mæger
Meagre ⬩ lean
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Meagre, lean Ða men beóþ mægre and bláce on onsýne ðeáh ðe hié ǽr fætte wǽron the men will be lean and pale of aspect, though before they were fat, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 3
belg
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Bylium, Germ. 398, 70. v. blǽd-, blǽs-, blǽst-, hirde-belg
ge-scirdan
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to injure, ruin Þá cóm atol ǽglǽca morðres mánfreá myrce gescyrded (ruined by black crime (?), cf. ic eom synnum forwundod, Sae. 131 : or (?)
Linked entries: scirdan ge-scyrdan
deófol-cræft
Devil-craft, the black art, witchcraft ⬩ dæmoniăca ars
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Devil-craft, the black art, witchcraft; dæmoniăca ars Þurh dígolnesse deófolcræftes per dæmoniacæ artis arcāna, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 9.
un-fæger
Not fair ⬩ not beautiful ⬩ foul ⬩ ugly ⬩ horrid
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Not fair, not beautiful, foul, ugly, horrid Sió gefrédnes mæg gefrédan ðæt hit líchoma biþ, ac hió ne mæg gefrédan hwæþer hé biþ ðe blac ðe hwít, ðe fæger þe unfæger, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 12.
ǼÐM
A vapour ⬩ breath ⬩ a hole to breathe through ⬩ a smell ⬩ halitus ⬩ spiritus ⬩ vapor
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Hú síd se swarta éðm seó how vast the black vapour may be, Cd. 228; Th. 309, 4; Sat. 704
eá-streám
A water-stream, a river ⬩ rīvus
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Ofer eástreámas is brycgade blace brimráde over the river-streams the ice bridged a pale water-road, Andr. Kmbl. 2523; An. 1263
Linked entries: eáh-streám ég-streám
leccan
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to blame
éðm
Breath, steam, vapour ⬩ hālĭtus. spīrĭtus, văpor
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Breath, steam, vapour; hālĭtus. spīrĭtus, văpor Hú síd se swarta éðm seó how wide the black vapour is, Cd. 228; Th. 309, 4; Sat. 704. Ne lǽte on ðone éðm let him not allow the vapour on [it ], L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 24
gagátes
jet,
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., and add Hér bið geméted gagates stán; sé bið swylce blæc gim, gif mon déð on fyr, nǽdran fleógaþ áweg ðone stenc gignit lapidem gagatem; est nigrogemmeus, et ardens igni admotus incensus serpentes fugat, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9. 5
lǽlian
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Ꝥte nales ðá sweartan deóblu in mínre sídan léligen, swá swá gewuniað, scytas ut non tetri daemones in latera mea librent, ut solent, iacula, Lch. i. lxxiii, 33. to get black and blue Æfestian, lǽlian libescant (cf. lǽl; ¶), Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 41
stéda
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Ic geann Ælfsige bisceope . . . ánes blacan (blácan?) stédan . . . and ic geann Ælmǽre ánes fágan stédan, Cht. E. 226, 10-24. Add
sweartian
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To make or to become black Ðanne sweartigaþ (sweratiged, MS.) hý ( the teeth ) and feallaþ (-eð, MS. ), Lchdm. iii. 104, 17. Hé sweartade ( but see spearcian), Cd. Th. 269, 24; Sat. 78. Ðá árás se wind, and ða wolcnu sweartodon, Homl.
læcing
Blame ⬩ reproof
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Blame, reproof; redargutio, Somner
Linked entry: on-leccan
DUN
DUN, a colour partaking of brown and black ⬩ fuscus, aquĭlus
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DUN, a colour partaking of brown and black; fuscus, aquĭlus Dun fuscus, Cot. 141, 147: natius [ = nātīvus? ], Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 86; Wrt. Voc. 46, 43. Dunn balidus [ = βαλιόs? ], Wrt. Voc. 289, 28.
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sweorcan
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</b> to grow black :-- Sweorcan and sweartian nigrescere, Chrd. 96, 10. Add
bóc-fel
A skin prepared for books, parchment, vellum ⬩ charta pergamena, membrana
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Ðæt hí habban blæc and bócfel that they have ink and vellum, L. Edg. C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 11
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ge-niðerung
Condemnation, humiliation, laying low
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Condemnation, humiliation, laying low Ða ýttran ðeóstru is seó swearte niht ðære écan geniðerunge the outer darkness is the black night of eternal condemnation, Homl. Th. i. 530, 23.
Linked entry: ge-nyðerung
blæstm
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Blast Þǽra líga blæstm, Verc. Först. 74, 7
seolfor-hammen
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Silver-coated Ǽnne seolforhammenne blǽd*-*horn. Chart. Th. 559, 24