bæcestre
A woman who bakes ⬩ pistrix ⬩ a baker ⬩ pistor
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Bæcestre a baker; pistor, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 36
Linked entry: bæcystre
baðian
To wash ⬩ foment ⬩ cherish ⬩ lavare ⬩ fovere ⬩ To BATHE ⬩ lavari ⬩ balneare ⬩ aquis se immergere
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Baðiendra manna hús ðǽr hí hí unscrédaþ inne apodyterium, domus, qua vestimenta balneantium ponuntur, Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 9
dæg-steorra
The day star ⬩ lucifer, aurora
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dægsteorra, and óðre þrý steorran, ne synd ná fæste on ðam firmamentum the sun and the moon, and the evening star and the day star, and three other stars, are not fast in the firmament, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 28; Lchdm. iii. 270, 3: Ælfc
CYTEL
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Hwer vel cytel lebes: cytel cacăbus, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 84, 85; Wrt. Voc. 25, 24, 25. Cytel cacăbus, Wrt. Voc. 82, 57. On niwum cytele in a new kettle, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 44, 2.
éhtan
To follow after, chase, pursue, persecute, annoy, afflict ⬩ persĕqui, trībŭlāre, afflīgĕre
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Bos. 10, 23:5, 11: Ælfc. Gr. 29; Som. 33, 48: 25; Som. 26, 63. Ðara ðe mín éhtaþ tribŭlantium me, Ps. Th. 26, 14: 118, 157. Ðú us ahreddest æt ðám ðe úre éhton libĕrasti nos ex affligentĭbus nos, Ps. Th. 43, 9
fót-welm
The sole of the foot ⬩ pĕdis planta
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The sole of the foot; pĕdis planta Fótwelm planta, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 94; Wrt. Voc. 45, 2. Fótwylm planta, Wrt. Voc. 71, 62.
GALGA
A gallows ⬩ gibbet ⬩ cross ⬩ arbor infēlix ⬩ patĭbŭlum ⬩ crux
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A gallows, gibbet, cross; arbor infēlix, patĭbŭlum, crux Galga patĭbŭlum, Ælfc. Gl. 15; Som. 58, 30; Wrt. Voc. 21, 24.
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ígeoþ
An eyot ⬩ ait ⬩ islet
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Binnan ánum ígoþe Pathmos geháten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 23. Binnan iggoþe, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 61, 7. Hié flugon up be Colne on ánne iggaþ they fled up along the Colne on to an island, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 28.
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leóþ-cræft
poetry ⬩ verse ⬩ a poem
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The art of poetry, poetry, verse, a poem Ðes leóþcræft hoc poema: ðás leóþcræftas hæc poemata [all the other cases are also given], Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 16-21.
líne
a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon
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Línan spiræ, Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 78, 14; Wrt. Voc. 56, 60. a line, row, line for guidance, rule, canon Þurh ðæs cantices cwide, Cristes línan [the rule laid down by Christ in the Lord's Prayer], Salm. Kmbl. 34; Sal. 17.
nese
No
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Non, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 13. Wylt ðú wé gadriaþ hig? Ðá cwæþ hé, Nese ( non ), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 29. Syllaþ ús of eówrum ele ... Ðá andswarudun ða gleáwan, Nese, 25, 9. Ðá cwæþ hé : Nese (Lind. næsæ) fæder Abraham, Lk. Skt. 16, 30.
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gladian
to be glad ⬩ exultare ⬩ to make glad
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Ne gladige on ðæt cyning let no king rejoice at that, Lchdm. iii, 442, 35. to make glad Ic gladige gratificor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 3. Drihten mid to gladienne to make glad the Lord therewith, Lev. 1, 3. Gladigan demulcere, Hpt. Gl. 476
BLÓMA
Metal, the metal taken from the ore ⬩ a mass ⬩ metallum, massa ⬩ that which adheres together like a dough
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Blóma is contained in one of our oldest glossaries Dáh [MS. dað] vel blóma massa, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 9; Wrt. Voc. 34, 68. Also in a Semi-Saxon glossary of the 12th century,-Blóma vel dáh massa, Wrt. Voc. 94, 63
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ge-beót
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ boast ⬩ commĭnātio ⬩ mĭnæ ⬩ a promise ⬩ promissum
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æt ðæle wundorlícan byrig ðe ða entas woldon wircean mid gebeóte æfter Noes flóde, ǽr ðan ðe hí toferdon so many [of] nations were divided at the wonderful city which the giants would build with boasting after the flood of Noah, before they parted, Ælfc
tang
A pair of tongs
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A pair of tongs Tang forceps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Zup. 67, 3: Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 78: ii. 33, 36: delebra, 138, 62. Tong forceps, 109, 6. Tange forceps, i. 86, 19. Tange forcipis, ii. i3, 35. Tangan, tange, Hpt. Gl. 417, 74.
Linked entry: ísen-tanga
súþ-dǽl
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A south part, the south Súþdǽl auster, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 7. Súðdǽles cwén regina austri, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 42. Hig cómon tó súðdǽle ad australem plagam, Gen. 13, 1. Tó súðdǽle ad meridiem, 14. Of súðdǽle Asiam, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 5.
þri-wintre
Of three years ⬩ three years old
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Þry-wintre (-wintra) triennis, trimus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 287, 13, 18. Þri-winter trimus, vel triennis, vel trimulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 59. Þrywinter triennis, 23, 53.
un-stæððig
not steady ⬩ remiss ⬩ irregular ⬩ unstable ⬩ inconstant ⬩ fickle ⬩ unsteady ⬩ unstaid ⬩ not sober ⬩ light ⬩ wanton
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Hé his sylfes geweóld on ungerípedum freódóme and unstæððigum þeáwum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 13. Ða unstæððigan hleápunge ðæs mǽdenes ( the daughter of Herodias ), Homl. Th. i. 480, 35
wítegung
prophecy ⬩ divination
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Swá swá Isaias se wítega hit on béc sette on his wítegunge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 22. divination Þurh eorþan wítegung geomantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 23. Þurh deáþes wítgung nicromantia, 62, 30
wiþ-metenness
Comparison
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Sume naman synd diminutiva, ða geswuteliaþ wanunge, ná wiðmetennysse, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 16, 18
Linked entry: wiþ-gemetness