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ilca

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ilca, pron. [occurs in the weak declension only].

The same

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Swá ðám ilcum byþ ðe nellaþ ðínre ǽ bebod healdan so shall it be with those, who will not keep thy law, Ps. Th. 118, 36.

CORN

(n.)
Grammar
CORN, es; n.

CORN ⬩ a grain ⬩ seed ⬩ berry ⬩ frumentum ⬩ granum ⬩ bacca ⬩ a hard or cornlike pimple ⬩ a corn ⬩ kernel on the feet ⬩ pustula ⬩ clavus

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Gl. 59; Som. 67, 122; Wrt. Voc. 38, 44. Wæs corn swá dýre, swá nán man ǽr ne gemunde corn was so dear, as no man before remembered it Chr. 1044; Erl. 168, 21; Homl. Th. ii. 68, 17.

ge-teldung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-teldung, e; f.

A tent ⬩ tabernacle ⬩ tabernācŭlum

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A tent, tabernacle; tabernācŭlum On sunnan gesette geteldunge his in sōle pŏsuit tabernācŭlum suum, Ps. Spl. T. 18, 5: 26, 9

Linked entry: -teldung

sehtan

(v.)
Grammar
sehtan, p. te

To bring about agreement between people ⬩ to settle a dispute

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Ðæt wé habban ús gemǽne sibbe and sóme, and ǽlce sace sehtan, 272, 23. Bisceop sceal beón symle ymbe sóme and ymbe sibbe . . . Hé sceal georne saca sehtan and friþ wyrcan, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 14

breóst-toga

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-toga, an; m.

A breast-leader ⬩ pectoris dux

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A breast-leader; pectoris dux Sumra hæfde bald breóst-toga bóca cǽga the bold chief had the keys of some books, Salm. Kmbl. 369; Sal. 184

Linked entry: toga

sóþ-secgan

(v.)

to say truly ⬩ declare

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Skt. p. 4, 11: 6, 15 Similar entries (see sóþ = pro ). Ðes man is sóþsecgende, Blickl. Homl. 187, 29

symering-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
symering-wyrt, e; f.

The name of some plant

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The name of some plant Simæringcwyrt (symeringc-,Wrt. Voc. i. 79, 12) malua crispa, Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 310, 12. Simeringwyrt viola, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 67

Linked entry: simering-wyrt

mealm-stán

(n.)
Grammar
mealm-stán, es; m.

Maum-stone

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It is not so white as chalk, and is much more brittle.' -Mon heardlíce gníde ðone hnescestan mealmstán, Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 212, 28

Linked entry: cealc-stán

áhte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
áhte, áhtest

had ⬩ owned

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had, owned He sealde eall ðæt he áhte he sold all that he had; vendidit ornnia quæ habuit, Mt. Bos. 13, 46;

líðe-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
líðe-líc, adj.

Gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ soft

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Gentle, mild, soft Líðelíce stefne lena voce, Nar. 36, 21. Mid líðelícum wordum with gentle words, Past. 30, 2; Swt. 205, 8

Wocen-

(prefix)
Grammar
Wocen-, (Wrocen- ?
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v. Wreocen-sǽte
) sǽte, -sǽtan; pl.

The name

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The name of the occupants of some district in England Wocensǽtna land is syfan þúsend hída, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 16

Linked entry: Wreocen-sǽte

flít-gára

(n.)
Grammar
flít-gára, an; m.
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A gára (j. v.) where some kind of contest took place? On ðone flítgáran; of ðám flítgáran, C. D. 217, 15, 22

Linked entry: gára

Herefinnas

(n.)
Grammar
Herefinnas, pl.
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The name of some people occupying a district in Mercia Herefinna landes is twelf hnnd hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 21

hloccettan

Grammar
hloccettan, (?)

groan ⬩ sigh

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to utter a sound, groan, sigh Ic loccele (roketto, R.) deiglo eructabo abscondita, Mt. L. 13, 35. Loceteð eructavit p. 9, 7

Linked entries: loccettan hloccettung

pos-hlíwe

(n.)
Grammar
pos-hlíwe, an; f.
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Some kind of shelter (?) Tó poshlíwan; of poshlíwan, C. D. iii. 82, 2. Cf. (?) Tó posses hlǽwe; of ðǽm hlǽwe, 415, 30

wyrt-gemang

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Wæs sóht hwǽr se lǽce wǽre þe cúþe wyrt-gemang wyrcan cum medicus atque pigmentarius esset quaesitus, Gr. D. 318, 2. Add

web-hóc

(n.)
Grammar
web-hóc, es; m.

Some implement used in weaving, a tenter-hook (?)

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Some implement used in weaving, a tenter-hook (?): Webhóc apidiscus, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 41: 66, 24: 282, 7: ii. 7, 70

a-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lǽtan, a-létan; p. -lét, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten; v. a. [a from, lǽtan to let]

To let go ⬩ lay down ⬩ leave ⬩ give up ⬩ lose ⬩ renounce ⬩ resign ⬩ remit ⬩ pardon ⬩ deliver ⬩ sinere ⬩ abjicere ⬩ deponere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ remittere ⬩ condonare ⬩ relaxare ⬩ liberare

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Ic hæbbe ánweald míne sáwle to alǽtanne I have power to lay down my life [soul ], Jn. Bos. 10, 18. Ic ðæt alétan ne sceal I will not let that go, Solil. 8. Ðú hine alǽtst thou lettest it go, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 34.

ge-séðan

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Wé magon ꝥ tó sóðe geséðan, ꝥ hyt swá wæs, for ðon wé habbað trume gewitnysse, Angl. viii. 307, 3. Ús gedafenað þæt wé hit wénon swíðor þonne wé unrǽdlíce hit geséðan, Hml. Th. i. 440, 31.

hú-lic

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Add: in direct questions. qualifying a noun, what sort of Húlic heáfod hæfð se Pater Noster?, Sal. K. 148, 14. predicative, of what sort Húlig is ðes? qualis est hic?, Mt.