dropung
A dropping ⬩ stillicĭdium
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A dropping; stillicĭdium Þurh dropunge deáwes and rénes through dropping of dew and rain, Ps. Th. 64, 11: Ps. Vos. 71, 6
hrǽcea
hawking
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Clearing the throat, hawking Þurh spátl and hrǽcean by spittle and clearing the throat, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 8
ge-flýtan
To strive ⬩ fight ⬩ contendĕre ⬩ certāre
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To strive, fight; contendĕre, certāre Cynewulf and Offa geflyton ymb Benesingtún Cynewulf and Offa fought at Benson, Chr. 777; Erl. 55, 1
ge-réde
Harness, trappings ⬩ phaleræ
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Harness, trappings; phaleræ Hors and his gerédan a horse and his trappings, L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 12, note 39
Linked entry: ge-rǽde
ge-men
Men
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Men Wǽron ðǽrin gemanna hand twelftig ðúsenda there were therein a hundred and twenty thousand men, Salm. and Sat. Kmbl. 186, 1
Linked entry: ge-manna
syn-leahter
A sinful fault, a sin
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A sinful fault, a sin Forbúgan ða synleahtras ðe ús forbodene synd, ðæt is unrihthǽmed and ǽrǽtas and oferdruncennessa, Wulfst. 134, 24
Linked entry: firen-leahter
un-gebyrde
Not natural ⬩ uncongenial
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Not natural, uncongenial Ǽlc gesceaft flíhþ ðætte him wiþerweard biþ and ungebyrde (? -byde, Fox) and ungelíc, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 23
wist-full
Abounding in food ⬩ productive
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Abounding in food, productive Ðis wæs swíðe gód geár and swíðe wistfull on wudan and on feldan, Chr. 1112; Erl. 243, 38
wyrt-bed
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A garden-bed Ðeós wyrt bið cenned on begánum stówum and on wyrtbeddum and on mǽdum, Lchdm. i. 96, 22: 184, 6
be-hrúmig
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Hé clypte ðá hweras and cyste þá pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig, Shrn. 69, 30. v. next word. Add
bróc-minte
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Brócminte sisymbrium, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 3. Brócminte and óþre mintan, Lch. iii. 6, 14. Dele bróc-mint, e; f., and add:
ge-brosnodlic
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Add:. corruptible: — Ðysse worulde wela is hwýl-wendlic and feallendlic and gebrosnodlic. Wlfst. 263, 12. Ic c] corruptibilem, An. Ox. 8, 11
hǽlu-tíd
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A time of well-being, a happy time Eádward cirig . . . hǽlotíd weóld Walum and Scottum and Bryttum, Chr. 1065 ; P. 193, 31
of-earmung
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On ofearmunga and mildheortnesse in miseratione et misericordia, Ps. Rdr. 102, 5. Gemyne ofearmunga (miserationum) þínra and mildheortnesse þínre, 24, 6. Add
wlátung
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Sight, spectacle Þe lǽs þe se hlyst and seó gesihí wurðe gefýled mid besmitenysse fracodlicra wurda and wlátuncga (spectaculorum), Chrd. 79, 4
ælmes-weorc
Alms-deed, work of charity
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Alms-deed, work of charity Ðæt wé úre synna béton mid fæstenum and mid gebedum and mid ælmesweorcum, Bl. H. 25, 17
ofer-hygdig
Pride
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Pride Ðonne hí oferhýdig up áhófan and him wóhgodu worhtan and grófun in sculptilibus suis emulati sunt eum, Ps. Th. 77, 58
Linked entries: -hygdig ofer-hídig
híwung
Marriage
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Marriage Mid his híwunge and his geférena with the marriage of himself and of his companions, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 24
Linked entry: heówung
læccan
To take ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ catch ⬩ apprehend ⬩ capture
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To take, grasp, seize, catch, apprehend, capture Lǽdeþ hine and læceþ and hine geond land spaneþ leadeth and taketh him, and through the land lures him, Salm. Kmbl. 989; Sal. 496. Hí læccaþ of manna begeatum hwæt hí gefón mágen eallswá gýfre hremnas
betonice
The herb BETONY ⬩ betonĭca officinālis
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The herb BETONY; betonĭca officinālis. This species is the common wood-betony, the betonĭca officinālis of Linnæus. It is a species of the genus Stachys, but it was formerly a species of the genus Betonica. It is very plentiful in Great Britain, and formerly