mǽþ
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Riht dóm ys þár ná mǽþa (personę) ac weorcu beóþ besceá-wude, 3. add: v. mǽþ-leás, -lic. add: v. mǽþ-full On ðǽre sylfan grétinge ǽlc sí gegearcod him mǽð in ipsa salutatione omnis exibiatur humanitas, R. Ben. I. 88, 6
mylen-gear
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D. yair) Þæs hagan gemǽre æt Wintanceastre líð úp of þǽm forda on þone westmestan mylengear westeweardne; þæt eást on þone ealden welig, and þonan úp andlanges þæs eástran mylengeares . . . on þone ealdan mylengear; þæt þǽr andlanges þæs ealdan myle[
sǽ-weard
sea-ward,
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Werige his (the 'cotsetla' ) hláfordes inland, gif him man beóde, æt sǽwearde, 3 ;Th. i. 432, 28. Cf. the description of Beowulf's landing Ða of wealle geseah weard Scyldinga, se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde, etc. Beo.
snáw
Snow
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Snáw cymþ of ðam þynnum wǽtan ðe byþ up átogen mid ðære lyfte, and byþ gefroren ǽr ðan hé tó dropum geurnen sý, and swá semtinges fylþ Lchdm. iii. 278, 23. Ðǽr (in Ireland) seldon snáu leng ligeþ ðonne þrý dagas Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 31.
tó-beátan
To beat to pieces, ⬩ destroy by beating
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Com him swilc wind ongeán, swilce nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, and ða scipo ealle tóbeót, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 5. Scipia hét ǽlcne hiéwestán tóbeátan omni murali lapide inpiilverem comminuto, Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 212, 10.
smedema
Fine flour, meal
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Smedma of melwe pollis Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 15. Smedma simila vel pollis Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 24. Hwǽtes smedma Lchdm. ii. 108, 10. Gecned þrí sestras smedeman (similae) Gen. 18, 6 : Ex. 29, 40. Smideman Lev. 2, 2.
æcer-man
A field-man ⬩ farmer ⬩ agricola
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A field-man, farmer; agricola, Ælfc. Gl. 5
a-héncg
hung
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hung,Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 13;
apple-treów
An apple-tree ⬩ pomus ⬩ malus
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An apple-tree; pomus, malus,Ælfc. Gr. 5 ?
Linked entry: appel-treów
feówertig-feald
Fortyfold ⬩ quadrāgēnārius
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Fortyfold; quadrāgēnārius, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 19
forþ-heold
Stooping ⬩ þroclīvus
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Stooping; þroclīvus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 39
innor
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Innor interius, Ælfc. Gr. 38 ; Som. 42, 13
Linked entry: inne
iung-líc
Youthful
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Youthful Iunglícre ylde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 40
gristel
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Gristle; cartilago, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 71, 8
ge-hýrst
hearest
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hearest, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 33, 57, 58;
bóc-treów
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Bóctreów fagus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 29, 17. Add
hærfest-mónaþ
September, ⬩ September
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September, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 54
brýdi-guma
a bridegroom
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a bridegroom, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 55
láreów-dóm
mastership ⬩ governance ⬩ teaching
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Ælfc. P. 10; Th. ii. 368, 3. Ðætte unlǽrde ne dyrren underfón láreówdóm ne venire imperiti ad magisterium audeant, Past. 1, arg; Swt. 25, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 320, 12
mǽst
most ⬩ chiefly ⬩ especially ⬩ almost ⬩ nearly
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Swá swá ealle mæst ðyssere declinunge, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 7; Som. 9, 9. Ða óðre ealle mǽst almost all the others, 9, 4; Som. 10, 24. Ealle mǽst ðás word, 30; Som. 38, 35. Similar entries v. má, and micel