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gád-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
gád-ísen, es; n.

A gad-iron ⬩ goad ⬩ acūleus ⬩ stĭmŭlus

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Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan þýwende oxan mid gádísene hăbeo quendam puĕrum minantem bŏves cum stĭmŭlo, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 27

Linked entry: gád-íren

eall-ísig

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-ísig, adj.

All-icy ⬩ omnīno glaciālis

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All-icy; omnīno glaciālis Saturnus is se cealda eall-ísig tungel Saturn is the cold all-icy star, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 45; Met. 24, 23. Se is eall-ísig it is all icy, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 13

Linked entries: eal-ísig ísig

nafu

(n.)
Grammar
nafu, e; f. : nafa (?), an; m.

A nave

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Sió nafa (nafu, Cott.) néhst ðære eaxe, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 29. Sió nafu, Fox 222, 1. Se nafa, 222, 12. Fæst on ðære nafe, 222, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12

Linked entry: nafa

un-áreht

(adj.)

undiscussed ⬩ not expounded

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undiscussed, not expounded Nú hæbbe wé gereht be welan and be anwealde, and ðæt ilce wé magon reccan be ðám þrím ðe wé unáreht (unreht, Cott. MS.) habbaþ similiter ratiocinari de honoribus, gloria, voluptatibus licet, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 21

Linked entry: un-reht

un-þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þríste, adj.

Timid ⬩ diffident ⬩ faint-hearted

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Ða unðriéstan (-ðrístan, Cott. MSS.), Swt. 211, 15

un-gelífendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífendlíc, adj.

Incredible ⬩ extraordinary

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Ic ðé mæg tǽcan óþer ðing ðe dysegum monnum wile ðincan get ungeléfendlícre (-léfed-, Cott. MS.) hoc quod dicam, non minus mirum videatur, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 198, 30

Linked entry: un-gelífedlíc

á-hwettan

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His mód wæs mid þǽm bismre áhwet hac contumelia quasi cote ad virtutem usus est, 6, 30; S. 280, 14. Add

Linked entry: hwettan

altar

(n.)
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Add:, alter, altare Ðá colu ðæs alteres. Past. 51, 1. Altares, R. Ben. 103, 14. Tó þínum hálgan altare, Ps. Th. 5, 7. Ymb þínne alter, 25, 6. Uppan þone altare, R. Ben. 101, 7, 8. Altras altaria, Bl. Gl

hecg

(n.)
Grammar
hecg, hegg, e ; f.

A hedge ⬩ fence

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A hedge, fence In ðá hegce wið westan ðá cotu; ondlonges hegce, C. D. iii. 52, 25. Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20

hwíte-cylle

(n.)
Grammar
hwíte-cylle, some kind of bag or
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vessel Hwítecylle folle bubulum, i. vos piceum (cf. culleum, folle bubulum, Corpl. Gl. H. 39, 956: culleum uas pice oblitum, 926 : in culleum, in follem bobulinum, et aliter machina contenta et bitumine lita, 67, 224), Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 14

weg lá

(int.)
Grammar
weg lá, (wei, wí) ;

interjection

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Wí lá wei (wei lá wei, Cote. MS.), Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 170, 12

ge-fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-fyrn, adv. [fyrn formerly]

Formerly ⬩ long ago ⬩ of old ⬩ of yore ⬩ olim ⬩ pridem

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Ðú mid Fæder ðínne gefyrn wǽre efenwesende thou with thy father of old was co-existent, Exon. 12 b; Th. 22, 10; Cri. 349 : 12 a; Th. 19, 16; Cri. 301. Gefyrn hí dydun dǽdbóte on hǽran and on axan olim cĭlĭcio et cĭnĕre pænĭtentiam egissent, Mt.

Linked entry: ge-firn

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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In locum qui dicitur cynges uuíc (cf. in villa regali qui dicitur Werburging-wíc, i. 275, 3), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 373, 8.

cwyld

(n.; part.)
Grammar
cwyld, cwild ,es; m. n: cwyld, cwild, e ; f. [cweald, pp. of cwellan to kill]

A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction ⬩ pestis, pestilcntia, clades

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Mid ceápes cwylde m. f. or n. with a murrain of cattle, Chr. 897; Th. 174. 22, col. 2; 175, 20. Se ðe on þrymsetle cwyldes m. or n. ná sæt qui in cathedra pestilentiæ non sedit, Ps. Spl. C. 1, 1: Mone B. 2711.

Linked entries: cwild cwilde flód cwild-tíd cwyl-tíd

lǽce-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-wyrt, e; f.
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man lichanis stefanice and óðrum naman lǽcewyrt nemneþ this plant which is named λύχνιs στεφανική and by another name leechwort [Cockayne Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 2 suggests campions or ragged robin or one of that kindred as the plant here meant

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, bléd, e; f.

A flower, blossom, fruit ⬩ flos, olus, fructus

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Balsames blǽd fruit of balsam, Cot. 48

swimman

(v.)
Grammar
swimman, p. swamm, pl. swummon ; pp. swummen
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Com tó lande lidmanna helm swymman, Beo. Th. 3252 ; B. 1624. Swimman hine geseón hearm getácnaþ. Lchdm. iii. 212, 18. Ðá geseah hé swymman scealfran on node. Homl. Th. ii. 516, 6.

Linked entry: swymman

sútere

(n.)
Grammar
sútere, es; m.
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Parv. 466, col. 2. O. H. Ger. sútári: M. H. Ger. sútære; schuoch-sútære (from which Ger. schuster): Icel. sútari a tanner. From Latin sutor.] Cf. scóh-wyrhta

Linked entry: scóh-wyrhta

Súþ-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Seaxe, -Seaxan; pl.
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Súþ-Sexena landes is syufan þúsend hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 415, 1. Ælle Súþ-Seaxna cyning, Chr. 827; Erl. 62, 35. Súþ-Seaxna (Súð-, MS. E.) ríce, 836; Erl. 66, 3. Súd-Seaxna (Súð-Seaxena, MS. E.) cyning, 661; Erl. 34, 15.

þǽr-tó

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tó, adv.
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Hé becwað his láford his beste scip, and ða segelgerǽda ðártó, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 351, 25. where movement, lit. or fig., is implied Ðæt hé ús gebringe tó his écan gebeórscipe, se ðe ús ðǽrtó gelaðode, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 6.

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