blǽd
fruit.
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fruit. Blǽd coma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 41. Hé ábreác þæs forbodenan treówes æpples . . . hié þá blǽde þigdon, Angl. xi. 1, 19. Ábiteriað ðá bléda fructus amarescit, Past. 341, 24. Ácuciað ealle eorðlice blǽdu (-e, -a, v. ll.) and blðwað (printed bláwað)
ceówan
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Ceóweþ ruminet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 15. Gnæhð, cíwþ sulcat, An. Ox. 23, 49. Ceúwð ruminat, 26, 48. Wyrm eówre líchaman cýwð, Hml. S. 4, 386. Þá clǽnan nýtenu heora cudu ceówað, 25, 46. Hí ceówað Godes beboda mid smeágunge, 60. Ceówað (cýwat, An. Ox. 101
cliwen
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Add: (? clíwen, cleówen; v. N. E. D. clew) Cleowen glomer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 72. Clywen (printed clywe; but see Angl. viii. 452), i. 59, 35. Swilce án byrnende cliwen, Hml. S. 31, 937. Cliwenes globi, An. Ox. 492. Cliwene glomere, 457: 3736. Gewint
hagal
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Add: [m. and] n. (v. Ps. L. 147, 17). hawl (v. N. E. D. hail) 'Ic sende micelne hagol . . . sweltað ealle þá þing þe úte beóð and se hagol him onufan fealð.' . . . Drihten sende hagul, Ex. 9, 18-23. Eall þæt se hagol lǽfde, 10, 15. Ic ásende ǽlcne untíman
scyldig
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Add Hé sorgode hú mycel se scyldiga þæs weorces forlure innan his sáwle pensabat culpae reus quantum perdebat intus, Gr. D. 291, 11. Add Beó hé útlah wið God . . . and wið þone cyning scyldig ealles þæs þe hé áge (cf. Wlfst. 271, 26), Cht. E. 231, 16
tó-twǽman
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add: local, not to allow to remain together Gelície þé on úrum líchaman ꝥ hí ne beón tótwǽmede, ac lǽt hí beón hér ætgædere geléde, Hml. S. 30, 443. not to allow companionship Oda arcebiscop tótwǽmde Eádwí cyning and Ælgyfe, for þǽm þe hí wǽron tó gesybbe
sangere
a singer ⬩ a poet
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a singer Sangere cantor, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 17: 72, 6. Ídel sangere temelici (θυμελικός a musician, singer ), 39, 40. Wé witan ðæt þurh Godes gyfe ceorl wearþ tó eorle, sangere tó sacerde, and bócere tó biscope, L. Eth. vii. 11; Th. i. 334, 8. Bútan Jacobe
Linked entry: býme-sangere
strangian
to grow strong, be strong, prevail, flourish ⬩ to make strong, confirm, comfort
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to grow strong, be strong, prevail, flourish Ic strangige oððe geðeó uigeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Zup. 154, 14. Strongaþ praevaluít, Ps. Surt. 51, 9. Ic strongade wið him praevalui adversus eum, 12, 5. Word unrehtwísra strongadun (praevaluerunt) ofer ús,
andettan
To confess ⬩ acknowledge ⬩ give thanks or praise ⬩ fateri ⬩ confiteri
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To confess, acknowledge, give thanks or praise; fateri, confiteri Gif he wille and cunne his dǽda andettan if he will and can confess his deeds, L. De. Cf. 2; Th. ii. 260, 18, 16. Ic andette Ælmihtigum Gode I confess to Almighty God, 6; Th. ii. 262,
here-teám
plundering ⬩ spoiling ⬩ devastation ⬩ taking part in a 'here,' ⬩ what is got by an army ⬩ plunder ⬩ booty ⬩ spoil
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plundering, spoiling, devastation, taking part in a 'here,' i. e, a predatory band of more than thirty-five members [v. here] Se ðe hereteáme betogen sý he who is accused of taking part in a 'here,' L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 2, MS. H. Heardlíc hereteám
Íras
The Irish
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The Irish Similar entries [v. Íra-land] Férde twelf geár bodiende betwux Ýrum and Scottum and siððan ofer eal Angelcyn he went twelve years preaching among the Irish and Scotch, and afterwards over all England, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 35. But the people of
mageþe
maythe ⬩ chamomile ⬩ ox-eye
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A plant-name, maythe, chamomile, ox-eye Mageþe beneolentem [camemelon], Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 27: obtalmon, 68, 50. Magoþe optalmon, ii. 65, 52. Ðás wyrte ðe man camemelon, and óðrum naman mageþe nemneþ, Herb. 24; Lchdm. i. 120, 14. Wildre magþan wyrttruman
sucga
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The name of a bird. [In later times the word seems to apply to the whitethroat, which is called hazeck (Worcest.) and hay sucker (Devon), and to the hedge-sparrow, isaac or hazock (Worcest.), segge (Devon), E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, pp. 23, 29. Chaucer
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un-gerím
Countless ⬩ numberless ⬩ innumerable ⬩ incalculable ⬩ immense
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Countless, numberless, innumerable, incalculable, immense Ðǽr is ungerím fæc betweox hyre and ðære eorðon, Lchdm. iii. 254, 12. Ðæt wæs ungerím (uugerímlíc, MS. E.), ðæt intó helle behreás, Wulfst. 8, 15. Cómon ða hǽðengildan mid ungerímum folce, Homl
un-gewítnod
Unpunished
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Unpunished, of the person to whom punishment might be given Ne beó gé on nánre leásre gewitnysse, for ðon ðe se leása gewita ne bið hé nǽfre ungewítnod, L. E. I. 27; Th. ii. 424, 1: Homl. Ass. 148, 10. Ne wén ðú ná be ðé ðæt ðú ungewítnod beó, Homl.
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cynd
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Substitute: <b>cynd,</b> e; f.: es; n. nature Nis nán gesceaft ðe hé tiohhige ꝥ hió scyle winnan wiþ hire Scippendes willan, gif hió hire cynd (gecynd v. l.) healdan wile nihil est quod naturam servans Deo contraire conetur, Bt. 35, 4; F.
eargian
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Substitute: To grow timid, turn coward, lose heart Dumbe beóð þá bydelas þe for ege oððe ǽnigre worldscame eargiað and wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 5. Þá eargode heora án for þám ormǽtum cyle, Hml. S. 11, 156. His geféran eargodon bútan
eást
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Substitute: [the positive is uncertain]; cpve. eástra; spve. eást(e)mest Þǽre eástan Eoae (the passage is: Eoae tripertitas Indiaeprovincias illustravit, Ald. 25, 31, the glosses to which in Hpt. Gl. 451, 13, 16 are, Eoae i. orientis þára eástan (in
egl
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Add: <b>egle,</b> an; f. an ail, awn, beard of barley Egle, eglae, egilae glis, Txts. 67, 973. Glis fonfyr (furfur? ) oððe egle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 71. Egle aresta, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 21. Egle (-a, MS.) arista, 38, 48. Eára scale (hule, egle
hǽlþ
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Add: I. (good) health of body Hé cwæit þæt hire cild gesund beón sceolde, and eal hire híwisc hǽlðe brúcan, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 19. Gif þú gesihst þé on wætere cealdan þw[e]án, hǽlde líchaman (sanitatem carports) getácnaþ, Lch. iii. 214, 14. of soul, salvation