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bealo-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-ráp, es; m.

A pernicious cord ⬩ dirus laqueus

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A pernicious cord; dirus laqueus, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 7; Cri. 365

lifer-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
lifer-ádl, e; f.
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Cont. 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 162, 2

nægel-spere

(n.)
Grammar
nægel-spere, es; n.
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Naeglsperu unguana Corp. Gl. H. 131, 260

æsc-fealu

(adj.)
Grammar
æsc-fealu, adj.

Ashy-coloured

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Ashy-coloured: — Æscfealu vel æscgrǽg cinereus, deterrimus color. Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 14

hana

(n.)
Grammar
hana, an; m.

A cock

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A cock Se hana creów gallus cantavit, Mk. Skt. 14, 68, 30, 72

Linked entry: hona

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.

thence ⬩ from that time, ⬩ after that ⬩ whence

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God wunaþ on ðære ceastre his ánfealdnesse; ðonan hé ðǽlþ manega gemetgunga eallum his gesceaftum, and þonon (-an, Cott. MS.) hé welt ealra Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 18-21.

ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
ǽdre, ǽddre, édre, an; f; ǽdr, e; f.

An artery ⬩ a vein ⬩ fountain ⬩ river ⬩ arteria ⬩ vena ⬩ fons ⬩ rivus ⬩ a nerve ⬩ sinew ⬩ kidney ⬩ nervus ⬩ ren

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Ðá for ðam cýle him gescuncan ealle ǽdra then all his sinews shrank because of the cold, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 39

BEN

(n.)
Grammar
BEN, benn, e; f. [connected with bana a slayer, murderer]

A wound ⬩ vulnus

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Ne ðǽr ǽnig com blód of benne nor came there any blood from the wound Cd. 9; Th. 12, 6; Gen. 181. Heortan benne the wounds of heart, i. e. sadness, grief Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 17; Wand. 49.

Linked entry: benn

cealre

(n.)
Grammar
cealre, calwer, es; m.

calmaria, gabalacrum

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Calwer gabalacrum, Cot. 96

Linked entries: celras calwer

fætels

(n.)
Grammar
fætels, fetels, es; pl. nom. acc. fætelsas, fætels; m. n. A vessel, vat, sack, bag, pouch; vas, saccus, pēra = πήρα, marsūpium =

μαρσύπιoν

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Ic bicge hýda and fell, and wyrce of him pusan and fætelsas ĕgo ĕmo cŭtes et pelles et făcio ex iis pēras et marsūpia, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 1

Linked entries: fetels fételsco

freó-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
freó-dóm, frió-dóm, frý-dóm, es; m.

FREEDOM ⬩ liberty ⬩ lībertas ⬩ emancĭpātio

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Cot. Freódóm emancĭpātio, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 93; Wrt. Voc. 60, 2. Ðám he geaf micle gife freódómes to these he gave the great gift of freedom, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 1. Be ðam freódóme concerning freedom, 41, 2; Fox 246, 13.

fylmen

(n.)
Grammar
fylmen, es; n.

A film ⬩ thin skin ⬩ prepuce ⬩ præpūtium ⬩ omentum

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Voc. 27, 23: Cot. 133. Fylmen omentum, 74; Som. 71, 61; Wrt. Voc. 44, 43. On ðam fylmene in præpūtio, Homl. Th. i. 94, 13. Feóllon swylce fylmena of his eágum there fell as it were films from his eyes, Homl. Th. i. 386, 31

Linked entry: film

heorot

(n.)
Grammar
heorot, heort, es; m.

A hart ⬩ stag ⬩ male deer

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Heortas cervos, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 31

Linked entry: heort

HREÁW

(adj.)
Grammar
HREÁW, hrǽw [also written hreów]; adj.

RAW ⬩ uncooked

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Flǽscmettas hreáwe carnes crudas, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 13

Linked entry: hreów

lǽn-land

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn-land, es; n.
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is ðæs landes iii hída ðe Óswald arcebisceop bócaþ Eádríce his þegne swá swá hé hit ǽr hæfde tó lánlande there are three hides of land that archbishop Oswald conveys by charter to the possession of Eadric his thane, such as before he held by lease, Cod

ge-brócod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brócod, -brócad, -bróced, -brócud [or -brocod ?]; part. p. [ge-, brðcod; pp. of brócian to oppress, vex]

Afflicted ⬩ broken up ⬩ injured ⬩ afflictus ⬩ confractus

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We ealle on hǽðenum folce gebrócude wǽron we were all afflicted by the heathen folk, Cod. Dipl. 314; A. D. 880-885; Kmbl. ii. 113, 16

þúma

(n.)
Grammar
þúma, an; m.

The thumb

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Ic com mid handa on ðone stán drífan, and se ðúma gebrocen wæs, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 24. Gif se þúma biþ of áslægen, ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte. Gif se nægl biþ of áslegen, ðam sculon .v. sciłł. tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 56; Th. i. 94, 28.

un-forboden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forboden, adj.

Unforbidden ⬩ not prohibited ⬩ free from any moral or legal hindrance

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Unforboden and unbesacan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 234, 20.

Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan

un-gelǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelǽred, adj.

Untaught ⬩ unlearned ⬩ ignorant ⬩ unskilled

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Ungelǽrede wé syndon idiotae sumus, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 8. Forhwon beóð ǽfre suǽ ðríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láriówdómes ab imperitis pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur? Past. 1; Swt. 25, 16

Linked entry: un-lǽred

ceaster-gewara

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-gewara, an; m.
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Hé cóm tó þǽre byrig ... ðá ceastergewaran wundrodon, Hml. S. 24, 131: Shrn. 98, 33: 151, 34. Wé syndon þýne ceastergewaran, Ap. Th. 20, 1. Gé Tharsysce ceastergewaran, 26, 2. Godes ceastergewaran. Hml. Th. i. 38, 34.

Linked entry: ge-wara