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ÆLF

(n.)
Grammar
ÆLF, es; m.

An ELF ⬩ genius ⬩ incubus

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An ELF ; genius, incubus Wið ælfe gníd myrran on win against an elf rub myrrh in wine, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm, ii. 296, 9. Ylfe, pl. nom. m. Beo. Th. 224; B. 112

and-weardnes

(n.)
Grammar
and-weardnes, -ness, and-weardnys, and-wardnys, -nyss, e; f.

Presentness ⬩ presence ⬩ present time ⬩ præsentia ⬩ præsens tempus ⬩ præsens

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Presentness, presence, present time; præsentia, præsens tempus, præsens Wæs ic swýðe for his andweardnesse afyrhted ejus præsentia eram exterritus, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 42. On andweardnysse in prcesenti, I. I; S. 474, 1

Linked entry: and-wardnys

Lǽden-nama

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-nama, an; m.
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H] hwylces cynnes hé sý if you do not know some Latin noun, of what gender it is, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 51, 35

lim-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
lim-mǽlum, adv.
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Limb-meal (used by Shakspere in Cymbeline), limb by limb, a limb at a time Limmǽlum membratim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 55: membratim, particulatim, Hpt. Gl, 443, 3: membratim, per singula membra, 486, 44

mis-wrítan

(v.)

to write incorrectly ⬩ make a mistake in writing

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to write incorrectly, make a mistake in writing Barbarismus, ðæt is ánes wordes gewæmmednyss, gif hit biþ miswriten, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 21; Som. 51, 48. On manegum wísum miswritene, 50, 23; Som. 51, 54

stán-scræf

(n.)
Grammar
stán-scræf, es; n.
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A cave in the rocks Sca Maria hine ácende on ánum holum stánscræfe, Shrn. 29, 28: 107, 28. Gongaþ on ðis stánscræf, and git ðǽr métaþ weal, se is mid ifige bewrigen, 139, 26

wlita

(n.)
Grammar
wlita, an; m.

face ⬩ countenance ⬩ beauty

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Voc. ii. 151, 4-5. beauty Wlitan (or from wlitu? Similar entries v. wlite) decore (in pulcherrimo pubertatis decore, Ald. 71), Hpt. Gl. 520, 22

Linked entry: wlite

weorold-níd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-níd, -neód, e; f.
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Secular need, need in worldly matters, temporal necessity Se cyngc beódeþ eallum his geréfan, ðæt gé ðám abbodan æt eallum worldneódum beorgan swá ge betst magon, L. Eth. ix. 32; Th. i. 346, 30

ge-sehtness

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Add: agreement, concord, peace Ic forgife sibbe and gesehtnysse eów ꝥ gé bútan ógan eówres eardes brúcan dabo vobis pacem et absque pavore habitabitis in terra vestra (Lev. 26, 6), Hml. S. 13. 160

heáh-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geweorc, es ; n.
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Sublime work Úpheofen is heáhgeweorc handa þínra opera manuum tuarum sunt coeli, Ps. Th. 101, 22. Nis þæt monnes gemet þæt hé mæge in hreðre his heáhgeweorc furðor áspyrgan, Sch. 28. Cf. heáh-weorc

Linked entry: heáh-weofod

wel-gelícod

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Add: well-pleasing, much liked Ic nát for hwí eów sindon þá ǽrran gewin swá welgelícad, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, 2. On welgelícodon folces ðínes in beneplacito populi tui, Ps. Vos. 105, 4

forþ-sige

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-sige, (?), es; m.

Departure from this world to the lower regions

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ligce hé ǽfre on helle grundleásan pytte post maledictum exitum suum crucietur jugiter in profundissimo puteo, C. D. iv. 52, 8

Linked entry: sige

rǽcan

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Ox. 56, 18. to stretch out one's hand Ne ráhten gié hondo in mec non extendistis manus in me, Lk. L. R. 22, 53. Honda hráhton on ðene Hǽlend manus injecerunt in Jesum, Mt.

íren

(n.)
Grammar
íren, es; n.
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</b> the iron used in the ordeal, the ordeal by hot iron :-- Hé ládige hine mid írene adlegiet se per Dei judicium, Ll. Th. i. 489, 19, 21. v. brand-íren, cimb-íren, gád-íren, lǽce-íren, writ-íren, ypping-íren

andettan

(v.)
Grammar
andettan, andetan, ondettan, ondetan; p. and-ette [and = Lat. re, contra; Grk. ἀντί; hátan to command, promise]

To confess ⬩ acknowledge ⬩ give thanks or praise ⬩ fateri ⬩ confiteri

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Ic andette Ælmihtigum Gode I confess to Almighty God, 6; Th. ii. 262, 20. Seó andetnes ðe we Gode ánum andettaþ, déþ hió us ðæt to góde the confession that we confess to God alone, it doth this for our good, L. E. I. 30; Th. ii. 426, 33.

heáf

(n.)
Grammar
heáf, es; m.

Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing

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Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing Ðǽr is se ungeendoda heáf there is the never-ending lamentation, L. E. I; Th. ii. 394, 10: 400, 7. Wóp and heáf micel ploratus et ululatus multus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 2, 18.

Linked entry: heóf

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an; m.

Ore, metal in an unreduced state

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[Cf. golt, seluer, stel, irn, copper, mestling breas : al is icleopet or, A. R. 284, note b.]

tyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
tyhtan, p.te.

to draw ⬩ stretch ⬩ to draw the mind to something ⬩ to incite ⬩ exhort ⬩ provoke ⬩ solicit ⬩ prompt ⬩ urge ⬩ persuade ⬩ to suggest ⬩ bring to the mind ⬩ to instruct ⬩ teach

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to draw, stretch [Oferbrǽdels onbútan getint velamen in gyro tensum, Anglia xiii. 421, 806]. [Tuhten is used in Layamon with the meaning of teón, IV: Ure drihten heo bilæueð, and to Mahune heo tuhteð,Laym. 27321.

Ægles burg

(n.)
Grammar
Ægles burg, Ægeles burg, [burh]; g. burge; f; Ægles byrig, e ; f.

AYLESBURY, in Buckinghamshire

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AYLESBURY, in Buckinghamshire Cúþwulf genom Ægeles burg Cuth-wulf took Aylesbury, Chr. 571; Erl. 18, 13. Genam Ægles burh id. Th. 32, 29, col. 2. Genam Ægles byrig id. Th. 33, 27, col. l.

Linked entry: Ægeles birg

bærnet

(n.)
Grammar
bærnet, bærnyt, bernet, es; n.

a combustion ⬩ burning up ⬩ combustio ⬩ arson ⬩ incendium

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i. 410, 5

Linked entries: bærnyt bernet