ofer-mód
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Ofermód coturnus (cf. coturnum, superbum, Corp. Gl. H. 36, 714), Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 5.
scear
A plough-share
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Hwanon ðam yrþlinge sylan scear oððe culter, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 29. Gefæstnodon sceare and cultre mid ðære syl confirmato vomere et cultro aratro, 19, 19. Hé sceal habban scear, culter and eác gádíren, Anglia ix. 263, 4
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ge-þwǽrnes
Concord ⬩ agreement ⬩ mildness ⬩ concordia ⬩ mansuetudo
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Sibb and geþwǽrnyss pax et concordia, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 25: Blickl. Homl. 109, 16. He ðæt ríce heóld on gódre geþwǽrnesse and on micelre sibsumnesse he held the kingdom in great peace and tranquillity, Chr. 860; Erl. 70, 23: 827; Erl. 64, 8.
bealcettan
to belch ⬩ to come forth ⬩ to utter
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Hé sceal oft bealcettan, 236, 14. to come forth Of þríh balcetteþ (cum) de (sepulchri) tumba (pulvis) ebulliat, An. Ox. 1884. to utter Mín heorte bealcet good word, Ps. Th. 44, 1. Bylcetteþ eructuat, i. a corde emittit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 12.
hǽte
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Him cóm on swá micel hǽte and swá micel þurst ꝥ hié him heora feores ne wéndun they got into such a state of heat and thirst that they gave up hope of life, 6, 13; S. 268, 12. <b>IV a.
sittan
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Þá þá seó mætetíd cóm and eallinga seó læteste tíd þæs dæges on sæt cum tempus refectionis incumberet atque dies hora tardior excrevisset, 277, 25.
sceáf
A sheaf, bundle ⬩ a sheaf ⬩ a bundle (of herbs)
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Gl. 520, 19. a sheaf (of corn) Mé þúhte ðæt wé bundon sceáfas (manipulos) on æcere and ðæt mín sceáf árise ómiddan eówrum sceáfum and eówre gilmas ábugon tó mínum sceáfe, Gen. 37, 7.
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ealdor-dóm
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Þá gecorenan ðe ... þá lǽssan gebróðru oferstígað mid ealdorscipe, þá habbað heora dǽl betwux ðám heofenlícum ealderdómum ( principalities, Col. 1, 16), Hml.
cedelc
The herb mercury ⬩ mercurialis perennis, Lin
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Herba mercurialis, ðæt is, cedelc the herb mercurialis, that is, mercury, Herb. cont. 84; Lchdm. i. 34, 3.
cwice
Quick-growing grass, couch-grass, quitch-grass ⬩ gramen
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Quick-growing grass, couch-grass, quitch-grass ; gramen Cwice gramen, Ælfc. Gl. 42 ; Som. 64, 24; Wrt. Voc. 31, 34.
feld-wyrt
Field-wort ⬩ gentian ⬩ gentiāna
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Herba gentiāna, ðæt ys feldwyrt the herb gentiāna, that is, field-wort, Herb. cont. 17, 1; Lchdm. i. 12, 16.
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fór-scyttan
To shoot before ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnīre
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Ðæt da sceortan wítu ðises geswincfullan lífes fórscytten [MS. forscyttan] ða toweardan, ðe nǽfre ateoriaþ that the short punishments of this painful life may prevent those to come, which will never fail, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 34
GÁD
A point of a weapon ⬩ spear or arrow-head ⬩ sting ⬩ prick ⬩ GOAD ⬩ cuspis ⬩ acŭleus ⬩ stĭmŭlus
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Se yrþling ná gáde hæfþ, búton of cræfte mínum ărātor nec stĭmŭlum hăbet, nĭsi ex arte mea, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 31. Hafaþ gúþmecga gyrde lange, gyldene gáde the warrior has a long rod, a golden goad, Salm. Kmbl. 183; Sal. 91
hran
A whale ⬩ a mussel
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On huntunge hranes in venationem balenæ, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 25. Hér beóþ oft fangene seolas and hronas and mereswýn capiuntur sæpissime et vituli marini, et delphines necnon et ballenæ, Bd. 1, 1; L. 473, 16. Hronesnæs, Beo.
prím
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Ic sang prím and seofon seolmas, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 27. [Icel. prími; m. : prima; f. : prím; n.]
rísan
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Th. 58, 1. to be fitting, becoming (the most usual form is ge-rísan, q. v. cf. come and become, venire and convenire, Ger. fallen and ge-fallen for similar development of meaning) Ne ríseþ non decent, Kent. Gl. 681. Ðér ne ríseþ ubi non debet, Mk.
un-deóre
Cheaply ⬩ at a small cost
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Cheaply, at a small cost Undeóre hé bohte vile vendidit, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 63. Gá seó wǽge wulle tó .cxx. p. and nán man hig ná undeóror ne sylle, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 4.
under-smúgan
To creep under ⬩ come upon unawares ⬩ surprise
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To creep under, come upon unawares, surprise Ídelnysse underþeódde gálscype undersmýhð otio deditos luxuria subripit, Scint. 89, 8. Ne undersmúge gítsunge yfel non subripiat (but other MS. subrepat) avaritie malum, R. Ben. Interl. 95, 7.
ge-bræcseóc
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Gebræcsióce (-seóce, 86, 65) comitiales (cf. comitiare, loqui, Corp. Gl. H. 34, 627 : comitiales, i. garritores ylfie vel mónaþseóce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 25 : þá symbelmónað*-*lican ádla, 20, 39), Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 5
wel-hwǽr
Everywhere ⬩ generally ⬩ commonly
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Swǽ gelǽrede biscepas, swǽ swǽ welhwǽr (well-, Cott. MSS.) siendon Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 4. Wæs wíde and welhwǽr Waldendes lof áfylled Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 11. Wiód ða ðe willaþ welhwǽr derian clǽnum hwǽte Met. 12, 4.
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