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ceorl-folc

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Þis rídende ceorlfolc hoc equestre vulgus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 44, 15. Add

clæmming

(n.)
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Smearing Clǽming litura, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 256, 4

clawian

(v.)
Grammar
clawian, p. ode
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To claw, scratch Ic clawige scalpo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 170, 11 note

declíniendlic

Grammar
declíniendlic, declínigendlic.
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Bið se nama declíniendlic, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 88, 9: 86, 9. Add

rúnere

(n.)
Grammar
rúnere, es; m.

A whisperer

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A whisperer Ðes rúnere hic susurro, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 51

sadolian

(v.)
Grammar
sadolian, ode

To saddle

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To saddle Ic sadelige hors sterno, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som, 30,34

hásian

(v.)
Grammar
hásian, p. ode; pp. od

To grow hoarse

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To grow hoarse Ic hásige raucio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 38

brýtofta

(n.)

espousalssponsalia

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espousals; sponsalia, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 53; Wrt. Voc. 50. 35

ofer-heáh

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-heáh, adj.

Excessively high

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Excessively high Æsc byþ oferheáh, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 23; Rún. 26

cræftica

(n.)

a workman

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a workman Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 73, 2; Wrt. Voc. 47, 9

crat

(n.)

a waggon

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a waggon Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 95; Wrt. Voc. 34, 25

ge-beorg

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Geácsode se wræcca Sce Gúþláces forðfóre; for þon hé ána ǽr þon wæs hys gebeorh and frófor ( his refuge and comfort ), Guth. 94, 4. of places Gebeorge praesidio (in solo liberae mentis praesidio servatur), An.

ge-dwild

Grammar
ge-dwild, ge-dwyld.
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Antecríst wile ámyrran mid his gedwylde eall þæt se sóða Críst ǽr bodade and gesette tó rihte, Wlfst. 195, 17.

wín

(n.)
Grammar
wín, es; n.

Wine

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Ne gemunde hé ðæt hé ǽr gespræc, wíne druncen Beo. Th. 2938; B. 1467 Wíne gewǽged, Exon. Th. 315, 34; Mód. 41. Hé ofer ealne dæg dryhtguman síne drencte mid wíne, Judth. Thw. 21, 21; Jud. 29. Wer sæt æt wíne, Exon. Th. 431, 25; Rä. 47, 1.

ofer-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread

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To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread Ic oferwreó nubo Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 19: cooperio, 30; Som. 34, 43. Ðú ðe oferwríhst mid wæterum ða uferan hire qui tegis aquis superiora ejus, Ps. Lamb. 103, 3.

BIDDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BIDDAN, ic bidde, ðú biddest, bidst bitst, he biddeþ, bit, byt, bitt, pl. biddaþ; impert. bide, pl. biddaþ; p. ic, he bæd, ðú bǽde, pl. bǽdon; pp. beden : followed by an acc. of the person, or by the prep. to, and a gen. of the thing; v. trans.

To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, requirepetere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere

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To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, require; petere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere Ic bidde peto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 41.

fæst

constantfirmsteadfastfixedunchangeablefirmsecurestubbornunyieldingfirmsolidcompactstrongfirmstrongfortifiedunbrokenundisturbedstandard

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Þá gód sindon fæste on þám héhstan góde; swá swá ǽlces húses wáh biþ fæst ǽgðer ge on ðǽre flóre ge on þǽm hrófe, swá biþ ǽlc gód on Gode fæst, 36, 7; F. 184, 10-13.

myntan

(v.)
Grammar
myntan, p. te.

to meanintendpurposedetermineto thinksuppose

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Grammar myntan, with a case Wit sculon sécan ðæt ðæt wit ǽr mynton sed quae proposuimus intueamur, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 11.

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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Oft þrǽl ðæne þegen, ðe ær wæs his hláford, cnyt swýðe fæste and wyrcþ him tó þrǽle, 163, 1. Gebéte þrǽl mid his híde, þegn mid .xxx. scillingan, 181, 9. Ðe hláferd ðrǽles ðæs dominus servi illius, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 50.

gebyrd-tíd

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Ǽr Crístes gebrydtíde, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 535, 21. Hí hæfdon on ðám tíman micele blisse on heora gebyrdtídum, Hml. Th. i. 480, 29. <b>II a.</b> one of the days between Christmas-day and Twelfth-night, [v. I a. and cf.