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bolla

(n.)
Grammar
bolla, bolle, an ; f.
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Bolla full ł copp full of æcced spongiam plenum aceto, Jn. L. 19, 29. Gé syttað ealle niht and drincað oð leóhtne dæg . . . ac wite gé mid gewissan, ꝥ eów wurðað þá mycclan bollan bytere forgoldene, Wlfst. 298, l. Add: ;

deáw

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Corp. Gl. H.), and deáwe seems to be due to rore), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 29. Bútan rénscúrum and reócendum deáwe, Hml. S. 18, 57. Swilce hé wǽre on wynsumum deáwe, 31, 888, 876. Þyses fýres hǽto sý gecyrred on wǽtne deáw, 30, 441.

for-sewenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-sewenlic, adj.

contemptible ⬩ abject ⬩ despised

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Voc. ii. 140, 63. exciting contempt, abject, despised Hé wæs swá forsewenlic (ita despectus), þéh þe hit gelumpe ꝥ him hwilc man ... ongén cóme, and sé wǽre gegréted, ꝥ hé forhogode tógénes grétan, Gr. D. 34, 2.

Linked entry: for-sáwenlic

ge-anwyrde

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Substitute: <b>ge-anwyrde</b> in the phrase ge-anwyrde beón. to profess, declare oneself to be Ic eom geanwyrde monuc pro-fessus sum monachum Coll.

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to bind.
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II. to bind a thing, put a cord, chain, &amp; c. round an object, to secure by binding :-- Hé hét gebindan beam ǽrenum clammum and isernum and gesǽledne in susl don (clamavit: ' Germen radicum alligetur vinculo ferreo et aereo, '.

heolor

(n.)
Grammar
heolor, heoler, helur, helor, e; f.

a balance

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Gl. laxhe. olor) l. lanx heolor, Corp. Gl. H. i. 16. Helur momentana (cf. lytle wǽga momentana vel statam, i. 38, 42), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 6. Heolere (heolora, Hpt. Gl. 447, 73) lance, An. Ox. 1757. Heolore, 2, 46. Gelícere heolre ęqua bilance, 4602.

Linked entries: helur heolra

híg

hay ⬩ mown grass

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Ic sceal fyllan binnan oxan mid híg (foeno), Coll. M. 20, l. 'Hé máweþ heig (gærs, v.l. fenum) on þissere dene' . . . þá geseah hé ꝥ hí ealle meówon ꝥ heig . . . ' Ber þis gréne híg (gærs, v.l.) þám horsum tó mete,' Gr. D. 36, 2-29.

Linked entry: hefung

leornere

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Add: a learner, scholar, pupil, disciple Eálá gé wynsume leorneras ( discipuli ), eów manaþ eówer láreów, Coll. M. 35, 33. Wæs se Hálga Gást áhafen ofer þá Godes leorneras, Bl. H. 135, 3. a reader, student Lá, þú leornere o Lector, Guth.

oxan-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
oxan-hirde, es; m.
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Micel ic gedeorfe; þænne se yrþlingc unscenþ þá oxan, ic lǽde hig tó lǽse, and ealle niht ic stande ofer hig waciende for þeófan, and eft on ǽrnemergen ic betǽce hig þám yrþlincge wel gefylde and gewæterode, Coll. M. 20, 23-31. Be oxanhyrde.

tin

(n.)
Grammar
tin, es; n.

Tin

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Tin stannum, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 11

sehtlian

(v.)
Grammar
sehtlian, (?); p. ode.

to settle ⬩ bring to an agreement ⬩ settle a dispute between people ⬩ to come to an agreement

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Ða twegen kyngas wurðon sæhtlod, 1070; Erl. 209, 26. to come to an agreement Ðá feórden ðe wíse men betwyx þe kinges freónd & te eorles freónd & sahtlede suá ðæt . . . Sithen sahtleden þe king and Randolf eorl, 1140; Erl. 264, 31-35.

Linked entry: sæhtlian

weoloc-reád

(adj.)
Grammar
weoloc-reád, adj.

Of the red colour that is got from the weoloc, scarlet, purple

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Voc. ii. 135, 43: cocco, 77, 20. Weolcreád coccum, 14, 57: coccum rubicundum bis tinctum i. 34, 10. Weol[c]rǽd coccinea, Hpt. Gl. 526, 33.

Linked entry: wolc-reád

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m. : e, f.

creation,origin ⬩ a creation, what is created, a creature

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Gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft (gesceaft, Cott. MS.) Bt. 41 2; Fox 244, 29. Forðæm sint ðás sceafta (gesceafta, Cott. MS.), 41, 5; Fox 252, 30. Alra þinga ł sceafta omnium rerum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 12, 16.

FLǼSC

(n.)
Grammar
FLǼSC, es; pl. nom. acc. flǽsc; gen. flǽsca, flǽscea; dat. flǽscum; n: flésc, es; n.

FLESH ⬩ căro

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Ge-endung ealles flǽsces com ætfóran me fīnis ūnĭversæ carnis vēnit cōram me, Gen. 6, 13, 19: Jn. Bos. 1, 13. In flǽsce in the flesh, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 475; Met. 20, 238: Apstls. Kmbl. 73; Ap. 37.

Linked entries: flǽc fléc flésc

GEARO

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
GEARO, gearu; gen. m. n. -wes, -owes; f. -re, -rwe; def. se gearwa; adj.

YARE ⬩ ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ equipped ⬩ complete ⬩ promptus ⬩ părātus ⬩ instructus ⬩ perfectus

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Gearo is mín heorte părātum est cor meum, Ps. Th. 56, 9. Gearo ic eom părātus sum, 118, 60 : Ps. Spl. 16, 13 : 107, 1. Wes tú gearo părātus esto, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 44. He wæs gearo gúþe he was ready for war, Andr. Kmb1. 467; An. 234.

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Ic landes sumne dǽl sumum wífe hiere dæg forgæaf and æfter hiere dæge twám yrfeweardum I granted a certain portion of land to a certain woman for her life, and after her death to be held for two other lives, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 5, 10.

mór

(n.)
Grammar
mór, es; m.

a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain

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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 121, 21: Beo. Th. 1424; B. 710. Ofer myrcan mór, 2814; B. 1405. Ys on Breotoneland sum fenn un*-*mǽtre mycelnysse . . . Ðǽr synd unmǽte móras. Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 1-4. Fennas and móras paludes Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 14.

ge-reord

Grammar
ge-reord, speech.
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sceat stefne mínre flýman feóndsceaðan when I must swallow wind from somebody's lungs, sometimes with my notes I summon men to the feast, sometimes with my voice I put foes to flight, Rä. 15, 16. a language, tongue Þurh ꝥ gereord (Hebrew) þe ǽrest Cóm

gold

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Add: gold in the ground Se forma gítsere þe ǽrest þá eorþan ongan delfan æfter golde, Bt. 15; F. 48, 23. gold as a form of wealth Hwǽr cóm ꝥ unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres, Bl. H. 99, 28.

rǽd

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</b> with negative, (no) plan to help oneself :-- Mín heorte and mín mód mé for-léton, tó þám þæt ic mé nyste nǽnne rǽd cor meum dereliquit me, Ps. Th. 39, 14.