cneów
a knee ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation; ⬩ generatio
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a knee; genu Cneów genu Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 87; Wrt. Voc. 44, 69: 71, 52. Heó on cneów sette she knelt down Elen. Kmbl. 2270; El. 1136; Ps. Th. 94, 6. Hí bígdon heora cneów befóran him they bowed their knees before him Mt.
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hnol
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The top, crown of the head Hnol vertex, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 32; Wrt. Voc. 42, 40: 64, 22. Eástdǽl his hnol heóld the crown of his head held the east, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 2.
hold
A carcase, ⬩ body
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Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 3: L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 328, 5. Tódǽlon ðæs deádan hold him betwýnan cadaver mortui inter se dispertient, Ex. 21, 35
bær
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Hé tóbræc hire ceaflas mid his barum handum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 17. Add
a-feormian
To cleanse ⬩ clean thoroughly ⬩ purge ⬩ wash away ⬩ mundare ⬩ emundare ⬩ permundare ⬩ diluere
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Ic afeormige diluo, Ǽlfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 49. Hit afeormaþ of ealle ða nebcorn it will cleanse away all the face pimples. Herb. 22, 3; Lchdm, i. 118, 24
a-spendan
To spend entirely ⬩ consume ⬩ squander ⬩ to spend ⬩ expend ⬩ lay out ⬩ bestow ⬩ distribute ⬩ consumere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ expendere ⬩ sumptum facere ⬩ erogare ⬩ impertiri
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Ic aspende yfele distraho, Ælfc. Gr. 47 ; Som. 48, 52. Ic aspende [asende MS.] oððe gife impertior, 37; Som. 39, 13. Aspendan þearfum to spend on the poor; erogare pauperibus, R. Ben. interl. 58 : Scint. 1
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be-sceáwian
To look round upon ⬩ look on ⬩ consider ⬩ regard ⬩ watch ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ intueri ⬩ considerare ⬩ respicere ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ providere
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Ic onlócige, oððe ic besceáwige intueor, Ælfc. Gr. 27; Som. 29, 60. Besceáwiaþ æcyres lílian considerate lilia agri, Mt. Bos. 6, 28. Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád non respicis personam hominum, Mt. Bos. 22, 16.
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dolh-swæþ
A trace of a wound, a scar ⬩ cicatrīcis vestīgium, cĭcātrix
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-swað] cĭcātrix, Ælfc. Gl. 85; Som. 73, 115; Wrt. Voc. 49, 22. Forrotodon gewemmede and híg sync dolhswaðu [dolcswaþu MS: dolhswaðo, Spl.] míne putruērunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrīces meæ, Ps. Lamb. 37, 6. Dolhswaðu cĭcātrix, Wrt. Voc. 85, 50.
fnæd
A hem ⬩ edge ⬩ fringe ⬩ fimbria
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Fnado vel læppan fimbriæ [MS. timbria ], Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 68, 128; Wrt. Voc. 40, 33. On fnadum gyldenum in fimbriis aureis, Ps. Lamb. 44, 14
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fór-wel
Very well ⬩ very ⬩ valde
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Fórwel oft very often; multŏtiens, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 35
gál-scipe
Luxury ⬩ lustfulness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ wantonness ⬩ lewdness ⬩ luxŭria ⬩ lĭbīdo ⬩ lascīvia ⬩ petulantia ⬩ saty̆riăsis ⬩ σατυρίασιs
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Synwrénnys vel gálscipe saty̆riasis, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 49; Wrt. Voc. 19, 51
hrǽcan
hawk ⬩ spit
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To clear the throat, hawk, spit Ic hrǽce oððe ic spǽte screo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 17. Hrǽce hió him on ðæt nebb foran huic in faciem mulier expuat, Past. 5, 2; Swt. 43, 15.
ilfette
A swan
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Ylfete cignus, Ælfc. Gl, 36; Som. 62, 105; Wrt. Voc. 29, 3. Elfetu, Wrt. Voc. 62, 5. Ylfette olor vel cingnus, 77, 25. Ylfete song the song of the swan, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 6; Seef. 19.
lár-spell
A discourse ⬩ sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ treatise
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Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella I have composed quite forty homilies, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 45. Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror on óðrum lárspellum, 4, 15.
líc-þegnung
funeral ⬩ exeguies
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Lícþénunga exsequiæ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 17
nǽdl
A needle
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Voc. i. 85, 4 : Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 18. Hwanon seámere nǽdl unde sartori acus, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 33. Þurh nǽdle (nédle, Rush.) eáge per foramen acus, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 24 : Lk. Skt. 18, 25. Þurh nǽdle þyrel, Mk. Skt. 10, 25 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 1.
teón-rǽden
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Skt. ii. 25, 640: Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 18. Gif hé on gehwylcum teónrǽdennum ( injuriis) geþyld lufige . . . Gé eác earfeþa and teónrǽdena (injurias ) forberaþ, R. Ben. 27, 1, 21
þoterung
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Hé weóp swíðe biterlíce and hé feóll tó Ióhannes fótum mid geómerunge and þoterunge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 32. Hé symle clypode mid swíðlícere þoterunge: 'And wá ðissere burhware,' Homl. Th. ii. 302, 12
un-þæslíc
Unsuitable ⬩ unseemly ⬩ unbecoming ⬩ unfit
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Unsuitable, unseemly, unbecoming, unfit Unðæslíc indecens, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Zup. 87, 12. Ne gedafenaþ biscope ðæt hé beó on dǽdum folces mannum gelíc. Geswíc swá unðæslíces plegan, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 13.
un-tódǽledlíc
Indivisible ⬩ inseparable
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Littera is se læsta dǽl on bócum and, untódǽledlíc ... beóð ða stafas unóödǽledlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Zup. 4, 19-5, 3. Ðæt gecynd geféhþ ða friénd tógædre mid untódǽledlícre lufe, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 2