a-þierran
To wash off or away ⬩ rinse ⬩ make clean ⬩ purge ⬩ clear ⬩ diluere
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To wash off or away, rinse, make clean, purge, clear; diluere Hit is þearf, ðæt sió hond sié ǽr geclǽnsad, ðe wille ðæt fenn of óðerre aþierran necesse est ut esse munda studeat manus, quæ diluere sordes curat, Past. 13, 1 ; Hat. MS. 16 b, 8
eln
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Hé geseah hí úp áhefene swá swá mannes elne fram þǽre eorðan, Hml. S. 23 b, 274. Add
leahtrung
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Add:: opprobrium, abuse, reproach Ic eom worden mannum tó leahtrunge ego sum opprobrium hominum Ps. Th. 21, 5. Þú hí gescyldst wið ǽlcere tungan leahtrunge proteges eos a contradictione linguarum 30, 23.
Cædmon
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A man employed by the monks of Whitby in the care of their cattle in the early part of the seventh century. He is the first person of whom we possess any metrical composition in our vernacular language.
ge-hwá
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Th. i. 186, 2. ꝥ is lǽsse, ꝥ man wite gehwæt hwylces, þonne ꝥ sý, ꝥ his man wite and eác bodie, Gr. D. 138, 2. <b>B.</b> as adjective, every :-- Ríces gehwæs, Dan. 114. Be naman gehwám, 424.
a-fíndan
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Gif man áfinde ꝥ heora ǽnig on wóhre gewitnesse wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 204, 23. Ǽr hine þá men áfundan before the men became aware of him , Chr. 755 P. 49, 1. Hé wæs deófol áfunden he turned out to be a devil , Hml.
ge-munan
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Take here ge-monan, ge-mynan in Dict. and add Þú ge-manst, ge-munst, hé ge-manþ, -muneþ, -myneþ, pl. ge-munon (-an) ; p. ge-mýste (cf. O.
ǽg-hwæðer
either ⬩ each ⬩ both ⬩ uterque ⬩ every one ⬩ each ⬩ unusquisque
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Beámas twegen ðara ǽghwæðer efngedǽlde heahþegnunga háliges gástes two pillars, each of which shared alike the high services of the holy spirit, Cd. 146; Th. 183, 21; Exod. 94. of many, every one, each; unusquisque Heora ǽghwæðrum to each, to every one
dráf
DROVE, herd, band ⬩ armenta, grex, agmen
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Oft twegen sǽmen oððe þrý hwílum drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽ to sǽ sæpe duo tresve a pirātis christianōrum agmen congregātum a mari usque ad mare compellunt, Lupi Serm. i. 15; Hick. Thes. ii. 103, 34.
sealt
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Hwylc manna werodum þurhbrýcþ mettum búton swæcce sealtes quis hominum dulcibus perfruitur cibis sine sapore salis? Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 17. Nim ácorfenes sealtes ( rock salt ) ðæt wæter ðe ðǽrof gǽþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 18.
Linked entry: salt
un-sýferness
Impurity ⬩ uncleanness
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Fram unsýfernyssum ðara árrena mána, 3, 23; S. 554, 27. On unsýfernyssum betwih deófolgyldum in sordibus inter idola, 3, 30; S. 562, 18: 3, 1; S. 523, 23: 5, 19: S. 639, 23.
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æf(e)stig
envious ⬩ zealous (against)
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Æfestigra manna, R. Ben. 92, 12. Ðaelígm æfstegum invidis Past. 233, 16. in a good sense, zealous (against) Æfstig wið óðra monna yfelu contra aliena vitia aemulator Past. 79, 12
heáp
- Cd. 215 ;
- Th. 270, 9 ;
- Sat. 87 .
A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, company ⬩ a troop, flock ⬩ strues, acervus
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Of ðam yfelan heápe gehádodra manna be ðám ðe úre Drihten cwæþ 'multi dicunt mihi, etc.' of that evil band of men in orders about whom our Lord said, 'many will say to me, etc.' L. Ælfc. P. 40; Th. ii. 380, 36: Apstls. Kmbl. 17; Ap. 9.
irgþ
Sluggishness ⬩ cowardice ⬩ timorousness ⬩ pusillanimity
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Se man ðe ætfleó fram his hláforde oððe fram his geféran for his yrhþe sý hit on scipfyrde sý hit on landfyrde þolige ealles ðæs ðe hé áge and his ágenes feores the man that flies from his lord, or from his comrade, from cowardice, be it on an expedition
Linked entry: irhþ
lǽce-finger
The leech-finger
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Ilike a fyngir has a name, als men thaire fyngers calle, The lest fyngir hat litye man, for hit is lest of alle; The next fynger hat leche man, for qwen a leche dos oȝt, With that fynger he tastes all thyng howe that hit is wroȝt. In Prompt. Parv.
Linked entry: gold-finger
BLÁWAN
To BLOW, breathe ⬩ flare, sufflare
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Ne bláwe man býman befóran ðé let not a man blow a trumpet before thee, Mt. Bos. 6, 2
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á-rásian
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Se man sé ꝥ árásie, Ll. Th. i. 40, 2. Gif hwilc man forstolen þingc hám tó his cotan bringe and he árásod wurðe, 418, 18. Arásad interceptum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 79.
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bícnan
signify ⬩ indicate ⬩ portend
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Swylce man bycnige him, ꝥ him sélre wǽre ꝥ hý wunodon on clǽnnysse as if to signify to them, that it were better for them to live in chastity, Ll. Th. ii. 346, 20. Bécnende portendentes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 11. Bécnendo significantia, Rtl. 103, 28
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be-tellan
exculpate ⬩ excuse
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Substitute: to clear a person of a charge, exculpate, excuse Nis nán man swá dyrstig on þám micclum dóme, þ æt hé durre óðerne betellan, Hml.