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cís-stycce

(n.)
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a piece of cheese Án tyl cýssticce portionem de formatico, Chrd. 15, 3: 5 : 8

æcern-spranca

(n.)
Grammar
æcern-spranca, an; m.

An acorn-sprout

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An acorn-sprout Æcernspranca (æcer-, v. l.) oððe ác ilex, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 69, 15

Linked entry: spranca

hatigend

(n.)
Grammar
hatigend, es; m.

One who hates, an enemy

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One who hates, an enemy Hatigend oððe feónd osor, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 1

gál-freólsas

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For ' Som. . . . Lye ' substitute Gálfreólsas luper-calia An. Ox. 4715. Gálfreólsum lupercalibus, i. idolatriis 4861

bryhtm

(n.)

a glance

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a glance Eágan bryhtm an eye's glance, a moment, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 20

on-sægung

(n.)
Grammar
on-sægung, e ; f.

An offering in sacrifice ⬩ immolatio

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An offering in sacrifice; immolatio Onsægung, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 48. Onsægcgiung, ii. 49, 45

Linked entry: -sægung

orgel-word

(n.)
Grammar
orgel-word, es; n.

An arrogant, insolent speech

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An arrogant, insolent speech Ðá cwæþ se ealdorbiscop mid orgelworde, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 21

hlædel

(n.)
Grammar
hlædel, es; m.

An instrument for drawing water, ⬩ a ladle; ⬩ antlia

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An instrument for drawing water, a ladle; antlia, Hpt. Gl. 418. [Chauc. Piers P. ladel.]

Linked entry: hlæd-trendel

tolcettung

(n.)
Grammar
tolcettung, tolgettung, e; f.

An incentive, ⬩ incitement

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An incentive, incitement Tolgetunge, ontyndnesse titillationis. Hpt. Gl. 520, 32. Tolgetunge titillationum, acccnsionum, 457, 73

Linked entry: tolcettan

tow-tól

(n.)
Grammar
tow-tól, es; n.

An implement for spinning

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An implement for spinning Hé sceal fela towtóla habban, flexlínan, spinle . . . Anglia ix. 263, 10

fræteness

(n.)
Grammar
fræteness, frætewness, e; f.

An ornament

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An ornament Frætenisse stemmate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 50. Frætenessa (printed wræt-) discrimina, 27, 61

ge-cneórednis

Descent, ancestry

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Substitute: Descent, ancestry Bútan gecneórednesse sine genealogia (without descent, Heb. 7, 3), An. Ox. 5096

ge-cyrtenlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cyrtenlǽcan, p. -lǽhte

To make sweet

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To make sweet Gecertenlǽhte indulcauit (the Latin is: Mellitus versuum epigrammatibus inculcauit ), An. Ox. 5408

Linked entry: cyrtenlǽcan

á-wendendness

(n.)
Grammar
á-wendendness, e; f.

Changeableness ⬩ change

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Changeableness, change Ýdelnys ł áwendendnys vanitas, Ps. L. 38, 6. Áwendennessa permutationes, An. Ox. 191

Linked entry: -wend-endness

beán-scealas

(n.)
Grammar
beán-scealas, l. -scealu, e; f.
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and add Beánscalu quisquiliarum, An. Ox. 608. Bénsceala (printed -sæala), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 16

eges lic

Grammar
eges lic, l. eges-lic,
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and add: threatening Egeslic terribilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 43. Egeslic nýten on sǽ oððe on lande belua, 77, 74. Egslic horrida, An. Ox. 50, 55. Se egeslica dómes dæg, Bl. H. 27, 27. Egeslices horrentis, An. Ox. 3635. Mid egeslicum gebode imperio terrente

mancus

(n.)
Grammar
mancus, es; m.

A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence

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A mancus, the eighth of a pound, the sum of thirty pence Fif penegas gemacigaþ ǽnne scillingc and xxx penega ǽnne mancus (other MSS. manccus, mancs), Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 52, 8. In Cnut's laws the heriot of an earl included twá hund mancus goldes (which

mis-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
mis-micel, adj.

Wanting in greatness or quantity(?) ⬩ few

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Wanting in greatness or quantity(?), few On feorhgebeorh hæfde eallum eorþcynne éce láfe frumcneów gehwæs fæder and móder tuddorteóndra geteled ríme mismicelra (misselícra or missenlícra?) ðonne men cunnon to preserve the life of all that lives on earth

hleów

cover ⬩ shelter ⬩ Protection ⬩ a protector

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Add: cover, shelter furnished by an object Under hrófes hleó, Rä. 28, 5. Hé holtes hleó geméteð, Ph. 429. Protection afforded by a person Hé ácenned wearð tó hleó and tó hróðre hæleða cynne, An. 567: III. Hé (Alfred) becóm tó Æðelingége, and on sumes

hylc

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Substitute: a bend, winding, tortuous way; anfractus (cf. anfractum, iter tortuosum vel difficile, Corp. Gl. H. 18, 657) Stíge mistlicum hylcum dweliende (a recto) tramite errabundis anfractibus exorbitant. An. Ox. 3696 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 54. Fram stíge