ælmes-mann
An alms-man ⬩ one supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar
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Ðonne wille ic ðæt man nime tó ǽlcan ðissa háma twelf ælmesmen, and gif hwæt hera ǽnigan getíde, sette man ðǽr óþerne tó, C. D. B. iii. 75, 38
brǽd
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ BREADTH, width, latitude ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo
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Hí habbaþ ingang swá mycelre brǽdo swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan habet ingressum amplitudinis quasi jactus fundæ, Bd. 4, 13;S. 583, 11
Linked entries: hrycg-brǽdan brǽdo brǽdu
of-munan
to recall to mind, recollect
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Ic wát æác ðæt ic hyt hæfde swá cléne forgeten ðæt ic hyt nǽfre eft ne ofmunde I know too that I should have so clean forgotten it, that I should have never again recalled it Shrn. 198, 4
ge-dǽlan
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Ðonne ðú ealle gedǽlde hæfst, þonne bist ðú ðé self wǽdla, Bt. 13 ; F. 38, 35. to give as a person's share, hand over, give Sumne se hára wulf deáðe gedǽlde, Wand. 83.
ge-wyrcan
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Sáuel his hál gewyrca, Lk. L. 9, 24.
EÁST
EAST ⬩ ŏriens
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Ðæt eálond on Wiht is þrittiges míla lang eást and west; and twelf míla brád súþ and norþ Vecta insŭla hăbet ab ŏriente in occāsum triginta circĭter mīlia passuum; ab austro in bŏream duodĕcim, Bd. I. 3; S. 475, 19
elehtre
The plant lupine ⬩ lŭpīnus albus
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Hafa clam geworht of elehtran have a plaster made of lupine, L. M. 3, 39; Lchdm. ii. 332, 21. Genim elehtran take lupine, Herb. 46, 3; Lchdm. i. 148, 22: L.
fléte
What floats on the surface ⬩ Cream ⬩ skimming ⬩ curds ⬩ flos lactis ⬩ lactis crĕmor exemptus ⬩ coagŭlum
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Hafa clǽne flétan have clean curds, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 19. Menge wið flétan, and nán óðer molcen þicge let him mingle it with curds, and eat no other milk-food, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 26
gamel
Old ⬩ aged ⬩ sĕnex ⬩ vĕtustus
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Gamele ne móston háre heaðorincas hilde onþeón the aged hoary chieftains might not prosper in battle, Cd. 154; Th. 193, 3; Exod. 240. Ǽr he on weg hwurfe, gamol, of geardum ere he, old, departed on his way from his courts, Beo.
ge-wlitegian
To form ⬩ adorn ⬩ make beautiful ⬩ formare ⬩ decorare ⬩ exornare ⬩ speciosum vel pulchriorem reddere
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Hand his gewlitegodon manus ejus formaverunt, Ps. Spl. 94, 5. Wel gewlitegod formosus, Wrt. Voc. 72, 15.
grad
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A GRADE, step, order, degree, rank; gradus, ordo Seofon stapas sindon cirielícra grada and háligra háda seven are the degrees of ecclesiastical ranks, L. E. B. 1; Th. ii. 240, 2.
ge-leornian
To learn ⬩ inquire ⬩ discĕre ⬩ disquīrĕre
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Hú hí ðás þing geleornodon quomŏdo hæc dĕdĭcissent, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 20. Geleornedon his byrelas him betweónum, hú hý him mibton ðæt líf óþþringan his cupbearers inquired among themselves how they might take away his life, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 69, 9
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ge-sceádan
To separate, distinguish, discern, decide ⬩ to separate
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He biþ on ðæt wynstre weorud gesceáden he will be assigned at the separation to the band on the left hand, Exon. 117 a; Th. 449, 23; Dóm. 75
sigle
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Háma ætwæg Brósinga mene, sigle and sincfæt, Beo. Th. 2404 ; B. 1200. In mínum sweoran ic mé gemon beran ða ýdlan byrþenne gyldenra sigla in collo me memini supervacua monitium pondera portare, Bd. 4, 19 ; S. 589, 27 : Beo. Th. 2318 ; B. 1157.
un-beweddod
unbetrothed ⬩ unmarried
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Unbeweddod mǽden puellam virginem, quae non habet sponsum, Deut. 22, 28. unmarried Unbeweddod innuba, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 35. Mǽden seó ðe unbeweddud ys uirgo quae innupta est (1 Cor. 7, 34), Scint. 69, 3.
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un-hírlíc
fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ dismal ⬩ doleful
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Homl. 203, 7. dismal, doleful Ic forht and unrót ðás unhýrlícan fers onhefde mid sange carmina prae tristi cecini haec lugubria mente, Dóm. L. 11
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cemban
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Add: to comb hair Genim þone camb þe heó ána hyre heáfod mid cemde (cæmde, v. l.), and nǽnig man ǽr mid cemde ne æfter cembe. Under ðám treówe cembe hyre feax ... ꝥ bið lǽcedóm þǽre ðe hyre heáfod þǽr cembeþ (cæmbeð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 332, 11-18.
deáw
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Þyses fýres hǽto sý gecyrred on wǽtne deáw, 30, 441. Deáwas and rímforst rores et pruina, Hy. T. P. 68. Add
ge-sægdnis
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Haec victima animam salvat, Gr. D. 348, 18. Nolite dare sanctum canibus, is ðý hálga gesægdnisse æt hundum nére gesald, is unwyrðum monnum, Mt.
ge-sceran
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Substitute: to shear. to cut the hair off the head Heáfod him beón gescoren hearm getácnað, Lch. iii. 200, 21. Gesce(o)rene rasam, An.