be-hæpsian
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To fasten with a bolt, bolt a door Hé hét hí gán út and behæpsode þá duru, Hml. S. 31, 214
Linked entry: hæpsian
bí-gengere
a worshipper
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a worshipper Fram bisceopum and Godes biggencgerum a praesulibus et cultoribus Deo decretae Christianae religionis, C. D. B. i. 154, 13
Linked entry: -gengere
cláþ-weóce
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A small piece of cloth used as a wick Of bedrýpedum cláþe, of gedrýpydre cláþweócan linteolo ebrio (madido ), Germ. 391, 18
eder-gong
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Substitute: A going into an enclosed place (?), a taking refuge Þǽr ( in heaven ) nǽfre hreów cymeð, edergong fore yrmþum, Cri. 1676
heáfod-stíg
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A path along the head of a field (?) Tó ðǽre heáfodstíge, ðæt swá in ðá heáhstrǽt, C. D. iii. 167, 23
lytle
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A servant-maid, female slave Heó (Judith) hire lytlan ( Abram. Cf. mid ánre þínene Abra, 109, 231), Hml. A. 114, 401
slecg-wyrhta
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One who works with a hammer, a worker in metals Tubalcain þe wæs slecgwirhta and smið (malleator et faber), Nap. 57
sǽ-fugol
a sea-fowl.
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a sea-fowl. Sǽfugl, as a proper name, occurs in the genealogy of Ælle of Northumbria,Chr. 560; Erl. 16, 29
Linked entry: fugel
brond
a fire-brand, fire, sword
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a fire-brand, fire, sword, Exon. 74 a; Th. 277, 15; Jul. 581: Beo. Th. 6021; B. 3014: 2912; B. 1454
bryne-teár
a tear ⬩ A burning tear ⬩ fervida lacrima
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[teár a tear] A burning tear; fervida lacrima Bitrum bryneteárum with bitter burning tears, Exon. 10a; Th. 10, 14; Cri. 152
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cnæpling
A stripling, ⬩ youth ⬩ boy ⬩ adolescens, ⬩ puer
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A stripling, youth, boy; adolescens, puer Eom ic cnæpling I am a boy Homl. Th. ii. 576, 14: Mone B. 2514
ge-stala
A thief; ⬩ fur
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A thief; fur Ðæt he ne gestala nǽre that he was not a thief, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 15
Linked entry: stala
hilde-píl
A dart, ⬩ bolt, ⬩ javelin
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A dart, bolt, javelin, Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, 5; Rä. 18, 6: 104 b; Th. 397, 33; Rä. 16, 28
glæs-fæt
A glass vessel ⬩ a glass
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A glass vessel, a glass He sende him glæsfæt full wínes misit ei calicem vini, Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 12
Linked entry: fæt
bæþ-sealf
A salve to be used when taking a bath
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A salve to be used when taking a bath Lǽcedómas wiþ áslápenum líce and bæþsealf, Lch. ii. 12, 17: 302, 23
Linked entry: sealf
feá
Even a little, ever so little ⬩ părum
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Even a little, ever so little; părum Ne mágon feá gangan they cannot walk even a little, Ps. Th. 134, 18
flǽsc-mangere
A fleshmonger ⬩ butcher ⬩ carnis vendĭtor ⬩ măcellārius ⬩ lănius
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A fleshmonger, butcher; carnis vendĭtor, măcellārius, lănius, Cot. 57: 125: Cod. Dipl. 1291; A. D. 996; Kmbl. vi. 135, 17, 18
Linked entry: mangere
fleóte
A stream ⬩ river ⬩ rīvus
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A stream, river; rīvus To ðære fleótan to the stream, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 123; A. D. 774; Kmbl. 111, 381, 7
folc-rǽden
A nation's law ⬩ plēbiscītum
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A nation's law; plēbiscītum Sum mæg folcrǽdenne gehycgan one may deliberate a nation's law, Exon. 79a; Th. 295, 32; Crä. 42
forþ-bǽro
A bringing forth ⬩ a production ⬩ procreātio ⬩ productio
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A bringing forth, a production; procreātio, productio Forþbǽro tíd the time of production, Cd. 6; Th. 8, 31; Gen. 132. Cf