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swertling

(n.)
Grammar
swertling, es; m.

A tit-lark

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A tit-lark Swertling ficedula (in later glossaries ficedula is translated rooke, Wülck. Gl. 583, 12 nuthage = nuthatch, 702, 32. See also sucga), Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 10

hland

urine

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Nim wulle and wǽt mid biccean hlonde, Lch. i. 362, 18. Genim hlond, gehǽt mid stánum, þweah mid þý hlonde, ii. 156, 14. Hrýþeres geallan wiþ gǽten hland gemenged, 40, 20. Hlond lotia Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 9. Substitute:

open-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
open-líc, adj.

Open, public

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Openlecum (opanletet, Wrt. ii. 3, 61) a puplicis, Wülck. Gl. 343, 28

pytt

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</b> figurative :-- Ðæt hí for hira úpáhæfennesse befeallen on ðone pytt ofermétta ipso elationis suae barathro devorantur, Past. 439, 3. v. col-, wíðig-, wulf-pytt

ge-galan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-galan, p. -gól; pp. -galen, -gælen
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Gegælen (printed -grelen, but see Wülck. Gl. 422, 24), 45, 60. Beóþ gegalene fram wísum, Ps. Spl. 57, 5

ó-web

(n.)
Grammar
ó-web, -wef, es; n.
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Woof Óweb vel áb (ób, Wülck. G1. 188, 12) trama vel subtemen, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 50: cladicla, ii. 139, 59. Ówef cladica, 104, 13 : 14, 43

Linked entries: ób áb a-web

wræþ-studu

(n.)
Grammar
wræþ-studu, -stuþu, e; f.

A support ⬩ prop ⬩ buttress ⬩ slay

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Wræþstuþum fulcris, Wülck. Gl. 245, 28. Wreðstiiþum, Exon. Th. 422, 6; Rä. 41, 2

gelde

Grammar
gelde, Substitute: Geld (v. N. E. D. s. v.), barren, unproductive
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Effeta, i. sine foetu, debilis, priuata, sine fructu, vel gelde, uacuala, ineruata, sterilis, stulta, Wülck. Gl. 226, 22. Effeta [ná ?] berende bið oððe gelde oððe áfyldum, 394, 26

á-libban

Grammar
á-libban, -lifian, -leofian.
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S. 8, 110. to live, not to die of an injury Gif wulf orf tóslíte and hit for þan deád beó . . . gif hit ályfað, Ll. Th. ii. 212, 27.

Linked entry: á-lifian

ofer-lecgan

(v.)
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to lay over, above, or upon something else Oferlecgan ꝥ lín þám weófode superponant linteum altari, Angl. xiii. 428, 899. to cover the surface of a thing with something Oferlege mid wulle, Lch. ii. 200, 7.

belene

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Beolone, 68, 43: simphonia, Wülck. Gl. 301, 23: laterculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 52. Belene, ii. 54, 21. Add

rúma

(n.)
Grammar
rúma, an; m.

Separation

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Separation Rúma discidium, i. separatio, divisio, Wülck. 223, 25. Cf. He gede on rum he went apart, Gen. and Ex. 400. On, a roume at a distance, Strat. Dict

emb-rin

Grammar
emb-rin, embrin (-en), æmbern

an urn

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H. 25, 146), Wülck. Gl. 9, 18. Embren bothoma, 358, 19. Æmbern bothonia, 195, 20. Embrin balus, 275, 12. Substitute:

or-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
or-trúwian, p. ode

To be without hope of, to despair of

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To ortrúwienne desperandum, Wulck. Gl. 250, 36

beger

(n.)
Grammar
beger, (-ir), es; n.
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Cf. berige vaccinia (bacinia, Wülck. Gl. 296, 26), Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 25, and

sprott

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Sprot silurus (cf. silurus a loche, Wülck. Gl. 612, 3), Nap. 14, 39. Hé cwæð ꝥ hí ealle ne mihton, ne fisceras ne hé sylf, gefón ǽnne sprot, Hml. S. 31, 1271. Add

web-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
web-wyrhta, an; m.

A fuller

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A fuller Webwyrhta fullo, Wülck. Gl. 245, 33. Swylcne gerelan swylcne nǽnig fulwa, ðæt is nǽnig webwyrhta, ðæt mihte dón, Shrn. 56, 10. Ðone Iacóbum Iudǽa leorneras ofslógan mid webwyrhtan róde, 93, 12

Linked entry: fulwa

sweor-hnitu

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-hnitu, e; f.

A neck-nit, a nit that breeds at the back of the neck

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usia (cf. swínes lús usia, 122, 26), Wülck. Gl. 54, 34

wóde-wistle

(n.)
Grammar
wóde-wistle, an; f.

Hemlock

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Wódewistle (printed -þisele, but see Wülck. Gl. 297, 8) cicuta, 67, 37

Linked entry: wistle

fitel-fóta

(adj.)
Grammar
fitel-fóta, adj.
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Having white feet Brún badius, fitelfóta petilus (cf. petulus whytfoted et dicitur de equo, Wülck. Gl. 602, 32 (15th cent.), Wrt. Voc. i. 46, omitted after 42 (v. Angl. viii. 451)