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hearm-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-leóþ, es; n.

A sorrowful song, lamentation

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A sorrowful song, lamentation Hearmleóþ galan to sing a song of grief, Andr. Kmbl. 2256; An. 1129: 2684; An. 1344. Hearmleóþ ágól earm and unlǽd wretched and miserable sang a mournful song, Exon. 74 b; Th. 279, 18; Jul. 615

set-hrægl

(n.)
Grammar
set-hrægl, es; n.

A cloth for covering a seat

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Ic gean tó Cristes weofede ánre lytlere goldenre róde and ánes sethrægles (an altar-cloth?) Chart. Th. 564, 10, 18. Án lang healwáhrift and þríó sethrægl, 538, 4

Linked entry: setl-hrægl

pos

(n.)
Grammar
pos, es; n. : only in pl. (?) posu (-a) [cf. ge-pos] : or (?) <b>posa,</b> an; m.
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A cold, catarrh Posa catarrum, i. angustia pectoris, An. Ox, 31, 1

hilde-wóma

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-wóma, an; m.

The crash and rush of battle.

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The crash and rush of battle. Andr. Kmbl. 436; An. 218: Exon. 75 b; Th. 282,15; Jul. 663: 67 b; Th. 250, 32; Jul. 136. v. Grmm. And. u. El. xxx

Linked entry: wóma

sóþfæst-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sóþfæst-líc, adj.

True ⬩ sincere

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True, sincere Hí (patriarchs and martyrs) sungon sigedryhtne sóðfæstlíc lof praise unfeigned, Andr. Kmbl. 1754; An. 879

sopp-cuppe

(n.)
Grammar
sopp-cuppe, an; f.

A sop-cup, a cup into which sops were put

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A sop-cup, a cup into which sops were put Ic ann mínæn cinæhláfordæ ánræ sopcuppan Chart. Th. 553, 31: 554, 4. Ic ann Ælfwerdæ ánræ sopcuppan and Æþelwerde ánæs drincæhornæs 555, 4. Ánæ soppcuppan an þrým pundum 527, 7. Twá sopcuppan 522, 22

Linked entry: soppe

ambeht

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht, ambiht, ambieht, ambyht [an-, em-, on-], gen. es; nom. acc. pl. o; n.

An office ⬩ ministry ⬩ service ⬩ command ⬩ message ⬩ officium ⬩ ministerium ⬩ jussum ⬩ mandatum

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An office, ministry, service, command, message; officium, ministerium, jussum, mandatum Ðæm óleccaþ ealle gesceafte, ðe ðæs ambehtes áwuht cunnon all creatures obey him, that know aught of this service, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 17; Met. 11, 9.

on-wealcan

(v.)
Grammar
on-wealcan, Th. An. 116, 22 is found at Lch. i. 246, 10 where anwealche, anwelce
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are v. ll

breóst-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-cófa, an; m. [breóst
the breast, the heart, mind,
cófa
a cave,
chamber
]

the breast, the heart, mind, ⬩ a cave ⬩ chamber ⬩ The breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind; ⬩ pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus

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The breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind; pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus Under breóstcófan sub pectore, Wanl. Catal. 48, 43. Ðú eart hiht mín fram breóstcófan módor mínre tu es spes mea ab uberibus matris meæ, Ps. Lamb. 21, 10. He wæs ðe blíðra

Linked entry: in-cofa

ðryhte

(n.)
Grammar
ðryhte, in
  • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 31,
seems an error for ðý ryfte which glosses clamyde in the sane passage of the Lindisfarne Gloss.

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fram

(adj.)
Grammar
fram, adj.

Valiant ⬩ stout ⬩ firm ⬩ strēnuus

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Valiant, stout, firm; strēnuus Geong and fram young and valiant, Bd. 4, 15; S. 583, 25. He wæs fram to Godes compe he was stout for God's battle, Andr. Kmbl. 467; An. 234

wuldor-þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-þrymm, es; m.

Glorious majesty

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Glorious majesty Wealdend and wyrhta wuldorþrymmes, éce God, Andr. Kmbl. 650; An. 325 : 1404; An. 702. Godes wuldorþrymmas mannum cýþan, Blickl. Homl. 111, 17

Ácan-tún

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
Ácan-tún, es; m. [ácan = ácum. pl. d. of ác an oak, tun a town]

Acton, Suffolk

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Acton, Suffolk Ðæt hit cymþ to Ácantúne; fram Ácantúne [MS. Ácyn-túne] ðæt hit cymþ to Rigindúne till it comes to Acton; from Acton till it comes to Rigdon, Th. Diplm. A. D. 972 ; 525, 22-24

beót-háta

(n.)
Grammar
beót-háta, an; m. [MS. beo = beót, gebeót a command, decree, háta a caller, commander]

A commander ⬩ leader ⬩ imperator ⬩ dux

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A commander, leader; imperator, dux Ahleóp ðá fór hæleðum hilde calla, bald beót-háta bord upahóf then the herald of war leaped before the warriors, the bold commander [Moses] upraised his shield Cd. 156; Th. 193, 27; Exod. 253

lenden-brǽð

Grammar
lenden-brǽð, lende-brǽð, e, f: -brǽda, an; m.

A loin

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A loin Lendebrǽde lumbulos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 31. Lendebrédé, 113, 35. Wið lendenbrǽdena sáre against lumbago[?], Herb. 1, 10; Lchdm. i, 74, 3. Sió helt ða lendenbrǽdan it [the liver] has a hold on the false ribs, L. M. 2, 17; Lchdm. ii. 198, 1

dryht-weorþ

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
dryht-weorþ, adj. -weorþa, an; m. Divine; a divine, theologian [as epithet of St. John (θεολόγος)]
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Se drihtwurðe (Iohannes) theologe, Hy. S. 126, 14. Ióhannes se drihtwurða wrítere, Hml. S. 15, 200

cól-máse

(n.)
Grammar
cól-máse, an; f. [cól coal, máse a titmouse]

A coal-titmouse ⬩ coal-tit ⬩ parus ater

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A coal-titmouse, coal-tit; parus ater Cólmáse parra Wrt. Voc. 62, 39 parula, 281, 11 bardioriolus, Ælfc. Gl. 39; Som. 63, 52; Wrt. Voc. 30, 7

Linked entry: cummáse

wæter-bróga

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-bróga, an; m.

Terror caused by water, the terror of the deep

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Terror caused by water, the terror of the deep Engel ðín con sealte sǽstreámas, waroðfaruða gewinn and wæterbrógan, Andr. Kmbl. 394; An. 197 : 912; An. 456

Linked entry: wæter-egesa

un-gemet

(adj.; adv.; prefix)
Grammar
un-gemet, Where the word seems to be used with an adjective or with an adverbial force, it is given, as in the case of ungemet-hleahtor, as part of a compound:
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Grff. ii. 898-9

langsum-ness

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Add: length Langsumnys longitudo An. Ox. 1699. Langsumnyssa, Angl. viii. 336, 39. patience, long-suffering Geþyld and líðnes and sybb and hyrsumnes and langsumnes, Nap. 41

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