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cépa

(n.)
Grammar
cépa, an; m.

A chapman, merchantmercator

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Gl. 16; Som. 58, 53; Wrt. Voc. 21, 41

disc-þén

(n.)
Grammar
disc-þén, es; m. [þegen, þén a minister, servant]
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Gl. 30; Som. 61, 68; Wrt. Voc. 26, 65. Godes engel gebrohte ðone discþén ðǽr he hine ǽr genam the angel of God brought the minister of food where he had before taken him, Homl. Th, i. 572, 9

efe-láste

(n.)
Grammar
efe-láste, efen-láste, an; f. [lǽstan to last, continue, endure]

The everlastinggnaphălium

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Efeláste herba mercŭriālis, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: efen-láste

éðung

(n.)
Grammar
éðung, éðgung, e; f.

Breath, a breathing, inspirationhālĭtus, spīrātio, inspīrătio

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Gl. 79; Som. 72, 63; Wrt. Voc. 46, 21. Of éðunge gástes graman ðínes ab inspīrātiōne spīrĭtus iræ tuæ, Ps. Spl. C. 17, 18

Linked entry: éðgung

FÉGAN

(v.)
Grammar
FÉGAN, p. de; pp. ed

To joinbindunitefixjungĕrepangĕre

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Freóndseipe fegþ it unites friendship, Somn. 128; Lchdm. iii. 206, 4. Hió me on nearo fégde she fixed me in a strait, Exon. 124 b; Th. 479, 12; Rä. 62, 6

feówertyne

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
feówertyne, adj.

FOURTEENquătuordĕcim

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Rachel acende feówertyne suna Rachel bore fourteen sons, Gen. 46, 22

Linked entry: feówertene

for-gǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gǽgan, p. de; pp. ed

To transgressprevaricatetransgrĕdiprætĕrīreprævārĭcāre

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Gr. 30, 5; Som. 35, 2. Hí Godes bebod forgǽgdon they transgressed God's command. Homl. Th. i. 112, 14. Ðæt he Godes beboda ne forgǽge that he transgress not God's commandments, i. 604, 20.

Linked entry: ofer-gǽgan

FYRST

(n.)
Grammar
FYRST, first, fierst, es; m.

the first entrancea thresholddoorlimenthe first in heightthe topridgethe inward roofceiling of a chamberculmenlăquear

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Gl. 29; Som. 61, 43; Wrt. Voc. 26, 42: 82, 15. [Ger. first, m. f. a gable, summit: M. H. Ger. virst, m: O. H. Ger. first, m. culmen, pinna.]

húf

(n.)
Grammar
húf, es; m.
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Gl. 71; Som. 70, 98; Wrt. Voc. 43, 28. Ad ufam. Des lǽcecræft deáh wyð ðone húf ad uvam. This medicine is good for tumour on the epiglottis, Lchdm. iii. 106, 6. Of ðan úve droppaþ uppan ða tunga, 138, 28

Linked entries: úf úf

hund-eahtatig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-eahtatig, num.

Eighty

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Gr. 49; Som. 49, 44. Heó wæs wudewe óþ feówer and hundeahtatig geára hæc vidua usque annos octoginta quatuor, Lk. Skt. 2, 37. Mid hundehtatigum scipum, Chr. Erl. 5, 2.

Linked entry: eahtatig

láwerce

(n.)
Grammar
láwerce, an; f.

A larklaverock

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Gl. 37; Som. 62, 127; Wrt. Voc. 29, 22. Láwerce tilaris, Wrt. Voc. 62, 42: laude, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 49. Lǽwerce caradrion, 13, 46. Láuricae allauda, 100, 9. Láurice laudæ, 112, 26. Láfercan beorh occurs several times in charters. v. Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: lǽwerce

GÓS

(n.)
Grammar
GÓS, gen. góse; dat. gés; acc. gós; pl. nom. acc. gés, gees; gen. gósa; dat. gósum; f.
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Gl. 36; Som. 92, 119; Wrt. Voc. 29, 15: 77, 32. Grǽg gós a grey goose, Cot. 99, Lye. Hwílum ic grǽde swá gós sometimes I cry as a goose, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 18; Rä. 25, 3. Gees [gés, MS. H.] geese, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 18

Linked entry: gees

sealt-stán

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-stán, es; m.
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rock salt Ðis mæg tó eáhsalfe: genim geoluwne stán ( ochre ) and saltstán, Lchdm. i. 374, 14. a stone formed of salt, a pillar of salt Heó on sealtstánes sóna wurde anlícnesse ǽfre siððan, Cd. Th. 154, 31; Gen. 2564.

ge-bered

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bered, part.

Vexedoppressedcrushedvexātusmăcĕrātuselīsus

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Gl. 12; Som. 57, 86; Wrt. Voc. 20, 27

Linked entry: berian

swin

(n.)
Grammar
swin, swinn, es; m.
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[From the same root as Latin sonus?] v. ge-swin, and following words; and cf. hlyn[n], hlynsian for similar formation

Linked entry: ge-swin

þeód-loga

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-loga, an; m.
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Antecrist lǽrþ unsóðfæstnysse and swicolnesse ... and swá dóð ða þeódlogan, ðe taliaþ ðæt tó wærscype, ðæt man cunne lytelíce swician and mid unsóðe sóð oferswíðan, 55, 15

Linked entry: loga

smyltness

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Add Mé sóna sum staþolfæstlic smyltnyss tó becóm, Hml. S. 23b, 551. Add Ꝥ yrre hæfd wununge on ðæs dysegan bósme, ꝥ is ðonne hé bið tó hrædmód; and se ealwealdenda déma démð ǽfre mid smyltnysse, Hml. S. 16, 343

hors-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
hors-þegn, et; m.

a groomthe title of an officer of the royal household

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Gl. 20; Som. 59, 42; Wrt. Voc. 23, 5: mulio, Hpt. Gl. 438: Gl. Mett. 516. the title of an officer of the royal household[cf. mare-scalcus among the Franks] Ecgulf cynges horsþegn, Wulfríc cynges horsþegn. Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 5: 96, 16. v.

cráw-leác

(n.)
Grammar
cráw-leác, es; n. [cráwe a crow, leác a leek]

Crow-garlic allium vineale, Lin

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Gl. 44; Som. 64, 84; Wrt. Voc. 32, 20

slidor

(n.)
Grammar
slidor, es; n.(?)

a slippery, miry placelubricumlabinaa myre

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Gl. 591, 11:a fenne,797, 10, sol volutabrum, moor uligo Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 20-24. Cf. slǽp. In a list giving names of things connected with ships slidor glosses pulvini(pulvini machinae quibus naves deducuntur et sub-ducuntur in portumDu Cange) 56, 54