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weorold-ríca

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríca, an; m.
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A man of great worldly power or wealth Gif him ǽnig heáfodman hwilces þinges forwyrnde . . . him sóna getíðode his Scyppendes árfæstnys ðæs ðe se woruldríca him forwyrnde on ǽr, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 17. Ne cyning ne woruldríca, Lchdm. iii. 442, 36. Unrihtwíse

earfoþ-lic

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Take Deut. 1, 17 under next word, and add: difficult Ðæt is wundorlic ꝥ ðú segst, and swíþe earfoþlic dysegum monnum tó ongitanne mira et concessu difficilis illatio, Bt. 38, 2; F. 198, 17. Earfoðlic (or under ?) is tó átellanne seó gedrecednes . . .

fǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽgan, p. fǽde; pp. fǽged

To paint

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To paint Faehit pingit, Txts. 86, 785. ¶ In the following glosses there seems to be confusion either between the Latin verbs pangere and pingere or between the English verbs fǽgan and fégan: Fégð pingit (cf. gefégað conpingite, 15, 43), Wrt. Voc. ii.

Linked entries: fædun faehit fégan

fæsten-gewerc

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-gewerc, fæsten-geweorc, es; n.
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Work at the repairing or construction of fortifications: one of the three obligations included in the trinoda necessitas. Bútan fæstengewerce and fyrdsócne and brycggeweorce, C. D. ii. 111, 16. Fæstengeworce, 24. Freódóm from ǽghwelcum eorðlecum þeówdómæ

fiscoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fiscoþ, es; m.
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Add: the action or practice of catching fish. Similar entries v. fiscnoþ; I Lǽrde hé þæt hí on fisceoðe (fiscaðe, v.l.) him andlyfne sóhton . . . Seó þeód þone cræft þæs fiscaðes ne cúðe, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 420, 5-10. a place for fishing. Similar entries

ge-þoftscipe

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Add: league, alliance, and substitute for passages Þǽr is geþoftscipe engla and geférrǽden apostola, Wlfst. 265, 9. Ðý lǽs hé sié innan ásliten from ðǽm geðoftscipe ðæs incundan Déman ne interni foederis discussione feriantur, Past. 351, 24. Ðá hé hine

ge-bræceo

(v.)
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Substitute: ge-bræc, e; or ge-brǽceo (ge-brǽcu); indecl. ; f. Phlegm, rheum, catarrh Gibréc, gibreec, gebréc pituita, Txts. 86, 775. Gibréc (ge-) reuma, 92, 856: umecta, 107, 2152. Gebyraec, 113, 71. Isica tyndri, sicunia (reuma ? pituita ?) gibréci,

ge-þynnian

(v.)
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Add: to make or to become thin (of a person) Hé ne oncneów hí ná, for þám heó wæs swíðe geþynnod, Hml. S. 33, 236. to lessen, diminish, wither Smyre mid gáte geallan, ealle þá nebcorn hé áclǽnsað and ealne þone wom hé geðynnað, Lch. i. 348, 26. Geþynngie

godcundlíce

(adv.)
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Add: of action by the Deity, by God, from heaven Þá cóm micel wæl and moncwild godcundlíce ( diuinitus ) sended, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 357, 22. Hé wæs godcundlíce ( diuinitus ) gefultumod, 4, 24; Sch. 482, 2. in respect to religion or to the church, ecclesiastically

hearma

A field-mousedormouse

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A field-mouse or a dormouse Hearma megale ( = μυγαλῆ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 2: 55, 60. [Cf.migale ignota nisi similis est camelioni, Shrn. 29, 12. This is in a list of glosses to Leviticus c. xi: in v. 30 mygale occurs in the Vulgate and the A. V. has

in-coþu

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Incoþa colera, An. Ox. 31, 2: incommoditates, i. infirmitates, 1981. Colera rubea, ꝥ synt reáde incoða, beóð on sumera ... On hærfeste beóð colera nigra, ꝥ synt swearte incoðan, Angl. viii. 299, 30-34. Incoþan melancolias, i. nigrum fel, An. Ox. 3049.

sceádan

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1. Add Alswá seó forg scáðeð, C. D. v. 71, 9. Eást úp suae ðet ealden fæstan scáðe; andlang ðes fǽstenes, 70, 30. (1 a) to remove from association or companionship :-- Mið ðý menn sceádas iúih cum homines separauerint uos, Lk. L. 6. 22. Ic cuóm tóo sceádanne

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, hom, hamm, e; f.

The ham, the inner or hind part of the kneewith bent kneesthe ham or haunch of a horsepoples, suffrago

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The ham, the inner or hind part of the knee Hamm poples, hamma suffragines, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 84, 83; Wrt. Voc. 44, 66, 65. Ham poples, 71, 50. Monegum men gescrincaþ his fét tó his homme ... gebeðe ða hamma with many a man the feet shrink up to

cneó-mǽgas

(n.)
Grammar
cneó-mǽgas, cneów mǽgas, -mágas, pl. m. [cneó II. generation, mǽg relation]

Relations of the same sex or the same generationconsanguinei

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Relations of the same sex or the same generation; consanguinei Cneówmǽgas relations Cd. 83; Th. 104, 11; Gen. 1733. From cneómǽgum from their relations Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 8; Æðelst. 8. Enos ongon, mid ðám cneómágum, ceastre timbran Enoch began, with

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slítung

(n.)
Grammar
slítung, e; f.

tearing, rending, bitingwasting, spoiling consumpcio saevitia

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tearing, rending, biting Similar entries v. slítan, IV Slítinc ł geter dilaceratio Hpt. Gl. 499, 21. Fugelas hig fretaþ mid ðære biterustan slítunge devorabunt eos aves morsu amarissimo Dent. 32, 24. Sume men fram ðara wyrma slítunge sweltaþ Lchdm. ii

smæc

(n.)
Grammar
smæc, smæcc, es; m.

Smack, taste, savour gustus, sapor

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Smack, taste, savour Dulcis sapor swéte smæc, i. dulcis odor Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 6. Ðone swétan smæc nectar 61, 31. Witt iss þurrh salltes smacc bitacnedd Orm. 1653. Smech muðes neoses smel A. R. 276, 15. Smeorðrinde smoke smecche forcuðest Marh. 9, 6

ge-syrwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-syrwan, p. -syrede; pp. -syrwed.

armourto armwilya wilehaving beliefto plotmachinate

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[v. searu armour] to arm Eode ða gesyrwed secg to ðam eorle then went an armed man to the earl, Byrht. Th. 136, 30; By. 159. [Or gesyrwed wily, searu a wile; cf. gelýfed having belief.] to plot, machinate [searu artifice] Wom-dǽda ðe [MS. ðy] ic gesyrede

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atrum

(n.)

a black liquidpigment

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a black liquid or pigment Attrum calecantum, vitrolum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 64. Syndran atrume scoriae atramento (foedatos), An. Ox. 7, 45: Angl. xiii. 28, 25 (where see note). Attrum glosses lodix, An. Ox. 18 b, 52 the gloss to which in Wrt. Voc. ii.

hæc

(n.)
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Substitute for all but the bracket: hæc[c], e ; /. and hæc[c], hæcce, es; m. A hatch, heck, [hatch a gate or wicket; a flood-gate or sluice; a contrivance for trapping salmon: heck a grating or frame of parallel bars . . . used to catch fish at a weir

(adj.)
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Subst. or adj. Add: as subst. with partitive genitive sing., something in addition, an additional quantity or amount Ne wilnige ic heora nánes náwyt mycle má ðonne ic néde sceol habban tó mýnes líchaman héle. Solil. H. 37, 11. Ne wé wítegan habbað þæt