scearp-síne
Sharp-sighted
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Sharp-sighted Gif hwá biþ swá scearpséne (-siéne, Cott. MS.) . . . swá swá Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre, ðæt mihte stánas þurhseón . . . gif ðonne hwá wǽre swá scearpsiéne, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 19-23
swinc-full
Full of trouble or distress, disastrous
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Full of trouble or distress, disastrous Ðæs ilean geáres wæs swíðe hefelíc geár and swíðe swincfull and sorhfull geár binnan Englelande on orfcwealme, and corn and wæstmas wǽron ætstandene. Chr. 1085 ; Erl. 219, 19
ge-þingan
To determine ⬩ fix ⬩ destine
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-ed] he mæg ðǽr fela freónda findan if then Hrethric determine to come to the Goths' courts he can find there many friends, Beo. Th. 3678; B. 1857.
nytan
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Ðæt ðæt ic ǽr sǽde ðæt ic nyste (Cott. MS. nesse) ... Ðú sǽdest ðæt ðú nystest (Cott. MS. nesse), 34, 12; Fox 154, 12-13. Ðú nysstest (Cott. MS. nesse) . . . ic nyste (Cott. MS. nysse), 35, 2; Fox 156, 33-34. Ðú nestest, 5, 3; Fox 12, 34.
emb-rin
an urn
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an urn Embrin bothoma (the m is altered into ni, Corp. Gl. H. 25, 146), Wülck. Gl. 9, 18. Embren bothoma, 358, 19. Æmbern bothonia, 195, 20. Embrin balus, 275, 12. Substitute:
scipere
A sailor
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A sailor Hé tealde ðæt his sciperes woldon wændon fram him, búton hé ðé raðor cóme ... His sciperes geféngon hine and wurpon hine on ðone bát, Chr. 1046; Erl. 174, 13-18
sceatt
property, goods, wealth, treasure ⬩ price, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods ⬩ a coin
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Deut. 16, 19, Æt ðam lande ðe arcebisceop gebohte mid his ágenan sceatte (with his own money ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 86, 10.
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HÚ
How
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Mé com swíðe oft on gemynd hú gesǽliglíce tída wǽron giond Angelcynn it has often come into my mind what happy times there were in England, Past. Pref. Swt. 3, 4.
CÍNE
A chink, fissure, vault ⬩ rima, caverna
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A chink, fissure, vault; rima, caverna Ic geseah áne lytle cýnan [Cott. cínan] I saw a little chink, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 28. Cínan rimas, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 5. Cínum cavernis, 148, 81
eár-wicga
EARWIG or worm ⬩ vermis vel forfĭcfŭla aurĭcŭlāris
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M. cont. I. 3; Lchdm. ii. 2, 14: L. M. I. 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, I: I, 3; Lchdm. ii. 44, 4
ge-pós
The POSE, a cold in the head, catarrh ⬩ grăvēdo
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The POSE, a cold in the head, catarrh; grăvēdo Wið gepósu for colds in the head, Herb. 46, 1; Lchdm. i. 148, 12. Wið gepósum for poses, L. M. 1, 10; Lchdm. ii. 54, 17
eár-gespreca
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Substitute: A confidential speaker, a counsellor Eárgespeca auricularius (cf. auricularium, consiliarium, Corp. Gl. H. 23, 945, a gloss on a Sam. 23, 23 (?) :-- Fecit eum sibi David auricularium a secreto), Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 46
swéging
A sounding, sound, noise, roaring (of the sea, etc.), clanging (of implements, etc.)
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Swégincga beátendra slecgea sonitus tundentium malleorum, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 7
swelgere
A glutton ⬩ glutto
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A glutton Ic ne eom swá micel swelgere ðæt icealle cynn metta on ánre gereordinge etan mǽge non sum tam vorax, ut omnia genera ciborum in una refectione edere possim, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 35
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torr
turris ⬩ a tower ⬩ a projecting rock ⬩ a tor
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Ǽrest on mercecumb (in Dorset), ðonne on grénan pytt, ðonne on ðone torr æt mercecumbes ǽwielme, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 28, 32. On gyran torr (in Devon), iii. 412, 9. An horsa tor . . . on lytlan tor (in Devon), Cod. Dip. B. iii. 133, 10, 11.
mót-bell
A bell rung to call an assembly together
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Conf. Schmid. p. 5 c 9, § 4
un-scoren
Unshorn ⬩ unshaven
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Unshorn, unshaven Locc unscoren coma vel cirrus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 45. Hí beón unscorene sint inrasi, Anglia xiii. 408, 609. Hí lange tíd eodon ealle unscorene and sídfeaxe, Ap. Th. 6, 12
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sleahe
A slay ⬩ a weaver's reed ⬩ an instrument of a weaver's loom that has teeth like a comb
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A slay (or sley), a weaver's reed, an instrument of a weaver's loom that has teeth like a comb Slahae pectica. Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 23. Slǽ pe[c]tica i. 282, 6
windwian
To winnow ⬩ ventilare ⬩ literal ⬩ figurative
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To winnow; ventilare, literal Hé corn ðærsc and windwode, Shrn. 61, 19. figurative Fiónd úre wé windwiaþ inimicos nostros ventilavimus, Ps. Surt. 43, 6. Ic windwade (ventilabam) in mé gást mínne, 76, 7
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ed-hwyrft
A returning, return ⬩ rĕdĭtio, rĕdĭtus
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A returning, return; rĕdĭtio, rĕdĭtus He ne wéneþ, ðæt him ðæs edhwyrft cyme he will not hope that its return may come. Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 3; Gn. Ex. 42: Beo. Th. 2566; B. 1281