar ⬩ cicatrīcis vestīgium, cĭcātrix
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-swað] cĭcātrix, Ælfc. Gl. 85; Som. 73, 115; Wrt. Voc. 49, 22. Forrotodon gewemmede and híg sync dolhswaðu [dolcswaþu MS: dolhswaðo, Spl.] míne putruērunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrīces meæ, Ps. Lamb. 37, 6. Dolhswaðu cĭcātrix, Wrt. Voc. 85, 50.
fnæd
A hem ⬩ edge ⬩ fringe ⬩ fimbria
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Fnado vel læppan fimbriæ [MS. timbria ], Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 68, 128; Wrt. Voc. 40, 33. On fnadum gyldenum in fimbriis aureis, Ps. Lamb. 44, 14
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for-bryttan
To break in pieces ⬩ smash ⬩ bruise ⬩ crush ⬩ confringtĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ conquassāre
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Ǽlc ðe fylþ ofer ðone stán, byþ forbryt omnis, qui cecĭdĕrit super illum lăpĭdem, conquassābĭtur. Lk. Bos. 20, 18
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for-gifenlíc
giving ⬩ dative ⬩ giving ⬩ dătīvus ⬩ forgiving ⬩ pardonable ⬩ bearable ⬩ remissus ⬩ tolerābĭlis
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Ðisum menn ic forgife hors huic hŏmĭni do ĕquum, Ælfc.
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fór-wel
Very well ⬩ very ⬩ valde
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Fórwel oft very often; multŏtiens, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 35
gál-scipe
Luxury ⬩ lustfulness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ wantonness ⬩ lewdness ⬩ luxŭria ⬩ lĭbīdo ⬩ lascīvia ⬩ petulantia ⬩ saty̆riăsis ⬩ σατυρίασιs
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Synwrénnys vel gálscipe saty̆riasis, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 49; Wrt. Voc. 19, 51
hrǽcan
hawk ⬩ spit
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To clear the throat, hawk, spit Ic hrǽce oððe ic spǽte screo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 17. Hrǽce hió him on ðæt nebb foran huic in faciem mulier expuat, Past. 5, 2; Swt. 43, 15.
ilfette
A swan
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Ylfete cignus, Ælfc. Gl, 36; Som. 62, 105; Wrt. Voc. 29, 3. Elfetu, Wrt. Voc. 62, 5. Ylfette olor vel cingnus, 77, 25. Ylfete song the song of the swan, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 6; Seef. 19.
lár-spell
A discourse ⬩ sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ treatise
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Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella I have composed quite forty homilies, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 45. Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror on óðrum lárspellum, 4, 15.
líc-þegnung
funeral ⬩ exeguies
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Lícþénunga exsequiæ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 17
nǽdl
A needle
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Voc. i. 85, 4 : Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 18. Hwanon seámere nǽdl unde sartori acus, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 33. Þurh nǽdle (nédle, Rush.) eáge per foramen acus, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 24 : Lk. Skt. 18, 25. Þurh nǽdle þyrel, Mk. Skt. 10, 25 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 1.
teón-rǽden
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Skt. ii. 25, 640: Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 18. Gif hé on gehwylcum teónrǽdennum ( injuriis) geþyld lufige . . . Gé eác earfeþa and teónrǽdena (injurias ) forberaþ, R. Ben. 27, 1, 21
þoterung
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Hé weóp swíðe biterlíce and hé feóll tó Ióhannes fótum mid geómerunge and þoterunge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 32. Hé symle clypode mid swíðlícere þoterunge: 'And wá ðissere burhware,' Homl. Th. ii. 302, 12
unfriþ-scip
a ship which is carrying on hostilities ⬩ a ship belonging to a hostile country
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a ship which is carrying on hostilities Ðam cynge com word ðæt unnfriðscipa lǽgen be westan and hergodon, Chr. 1046; Erl. 173, 5. a ship belonging to a hostile country Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe ðe binnan múðan cuman(-e?)