ge-fyllendlíc
Filling ⬩ explētīvus ⬩ complētīvus
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Filling; explētīvus, complētīvus Sume syndon gehátene explētīvæ oððe complētīvæ, ðæt synd gefyllendlíce some are called explētīvæ or complētīvæ, that is filling, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Som. 45, 57
Bederices weorþ
Bederic's worth or town ⬩ Eádmundes burh ⬩ St. Edmund's bury
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Bederic's worth or town, so called because the manor formerly belonged to Bederic, who bequeathed it to Edmund the king and martyr, hence it was subsequently called Eádmundes burh, St. Edmund's bury On Bedericeswyrþe at Bedericsworth, Will 23 ; Th.
aspide
An asp ⬩ viper ⬩ serpent ⬩ aspis ⬩ ĭdis ⬩ άσπίs ⬩ ίδοs
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Anlíc nædran, ða aspide ylde nemnaþ like a serpent, which men call an asp, Ps. Th. 57, 4. Spl. Lamb. in Ps. 57, 4 have nædran instead of aspide. Ðú ofer aspide miht gangan thou mayest go over an asp [super aspidem], Ps.
hlýda
The month noisy with wind and storm, ⬩ March
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The month noisy with wind and storm, March Hagolscúrum færþ geond middangeard Martius réðe Hlýda with hail-showers passes through the earth rude March [which we call] Hlyda, Menol. Fox 74; Men. 37.
Linked entry: hlýd-mónaþ
eorþ-cafer
An earth-beetle
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An earth-beetle Eorðceaperas (printed -caferas, but see Angl. viii. 450) tauri (cf. a kind of earth-beetles called tauri, i. Buls, Holland's Pliny), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 26. Substitute:
Burgende
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the east of France; Burgundiones Profentse hæfþ be norþan hyre ða beorgas, ðe man Alpis hǽt, and be súþan hyre is Wendel-sǽ, and be norþan hyre and eástan synd Burgende, and Wascan be westan Provence has on the north of it the mountains, which people call
gor
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Ðæs gores sunu, ðone we wifel nemnaþ son of the dung, which we call [dung-] beetle, Exon. 111 a; Th. 426, 11; Rä. 41, 72. Mid swínenum gore with swine dung, Herb. 9, 3; Lchdm. i. l00, 11.
ge-namian
To name, call, appoint ⬩ appellare, vocare
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To name, call, appoint; appellare, vocare And Adam ðá genamode ealle nýtenu heora namum and Adam then named all cattle by their names; appellavitque omne jumentum nominibus suis, Gen. 2, 20.
Linked entry: namian
wer-fǽhþ
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Slaying, in pursuing the feud, under circumstances that call for the payment of wer [cf. L. Alf. pol. 42 : Be fǽhðum . . .
eádgian
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eádigan; p. ode. to make happy Hand unhál wíf seó þe ná eádigað wer hyre manus debilis mulier quae nan beatificat uirum suum, Scint. 224, 4. to bless, enrich with something (gen. ) Sé þe eádgað ús siges, óðrum forwyrneð wlitigan wilsíðes, Cri. 20. to call
eðða
Or ⬩ aut
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Or; aut Hú se cuma hátte,eðða se esne how the guest is called, or the servant, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430, 31; Rä. 44, 17: Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 18
Colne-ceaster
COLCHESTER, Essex, so called from the river Colne ⬩ Colcestria, in agro Essexiæ, ad ripam Colnii fluvii
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COLCHESTER, Essex, so called from the river Colne; Colcestria, in agro Essexiæ, ad ripam Colnii fluvii Hí fóron to Colneceastre they went to Colchester Chr. 92i; Erl. 107, 9; 108, 5
tow-hús
A spinning-house
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The women who worked were called geniciariae pensiles, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 7
Linked entry: tow-cræft
ge-filde
A field ⬩ plain ⬩ campus
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A field, plain; campus Be norþan Capadocia is ðæt gefilde ðe man hǽt Temeseras to the north of Cappadocia is the plain which is called Themiscyra, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 17, 7
smylte
Quiet, tranquil, calm, serene ⬩ of physical calmness ⬩ gentle, mild, of the wind ⬩ favourable, prosperous ⬩ of mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled
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Quiet, tranquil, calm, serene of physical calmness Se mónaþ (June) is nemned on úre geþeóde se ǽrra líða, for ðon seó lyft biþ þonne smylte Shrn. 87, 34. Swilce seó heofone ðonne heó smylte (serenum) byþ Ex. 24, 10. Hyt byþ smylte weder Mt.
drenc-fæt
A drinking-vessel, cup ⬩ calix = κύλιξ
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A drinking-vessel, cup; calix = κύλιξ Gást ýsta oððe storma is dǽl drencfætes heora oððe heora calices spīrĭtus procellārum est pars calĭcis eorum, Ps. Lamb. 10, 7: 15, 5: 22, 5
Linked entry: drync-fæt
eá-lifer
Liverwort? ⬩ eupătŏrium cannăbĭnum
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eupătŏrium cannăbĭnum Lin Eálifer hátte wyrt gníd on ealaþ rub in ale the herb called liverwort, L. M. 1, 22; Lchdm. ii. 64, 21: 2, b24; Lchdm. ii. 216, 14
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earn
A house, cottage ⬩ căsa
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A house, cottage; căsa On ðære stówe ðe is gecíged æt hwítan earne in the place which is called [at] Whitern [white house, candĭda căsa]. Bd. 5, 24; S. 646, 31. v. ærn
un-forrotigendlíc
Not liable to decay ⬩ imperishable ⬩ incorruptible
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Not liable to decay, imperishable, incorruptible Beó his calic of clǽnum antimbre geworht unforrotigendlíc, gylden oððe seolfern oððe tinen, L. Ælfc. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 23. Unforrotiendlíc, 36; Th. ii. 360, 42
Linked entry: -rotigendlíc
DEÓR
An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEER ⬩ fĕra, bestia
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These DEER they call reins, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 25-27. Réðe deór a fierce beast; bellua, Ælfc. Gl. 18; Som. 58, 126.