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sæltna

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 119, 37 : seltra, i. 281, 8 : salthaga, 62, 36 gloss rubisca which is in the last

Linked entries: seltra salt-haga salt-haga

symbelmónaþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
symbelmónaþ-líc, adj.

comitiales

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; the word translates comitiales in the gloss Ða symbelmónaðlícan ádla comitiales, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 39

wuldor-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-dreám, es; m.

Joy in the glory of heaven ⬩ celestial joy

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Joy in the glory of heaven, celestial joy Wé ðé þanciaþ, þióda Waldend, ðínes weorðlícan wuldordreámes, Hy. 8, 10. In ðinne wuldordreám, Exon. Th. 455, 2 ; Hy. 4, 43

forlig-gang

(n.)
Grammar
forlig-gang, es; m.

Adultery

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Adultery Forliggange prostibuli (the passage is 'prostibuli stupro' (Ald. 40, 6), and the gloss, which is in the dative, seems to belong to stupro), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 6

ge-treágian

(v.)
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In a note to this gloss is cited :-- Ꝥ getreágode hrægl, Archiv lxxxiv. 16, 224

þearm-gewind

(n.)
Grammar
þearm-gewind, -wind, es; m. The words seem to mean 'that which enwraps the intestines,' cf. plecta wǽfelsa, gewynde, Hpt. Gl. 462, 64, but they are used to gloss jugulam (-um?), so should mean the collar-bone, or the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone, or
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the throat Gescyld ðearmgewind (ðearmwind, lxxiv, 24), breóstbán, breóst tege jugulam, pectusculum, mamillas, Lchdm. i. lxxii, 1

sige-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
sige-síþ, es ; m.
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A victorious expedition or journey Oft dǽdlata dóme foreldit sigisítha gahuem generally the dilatory man is too late for glory, for every successful undertaking, Txts. 152, 9

æt-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-glídan, p. -glád
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To slip away, disappear Ædglide delitesceret (cf. another gloss of the same passage in An. Ox. 2089: Bemiþe, fordwine; and fordwínan delitescere, 2152), An. Ox. 7, 132

Linked entry: glídan

heals-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
heals-wyrt, e; f.

Campanula trachelium ⬩ Hare's ear ⬩ bupleurum tenuissimum ⬩ Scilla autumnalis ⬩ Symphytum album

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Gloss. are given the following plant-names Campanula trachelium, Dan. halsurt: Ger. halswurz, halskraut: Du. halskrind. Hare's ear; bupleurum tenuissimum. Scilla autumnalis. Symphytum album

ge-neórþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-neórþ, adj.
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Gl.) contentus (perhaps the gloss belongs to the passage from R. Ben. given under eáþ-hylde. v. Ld. Gl. H. contentus in Index), Txts. 53, 544

Linked entry: -neórþ

slǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽtan, p. te [causative of siítan; cf. bait an animal, and bite]
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Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss. B. 17 the form is sleat. ], bait, set dogs on, hunt with dogs Man slætte ǽnne fearr, and se fear arn him tógeánes, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 72

beorhtm

(n.)
Grammar
beorhtm, es; m.

Tumult ⬩ tumultus

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Tumult; tumultus Hwǽr ahangen wæs heriges beorhtme ródera waldend where the Lord of glory was hung up by the tumult of the host Elen. Kmbl. 410; El. 205

scima

(n.)
Grammar
scima, an ; m.
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Shadow, gloom:?-Ne hér (in hell) dæg lýhteþ for scedes sciman, Cd. Th. 271, 15; Sat. 106. Hýdeþ hine ǽghwylc æfter sceades sciman, Salm. Kmbl. 233; Sal. 116

Linked entry: scimian

wuldor-gást

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-gást, es; m.

A spirit of glory ⬩ glorious spirit ⬩ an angel

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A spirit of glory, glorious spirit, an angel Of roderum wuldorgást Godes wordum mǽlde (angelus Domini de coelo clamavit, Gen. 22, 11), Cd. Th. 176, 15; Gen. 2912

stæþ

(n.)
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., occurs as the gloss),Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 63. Cf. stæððan, stæððig. (?)

Linked entry: stæg

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, e; f.

Heath, heather ⬩ bruarium ⬩ thymus, mirice

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Gloss. iii. 329, col. 2

cystig

(adj.)
Grammar
cystig, adj.

Munificent, benevolent, bountiful, liberal, generous, good ⬩ munificus, largus, probus, bonus

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Voc. 47, 38: larga, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 145, 51. Bióþ ðǽm to ungemetlíce cystige they are immoderately generous to them, Past. 44, 6

FYRS

(n.)
Grammar
FYRS, es; m.

FURZE ⬩ furze-bushes ⬩ genista ⬩ rhamnus ⬩ ulex eurōpæus

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Fyrses berian arciotidas [ = ἀρκευθίδες juniper-berries ], Glos. Brux. Recd. 43, 15; Wrt. Voc. 69, 30. Ær-ðan undergǽton eówre þornas fyrs priusquam intellĭgĕrent spīnæ rhamnum, Ps. Lamb. 57, 10: Lchdm. iii. 86, 17.

flæþ

(n.)

a fleece ⬩ wool

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Flæð nimbus (the line is: Candidior nivibus dum ningit vellere nimbus, Aid. 272, 19: perhaps flæð is gloss to vellere), An. Ox. 23, 37 (where see note)

ídel-gilp

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-gilp, es; n. m ?
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Vain glory, arrogance Hí befeallað on ídelgielp. . . Is betere ðæt mon lǽte sume hwíle weaxan ðæt ídelgielp inanis gloriae lentalione fatigantur . . Tolerandum est, ut. . interim arrogantia crescat, Past. 457, 19-23

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