sinder
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Dross, impurity of metal Sinder scoria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 4. Sindor caries, putredo lignorum vel ferri, 129, 11. Synder scorium, i. 86, 18. Syndran blæccan scoriae atramento, Hpt. Gl. 421, 59. Nim seolferun syndrun, Lchdm. iii. 112, 24.
tó-slítere
One who tears in pieces ⬩ one who causes dissension ⬩ a heretic
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One who tears in pieces; metaph. one who causes dissension, a heretic Tóslíterum (tóslitenum ? v. sliten) hereticis, Lk. Skt. p. 2, 11
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wrítian
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Fénix, métaþ Fénix they make waxen images of the Phenix, draw it, paint it, E. S. 478
mis-rǽcan
to reach or touch wrongly ⬩ to apply abusive language to a person
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to reach or touch wrongly, metaph. to apply abusive language to a person Ðæt man biddendne þearfan misrǽce to abuse a needy person who begs (is one of the lighter offences), Homl. Th. ii. 590, 25
ge-hirdan
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in a physical sense, to harden, temper metal Hé ( the goldsmith ) gehyrdeð and gehyrsteð wel, Vy. 74. Gesmyrede and gehyrde lita (cf. átre gemǽled lita (veneno spicula), 96, 69, and see áhyrded, B. 1460), Wrt.
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ge-sod
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Ox. 3759- metaph. trial as by fire. v. seóþan; Ic hié wolde geclǽnsian mid ðǽm gesode ðæs broces purgare eos per ignem tribulationis volui, Past. 267, 19. (O.H.Ger. ge-sot coctio)
clyne
A mass ⬩ lump ⬩ ball ⬩ metal ⬩ massa ⬩ sphæra ⬩ metallum ⬩ σφαῖρα
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A mass, lump, ball, metal; massa, sphæra, metallum; σφαῖρα Clynes, trendles sphæræ Mone B. 3491. Ǽlces cynnes wecg, vel óra oððe clyna metallum Ælíc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 8; Wrt. Voc. 34, 67. Clyne;clyno massa, metallum Cot. 132: 182.
un-weód
A noxious weed
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A noxious weed (lit. or metaph.) Seó eorðe ús winð wið, ðonne heó forwyrneþ eorðlíces wæstmes and ús unweóda tó fela ásendeþ, Wulfst. 92, 19. Man sceal ǽlc unriht mid rihte bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2
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and-weorc
Matter ⬩ substance ⬩ material ⬩ metal ⬩ a cause of anything ⬩ materia ⬩ cæmentum ⬩ metallum ⬩ causa
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Matter, substance, material, metal, a cause of anything; materia, cæmentum, metallum, causa He ðæt andweorc of Adames lice aleoðode he dismembered the substance from Adam's body, Cd. 9; Th. 11, 16; Gen. 176.
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ge-geótan
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Add: to pour a liquid Yfel wǽte bið gegoten on ꝥ lim, Lch. ii. 284, 28. to pour molten metal, found, cast Þú gegute fundasti, Ps. Spl. T. 88, 12. Hig habbað him gegoten án gylden cealf fecerunt sibi vitulum conflatilem, Ex. 32, 8.
cnyll
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Add: clang, sound from metal S. Petrus þá duru belýcó . . . and hé þonne weorpeð þá cǽga ofer his exle intó helle. . . . Hlúd bið se cnyll ofer ealle eorðan, þonne seó cǽg fealleð innon helle, Hml.
métere
A painter
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Síd reáf swylce métere[s] wyrceþ on anlícnysse toga; scrúd swá méteras métaþ on anlícnyssan cinctus gabinus, 41, 3, 5. Ælfnóþ ðe métere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 261, 20
for-lytel
Very little
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Oþþe hit nán gód nis for eów selfe, oþþe forlytel gód wiþ eów tó metanne, Bt. 13; F. 40, 11. Forlytla sǽlþa oððe náne, 11, 2; F. 34, 30
in-cofa
the breast ⬩ heart
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An inner chamber, [metaph.] the breast, heart On his incofan ł on his clyfan in cubili suo, Ps. Lamb. 35, 5. On díglum ł on incofan ł on eówrum clyfum in cubilibus vestris, 4, 5. Eal ðæt hé hæfde on his incofan all that he had in his breast, Bt.
þel
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A thin piece of wood or metal, a plank, plate Gylden þel áslægen bratea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 42. Weel planca (þell? þele? the line is: Corpus virgineum natat ceu plana carina, Ald. 199), 95, 79.
tó-gesceádan
to separate things from one another ⬩ to expound, ⬩ interpret
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to separate things from one another; metaph. to expound, interpret Wæs ingunnen from Moyse and allum wítgum tógisceóde him in allum gewriotum ða ðe of him wérun incipiens a Mose et omnibus prophetis interpraelabatur illis in omnibus scripturis quae de
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læfer
a rush
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Genim læfre neoðowearde take the lower part of a bulrush, Lchdm. i. 382, 21. a thin plate of metal Gylden læfr bractea, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 111; Wrt. Voc. 38, 34.
weorold
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A world Ealra worulda scippend, Hy. 3, 23. the material world Ðeáh ðú ealle gesceafta áne naman genemde, ealle ðú nemdest tógædere and héte woruld, and þeáh ðone ánne noman ðú tódǽldest on feówer gesceafta; án ðæra is eorþe, óþer wæter, þridde lyft,
smiðian
To make out of metal or wood, to fashion, forge ⬩ fabricare, cudere
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To make out of metal or wood, to fashion, forge Ic smiðige cudo, ðú smiðast cudist Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 216, 8: 28, 6; Zup. 178, 10. Smiðode oððe gescóp euderet Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 36. Hé hét smiðian of smǽtum golde áne lytle róde Homl.
on-spannan
literally, to unfasten, unclasp ⬩ to open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts
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Th. 5440; B. 2723. metaph. to open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts Ongan reordigan, wordlocan onspeónn, Andr. Kmbl. 940; An. 471. Onspeón, 1342; An. 671: Elen. 172; El. 86: Exon. Th. 247, 16; Jul. 79
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