éfest
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haste, and add Inn eode sóna mið oefeste ( festinatione ), Mk. L. R. 6, 25. Mið oefeste (-iste, R.), Lk. L. 1, 39
glíw-word
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A word in a song Se Wísdóm gliówordum gól (cf. ongan gliówian and geoddode, Bt. 12; F. 36, 6), Met. 7, 2
Wihtgáras
The name of some people in England
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The name of some people in England Wihtgára (Wightgóra, 416, 7) landes is syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 22
BLIND
BLIND, deprived of sight ⬩ cæcus ⬩ a blind or inward wound ⬩ a bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affected ⬩ morsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,
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Gl. 43; Som. 64, 51; Wrt. Voc. 31, 61: L. M. 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 4. Blinda mann a parasite; palpo, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 46, 47.
on-scunian
to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrate ⬩ to regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shun ⬩ to regard with fear ⬩ to irritate
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Gr. 25; Som. 26, 63. Drihten onscunaþ ( abominatur ) ealle ðás þing. Deut. 18, 12. Ealle Egiptisce onscuniaþ ( detestantur ) scéphyrdas, Gen. 46, 34. Onscuniaþ abhominentur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 59.
Linked entries: an-scúnian on-scynian a-scúnian
eá-wyrt
River-wort, burdock ⬩ arctium lappa
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River-wort, burdock; arctium lappa, Lin Genim clifwyrt, sume men hátaþ foxes clife, sume eá-wyrt take cliff-wort, some men call [it] fox-glove, some river-wort, L. M. 1, 15; Lchdm. ii. 58, 4: iii. 74, 10.
neán
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from a time near at hand. v. feorran Fela wítegan mid heora wítegunge bodedon Drihten tóweardne, sume feorran, sume neán ( some prophesied long before the event, some when it was near), Hml. Th. i. 358, 7.
be-ceówan
To chew ⬩ gnaw ⬩ corrodere
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To chew, gnaw; corrodere Biþ swyra becowen [bicowen, Exon.] the neck is gnawed, Soul Kmbl. 218; Seel. 111
Linked entry: bi-cowen
be-twinan
Within, among ⬩ intra, inter
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Within, among; intra, inter Cwǽdon sume bóceras him betwinan some scribes said among themselves, Mt. Bos. 9, 3
seám-sticca
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Some part of a weaver's apparatus Hé sceal fela tówtóla habban . . . seámsticcan, scearra, nǽdle, Anglia ix. 263, 14
súþan-westan
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From the south-west Súþanwestan ab affrico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 35: 4, 15: a fafonio, 99, 50
súþ-eástende
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The south-east end Ðæt ( India ) is se súþ*-*eástende ðisses middangeardes, Bt. 29, 3; Fox 106, 22
sceald-húlas
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Substitute: some kind of sedge Scaldhúlas paupilius (cf. eolxsegc papilluum, i. 286, 36), Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 21
wíg-leóþ
A war-song ⬩ the trumpet's summons
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A war-song, the trumpet's summons Gemundon weardas wígleóþ . . . býman gehýrdon flotan, Cd. Th. 191, 27; Exod. 221
cnídan
To beat ⬩ cædere
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To beat; cædere Ða sume cnidon [MS. cnidun] they beat some; alium ceciderunt Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 35
rǽdels
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Eall ðis ðú gerehtest tó sóðe swíðe gesceádwíslíce búton ǽlcre leásre rǽdelsan haec nullis extrinsecus sumtis, sed altero ex altero fidem trahente, insitis domesticisque probationibus explicabas, 35, 5; Fox 164, 31.
a-bláwan
To blow ⬩ breathe ⬩ flare ⬩ efflare
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Nǽfre mon ðæs hlúde býman abláweþ never does a man blow the trumpet so loudly, Exon. 117b; Th. 451, 27; Dóm. 110.
Linked entry: a-bleów
in-here
A native army ⬩ home-force
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country, home-force Se here férde swá hé sylf wolde and se fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm ðet him náðor ne dohte ne innhere ne úthere the Danes went as they liked, and the English levy did every kind of harm to the people of the country, so
græfa
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The word may be of Celtic origin, and so may be compared with Old French grave, of which gravel is a diminutive. Celtic forms are Bret. grouan gravel: Corn. grow gravel, sand: W. gro pebbles
heorcnung
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Th. ii. 564, 4, the faculty of heartening, power of hearing: Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlic on hlyste, swá micel swá on ðǽre heorcnunge is voice is stricken air perceptible by the sense of hearing so much as is within the capacity of a person to