ǽ-mynde
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For ' <b>ǽ-mynde,</b> es; n. . . . neglect' substitute: <b>ǽ-mynd, e</b>; f. Jealousy, and add Ǽmend zelum, Angl. 32, 506. Cf. myne love
cépe-man
A chapman, merchant ⬩ mercator
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A chapman, merchant; mercator Gif man feormaþ cépeman if a man entertain a chapman, L. H. E. 15; Th. i. 32, 17. Hit cépemen ne gefaraþ merchants do not visit it, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 1
ilfig
mad ⬩ frantic
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Affected by elves [?], mad, frantic Fanaticus, i. minister templi, futura præcinens, vel ylfig, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 40. Ylfie vel mónaþseóce comitiales, i. e. garritores, 132, 26. Comitiales, lunaticos wanseóce i. garritores, ylfie, Hpt. Gl. 519. 44
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byrig
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Dele e; f. acc. s. byrige. In the earlier MS. of the Chron. the form burg occurs in the passages; in the later the mutated form seems to have made its way into the nominative and accusative
ge-scádwyrt
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Substitute <b>gescád-wyrt,</b> e ; f. The name of some plant Gescádwyrt (giscáduuyrt, Ep. gescanuuyrt, Erf.) talumbus, Txts. 101, 1979. Gescáduyrt berbescum. Lch. iii. 300, col. 2. Gescádwyrt nioþowearde, ii. 274, 18
wearp-fæt
A wicker-basket
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A wicker-basket Corbis vel cofinus wylige, sportella tǽnel, cartallum windel, calathus (cf. wearp, II, and Ovid: Calathos e vimine textos) wearpfæt, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 2-5: 40, 42. [A warpe-fatte alveolus, Cath. Angl. 409.]
gealg-treów
a gallow-tree
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Add: a gallow-tree (gallows-tree comes in only in the 19th cent. The older form remains in local names e. g. Gallowtree-gate in Leicester) Tó ðám galhtreówe on deópan dene, C. D. iii. 439, 12
fadian
To set in order, dispose, direct, guide ⬩ ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre, dirĭgĕre
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To set in order, dispose, direct, guide; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre, dirĭgĕre Word and weorc freónda gehwylc fadige mid rihte let every friend guide his works and words aright, L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 372, 1
burg-spræc
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Substitute: <b>burg-sprǽc,</b> -spǽc, e; f. Elegant speech Gleáwnesse burhsprǽce dissertudinem urbanitatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 52. Burhspǽce urbanitatis, eloquentiae loquela, Hpt. Gl. 404, 40: An. Ox. 9, 13
clincig
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Shrivelled with heat or cold, rough Clincig síþfæt asperum iter, Hy. S. 104, 35. [Cf. somer dryeth mareis and mores . . . and maketh hem rouȝe and harde and clynkery. v. N. E. D. clinkery.] Cf. clingan
dop-fugel
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Dopfugel mergus, Hpt. 33, 240, 23. Mergulum, niger avis, mergit sub aquam pisces quaerere, i. e. dobfugel, Shrn. 29, 4. Ðæs gífran dopfugeles voracis mer[g]ule, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 7: 56, 61. Add
ge-bird
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bearded. Take here ge-byrd in Dict. grown up; pubes Gebierdne, þone æþelan geongan indolem (perhaps the passage glossed is: Pulcherrimam pubertatis indolem, Aid. 63, 25), Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 80. v. un-gebeard[e]
heáfod-land
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Take here hafud-land in Dict., and add: [v. land; ] Of ðǽre stréte on ðá díc ðe scýt tó ðám heáfodlande; ðonne on westhealfe ðæs heáfodlandes, C. D. v. 275, 17-19. Tó þám heáfodlonde, iii. 384, 32. Of þǽm wege á be þǽm heáfodlande; ꝥ eft in ꝥ óþer heáfodlond
a-fyrsian
To remove farthest away ⬩ drive away ⬩ dispel ⬩ pellere ⬩ propellere ⬩ auferre
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To remove farthest away, drive away, dispel; pellere, propellere, auferre He afyrseþ gást ealdormanna aufert spiritum principum, Ps. Spl. 75, 12: 45, 9. Ðe deófla afyrseþ which drives devils away, L. C. E. 4; Th. i. 360, 29
Indisc
Indian
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Indian Ðone gársecg mon hǽt Indisc e qua oceanus Indicus vocari incipit, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 8. On indisc sprecende indice loquentes. Nar. 25, 16. Indisce mýs mures indici, 16, 5. Indiscum wordum indico sermone, 29, 8
pur-lamb
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A pur-lamb (pur-lamb a wether-lamb, West of England, E. D. S. Publ. Old Farming Words, No. 6) Ðæt lamb sceal beón ánwintre purlamb clǽne and unwemme erit agnus absque macula, masculus, anniculus, Ex. 12, 5
wiþo-winde
Withy-wind ⬩ with-wind ⬩ convolvulus
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Withy-wind, with-wind (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names), convolvulus Wiþewinde involuco, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 2. Wiðwinde viticella, i. 33, 13. Genim wiþowindan twigu, Lchdm. ii. 34, 17. Wiþowindan leáf, 52, 6. Wiþewindan, 122, 18
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ágen-lic
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own; proprius Ágenlices dédes propriae octionis , Rtl. 49, 32. Æfter ágenlic mægn secundum propriam virtutem , Mt: L. 25, 15. Ðá áganlico propria , p. 15, 5. owed, due; debitus. v. ágan, Ágenlic(e) hérnise debitam servitutem , Rtl. 106, 13
cyning-ríce
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A kingdom For ælre ðére kynga sáwle ðe æfter mé ðyses kynyngríches wældeð, C. D. iv. 229, 26. [v. N. E. D. king-rick. O. H. Ger. chuning-ríchi sceptrum, res publica: Icel. konung*-*ríki.] Cf. cyne-ríce
blind
dark ⬩ dim ⬩ blind
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Add: physical Ic wæs blind bám eágum, Hml. Th. i. 422, 7: Bt. 38, 5; F. 206, 26. Palpo ic grápige; hic palpo ðes blinda mann, hujus palponis ðyses blindan, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 216, 10. (Dele the rendering in Dict.) figurative, of persons Ðá dysegan men sint