Dorce-ceaster
DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln ⬩ Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma
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Hér Wulstán arcebiscop onféng eft biscopríces, on Dorceceastre in this year [A. D. 954] archbishop Wulfstan again received a bishopric, at Dorchester, Chr. 954; Th. 215, 26, col. 1
be-tǽcan
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to shew; ostendere He eów betǽcþ mycele healle ipse ostendet vobis cænaculum magnum, Lk.
Linked entry: eft-betǽht
abrotanum
abrotonon ⬩ southernwood
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abrotonon southernwood, Herb. 135; Lchdm. i. 250, 16
fenol
the herb fennel ⬩ fēnĭcŭlum
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the herb fennel; fēnĭcŭlum, Wrt. Voc. 79, 8
rǽde
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Mounted Rǽdum here equitatu, Hpt. Gl. 525, 25
ge-metfæstan
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Take here ge-mætfæstan, ge-metfestan in Dict
spittan
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The instances under spyttan should be taken here
líðe-líce
Gently ⬩ mildly ⬩ softly ⬩ kindly ⬩ graciously
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Hé hié líðelíce hǽlan wolde graciously he would heal them, Blickl. Homl. 105, 26. Líðelíce hé ádlaþ he will have a mild attack of illness, Lchdm. iii. 186, 15.
ge-macian
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To make, cause Hí heora lufigendne gemaciaþ weligne écelíce they make the lover of them rich eternally, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 29. Ðone ðe he ǽr martyr gemacode whom he had before made a martyr, 82, 24.
Linked entry: MACIAN
swefan
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Hé swifeþ slǽpe gebiesgad. Exon. Th. 358, 1 ; Pa. 39. Hé sófte swæf. Cd. Th. 12, 2 ; Gen. 179: 94, 19 ; Gen. 1564. Sceótend swǽfon, ða ðæt hornreced healdan scoldon, Beo. Th. 1411; B. 703: 2564; B. 1280.
Linked entry: sweofot
wundorlíce
Wonderfully
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And eác ðæt wunderlícor wæs, ðá ðá heora án bodade mid ánre sprǽce, ǽlcum wæs geðúht swilce hé sprǽce mid his gereorde, Homl. Th. i. 318, 26. Se fugel wrixleþ wóðcræfte wundorlícor ðonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde, Exon. Th. 206, 16; Ph. 127
boðen
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in sandy lands, Herb. 81, 1; Lchdm. i. 184, 5.
dweorge-dwosle
The herb pennyroyal ⬩ mentha pulēgium
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The herb pennyroyal; mentha pulēgium, Lin Herbs pollēgion [ = pulēgium], ðæt is dweorge-dwosle, Herb. cont. 94, 1; Lchdm. i. 38, 12.
Linked entries: dworge-dwostle dwyrge-dwysle
ge-sund
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</b> in valedictory expressions :-- Heó rǽhte hire handa him tó and hét hine gesund faran ( she bade him farewell), Ap. Th. 27, 2. Farað nú gesunde and gesǽlige becumað. Hml. S. 6, 89. Hé háteð hý gesunde faran, Cri. 1342
láreów
A teacher ⬩ master ⬩ preacher
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Hé is ordfruma and láreów ealre clǽnnesse he is the origin and teacher of all purity, Blickl. Homl. 13, 21. Heó æfter ðon wæs magister and láreów ðæs mynstres deinde magistra exstitit, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 5.
hraþe
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Þá ongeat hé hraðe ꝥ . . ., Gen. 1474: Dan. 242: Jud. 37. Ne þæt hé yldan þóhte, ac hé geféng hraðe rinc, B. 740: El. 669.
fæt
A thin plate of metal, gold-leaf, ornament ⬩ lāmĭna, bractea
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To ðæs ðe he goldsele gumena wisse, fættum fáhne until he perceived the golden hall of men, variegated with ornaments, 1436; B. 716
þanne
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</b> add :-- Ðónne drincð se láreów ðæt wæter of his ágnum mere, ðonne hé gehwirfð ... Ðonne hé drincð of ðǽm wielme his ágnes pyttes, ðonne hé bið self geðwǽned mid his ágnum wordum, Past. 373, 7-11.
ge-feallan
To fall ⬩ cadere ⬩ decidere
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He eorþan gefeóll he fell to earth, Beo. Th. 5661; B. 2834 : 4207; B. 2100. Me fela ðínra edwíta on gefeóllon opprobria exprobantium tibi ceciderunt super me, Ps. Th. 68, 9. Ðá gefeól hire mód on his lufe then she fell in love with him, Th.