camb
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A comb, an assemblage of cells in which bees store their honey; favus Hí yrnbþrungon me swá swá beón camba they surrounded me as bees [surround] the combs, Ps. Lamb. 117, 12
dop-enid
A dipping-duck, a moorhen, fen-duck, coot ⬩ fulĭca, fulix
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A dipping-duck, a moorhen, fen-duck, coot; fulĭca, fulix Dop-enid fulĭca, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 30; Wrt. Voc. 29, 50. Ganot, dop-ænid fulĭx, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 156, 53
Linked entry: ened
fylle-wærc
The falling sickness ⬩ epilepsy ⬩ ĕpĭlepsia ⬩ ἐπιληψία
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The falling sickness, epilepsy; ĕpĭlepsia = ἐπιληψία Of ðæs magan ádle cumaþ hramma and fyllewærc from the disease of the stomach come cramps and epilepsy, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 174. 25
Linked entries: felle-wærc fille-wærc
morgen-lang
Having a long morning
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Having a long morning Eorlwerod morgen*-*longne dæg módgiómor sæt sad at heart sat the warriors through a day whose evening seemed as if would never come, Beo. Th. 5780; B. 2894
bleó-brygd
A variegated colour ⬩ color variegatus
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[bleó colour, bregdan to change] A variegated colour; color variegatus Is se fugel fæger, bleóbrygdum fág the bird is fair, shining with variegated colours, Exon. 60 a; Tb. 218, 9; Ph. 292
calwa
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Corp. Gl. H. xli
deáþ-reáf
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A garment of a dead person Deáþreáf exuvias (cf. exubiae, uestes mortuorum, Corp. Gl. H. 52, 524: exuviae, spolia reáf, i. uestes mortuorum, Wulck. Gl. 233, 44), Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 32
Linked entry: deád-hrægel
ed-wendan
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Substitute: To turn back, cease to affect Gyf him edwendan ǽfre scolde bealuwa bisigu, bót eft cuman if worry from woes should cease to trouble him, better times come again, B. 280
ge-cyrnod
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Gecyrnode cambas serratas cristas (of a cock), An. Ox. 26, 15
Linked entry: -cyrnod
mid-weg
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Ǽr þám þe hé tó midwege cóme before he had gone halfway, Hml. S.31, 946. Add
búr-cote
a bower ⬩ a couch ⬩ A bed-chamber ⬩ cubiculum
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[búr a bower, cote a couch] A bed-chamber; cubiculum On hira búrcotum, and on hiera beddum in their bed-chambers, and in their beds, Past. 16, 2; Hat. MS. 20b, 15
eáwu
A ewe ⬩ ovis fēmĭna
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A ewe; ovis fēmĭna Agefe mon to Liming l eáwa and v cý let fifty ewes and five cows be given to Lyming, Th. Diplm. A. D. 835; 470. 29. 32
Linked entry: eówu
ettan
to pasture land ⬩ depascĕre
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to pasture land; depascĕre Eal ðæt land ðæt man áðer oððe ettan oððe erian mæg all the land that they could either pasture or plough, Ors. I. I; Bos. 20, 41
fámig-heals
Foamy-necked ⬩ spūmōsus in collo
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Foamy-necked ; spūmōsus in collo Sǽ-genga fór, fleát fámigheals the sea-goer went, the foamy-necked floated, Beo. Th. 3822; B. 1909: 441; B. 218: Andr. Kmbl. 993; An. 497
Linked entry: heals
forþ-lífan
To stand out ⬩ appear ⬩ promĭnēre
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To stand out, appear; promĭnēre Mid ðý me of sweoran forþlífaþ seó reádnes and bryne ðæs swyles dum mihi de collo rŭbor tŭmōris, ardorque promĭneat, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 30
lætsum
Slow ⬩ late
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Slow, late Wæs swíðe lætsum geár on corne and on ǽlces cynnes wæstmum it was a very late year for corn and crops of every kind, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226, 18
wunung
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Wunion ealle an ánre fæstre wununge (in uno conclaui (cf. conclauis, locus conclusus, Corp. Gl. H. 35, 683) atrii ), Chrd. 54, 33. v. card-, in-, mid-, on-, samod-, þurh-wunung. Add
clyfian
To cleave, adhere ⬩ adhærere
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To cleave, adhere; adhærere Ðæt feax ðe on ðam cambe clyfige somnige let her collect the hair that cleaveth to the comb, Med. ex Quadr. l, 7; Lchdm. i. 332, 21, MS. B
ciric-tún
A church-inclosure, church-yard, cemetery ⬩ ecclesiæ sepimentum, cœmetērium = κοιμητήριον
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A church-inclosure, church-yard, cemetery; ecclesiæ sepimentum, cœmetērium = κοιμητήριον Ne binnan cirictúne ǽnig hund ne cume let not any dog come within the churchyard, L. Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 7
Linked entry: cyric-tún
andlang-cempa
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Corp. Gl. H. 87, 266), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 13
Linked entry: anlang cempa