fót-welm
The sole of the foot ⬩ pĕdis planta
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Ðæt ðú næbbe nán þing háles fram ðám fótwolmum óþ ðone hneccan sanāri non possis a planta pĕdis usque ad vertĭcem tuum, Deut. 28, 35
HWǼTE
WHEAT
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Tó ðæm ðæt hé him tó tíde gemetlíce gedǽle ðone hwǽte ut det illis in tempore tritici mensuram, Past. 63; Swt. 459, 13. Fullne hwǽte on ðam eare plenum frumentum in spica, Mk. Skt. 4, 28. Hwǽtas frumenta, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 10.
leóþ-cræft
poetry ⬩ verse ⬩ a poem
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Hé ðone leóþcræft geleornode canendi artem didicit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 40
líne
a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon
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Voc. 56, 60. a line, row, line for guidance, rule, canon Þurh ðæs cantices cwide, Cristes línan [the rule laid down by Christ in the Lord's Prayer], Salm. Kmbl. 34; Sal. 17.
mé
Me
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Hálne mé dóa salvam me fac, 3, 7; 4, 2. Se ðe geléfes on mech (mec, Rush.) qui credit in me, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 35. Ne hæfes ðú dǽl mech (mec, Rush.) mið non habes partem mecum, 13, 8. Hé mé habban wile dreóres fáhne, gif mec deáþ nimeþ, Beo.
mirce
dark ⬩ murky ⬩ dark ⬩ black ⬩ evil
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dark, murky Ða mircan gesceaft ( Hell ), Exon. 116 a; Th. 446, 23; Dóm. 26. Gang ofer myrcan mór her course o'er the dark moor, Beo.
óþ-fleón
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Ðám monnum ðe óþflugon ofer ðone weall, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 12. Uneáðe mehte ǽnig ðǽm Gallium óþfleón, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 94, 11. Wil-niende ðæt hí ǽlcum gewinne óþflogen hæfdon, I. 4; Swt. 32, 21
ge-emnettan
To make even or level ⬩ compare ⬩ æquāre ⬩ exæquāre
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Ðæt heó ðone dæg and ða niht geemnytte that it might make even the day and the night, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 238, 24. Geemnettan quadrare, congruere, Hpt. Gl. 506
Linked entries: ge-ymnyttan ge-efnettan
syn-lust
Sinful pleasure ⬩ desire, lust
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Synlustas fremman, Dóm. L. p. 30, 53
tíder-líc
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Weak, frail Se ðe gehielt his unsceadfulnesse and his gódan willan ðeáh hé hwæt tiéderlíces oððe yfelra weorca útan doo hé mæg ðæt æt sumum cierre bétan si mentis innocentia custodilur, etiam si qua foris infirma sunt, quandoque roborantur, Past. 34;
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un-clǽnness
uncleanness ⬩ impurity ⬩ foulness ⬩ squalor ⬩ uncleanness ⬩ impurity ⬩ obscenity
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Th. 448, 31; Dóm. 62. Unclǽnnysse spurcitia, Hpt. Gl. 439, 8
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wer-hád
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Werhádes men ongunnon ðone dreám, and wífhádes men him sungon ongeán, Homl. Th. ii. 548, 11. Ðæt hí heora clǽnnesse healdan be heora háde, swá werhádes swá wífhádes, swá hwæðer swá hit sý, L. Edm. E. 1; Th. i. 244, 11
blówan
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Blówende ríce, Dóm. L. 28, 2
ést-mete
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Lazarus geseah ðone rícan brúcan his éstmettas (fare sumptuously), Hml. Th. i. 330, 15.
ge-midlian
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Voc. ii. 150, 49. to muzzle a dog Canes muti non ualentes latrare; eal swilce hé cwǽde, þæt gemídlede hundas ne beorcað tó náhte. Dumbe beóð þá bydelas and tó fæste gemídlede, þe for ege oððe lufe wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 2-6
grund-weall
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Ne mæg nán man lecgan óþerne grundweall on ðǽre hálgan gelaðunge búton ðone ðe ðǽr geléd is, ꝥ is Hǽlend Críst. Hé is se grundweall þǽre hálgan cyrcan, Hml.
norþ
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On ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 21. Add
ǽfen-sang
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Ðone lofsang (the Magnificat) ðe wé singað on Godes cyrcan æt ǽlcum ǽfensange, Hml. Th. i. 202, 26. Sé ðe . . . dæghwámlíce his circan gesécan ne mæge, hé húru ðinga on ðám sunnandagnm . . . þider cume tó . . . Ǽfensange, Hml. A. 144, ii.
hefe
Weight
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Weight Hú mihte hé gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá hé ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26.
seld-guma
A hall-man ⬩ one who has a place in a lord's hall ⬩ a retainer
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A hall-man, one who has a place in a lord's hall, a retainer Nǽfre ic máran geseah eorl ofer eorþan ðonne is eówer sum . . . nis ðæt seldguma (he is no mere retainer.) (Grein translates 'vir qui semper in domo manet.'