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sín-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
sín-lǽca, -láca, an; m.
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Hí gefetton Escolafius ðone scínlácan mid ðære ungemetlícan nædran ðe mon Epithaurus hét horrendum illum Epidaurium colubrum, cum ipso Aesculapii lapide advenerint , Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140,9: 3, 10, tit.; Swt. 3, 19. Scínlǽcan magi, Wrt.

starian

(v.)
Grammar
starian, p. ode
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To stare, look fixedly, gaze (with on, tó) Ðæt ic on ðone hafelan eágum starige, Beo. Th. 3567; B. 1781. Starie, 5585; B. 2796. Secga gehwylcum ðara ðe on swylc staraþ, 1997; B. 996: 2975; B. 1485. Wé on ðæt bearn foran breóstum stariaþ, Exon.

stricel

(n.)
Grammar
stricel, es; m.
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Lorgaulté the strickle used in the measuring of corne' Cotgrave. ' When wee goe to take up come for the mill, the first thinge wee doe is to looke out poakes, then the bushel and strickle.' Farming Books of H.

Linked entries: strycel tit-stricel

under-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
under-cyning, es; m.

A dependent, tributary kingone who rules under another

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Ðe Hǽlend stód befar ðone undercynige ( praesidem), and gefrægn hine ðe undercynig (praeses ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 11, 21. Tó undercyningum ad praesides, 10, 18: Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 9.

un-nyt

(n.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nytt, es; n.

a vain thingvanityfrivolityan evil thinginiquity

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Ðonne mæg hé ongitan ðæt yfel and ðæt unnet, ðæt hé ǽr on his móde hæfde, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 26. Hwý gé ymb ðæt unnet swincen? Met. 10, 21. Hwí smeágaþ hí unnytt quare meditati sunt inania, Ps. Th. 2, 1.

West-mynster

(n.)
Grammar
West-mynster, es; n. Westminster
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Hér man wrǽgde ðone biscop Ægelríc and sende hine tó Westmynstre, 1069; Erl. 207, 7. Icc habbe gifen Sainte Petre intó Westminstre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 190, 12, 26. Ða gebróðere on Westminstre, 192, 5.

beorþor

child-bearingpartusgestationpartusfoetus

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S. 23 b, 46 gestation Þá ácende heó ðæt bearn on ðone seofoðan mónað þæs beorðres, Shrn. 61, 2. what is born partus, foetus Þæs byrþres líc on hire innoþe, Lch. iii. 146, 14. Mid beorþre foetu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 34.

full-wiht

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Se fullwuht ðone mon geclǽnsað, Past. 427, 6. Þurh þæne fulluht, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 22, 36. fem. Þá þénunge fulwihte (full-wihtes, v. l.) ministerium baptizandi, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 118, 15.

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wǽdlung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdlung, e; f.

povertyindigencewantbegging

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Hine (Lazarus) geswencte seó wǽdlung, and áfeormode; ðone óðerne (Dives) gewelgode his genihtsumnys, and bepǽhte, Homl. Th. i. 332, 9. Of wǽdlunga de inopia, Ps. Spl. 106, 41. On wǽdlunga in mendicitate, 106, 10.

ofer-fyll

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-fyll, e; -fyllu(o); indecl. f.

Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinkingcrapula

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Ðú scealt druncen fleón, and ða oferfylle ealle forlǽtan, Dóm. L. 32, 75. Níwes wínes oferfelle musti crapulam, Hymn. Surt. 97, 18. Þurh oferfylla and mænigfealde synna heora eard hý forworhton, Wulfst. 166, 29

tit

(n.)
Grammar
tit, titt, es; m.

A teat,pap,Brest

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Lege ofer ðone wynstran tit, Lchdm. i. 192, 17. Tittas mamillas, lxxiv, 24: Wrt. Voc i. 65, 7: 283, 29: ii. 56, 28. Wið tittia sár wífa, Lchdm. i. 112, 16. Titto(tito, Rush.) ł breósto ubera, Lk. Skt. 11, 27: Rtl. 4, 17.

HYPE

(n.)
Grammar
HYPE, es; m.

The HIPhaunch

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his sweord tó his hype ponat vir gladium super femur suum, Past. 49, 2; Swt. 383, 2. Hypas clunes, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 70; Wrt. Voc. 44, 52

líc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
líc-mann, es; m.
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A person having to do with a corpse Ealle ða líc-menn wurdon áfyllede mid ðam wynsumum stence, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 8: 334, 31. His líc læg ealle ða niht inne beset, ac hé árás of deáþe. Ðalícmenn ðá ealle flugon áweg, 348, 20: 548, 15.

amber

(n.)
Grammar
amber, m. f. n.
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tó wóse amber fulne, ii. 106, 16. Gesamna tú ambru hrýþra micgean and amber fulne holenrinda, Lch. ii. 332, 15. Ambras cados, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 41: 13, 8: lag(uo)enas, 53, 37

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for-pǽran

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Wé ne mótan ná furðor embe þis (the nature of God) smeágan, gif wé nellað ús sylfe forpǽran (if we do not wish to work our own destruction), 1, 71. Add

un-gestæððiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gestæððiglíce, adv.

Unsteadilywithout stability

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Unsteadily, without stability Ðonne mon ða fæstrǽdnesse his módes innan forlíst, ðonne bið hé hwílum swíðe ungestæððiglíce ástyred útane on his limum qui statum mentis perdidit, subsequenter foras in inconstantiam motionis fluit, Past. 47; Swt. 359,

ǽl

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Ðonne ðú fisc habban wylle . . . Ǽles tácen is . . . swá swá mon ǽl déð ðonne hine mon on spite stagan wyle, Tech. ii. 124, 6-11.Ll. Th. i. 146, 20. Add

socian

(v.)
Grammar
socian, p. ode

to soakto steep in a liquidto soakto lie in a liquid

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.), to lie in a liquid Glædenan rinde lytelra gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt, gedó ðonne ðæs scearpestan wínes tó .v. sestras, ásete ðonne on háte sunnan . . . ðæt hit socige .iiii. dagas oþþe má Lchdm. ii. 252, 11.

deáw-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
deáw-wyrm, es; m.

A ringworm, tetter impetīgo

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A ringworm, tetter; impetīgo Wið deáw-wyrmum genim doccan for ringworms take dock, L. M. I, 50; Lchdm. ii. 122, 21: 124, 5, 7

mann-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mann-bǽre, adj.

Productive of men

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Productive of men Ic tówurpe ðás burh and tó yrþlande áwende, swá ðæt heó biþ cornbǽre swíðor ðonne mannbǽre, Homl. Th. i. 450, 12