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lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽcan, ; p. lǽhte, lǽcte

spring ⬩ leap

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To move quickly, spring, leap [as flame] Hwílum se wonna lég lǽhte wið ðes láþan at times the lurid flame leaped towards the fiend, Cd. 229; Th. 309, 25; Sal. 716

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On

Linked entries: alh eást-healh hal heal healhiht heal

wilder

(n.)
Grammar
wilder, (-or ? cf. wildor-líc. v. next word) (and wild ? cf. O. H. Ger. wild; dat. pl. wildiran ; and the declensions of lamb, cild), es; n.

A wild beast

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A wild beast þan deoren,and duden of þan wilden al heora willa, Laym. 1129. At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde, Gaw. 1150. Went we to wod the wilde for to cacchne. Destr. Tr. 2347. Þurh ðæs wildres ( the panther's ) mflð, Exon. Th. 358, 10

Linked entry: wildor

candel-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
candel-wyrt, e; f. [candel a candle, wyrt a herb, plant] CANDLE-WORT, hedge-taper, mullein; lucernaria, phlomos = φλόμος verbacum; thapsus, Lin. A plant useful for wicks 'of lamps
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Candelwyrt phlomos [MS. fromos] vel lucernaria [MS. lucernaris ]. Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 90; Wrt. Voc. 32, 25

wíngeard-hocgas

(n.)
Grammar
wíngeard-hocgas, (for wíngeard-bógas, v. preceding word; or wíngeard-hócas, cf. wíngearda hócas capreoli,
  • Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 59
)

caprioli dicti quod capiant arbores,

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caprioli dicti quod capiant arbores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 61

middan-sumor

(n.)
Grammar
middan-sumor, v. under midd, II, where perhaps in the instances in which middan occurs that word is to be taken as the first part of a compound.

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ceáce

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Add: ceóce. jawbone, cheek In suíðra ceica ðín (in ðæt swíðran wonge ł céke þín, R.) in dextera maxilla tua, Mt. L. 5, 39. Þæt wange wið þá ceócan ufan mandibula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 3. On céce in maxillam, Lk. L. 6, 29. Ceácan mala, maxilla, Wrt.

blǽd-wéla

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd-wéla, an; m.

Fruitful riches ⬩ opes uberes

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Fruitful riches; opes uberes Ic ðé on ða fægran foldan gesette to neótenne neorxna wonges blǽdwélan I set thee on the fair earth to enjoy the fruitful riches of Paradise, Exon. 28 a; Th. 85, 16; Cri. 1392

be-swicenness

(n.)
Grammar
be-swicenness, e; f.

deception ⬩ surrender

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deception Oncierde þ scip on wónne síðfæt þurh deófles beswicennesse, Shrn. 60, 8. surrender; Similar entries cf. swícan, Eal werod tó þǽre beswicenesse fóron cuncta acies ad deditionem transit, Prud. 45 a

stocc

(n.)
Grammar
stocc, es ; m. I.
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Tó ðam wón stocce, ðanne fram ðam wón stocce, 73, 22. Tó paðe stocce to the sign-post (?), v. 401, 37. Hé gehæfte hí on ánum micclum stocce and mid ísenum pílum heora ílas gefæstnode . . . Hí stódon stille on ðam stocce gefæstnode, Homl.

un-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-þanc, es; m.

disfavour ⬩ displeasure ⬩ anger ⬩ ill-will ⬩ an unpleasing act ⬩ a displeasure ⬩ an offence ⬩ annoyance ⬩ not thanks ⬩ displeasure expressed in words ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ without consent ⬩ on compulsion ⬩ ingratis ⬩ without (a person's) consent ⬩ not of (one's own) accord ⬩ against (one's) will

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disfavour, displeasure, anger, ill-will Oft ða unwaran láreówas for ege ne durron cleopian, ondrǽdaþ him sumra monna unðonc saepe rectores improvidi humanam amittere gratiam formidantes loqui pertimescunt, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 12. Hine on unðanc R eorringa

Linked entry: un-þances

þiustra

(n.)
Grammar
þiustra, Wrt. Voc. ii. l00, 18; according to form the word might belong to þeóstru, but it glosses ambulas, the meaning of which, according to the dictionary, is endive
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or chicory

twín-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
twín-wyrm, (twin- ?), es; m. The word glosses buprestis ( = βούπρηστις a poisonous beetle, which when eaten by cattle in the grass caused them to swell up), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 35.

melda

(n.)
Grammar
melda, an; m.

a narrator ⬩ an informer ⬩ announcer ⬩ a betrayer

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Þurh ðæs meldan hond; se sceolde wong wísian, Beo. Th. 4802; B. 2405. Ic tó meldan wearþ I turned informer (cf.

wang-stede

(n.)
Grammar
wang-stede, es; m.
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Wong. 4809; B. 2409) Wedra þeóden, Beo. Th. 5565; B. 2786. Se ðás wongstedas gróf æfter golde (cf. se ðe ða eorþan ongan delfan æfter golde, Bt. 15 ; Fox 48, 23), Met. 8, 56. a town on a plain (wang) ?

stigel

(n.)
Grammar
stigel, e ; f.
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A stile, set of steps for getting over a fence Fram ðam wón stocce tó cinta stiogole ; ðanne fram cinta stiogole tó earnes beáme, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 73, 24. Stigole, iii. 227, 19. Stigele, 236, 25 : v. 40, 6, 7, 10 : 148, 1.

Linked entry: bóc-stigel

un-áblinnendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áblinnendlíce, adv.

Unceasingly ⬩ incessantly ⬩ without ceasing ⬩ without intermission

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Heó ðurh syx singal geár ðære ylcan hefignesse ádle unáblinnendlíce won per sex continuos annos eadem molestia laborare non cessabat, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 18: Homl. Skt. i. 19, 9: ii. 23 b, 328; 155. Hí gebiddaþ unáblinnendlíce, i. 5, 446: Blickl.

Linked entry: á-blinnendlíce

ge-wuna

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, an; m.

A custom ⬩ wont ⬩ manner ⬩ use ⬩ rite ⬩ consuetudo

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A custom, wont, manner, use, rite; consuetudo Næs ðín gewuna ðæt ðú bútan ðínum diácone geoffrodest it was not thy wont to offer without thy deacon, Homl. Th. i. 418, 1. Wæs his gewuna ðæt he sægde referre erat solitus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 42.

Linked entries: -wuna ge-wun

flocan

Grammar
flocan, flócan; p. fleóoc

clap

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To beat together, clap with the hands, as an expression of joy or grief Oft ic (a sword) wífe ábelge, wonie hyre willan: heó mé wom spreceð, flðceð hyre folmum . . .ungód gæleð, Ru. 21, 34. Flócende conplosis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 14. Substitute:

un-gemet

(adj.; adv.; prefix)
Grammar
un-gemet, Where the word seems to be used with an adjective or with an adverbial force, it is given, as in the case of ungemet-hleahtor, as part of a compound:
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Grff. ii. 898-9

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