smelt
A smelt
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A smelt Smelt sardina Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 71. Smylt sartate 66, 7. Smeltas sardas ii. 119, 63
Linked entry: smilt
smiþ-cræft
Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood
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Smithcraft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood Wæs sum bróðor syndrilíce on smiþcræfte well gelǽred erat fabrili arte singularis Bd. 3, 14; S. 634, 14
smygel
A burrow, place to creep into ⬩ a narrow cleft to creep through, a hole ⬩ penetrating
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A burrow, place to creep into Smygels cuniculus Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 34. Smygelas cuniculos 15, 51. Smygilas, smigilas, smyglas, Txts. 48, 199
snid
A saw
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A saw Saga vel snide serula Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 17. Snid serra 85, 1. Hié wǽron snidene mid snide secti sunt Past. 30; Swt. 205, 13
speliend
A representative ⬩ vicar
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A representative, vicar Pronomen is ðæs naman speliend, se spelaþ ðone naman, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 8, 12. Se cyning is Cristes sylfes speligend under him sylfum, Bd. Whelc. 151, 39
hland
Urine
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Urine, Lchdm. i. 362, 18: ii. 40, 20: 156, 14
hlinaþ
A place to lie down in
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A place to lie down in Ic getimbre hús and hleonaþ, Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 10; Gú. 222
Linked entry: hleonaþ
hlyn
The name of a tree, ⬩ maple [?]
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The name of a tree, maple [?], Exon. 114 a; Th. 437, 17; Rä. 56, 9
Linked entry: hlin
hnol
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Eástdǽl his hnol heóld the crown of his head held the east, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 2. Fram ðám hnolle ufan óþ his fótwylmas neoðan from the crown of his head down to the soles of his feet, 480, 12: 452, 26: 524, 2. On hnol his In verticem ejus, Ps.
weód
A useless or injurious plant, ⬩ a weed
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A useless or injurious plant, a weed Æceres weód, ðæt ðe bið on ofen ásend faenum agri, quod in clibanum mittitur Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30. Hwonan hæfð hit ðæt weód (zizania) ? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 27. Is áwriten ðæt hé séwe ðæt weód on ða gódan ǽceras Past. 47
Weód-mónaþ
August
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August Agustus mónaþ on úre geþeóde wé nemnaþ Weódmónaþ, for ðon ðe hí on ðam mónþe mǽst geweaxaþ. Shrn. 110, 33 : 124, 14 : Menol. Fox 273; Men. 138
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ferhþ
the soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ anĭmus ⬩ mens ⬩ life ⬩ vīta
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Kmbl. 1598; El. 801
FYRST
A space of time ⬩ time ⬩ respite ⬩ truce ⬩ spătium tempŏris ⬩ tempus constĭtūtum ⬩ intercăpēdo
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Bos. 6, 31: Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 22. Ðý fyrste in the time, Beo. Th. 5139; B. 2573
þerscold
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On ðam þerxolde, Ex. 12, 22. Fram deáþes ðrecswalde (þirsc-, Bd. M. 398, 23) ab ipso mortis limite, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 34. Of ðæs portices dura ðærscwolde, Blickl. Homl. 207, 11. Ofer ðone ðerscold, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 22. Ðerscwold, Homl.
Linked entries: þærsc-wald þeorscwold þirscwald þræxwold þrecswald þreoxwold þrescwald þyrscwold
folc-gemót
A folk-meeting ⬩ pŏpŭli consessus
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ūnĭversos, quod Anglĭce dīcunt folcmóte, i. e. vŏcātio et congrĕgātio pŏpŭlōrum, et gentium omnium, quia ĭbi omnes convĕnīre dēbent. . .
Linked entry: folc-mót
GÆRS
GRASS ⬩ a blade of grass ⬩ herb ⬩ hay ⬩ grāmen ⬩ herba ⬩ fænum
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Seó eorþe wæstm beraþ, ǽrest gærs, syððan ear, syððan fulne hwǽte on ðam eare terra fructĭfĭcat, primum herbam, deinde spicam, deinde plēnum frumentum in spica, Mk. Bos. 4, 28 : Gen. 1, 11 : Num. 22, 4.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ic eom swíðe gefiónde ðæt gé ǽfre woldon ǽnige wuht (ǽnig wuht (ǽnig-wuht?), Halt. MS.) eów selfum wítan, ǽr ic hit eów wíte, Past. 31 ; Swt. 206, 19. with a negative, aught. See also III. alone Ne bið him wiht tó sorge. Exon.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
hýre-mann
a subject ⬩ follower ⬩ servant ⬩ subordinate ⬩ a parishioner ⬩ a hearer
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Wé beódaþ eác úrum híremannum we also command our subjects, L. Æðelst. v. 8, 7; Th. i. 238, 1. Æt his hýremannum from his subordinates, 11; Th. i. 240, 16. Eówrum hýremonnum cýðon to make known to your parishioners, L. E. I. 26; Th. ii. 422, 20
Linked entries: hýrig-mann hýr-mann híre-man
snytro-cræft
- Andr. Kmbl. 1261;
- An. 631
Prudent skill, prudence, wisdom
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Kmbl. 747; El. 374. Ða ðe snyttrocræft þurh fyrngewrito gefrigen hæfdon 308; El. 154. Ðé God sealde sigespéd and snyttrocræft 2342; El. 1172. Snyttrucræft Exon. Th. 113, 10; Gú. 155. Nǽnig ðæs swíþe þurh snyttrucræft 294, 21; Crä. 18.
eodorcan
To chew, ruminate ⬩ rŭmĭnāre
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To chew, ruminate ; rŭmĭnāre He eall mid hine gemynegode and swá swá clǽne nýten eodorcende [Whelc. oðer cende] in ðæt swéteste leóþ gehwyrfde ipse cuncta rĕmĕmŏrando sēcum et quăsi mundum ănĭmal rūmĭnando in carmen dulcissĭmum convertébat, Bd. 4, 24
Linked entry: ed-recan