cicel
A morsel, little mouthful, cake ⬩ buccella, placenta
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Gemenged wið meolowe and to cicle abacen mingled with meal and baked to a cake, Med. ex Quadr. 9, 17; Lchdm. i. 364, 14. Bac hym ánne cicel bake him a cake, Lchdm. iii. 134, 20: L. M. 1, 46; Lchdm. ii. 114, 25: Lchdm. iii. 30, 19, 26: 96, 17
Linked entry: cycel
cwacung
QUAKING, trembling ⬩ tremor
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Wæs se múnt Garganus bifigende mid ormætre cwacunge the mount Garganus was trembling with immense quaking, Homl. Th. i. 504, 28. Búton cwacunge without guaking, ii. 32, 18
drúsan
To sink, become low, slow, inactive, to DROWSE ⬩ cadĕre, lentum vel segnem esse
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Lagu drúsade, wǽldreóre fág the stream became slower, stained with deadly gore, Beo. Th. 3265; B. 1630.
elm-rind
ELM-RIND or bark ⬩ ulmi cortex
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Mid elmrinde with elm-rind, 1, 25; Lchdm. ii. 66, 23
for-lácan
To seduce ⬩ betray ⬩ deceive ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ decĭpĕre
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Forléc hie mid ligenum he seduced her with lies, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 30; Gen. 647. Hie seó wyrd forleólc fate deceived them. Andr. Kmbl. 1227; An. 614. He wearþ on feónda geweald forlácen he was betrayed into the foes' power. Beo. Th. 1811; B. 903
hréðe
Fierce ⬩ cruel ⬩ savage ⬩ rough
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Fierce, cruel, savage, rough Wearþ hire wráþ on móde heard and hréðe was wroth with her, harsh and cruel, Cd. 103; Th. 136, 20; Gen. 2261. Deáþ neálǽcte strong and hréðe, Exon. 49 b; Th. 170, 18; Gú. 1113. Hroeðo suíðe sævi nimis, Mt. Kmbl.
hwón-líc
Little ⬩ slight ⬩ small
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Th. ii. 534, 26, Ic wearþ belocen on ánre lytlan byrig mid hwónlícum fultume I was shut up in a little town with an inconsiderable force, Homl. Swt. 7, 347
leáþor
lather
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Gníd swíðe ðæt heó sý eall geléþred þweah mid ðý leáþre ðæt heáfod gelóme rub strongly so that it may be all lathered, wash the head frequently with the lather, Lchdm. iii. 2, 4.
mære
pure
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With this may be compared the following passage For his lícweorðan feó, ðæt is ii pund mérehwítes seolfres. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 255, 12
bismer-líc
Disgraceful, ignominious, dirty, unpleasant ⬩ turpis, ignominiosus, fœdus
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[bismer, bismor disgrace, -líc] Disgraceful, ignominious, dirty, unpleasant; turpis, ignominiosus, fœdus Mid ðam bismerlícestan áþe with the most disgraceful oath, Ors. 4, 3; Bos. 79, 39: 1, 7; Bos. 29, 35.
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ge-festnian
To fasten ⬩ make fast ⬩ confirm ⬩ shut up ⬩ imprison ⬩ firmāre ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ inclūdĕre
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To fasten, make fast, confirm, shut up, imprison; firmāre, confirmāre, inclūdĕre He ðæt mid áþe gefestnode he confirmed that with oath, Chr. 1091; Erl. 228, 4.
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ge-freógan
To free ⬩ make free
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Gefreó us wiþ yfela free us from evils, Hy. 6, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 31. Gefreouad liberatus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 74
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ge-innian
To bring in ⬩ include ⬩ to fill ⬩ supply ⬩ charge ⬩ præstare ⬩ includere
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Súsle geinnod with sulphur filled, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 28; Gen. 42. He hæfþ geinnod ðat ǽr geútod wæs he has included what before was excluded, Cod. Ex. p. 1
bítan
to bite
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Add: to bite with the teeth Ic bíte mandeo, bítende and slítende mordax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 47, 56. Hé bítes and slítes hine adlidit eum, Mk. R. 9, 18.
clam
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Dryhten gescylde ús wiþ þá écan clammas, Wlfst. 226, 9. a bond, pledge Clam oððe wed clasma (v. mál in Dict. ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 2
eág-sealf
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Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wiþ ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon, iii. 292, 1: 4, 4. His man brúceþ on eágsealfe, i. 334, 4. Ðis mæg tó eáhsalfe, 374, 14. Nim þǽr góde eáhsealfe, iii. 292, 15, 18. Éhsealfe malagma, i. colirium, An. Ox. 3051. Éhsealue, 2, 141.
for-syngian
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. ¶ forsyngod burdened with sin, sinful :-- Swá se man sý swýðor forsingod, swá he geornor Godes hús séce, Wlfst. 155, 8. Wearð þes þeódscype swýðe forsyngod þurh mænigfealde synna, 163, 19. Forsyngodes mannes nýdhelp, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 2.
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ge-óleccan
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Substitute: to caress, treat with gentleness God hwílon ús geólǽht, and hwílon eác beswingð, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 2. to flatter Þonne synfulle menn óðre heora gelícan mid derigendlicere herunge geólǽcað, Hml.
líf-leás
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Th. ii. 504, 35. not endowed with life Geoffrian heora lac þám lífleásum godum. Hml. S. 29, 278. II a. not having animal life: — Þá treówa þe on æppel-túne wexað, þá þe sind llfleáse, sáwulleáse, and andgitleáse, Hml. Th. ii. 406, 11
sárigness
Sadness
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[Wiþ muchel sorinesse, Horn. 922]