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rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, p. ráp, pl. ripon
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Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 63. Ðú rípst ðíne æceras tui agros metis, 15; Som. 19, 46. Hláford ðú rípst ðǽr ðú ne seówe.... Ðú wistest ðæt ic rípe (hrippo, Lind.) ðǽr ic ne sáwe, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 24-26. Hrippes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 19, 21.

Linked entry: rýpan

ge-þwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þwǽre, -þwére; adj.

Unitedagreeingconsonantharmoniousaccordantconcordantmildgentlepeacefulconcorscongruusconsŏnusmansuētuspācĭfĭcusplăcĭdus

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Gr. 9, 44; Som. 13, 4, MSS. C. D. Geþwǽre sang harmŏnĭa, Ælfc. Gl. 34; Som. 62, 59; Wrt. Voc. 28, 39.

Linked entries: ge-hwǽre ge-þwére

ELLES

(adv.)
Grammar
ELLES, adv.

ELSE, otherwise, in another mannerălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus

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Gr. 38; Som. 40, 7

Linked entry: el

sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
sáwan, seów, séw; sáwen.

to sowto sowimplant

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Gl. 370. to sow (a field with seed) Hí seówon æceras seminaverunt agros, Ps. Spl. 106, 37. Ne sáw ðú ðínne æcyr mid gemengedum sǽde agrum tuum non seres diverso semine, Lev. 19, 19.

Linked entries: a-sáwan be-sáwan

cleófa

(n.)
Grammar
cleófa, cleafa, cliófa, an; m.

a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chambercubīle, cellarium, cubiculum

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Gl. 108; Som. 78, 122; Wrt. Voc. 58, 34. Ðeós sweoster wæs útgangende of hire cleófan hæc soror egressa est de cubiculo, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 31

Linked entries: cleáfa cliófa clýfa

ést-mete

(n.)
Grammar
ést-mete, es; m.

Delicate meat, dainties, luxuriesdelĭcātus cĭbus, daps, dēlĭciæ

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Gr. 9, 54; Som. 13, 20. Seó wuduwe ðe lyfaþ on éstmettum. heó ne lyfaþ ná, ac heó is deád. Ðeós Anna, ðe we embe sprecaþ, ne lufude heó ná éstmettas, ac lufude fæstenu the widow who liveth in luxuries, she liveth not, but she is dead.

fóre-secgan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-secgan, p. -saegde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd

To FORE-SAYforetellpredictannouncepræfāriprædīcĕreprædĭcārepronuntiāreannuntiāre

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Gr. 47; Som. 48, 40. Ðæt se bisceop Aidan ðám scypfarendum ðone storm towardne fóresægde ut episcŏpus Aidan nautis tempestātem fŭtūram prædixĕrit, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 16: Ps. Th. 118, 172: 147, 8.

hund-nigontig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-nigontig, num.

Ninety

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Gr. 49; Som. 49, 44. Se sumor hafaþ hundnygontig daga ... Se winter hæfaþ tú and hundnigontig daga, Shrn. 83, 33; 146, 7. Hundteóntig geára wæs Abraham and his gebedda hundnigontig Abraham was a hundred years old and his consort ninety, Homl.

Linked entry: nigontig

lust-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lust-líce, adv.

gladlywillingly

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Gr. 44; Som. 46, 32. Lustlíce onfón libenter excipere, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 18: 3, 3 ; S. 525, 30. For ðe wé wolden lustlíce sweltan for thee we would gladly die, Ap. Th. 26, 6.

melcan

(v.)
Grammar
melcan, p. mealc, pl. mulcon; pp. molcen

To milk

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Gr. 26, 3; Som. 28, 55. Melke, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Se ðe melcþ qui emulget, Kent. Gl. 1121. Milciþ morgit (?), Ep. Gl. 14 f, 16. Milcet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 73. Milcit, 114, 17: mulgit, Wülck. 33, 26. Hé éwa mealc, Shrn. 61, 19.

Linked entry: meolcian

mid-wist

(n.)
Grammar
mid-wist, e; f.

The being with otherspresencesociety

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The being with others, presence, society Þurh font-hálgunge gewyrþ sóna Godes midwist by the hallowing of the font God becomes at once present, Wulfst. 36, 2.

mús

(n.)
Grammar
mús, e; f.

a mousea muscle

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Gr. 9, 33; Som. 12, 20. Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 2. Mýs sorices. Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 73. [Ðæt gewrit beó geworpen músen tó gnagene, Chart.

stór

(n.)
Grammar
stór, es ; m.
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Hí him geoffrodon gold and récels and myrran . . . se stór getácnode ðæt hé is sóð God, Homl. Th. i. 116, 9. Áne hand fulle stóres, Lev. 2, 2. Nymeþ stór sumite modicum storacis, Gen. 43, 11.

Linked entry: stéran

blǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
blǽstan, p. te.

to blowrush

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Þá deófla þá blǽstan hié ofer þone hálgan Andreas (cf. the same scene in the poem : Hié wǽron reówe, rǽsdon on sóna gífrum grápum. An. 1336), Bl. H. 243, 11

Linked entry: on-blǽstan

fant-bæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fant-bæþ, es; n.
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Þá gefullode hine se bisceop . . . and he eóde of þǽm fantbaðe sóna, Hml. S. 3, 76

griþ-bryce

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Th. i. 408, 21. the fine for such breach, the revenue derived from such fines Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe and griðbryces, Cht. E. 233, 3. Ic habbe gegeofen ... saca and sócna, ... griðbryce and scipbryce, C.

BRÍW

(n.)
Grammar
BRÍW, es; m.

A thick pottage made of meal, pulse, etcBREWISpulspultisπόλτοςporridge

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Gr. 9, 46; Som. 13, 9: Wrt. Voc. 290,38. Swá þicce swá bríw as thick as pottage, L. M. I. 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 18: 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 25. Ete ðone bríw let him eat the pottage, 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 2: 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 19.

Linked entries: calwer-bríw briig

holen

(n.)
Grammar
holen, holegn, es; m.

Holly

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Gl. 47; Som. 65, 23; Wrt. Voc. 33, 23: ulcia, Wrt. Voc. 80, 12: acrivolus, 285, 37. Holegn acrifolius, Gl. Amplon. 131: Gl. Mett. 34 [Leo]. Holenrinde holly-bark, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 12. Holenleáfa holly leaves, 3, 69; Lchdm. ii. 356, 11.

tow-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tow-cræft, es; m.

Skill in weaving or spinning

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Skill in weaving or spinning Heó (the Virgin Mary) weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, and heó ðá sóna gódum towcræftum onféng, swýðor ðonne ǽnig ðara ðe heora bearn wǽron...

Linked entry: tow-hús

FREMMAN

(v.)
Grammar
FREMMAN, to fremmanne; ic fremme, ðú fremest, he fremeþ, pl. fremmaþ; p. fremede, fremde, pl. fremedon; impert. freme, pl. fremmaþ; subj. pres. fremme, pl. fremmen; pp. fremed.

to advancepromŏvēreto FRAMEmakedoeffectperformcommitiăcĕrepatrāreeffĭcĕreperfĭcĕreperpetrāre

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He sóþ fremeþ he performs truth, Exon. 81 a; Th. 304, 35; Fä. 80. Sume stale fremmaþ quidam furtum perpetrant, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 9: 491, 36: Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 17; Gú. 780. Ic andsæc fremede I made denial, Elen.

Linked entry: ge-fremman