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tó-fleám

(n.)
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refuge Geworden is mé [Drihten] on tófleám factus est miki Dominus in refugium, Ps. Rdr. 93, 22

Linked entries: fleám fleám

sand-geweorp

(n.)
Grammar
sand-geweorp, es; n.

A sand-bank, quicksand

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Voc. i. 63, 72. On sandgeweorp in sirtim, ii.45,66

Linked entry: ge-weorp

wæter-geblǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-geblǽd,

a blister with water in it(?); ora blister made by boiling water(?),

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a blister with water in it(?); or a blister made by boiling water(?), Lchdm. iii. 36, 21

heals-gund

(n.)
Grammar
heals-gund, es; m.

A swelling in the neckstruma

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A swelling in the neck; struma, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 44, 10, 13, 15, etc

sóhþa

Grammar
sóhþa, ?
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Voc. ii. 112, 4. The word is written sohctha 45, 72. Somner suggests ioctha

Linked entry: sóchtha

notu

(n.)
Grammar
notu, e; f.

useprofitadvantagean officeemploymentthe discharge of an officeconduct of business

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deans be arranged in the monastery, that no single person grow proud, when the conduct of business is committed to many, 125, 8-11

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughoutmplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

stæf

(n.)
Grammar
stæf, es; m.

a staffsticka written charactera letterthe old letters having been carved on stavesa mark in writinga letter as representing a minute detaila collection of written symbolsa letterwriting lettersbook-learningliteraturean element, a rudimentbaculus, virga, regulaa staff, post; a letterlearning

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Th. i. 186, 1-3: Lchdm. iii. 290, 13. Ne cúðe hé bóclíce stafas ... hé nǽnne stæf ne cúðe, Homl. Th. ii. 96, 24-30. a mark in writing Stafum apicibus, Wrt.

Linked entries: stafa stæf-cræft

nægel

(n.)
Grammar
nægel, nægl, es; m.

the nail of a finger or toea nailpegan instrument for striking the strings of a harp

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Voc. i. 43, 60. Fingras digiti . . . nægel ungula, 65, 4. Nægl, 283, 25. Nægl unguana, ii. 124, 10. Gif nægl of honda weorðe if a nail come off a hand, Lchdm. iii. 58, 7 : ii. 80, 20. Gif þuman nægl of weorðeþ, .iii. scill. gebéte . . .

gǽst-hálig

(adj.)
Grammar
gǽst-hálig, adj.

Spirit-holyholy in spiritin spīrĭtu sanctus

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Spirit-holy, holy in spirit; in spīrĭtu sanctus Wǽr is ætsomne Godes and monna, gǽst-hálig treów there is a compact together of God and men, a spiritual holy covenant, Exon. 16 a; Th. 36, 31; Cri. 584.

wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
wíde, adv.
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P. 23 ; Th. ii. 372, 28. Ic ðysne sang fand, samnode wíde, Apstls. Kmbl. 4; Ap. 2. Ic eom wíde funden, brungen of bearwum and of burghleoþum, of denum and of dúnum, Exon. Th. 409, 15 ; Rä. 28, 1.

fóre-setnes

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-setnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

a thing proposedpropositionpurposeintentionpropŏsĭtiopropŏsĭtumthat which is placed beforea prepositionpræpŏsĭtio

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Ic ontýne on sealmlofe ingehygdnessa oððe fóresetnysse míne ăpĕriam in psaltērio propŏsĭtiōnem meam, Ps. Lamb. 48, 5.

lencten-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lencten-líc, adj.

Vernallenten

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Manegra manna cwyddung is ðæt seó lenctenlíce emniht gebyrige rehtlíce on Marian mæssedæge, Lchdm. iii. 256, 4. Ða clǽnan tíd lenctenlíces fæstenes the pure time of the Lenten fast, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 24.

be-héfe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-héfe, adj.
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Mé þingð behéfe þing ꝥ ic gecýðe, Angl. viii. 335, 2: 303, 26. Drihtne bihoefe is Domino necessarius est, Mk. R. II, 3. Sýn gehwám behéfe þing (necessaria) gesealde, R. Ben. 57, 17: 132, 4.

holm

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Of elkanleighe tó hilisbrók on þane holm ; þane endelanges thes brókes in on wryng; þanen end-lang wryng, C. D. B. ii. 264, 18

ge-þencan

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Þonne hé déþ ꝥ hé geþóht hafaþ, þonne gecýþe icic wát ǽr hwæt hé þenceþ, 181, 9. <b>II a.

ge-lǽte

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In twéga wega gelǽte in bino (= biuio, Mk. 11, 4), Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 40: in biuio, 46, 47. Þæt wíf æt þǽra wega gelǽte ( in bivio ) sæt, Gen. 38, 21. Twégra wega gelǽtu biuium, þreóra triuium, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 288, 9.

wisc

(n.)

a marsh

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Concede terram in loco qui dicitur Fearnleág (Farleigh, in Kent, by the Medway) an myclan wisce vi. æceres mǽde (and in the big marsh vi. acres of meadow (?)), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 128, 33. Similar entries Cf. Wiscleágeat, v. 179, 34

spracen

(n.)
Grammar
spracen, es; n.

The berry-bearing alderrhamnus frangula.

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Spreckenholz Dan. spregner Swed. dial. sprakved,' Lchdm. ii. 406. The word glosses apeletum in Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 83 : ii. 8, 4 3, for alnetum (Cockayne) Genim spracen berindred, Lchdm. ii. 58, 8: 66, 3

inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubtquestionoffenceill-willfear

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Ðeáh ðe ic nó [MS. on] ingcan wiste hú ic míne heortan heólde mid sóðe though I did not know any cause of complaint, as to the manner in which I had kept my heart truly; ergo sine causa justificavi cor meum, 72, 11.