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CLÁ

(n.)
Grammar
CLÁ, cleó, clawu; clawe; cleó, clawa, clawu, clawe; clawena; clám, clawum; f.

A nail, CLAW, hoof ⬩ unguis, ungula

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Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 46. Wurdon forþaborene ísene clawa iron claws were brought forth, Homl. Th. i. 424, 19. Sume wǽron mid ísenum clawum totorene some were torn with iron claws, Homl. Th. i. 542, 30. Hóf oððe clawu ungula, Wrt. Voc. 71, 66.

Linked entries: clawu cleó

ge-lygnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lygnian, ge-lygenian; p. ode; pp. od
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To charge with falsehood Ðá ne gecneów se portgeréfa þára namena nán ðing þe hé namode, ac hé sóna gelignode hine, and cwæð: 'Nú þurh þínre leásan tale ic ongyten hæbbe ꝥ þú eart án forswíðe leás mon,' Hml. S. 23, 686.

hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.

When

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Gr. 38; Som. 40, 64. Hwonne ǽr beó deád oððe hwænne his nama áspringe quando morietur, et peribit nomen ejus? Ps. Th. 40, 5. in dependent clauses Quando ero doctus hwænne beó ic gelǽred, is infinitivum, Som. 40, 65.

Linked entries: hwænne hwonne

cépa

(n.)
Grammar
cépa, an; m.

A chapman, merchant ⬩ mercator

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

Linked entry: cǽpe-hús

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 everlasting ⬩ gnaphălium

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Efeláste herba mercŭriālis, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: efen-láste

éðung

(n.)
Grammar
éðung, éðgung, e; f.

Breath, a breathing, inspiration ⬩ hālĭtus, 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 join ⬩ bind ⬩ unite ⬩ fix ⬩ jungĕre ⬩ pangĕre

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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.

FOURTEEN ⬩ quătuordĕcim

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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 transgress ⬩ prevaricate ⬩ transgrĕdi ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ prævārĭcāre

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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 entrance ⬩ a threshold ⬩ door ⬩ limen ⬩ the first in height ⬩ the top ⬩ ridge ⬩ the inward roof ⬩ ceiling of a chamber ⬩ culmen ⬩ lăquear

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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 lark ⬩ laverock

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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

ge-bered

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

Vexed ⬩ oppressed ⬩ crushed ⬩ vexātus ⬩ măcĕrātus ⬩ elīsus

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

Linked entry: berian

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 groom ⬩ the 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 place ⬩ lubricum ⬩ labina ⬩ a 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

sealt-stán

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-stán, es; m.

rock salt ⬩ a stone formed of salt ⬩ a pillar of salt

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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.