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mæst

(n.)
Grammar
mæst, es; m.

A pole to support a saila mast

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A pole to support a sail, a mast Mæst malus vel artemo: artemon vel maius, Ælfc. Gl. 83, 104; Som. 73, 81: 77, 126; Wrt. Voc. 48, 19: 56, 43. Mest malus, 63, 47. Mæstum malis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 15. Mæst (?)

Linked entry: mæst-ling

for-spillan

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Is nédðearf ꝥ hié man forspille, and mid ordum hié man sleá, Bl. H. 189, 29: Ll. Th. i. 304, 20. Hí eów wyllað forspyllan and eówre rýce tówurpan, Hml.

HÉDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÉDAN, p. de

To HEED, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receiveto take care of, guardcustodire, observare

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Gif ðár nán man ne biþ ðe ðære heofonlícan bodunge hédan wille if there be no man there that will heed the heavenly preaching, Homl. Th. ii. 534, 16

Linked entries: be-hédan ge-hýdan

innan

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Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þone man bestincð, Angl. vii. 28, 259

FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strangeforeignestranged fromdevoid ofaliēnusperegrīnusaliēnātusaversusremōtusexpers

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Feorcund mon oððe fremde a far-coming or a strange man, L. In. 20; Th. i. 114, 15: L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 21: L. C. S. 25; Th. i. 390, 24: Ps. Spl. C. T. 68, 11.

ge-hwæþer

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Add: Each of two. used substantively. alone, each of two objects Gesíðcund man . . . ceorlisc man . . . gehwæðer ꝥ hǽmed forlǽte, Ll.

Linked entry: hwæþer

lǽswian

(v.)
Grammar
lǽswian, lǽsian: p. ode, ede, trans. and intrans.

To pasturefeedgraze

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Hig man lǽswode on mórium lande pascebantur in locis palustribus, Gen. 41, 2. Ðá lǽswode heó hire féstermódor sceápum then she fed her foster-mother's sheep, Shrn. 101, 14. Ðá lǽswede hé mid his fæder sceápum, 108, 31.

Linked entry: lǽsian

mund

(n.)
Grammar
mund, e; f.

a handa handprotectionGuardianshipA protectorguardianprotectionguardianship extended by the king to the subjectthe king's peace, by the head of a family to its membersthe fine paid for violation of mund

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Th. 567, I.] as a technical term in the laws, protection, guardianship extended by the king to the subject, the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members Gif man his mæn freóls gefe freólsgefa áge munde ðare hína if a man give his slave freedom

Linked entry: mundian

líf-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
líf-dæg, es; m.
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Sumon dægbóte and sumon daga and sumon ealle his lífdagas, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 14: Cd. 43; Th. 56, 10; Gen. 910.

sǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽne, adj.

Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive

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Ðone sǽnan ðe biþ tó sláw ðú scealt hátan assa ðonne man segnis ac stupidus torpet? asinum vivit. Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 19. Mægencræft móda gehwilces ofer líchoman lænnie and sǽnne might of the mind over the body weak and dull. Met. 26, 106.

mildheort-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
mildheort-lic, adj.
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Merciful, compassionate Hé hit dyde on wælgrimnesse wyllan þonne mid ǽnigre mildheortlicre forgifnesse, Gr. D. 319, 29. Wer ábysgod on mildheortlicum weorcum vir misericordiae aetibus deditus, 301, 18

rǽdere

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Add Rǽdere geornfull tó gefyllenne þe hé rǽd þænne tó witenne hræd ys lector strenuus potius ad complendum quę legit quam ad sciendum promptus est, Scint. 219, 16

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowedmaymoteto be inferred otherwiseto be obligedmust

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Ðæt hit sceaðen mǽl scýran móste, 3883; B. 1939. [This verb is one of the small class of verbs called preterite-present.

wédan

(v.)
Grammar
wédan, p. de

To be mad or furious, to rage, rave to be mad, out of one's sensesto act with violence, be furious, rage,

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Fra þatt grediȝnesse þatt doþ þe mann to wedenu rihht to winnenn erþlic ahhte, Orm. 14140. Þe kyng ferde for wraþþe as he wolde wede, R. Glouc. 53, 10

Linked entry: a-wédan

ge-macian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 358, 6. to produce by action, bring about a condition of things, make peace, &amp; c. Hí þǽra cinga sehte swá gemacedon, ꝥ se cyng Melcolm tó úran cynge cóm, and his man wearð, Chr. 1091; P. 227, 2. <b>II a.

bere-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
bere-gafol, es; n.

Barley-renta tribute of barleyhordei tributum

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One of the rents paid in kind, which, by the following enactment, is fixed at the rate of six pounds weight for every labourer employed in the barley harvest Mon sceal simle to bere-gafole agifan æt ánum wyrhtan six púnd-wǽga a man shall always give

Linked entry: gafol-bere

bysmor-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
bysmor-spræc, bysmur-spræc, bysmer-spæc, e; f. [bismer, bysmer blasphemy; spræc, spæc a speaking, word, speech]
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A speaking blasphemy, blasphemy; blasphemia Ðes sprycþ bysmorspræce this [man] speaketh blasphemy; hic blasphernat, Mt. Bos. 9, 3.

cedelc

(n.)
Grammar
cedelc, e; f.

The herb mercurymercurialis perennis, Lin

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Wið ðæs innoþes heardnysse genim ðás wyrte, ðe man mercurialis, and óðrum naman cedelc nemneþ for hardness of the inwards take this herb, which is called mercurialis, and by another name mercury, Herb. 84, 1; Lchdm. i. 186, 23

CERFILLE

(n.)
Grammar
CERFILLE, cærfille, cyrfille, an; f.

CHERVILcærefolium = χαιρέφυλλον chærophyllum sylvestre

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CHERVIL; cærefolium = χαιρέφυλλον chærophyllum sylvestre, Lin Genim ðysse wyrte ðe man cerefolium, and óðrum naman ðam gelíce cerfille nemneþ þrý croppas take three heads of this herb, which is named cerefolium, and by the other like name chervil, Herb

cwice

(n.)
Grammar
cwice, an; f.

Quick-growing grass, couch-grass, quitch-grass gramen

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Genym ðysse wyrte leáf, ðe man gramen, and óðrum naman cwice nemneþ take leaves of this herb, which is named gramen, and by another name quitch, Herb. 79 ; Lchdm. i. 182, 8: Lchdm. iii. 12, 28: 16, 8. Genim cwican take quitch, L.