swimmend-líc
Able to swim
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Able to swim Swymmendlíc natatilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 3
byrc-holt
A birch holt or grove ⬩ betuletum
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A birch holt or grove; betuletum, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 21
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cærcian
to chirk, chirp
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to chirk, chirp, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Som. 29; 7, MS. C
cæmban
to comb ⬩ pectere
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to comb; pectere, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 61, MS. D
ge-reordan
To give food to, feed, take food, satisfy, refresh, feast ⬩ cibare, saturare, satiare, epulari
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To give food to, feed, take food, satisfy, refresh, feast; cibare, saturare, satiare, epulari Ic gereordige prandeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 29, 8. Ic gereordige vescor, 29; Som. 33, 50. Ic gereordige reficio, ic eom gereordod reficior, 37; Som. 39, 2.
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ge-singan
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Aer ðon se hona gesinga (gisunge, R.), Mk.
torfian
to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; ⬩ to throw. ⬩ to throw at an object, ⬩ strike with a missile, ⬩ to stone a person ⬩ to throw, ⬩ cast,
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Skt. 12, 41. without an object Ic torfige oððe sceóte iacio, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Zup. 178, 16. Ða Frencisce men torfedon tówærd ðam weofode, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 17. Samuel þe sticches toruede (tarueden, 1st MS.) oueral þan strede, Laym. 16703
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wíg-cræft
war-craft ⬩ military skill ⬩ a warlike art ⬩ a warlike engine ⬩ warlike force ⬩ military power
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Ælfc. P. 51; Th. ii. 386, 34. Ðá beþóhtan hié ealle heora wígcræftas Exantipuse Xanlhippum, cum auxiliis accitum, ducem bello praefecerunt . Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 30
ge-edlǽcan
To repeat ⬩ to repeat, recur ⬩ to persist in a statement
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Þá ylcan láre þe hé him ǽr tǽhte hé eft geedlǽhte, Hml. Th. i. 28, 7. Hé eft geedlǽhte his word, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 3. Ná geedlǽc þú ( iteres ) word mánfull, Scint. 79, 10. Ne geedlǽce hé hig eft ná ne repetat illa postea, Ll. Th. ii. 136, 15 : Hml.
rihtung
direction ⬩ guidance ⬩ correction ⬩ setting right ⬩ correction ⬩ reproof ⬩ a direction ⬩ rule ⬩ regularis
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direction guidance Bisceope gebyreþ ǽlc rihting ... Hé sceall gehádode men gewissian, ðæt heora ǽlc wite hwæt him gebyrige tó dónne, L. I. P. 7 ; Th. ii. 312, 9. Gyrd rihtingce virga directionis, Ps. Spl. 44, 8.
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weg
- Kent. Gl. 207 :
- 475 :
- 772
- 21
a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,
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Th. i. 118, 20-23. þonne rídeþ ǽlc hys weges, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 21, 4. Hí wendon him súðweard óðres weges, Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 15. Wæges, 1006 ; Erl. 140, 22. Hé mé eft lǽdde ðý sylfan wegge ðe wé ǽr tó cóman, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 41.
ge-bígednys
A bending ⬩ inflection ⬩ declining ⬩ declension ⬩ case ⬩ declīnātio ⬩ cāsus
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A bending, inflection, declining, declension, case; declīnātio, cāsus Gebígednys cāsus, Ælfc. Qr. 15; Som. 17, 30. Cāsus, ðæt is fyll oððe gebígedniss a case, that is a fall or inflection, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 17, 23.
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hoppe
An ornament suspended from the neck, ⬩ a bell [?] hung from a dog's neck
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hung from a dog's neck Hryðeres belle and hundes hoppe ǽlc biþ ánes sciłł. weorþ and ǽlc is melda geteald an ox's bell and that on a dog's collar, each is worth a shilling and each is reckoned an informer, L. Edg. H. 8; Th. i. 260, 16.
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rǽd
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Se rǽd wæs ǽfre on his rǽdfæstum geþance, ðæt hé wircan wolde ða wunderlícan gesceafta, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 4. Hé him tó rǽde genom ðæt ... cui rei consilium utile ratus est, ut ... Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 27.
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þífþ
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Hé cwæð: 'Ne willað gé nú leng þeófian ... geswícað fram ðám þweoran þǽre þýfðe (þeof(e)te v.l. furty) ... þá wæs swá geworden ... ꝥ hí æ fter þon cyrdon búton þeófte (þeófete, v.l. ),' Gr. D. 202, 1-16
éhtere
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Éhtere Crístes ǽ, Bl. H. 187, 5. Codes circena éhtere, Hml. A. 149, 147. On ðám écan wuldre ne wunað nán wiþerwinna, ne nán yfel éhtere þe ús dreccan mage, 78, 146. Se Hǽlend for his éhterum gebæd, 47, 567.
Crecgan ford
- Hunt.
CRAYFORD, Kent ⬩ loci nomen in agro Cantiano
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D. 457] Hengest and Æsc fought against the Britons at the place which is called Crayford, Chr. 457; Erl. 12, 18
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ast
a kiln ⬩ siccatorium
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a kiln; siccatorium Cyln oððe ast siccatorium, Ælfc. Gl: 109; Som. 78, 132
aweg-beran
to bear ⬩ carry or convey away ⬩ asportare
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to bear, carry or convey away; asportare, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 37
bed-tíd
BEDTIDE ⬩ bed time ⬩ lecti adeundi tempus ⬩ serum
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BEDTIDE, bed time; lecti adeundi tempus, serum, Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 76, 2