un-sméþe
Not smooth ⬩ rough ⬩ uneven
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Eoh bið útan unsméðe treów, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 27; Rún. 13. Tunge unsméþe, Lchdm. ii. 242, 10. Wé habbaþ hrepunge, ðæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið sméðe, hwæt unsméðe, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 33. His unsméðan ( leprous ) líces, 512, 6.
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and-sǽte
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Andsǽte bið ꝥ treów þe ǽfre gréwð on leáfum and nǽfre nǽnne wæstm ne bringð, Hml. S. 4, 246. Him byð egle and andsǽte se stenc, Hex. 50, 24. Andsǽtne invisum, odiosum, An. Ox. 2728. Ꝥ gé andsǽtan wíglunge forlǽtan, Hml. S. 17, 70.
æx
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Treów wyrðe scearpre æxe, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 16. Slóh hine án heora mid ánre æxe ýre, Chr. 1012; P. 142, 24. Mon ne gehiérde æhxe (æxe, Hatt. MS.) hlem, Past. 252, 17. Se ðunor hit ðrysceð mid ðǽre fýrenan æcxe, Salm. K. 148, 6.
ÆX
what is brought to an edge ⬩ An AXE ⬩ a hatchet ⬩ pickaxe ⬩ securis ⬩ ascia
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what is brought to an edge, An AXE, a hatchet, pickaxe; securis, ascia Eallunga ys seó æx to ðæra treówa wurtrumum asett jam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est, Mt. Bos. 3, 10. Mid æxum with axes, Ps. Th. 73, 6. On æxe in securi, Ps.
fleax
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Hié námon treówu and slógon on óþerne ende næglas, and hié mid flexe bewundon and onbærndon hit, and beþýddan hit on þone elpend hindan, þæt hié fóran wédende for þæs flexes bryne, Ors. 4, i; S. 158, 4-8.
spranc
A shoot, twig, sprig
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Treówes sprancan plante, 39, 14. Deáðbǽre sprancan letiferas labruscas, Hpt. Gl. 454, 17. Spranca sarmentorum, 468, 22
fore-gísel
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A hostage given as security for the performance of a promise Eást-Engle hæfdon foregísla .vi. geseald and þéh ofer þá treówa . . . fóron hié, Chr. 894; P. 84, 20.
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for-seárian
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Ðý lǽs ðá treówu tó ðǽm forweóxen ðæt hié forseáreden (-oden, v. l.), Past. 293, 7. ꝥ palmtwig tó eorÞan áfyllan, and forsáreden him bégen dǽlas forbrecan, Bl. H. 151, 16. Hé ðá forseáredon bán wecð of deáðe, Hml.
sceald-þýfel
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Þá mycclan treówa þúhton þám mannum þe hí of þám munte gesáwon swylce lytle scealdþýfelas arbusta ingentia ex monte aspicientibus quasi fruteta esse videbantur, 212, 27
ge-menged
Mixed, mingled, confused ⬩ mixtus, commistus, confusus
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Gemenged stemn is, ðe biþ bútan andgite, swylc swá is hryþera gehlów, hunda gebeorc, treówa brastlung confused voice is what is without understanding, such as lowing of oxen, barking of dogs, rustling of trees, etc, Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 34, 3
hæg-þorn
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Ǽlces treówes dǽl þe man begitan mæg bútan hægþorne, 86, 9
hláford-scipe
Lordship, ⬩ rule; ⬩ dominatio
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Hwí wæs Adame án treów forboden ðá ðá hé wæs ealles óðres hláford ? To ðan ðæt hé hine ne onhófe on swá micclum hláfordscipe why was one tree forbidden to Adam, when he was lord of every other?
cyrnel
KERNEL, grain ⬩ nucleus, granum ⬩ a hard
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a KERNEL, grain; nucleus, granum Men geseóþ oft ðæt of ánum lytlum cyrnele cymþ micel treów; ac we ne mágon geseón on ðam cyrnele náðor ne wyrtruman, ne rinde, ne bogas, ne leáf; ac God forþtíhþ of ðam cyrnele treów, and wæstmas, and leáf men often see
ge-scirpan
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K. p. 152, 22. of things, to cover as with a garment Þ treów biþ úton gescyrped (-scerped, v.l. ) mid þǽre rinde, Bt. 34, 10 ; F. 150, 7. to equip, provide with necessaries for a journey: — Þá sende hé hine tó Róme and hine þider well gescyrpte (cunctis
be-delfan
to dig a grave ⬩ to dig about ⬩ to bury ⬩ put under ground, ⬩ to bury ⬩ put in a grave or tomb
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Th. ii. 408, 12. to dig about Þæt treów bið bedolfen, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 29. to bury, put under ground, of things Ágróf se mon on ærenum brede drýcræftes word and bedealf under þone þerscwold þæs húses, Shrn. 141, 16.
eald-gecynd
Old or original nature ⬩ antīqua nātūra
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Old or original nature; antīqua nātūra vel indōles Wudu-fuglas on treówum ealdgecynde wuniaþ the wood-birds live in the trees in their old nature. Bt. Met. Fox 13, 79; Met. 13, 40: 25, 114; Met. 25, 57: Exon. 54b; Th. 193, 26; Az. 127
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weorþfullíce
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adv, of moral worth, worthily, honourably, excellently Ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne ða hwíle ðe ic lifede, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 15. nobly, in a way that is highly esteemed Swá swá men wurðlícor lybbaþ ðonne treówu, swá hý eác weorðfulícor árísaþ on
cemban
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Under ðám treówe cembe hyre feax ... ꝥ bið lǽcedóm þǽre ðe hyre heáfod þǽr cembeþ (cæmbeð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 332, 11-18. Stríc þú mid þínum fingrum on þín feax nyþerwearad, swilce þú cembe þé, Tech. ii. 127, 5.
glæsen
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Beó ǽlc calic geworht of myldendum antimbre, gilden oððe seolfren, glæsen oððe tinen; ne beó he ná hyrnen, ne húru treówen, Ll. Th. ii. 384, 7. Ꝥ glæsene fæt vas vitreum, Gr. D. 104, 28: 103, 13. Ele in ánum glæsenum fæte, 159, 9.
sǽd
seed, ⬩ seed, ⬩ the ripe fruit, ⬩ fruit, growth ⬩ sowing ⬩ seed, progeny, posterity
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Ðæt treów sceolde sǽde eft onfón the tree should again bear seed, Cd. Th. 251, 12; Dan. 562: 252, 24; Dan. 583. Ealle treówu ðe habbaþ sǽd on him silfon heora ágenes cynnes universa ligna quae habent in semetipsis sementem generis sui, Gen. 1, 29.
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