a-lystan
To list ⬩ wish ⬩ desire ⬩ desiderare
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To list, wish, desire; desiderare Hwí eów alyste [á lyste, Grn.] why do ye desire? Bt. Met. Fox 10, 36; Met. 10, 18
am
am ⬩ sum
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am; sum Ic am ego sum. Mt. Lind. Stv. 26, 22: 11, 29: Jn. Lind. War. 7, 34. Ic am witnesse I am witness. Chr. 1121; Erl. 39, 23 [vide p. 28, note 3, for the date, A. D. 1121.]
am-
even ⬩ equal
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even, equal
Linked entry: om-
a-mællad
Emptied out ⬩ brought to naught ⬩ exinanitus
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Emptied out, brought to naught; exinanitus, Ps. Surt. 74, 9
a-mæstan
To fatten ⬩ saginare ⬩ impinguare
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To fatten; saginare, impinguare Mára ic eom and fættra ðonne amæsted swín, bearg bellende on bóc-wuda I am larger and fatter than a fattened swine, a barrow-pig grunting in the beech-woods, Exon. 111b; Th. 428, 9; Rä. 41, 105.
Linked entry: ge-mæstan
ambeht
An office ⬩ ministry ⬩ service ⬩ command ⬩ message ⬩ officium ⬩ ministerium ⬩ jussum ⬩ mandatum
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Lǽste ðú georne his ambyhto perform thou zealously his commands, Cd. 25; Th. 33, 10; Gen. 518
ambeht-héra
An obedient minister
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An obedient minister
Linked entry: héra
ambeht-hús
A workshop ⬩ officina
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A workshop; officina
ambeht-mæcg
A servant-man
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A servant-man
ambeht-man
A servant-man
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A servant-man
ambeht-scealc
An official-servant ⬩ minister
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An official-servant; minister
Linked entry: scealc
ambeht-secg
An official man ⬩ a messenger
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An official man, a messenger
ambeht-smiþ
An official smith or carpenter
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An official smith or carpenter
ambeht-þegen
An attendant-thane ⬩ an attendant ⬩ servant
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An attendant-thane, an attendant, servant
ambiht-hús
A workshop ⬩ officina
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A workshop; officina, R. Concord, 11
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ambiht-smiþ
An official smith or carpenter ⬩ præfectus fabrorum
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An official smith or carpenter; præfectus fabrorum Cyninges ambihtsmiþ the king's official carpenter, L. Ethb. 7; Th. i. 4, 8
Linked entries: ambeht-smiþ smiþ
amel
A vessel for holy water ⬩ amula ⬩ vas lustrale
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A vessel for holy water; amula, vas lustrale, Cot. 2
a-merian
To examine ⬩ purify ⬩ examinare ⬩ purgare ⬩ merum reddere
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Ðæt seolfor ðe biþ seofon síðum amered argentum examinatum septuplum, Ps. Th. 11, 7: Exon. 63a; Th. 234, 22; Ph. 544: 653; Th. 240, 3; Ph. 633: Elen. Kmbl. 2621; El. 1312: Ps. Spl. 11, 7: 16, 4.
Linked entry: a-myrian
a-merran
to hinder ⬩ trouble ⬩ disturb
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to hinder, trouble, disturb, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 87; Met. 8, 44
a-metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ measure out ⬩ metiri ⬩ emetiri ⬩ to measure out to any one ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ bestow ⬩ aliquid alicui emetiri ⬩ ex mensura dare ⬩ largiri ⬩ to measure out ⬩ plan ⬩ form ⬩ make ⬩ emetiri ⬩ for-mare ⬩ confingere
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to mete, measure, measure out; metiri, emetiri His micelnesse ne mæg nán monn ametan his greatness no man can measure, Bt. 42; Fox 258, 13. Mid hondum amet measure with [thy] hands, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 30; Sat. 700.
Linked entry: a-mæt