fíf-tyne
fifteen ⬩ quindĕcim
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fifteen; quindĕcim Fíftyne fæðma fifteen [of] cubits, Gen. 7, 20. Fíftyne suna fifteen [of] sons, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 32. He slóh fíftyne men he slew fifteen men, Beo. Th. 3169; B. 1582. He on wéstenne wíceard geceás fíftynu geár he chose a dwelling in
gicel
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Dele ís at end, and add: <b>, gicele, an;</b> f. Ickle (v. N. E. D. s. v.) Gecilae stiria Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 26. Gecele, i. 289, 33. Þǽr synt tó sorge ætsomne gemenged se þrosma líg and se þrece gicela frigora mista simul ferventibus algida
god-gesprǽce
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Substitute: <b>god-gesprǽce,</b> es; n. An oracle Wæs þis godgesprǽce (-sprec, -spræcen, -sprecen, v. ll.) þisses gemetes erat oraculum huiusmodi, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 152, 12. Æfter þám godgesprǽce (-sprece, þǽre gódan sprǽce, þám gódgesprece
girran
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Take here <b>georran</b> in Dict., and add Ic (a file) gyrre garrio (garrio, voce carens, rauco cum murmure stridens, Ald. 252, 25), An. Ox. 26, 13. Gyrran grunnire (porcinus paganorum strepitus grunnire desisteret, Ald. 60, 36), 4337. [v
heáfod-bend
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A head-band (v. N. E. D.). a crown ꝥ bið cyninga þeáw and cásera ꝥ hí oft habbað gyldenne heáfodbænd ymb heora heáfod, Nap. 15, 20. a band put round the head as punishment Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte; sé cóm tó þám hálgan
sprecel
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Add: [v. N. E. D. spreckle, spreckled]: <b>sprecend.</b> Add: v. ongeán-, wiþer-sprecend; <b>sprecende.</b> Add: v. micel-, mid-, swíþ-, yfel-sprecende: <b>sprecendlic.</b> v. tó-sprecendlic: <b>sprecolness.<
solian
To make or to become foul ⬩ made filthy
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To make or to become foul Searo hwít solaþ sumur hát cólaþ eorðmægen ealdaþ ellen cólaþ the armour or implement that was bright grows rusty, summer that was hot grows cool, earthly might grows old, strength grows chill Exon. Th. 354, 57; Reim. 67. [Cf
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ge-swicennes
A ceasing ⬩ cessation ⬩ abstaining ⬩ repentance ⬩ cessātio ⬩ resĭpiscentia
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A ceasing, cessation, abstaining, repentance; cessātio, resĭpiscentia Búton geswicennesse without abstaining, L. N. P. L. 63; Th. ii. 300, 22. Mid geswicennysse yfelra dǽda with cessation from evil deeds, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 27: Ælfc. T. 29, 18. Þurh geswicenysse
tó-torfian
to fling in different directions ⬩ to toss about ⬩ to stone to pieces ⬩ destroy by throwing stones
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to fling in different directions, to toss about Wæs ðæt scyp of ðám ýþum tótorfod (jactabatur), Mt. Kmbl. 14, 24. Similar entries Cf. tó-weorpan. to stone to pieces, destroy by throwing stones. Me þe sculde al toteon mid horse, oðer þe al totoruion
dwolma
Chaos, a chasm, gulph ⬩ chaos, n.= χάos, τό, hiātus
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Chaos, a chasm, gulph; chaos, n.= χάos, τό, hiātus Dwolma chaos, Cot. 40: 204. Betweox us and eów is mycel dwolma getrymed inter nos et vos chaos magnum firmātum est, Lk. Bos. 16, 26. Ða twegen tregan teóþ to-somne wið ðæt mód fóran mistes dwoleman the
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andel-bǽre
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Icel. 'and-hæli, n. monstrosity; medic. the heels being in the place of the toes, andhælis-ligr absurd.' Cl. & V. Dict.); adj. Reversed, inverted Andelbǽrre tíde tempore prepostero (id est, vernali non autumnali, Ald. 33, 12), An. Ox. 7, 282
ge-sibling
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Gesiblingas abnepotes, Germ. 393, 179. Wǽron þá gesyblingas (the descendants of Noah) þus tðdǽlde, Angl. xi. 3, 64. Æt hwám nimað eorðlice cynegas gafol, æt heora gesiblingum oþþe æt ælfremedum (a filiis suis an ab alienis, Mt. 17, 25), Hml. Th. i. 510
hlýd-mónaþ
a maple
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a maple. Þǽr wæs hlin and ác. [The metre might seem to require hlín or hlinn, but hlin perhaps is possible. Cf. such verss as: Wæs hió hetegrim, Rä. 34, 5: is þæs gores sunu, 41, 72.] Dele: Add: (Could this be the word which in M. E. becomes lyn in lyntre
offrung-sceát
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An offering-sheet [explained in the following passage: Their offerings of bread and wine, which they brought . . . having their hands muffled up in a very fine linen cloth or offering-sheet, v. N. E. D. offering; 3] Hió becwið hyre beteran ofringsceát
sárig-mód
Sad-hearted, of mournful mood
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Sad-hearted, of mournful mood Ðonne féhþ seó weáláf sorhful and sárigmód geómrigendum móde synne bemǽnan, Wulfst. 133, 13. Geneósige ða ðe beóþ sárigmóde and seóce, L. Pen: 16; Th. ii. 282, 28. Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum, Beo. Th. 5876; B. 2942. Þa
CLYSTER
A CLUSTER ⬩ bunch ⬩ branch ⬩ botrus ⬩ βότρυς ⬩ racemus ⬩ propago
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n. A CLUSTER, bunch, branch; botrus βότρυς f. racemus, propago Clyster botrus Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 32; Wrt. Voc. 33, 31. Hira wínberie ys gealla and ðæt biteroste clyster uva eorum uva fellis et botri amarissimæ Deut. 32, 32. Clystru botros Mone B.
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earfoðe
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Hú ne witon wé ꝥ nán nearewnes, ne nán earfoþu, ne nán unrótnes, ne nán sár, ne nán hefignes nis nán gesǽlð, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 21. Is him óðer earfeðu . . ., ꝥ hí scoma mǽste dreógað, Cri. 1273. Þæt his earfeðu eal gelumpe, módcearu mǽgum, Gú. 165. Orsorg
mearc
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Add: a weak form mearce occurs Angl. viii. 326, 11, and a neuter mearc Gr. D. 197, 4. a boundary of land Istis terminibus terra circumgyrata esse videtur. . Ǽrest Ælfgýðe mearc .. . oþ Eádgife mearce, þonae þonan tó þæs biscopes mearce, Cht. E. 176,
ǽfen-gereord
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Gif hit beó seó tíd ǽfengereordes, árísen hý sóna swá hý heora mete hæbben, and sitten on ánre stówe si tempus fuerit prandii mox ut surrexerint a cena sedeant omnes in unum, R. Ben. 66, 15. Æfter his ǽfengereorde post caenam, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 12: Angl
-ærn
An earth-place or house ⬩ the grave
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An earth-place or house, the grave Open wæs ðæt eorþ-ærn the grave was open, Exon. 120 a; Th. 460, 18; Hö. 19: 119b; Th. 459, 22; Hö. 3; Th. 460, 4; Hö. 12. Dóm-ern a judgment-place, judgment-hall, court of justice, Mt. Bos. 27, 27. Hédd-ern a heeded-place