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deáþ-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-reáf, es; n.
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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

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

(n.)
Grammar
búr-cote, an; f.

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

camb

(n.)
Grammar
camb, e; f.

A comb, an assemblage of cells in which bees store their honey ⬩ favus

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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

ge-cyrnod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cyrnod, adj.

Jagged, having grainlike excrescences

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Gecyrnode cambas serratas cristas (of a cock), An. Ox. 26, 15

Linked entry: -cyrnod

faru

going ⬩ passing ⬩ sailing ⬩ a journey ⬩ voyage ⬩ an expedition ⬩ proceedings ⬩ course ⬩ path ⬩ procedure ⬩ the train ⬩ the troops ⬩ the followers ⬩ the attendants ⬩ carriage

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Sum cwén cóm tó Salomone mid micelre fare, ii. 584, 10. Cóm Flaccus mid mycelre fare tó Petronellan, wolde hí niman tó wífe, Hml.

æfter-fylian

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-fylian, -filian; p. de; pp. ed

To follow or come after ⬩ to succeed ⬩ sequi ⬩ prosequi ⬩ subsequi

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To follow or come after, to succeed; sequi, prosequi, subsequi Ðæs sǽs smyltnys æfterfyligeþ serenitas mares prosequetur, Bd. 3,15; S. 541, 35. Ðæs æfterfiliendan tácnes sigui sequentis, Ex. 4, 8

a-wæcnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wæcnan, p. ede; pp. ed; v. intrans.

To awake ⬩ rise up ⬩ be born ⬩ evigilare ⬩ suscitari ⬩ nasci

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To awake, rise up, be born; evigilare, suscitari, nasci Nú is ðæt bearn cymen, awæcned now is that child come, risen up, Exon. 8 b; Th. 5, 9; Cri. 67

Linked entry: wæcnan

démend

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Sé ðe fore ús doemend ( adjudicandus) tó coóm, fore ús doemend bið (adjudicaturus ) tó cyme, Rtl. 35, 7-9. Add

giúluling

(n.)
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Quintilis, iulius, Corp. Gl. H. 100, 53. Quintilis in honorem Iuli Caesaris Iulius vocatur, Bede De Templ. Rat. c. xii

wæl-hlenca

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-hlenca, or -hlence, an; m. or f.

A slaughter-link ⬩ a link of a coat of mail

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A slaughter-link, a link of a coat of mail Wriðene wælhlencan, Elen. Kmbl. 47; El. 24. Gúðweard gumena grímhelm gespeón, ... [h]wælhlencan sceóc. Cd. Th. 188, 31; Exod. 176

Linked entry: hlenca

ám-ber

(n.)
Grammar
ám-ber, óm-ber, óm-bor, es; m. n ?

a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria

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Þritig ómbra rues cornes, feówer ámbru meolwes thirty ambers of rye-corn, four ambers of meal, Th. Diplm. A. D. 791-796; 40, 9, 10.

scendan

(v.)
Grammar
scendan, p. de

To put to shame, to abuse, insult, harm:

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Parv. 445, col. 1

Linked entry: sendeþ

clyfian

(v.)
Grammar
clyfian, clyfigan; ode; od

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

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-tún, es; m. [tún an inclosure]

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

(n.)
Grammar
andlang-cempa, (?), an; m.
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Corp. Gl. H. 87, 266), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 13

Linked entry: anlang cempa

hell-rún

(n.)
Grammar
hell-rún, e; f.

A sorceress

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Corp. Gl. H. 6, 252), Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 64: 69, 20. Fram helrúnum a pithonibus, 3, 37

Linked entry: hel-rán

on-bén

(n.)
Grammar
on-bén, e; f.

A prayer asking for something (evil) to come upon a person, an imprecation

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A prayer asking for something (evil) to come upon a person, an imprecation Hí ús mid heora wiðerwordum onbénum and wyrinessum éhtaþ qui adversis nos imprecationibus persequuntur, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 4

fræne

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Corp. Gl. H. 87. 259. Cf. too Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 43 where Latin frena is given as an English gloss to pugula