wád
Woad,
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Woad, a plant much used for dyeing, which circumstance may account for the appearance of the word as a gloss to some of the following Latin words Ðis wád hic sandyx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 69; Zup. 72, 14. Wyrt oððe wád sandix (the passage to which this gloss
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ǽfen
evening ⬩ eve, the evening preceding a day (of festival)
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Add: evening Ǽfen vesperum, bedtíd serum, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 15. Seó niht hæfð seofan dǽlas . . óþer is uesperum, ðæt is ǽfen, ðonne se ǽfensteorra betwux ðǽre repsunge æteówað, Lch. iii. 242, 28: Angl. viii. 319, 28. Ðá éfern (éfen, R.) warð vespere facto
han-créd
Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the night ⬩ gallicinium, galli cantus
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Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the night Hancréd conticinium vel gallicinium, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75. 122; Wrt.Voc. 53, 4. Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... fífta is gallicinium ðæt is hancréd the night has seven divisions ... the fifth is gallicinium
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LICGAN
To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run
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To LIE, be at rest, be in bed, lie dead, lie low, fail Árís nú hwí líst ðú neowel on eorþan surge! cur jaces pronus in terra? Jos. 7, 10. Hwæt ligst ðú on horwe? Dóm. L. 6, 77. Mín cnapa líþ on mínum húse lama puer meus jacet in domo paralyticus, Mt.
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deópnes
DEEPNESS, depth, an abyss ⬩ prŏfundum, altitūdo, ăbyssus = άβυσσos, vŏrāgo
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DEEPNESS, depth, an abyss; prŏfundum, altitūdo, ăbyssus = άβυσσos, vŏrāgo Onafæstnod ic eom on líme deópnesse ... ic com on deópnysse sǽ infixus sum in līmo profundi ... vēni in altitudĭnem măris, Ps. Lamb. 68, 3. Ǽnig ne wát ða deópnesse Drihtnes mihta
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ge-hyld
Regard ⬩ observation ⬩ keeping ⬩ concealing ⬩ observantia ⬩ custodia
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Regard, observation, keeping, concealing; observantia, custodia In gehylde rihtra Eástrana in the keeping of right Easter, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 25. Ic wæs on ðínum gehylde begangen in observationibus tuis exercebor, Ps. Th. 76, 10. [Him] hálige heápas on
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hrepung
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Add: the action of touching with the hand or other part of the body, exercise of the faculty of feeling Godes ængel ꝥ cweartern geopenode mid his handa hrepunge, Hml. S. 4, 234. Ic gesyngode on gesihðe . . . and on hrepunge, Angl. xi. 112, 16. Repunge
of-geótan
to moisten by pouring, souse, soak ⬩ to put out a fire by pouring water on it
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to moisten by pouring, souse, soak Ofgeót mid ealaþ moisten the plants by pouring ale on them, Lchdm. ii. 140, 15: iii. 28, 16. Ofgeót mid wætere, 48, 5. Ofgeót hý áne niht mid wýne ðanne on morgen nim ða leáf cnuca hý . . . and ofgeót hý mid ðan ylcan
á-wrítan
to write out or down ⬩ write words ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ copy in writing ⬩ to state in writing ⬩ to write a book, letter, ⬩ to write of or about something ⬩ to write to ⬩ to write an account of ⬩ describe ⬩ to inscribe the name of a person ⬩ to write on material ⬩ cover with writing ⬩ to make a symbol other than a letter
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Add: to write out or down, write words Áurítteð (scribebat) ł áurát on eorðe, Jn. L. 8, 6. Heora ǽlces naman áwrít (superscribes) on his girde, Num. 17, 2. Áwrítt, eádgo deádo scribe, beati mortui, Rtl. 48, 5. Wé ne magon swáþeáh ealle naman áwrítan,
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mennisc-ness
humanity ⬩ human nature ⬩ incarnation ⬩ humaneness ⬩ humane behaviour
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humanity, human nature (generally in reference to Christ), incarnation Crist becom on hire innoþ and þurh hí on menniscnysse wearþ ácenned ( was born a man ), Homl. Th. i. 194, 8. Ne wearþ se Fæder mid menniscnysse befangen, 284, 23. Wé wurþiaþ úres
néðan
To have courage to do ⬩ to dare to do ⬩ to venture
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To have courage to do, to dare to do, to venture Néþeþ hwílum meówle ðæt heó on mec grípeþ the maiden has at times the courage to lay hold on me, Exon. Th. 407, 15; Rä. 26, 5. Néðde ðǽr ic Neron beswác I dared to go where I deceived Nero, 260, 24; Jul
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teter
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Tetter, a cutaneous disease Teter balsis, Txts. 43, 262: Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 61: 125, 13: briensis, i. 288, 5. Teter, tetr inpetigo, Txts. 69, 1047: petigo, 85, 1550. Teter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 3. Spryng vel tetr papula vel pustula, Txts. 88, 791. Se hæfþ
un-cystig
Niggardly ⬩ parsimonious ⬩ not liberal
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Niggardly, parsimonious, not liberal Uncystig frugus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 18: 36, 5: frugi vel parcus, i. 47, 37: parcus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7; Zup. 180, 13. Uncystig oððe spærhynde frugi, 9, 78; Zup. 74, 12. Fæsthafol oððe uncystig tenax, Wrt. Voc. i. 76,
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denu
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Denu myrtea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 20. On middan þǽre dene, Iosaphaf. Seó dene is betwux þǽre dúne Sion and þám munte Oliueta, Hml. Th. i. 440, 15. Án ðeóstorful dene, ii. 338, 5. Bituih iúih and úsih dene micel ( chaos magnum ) gefæstnad is, Lk. L. 16, 26
filmen
skin ⬩ membrane ⬩ scale ⬩ skin ⬩ shell ⬩ husk ⬩ a crack
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Take here examples given in Dict. under fylmen. of animal material, skin, membrane, scale Filmen (film̃ MS.) omentum, centipillium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 46. Se milte hæfð þynne filmene . . . and sió filmen biþ þeccende þá wambe, Lch. ii. 242, 14-17. Be
setl
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North.) ; n. m. (?) I. that on which one sits, a settle, seat, place to sit Setl sella, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 70. Sotol, 289, 23. Gá nú tó setle, symbelwynne dreóh.' . . . Geát geóng sóna setles neósan, swá se snottra héht, Beo. Th. 3576; B. 1786
æt-hweorfan
To turn ⬩ return ⬩ accedere ⬩ reverti
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To turn, return; accedere, reverti Hwilum on beorh æt-hwearf sometimes he turned to the mount, Beo. Th. 4587; B. 2299
a-þýan
To press ⬩ premere
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To press; premere Wel on aþýdum sceapes smeruwe boil in pressed sheep's grease, L. M. 1, 8 ; Lchdm. ii. 54, 1
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dǽl-nimendnes
A sharing, participation ⬩ participatio
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A sharing, participation; participatio Ðære dǽlnimendnes [-nimendes] his on ðæt sylfe cujus participatio ejus in id ipsum, Ps. Spl. 121, 3
for-brytednys
Bruisedness ⬩ sorrow ⬩ contrītio
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Bruisedness, sorrow; contrītio Forbrytednys and ungesǽlignys [synd] on wegum heora contrītio et infēlĭcĭtas [sunt] in viis eōrum, Ps. Spl. 13, 7