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híwisc

(n.)
Grammar
híwisc, hígwisc, es; n.

A family, ⬩ household, ⬩ house; ⬩ also a hide of land

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God bebéad Moyse ðæt hé and eall Israhéla folc sceoldon offrian æt ǽlcum híwisce Gode án lamb ánes geáres God commanded Moses that he and all the people of Israel should offer a lamb of the first year to God from every family [a lamb for an house, Ex.

Linked entries: -isc híw-scipe

ge-dreóg

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-dreóg, ge-dreóh; adj.

suitable, fit, meet ⬩ quiet, orderly. ⬩ of persons, serious in behaviour; ⬩ gravis ⬩ of animals, gentle, tame; ⬩ mitis

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serious in behaviour; gravis (Take here ge-dreóh in Dict.) of animals, gentle, tame; mitis Hé áwrát Crístes róde tácen on þæs horses heáfde and ealle his réðnysse áwende on geþwǽrnysse, swá þæt hit wæs stillre and gedreóhre (mitior) þonne hit wǽre ǽr

Linked entry: ge-dreog

bearn-teám

progeny ⬩ offspring ⬩ issue ⬩ child-bearing ⬩ procreation of children

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Þæt hié wolden fultum-leáse beón æt heora bearnteámum intercepta spe sobolis, Ors. 1, 14; S. 56, 22. child-bearing, procreation of children On ǽgþrum is mægðhád and eác swylce bearnteám, and se bearnteám ne wanode þone mægðhád, Hml. A. 31, 165.

be-delfan

to dig a grave ⬩ to dig about ⬩ to bury ⬩ put under ground, ⬩ to bury ⬩ put in a grave or tomb

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Nim his lifre and bedealf æt þám ymbhwyrftum þínra landgemǽra, Lch. i. 328, 22. of persons (when there are no funeral rites) Hié þá Rómáne cuce on eorþan bedulfan Minucia viva obruta est in campo, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19.

wá

(adv.; int.)

Woe ⬩ ill ⬩ woe ⬩ alas ⬩ vae, ⬩ well-a-way ⬩ well-a-day ⬩ ah ⬩ vah

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Th. 118, 38. with dat. of person Ðé byþ ǽfre wá it shall be ever ill with thee, Nicod. 26; Thw. 14, 12: Beo. Th. 369; B. 183: Exon. Th, 444, 25; Kl. 52: Blickl. Homl. 61, 2. Him biþ æt heortan wá, Salm. Kmbl. 210; Sal. 104. Him wæs ǽghwǽr wá, Cd.

Linked entries: eów waa wǽ

æwul

(n.)

A wicker-basket with a narrow neck for catching fish ⬩ a WEEL ⬩ nassa

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A wicker-basket with a narrow neck for catching fish, a WEEL; nassa, Ælfc. Gl. 102 ; Som. 77, 85; Wrt. Voc. 56, 9

andian

(v.)
Grammar
andian, -igan; part. -igende; ic andie, andige, ðú andast, he andaþ, andgaþ, pl. andiaþ; p. ode; pp. od [anda envy]

To envy ⬩ invidere

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To envy; invidere Ic andige on ðé invideo tibi, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 43, 58: 26; Som. 29, 3. Andgaþ invidet, Prov. 28

Linked entry: andigende

ceorl-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
ceorl-strang, adj.

manlike ⬩ fortis, virilis

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Strong as a man, manlike; fortis, virilis Ceorl-strang fǽmne a manlike woman; virago, Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 10; Wrt.Voc. 17, 18

declínung

(n.)
Grammar
declínung, e; f.

A declension ⬩ declinātio

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A declension; declinātio Seó forme declínung the first declension, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 3. On fíf declínungum in five declensions, 6, 2

edwistlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
edwistlíc, adj.

Existing, subsisting, substantial, substantive ⬩ substantiālis

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Existing, subsisting, substantial, substantive; substantiālis Ic eom, is edwistlíc word I am is the substantive [existing] verb, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 24

Linked entry: edwistfull

fót-síþ-sticcel

(n.)
Grammar
fót-síþ-sticcel, es; m.

A cloak ⬩ mantle ⬩ chlămys ⬩ y̆dis, ⬩ χλăμύs, ⬩ ύδos,

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. = χλăμύs, ύδos, f Hacele vel fótsíþsticcel chlămys, Ælfc. Gl. 65; Som. 69, 40; Wrt. Voc. 40, 67

gát-bucca

(n.)
Grammar
gát-bucca, an; m.

A he-goat ⬩ căper

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A he-goat; căper Gát-buccan hyrde a keeper of a he-goat, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 37; Wrt. Voc. 22, 78

Linked entry: bucca

lenden-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
lenden-reáf, es; n.

an apron

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A covering for the loins, an apron Lenden-, síd-reáf lumbare vel renale, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 112; Wrt. Voc. 40, 22

mæst-twist

(n.)
Grammar
mæst-twist, es; m,

A rope to support a mast, ⬩ a stay

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A rope to support a mast, a stay Mæsttwist parastates, Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 77, 127; Wrt. Voc. 56, 44. Mæstwist, 63, 48

be-tyran

(v.)
Grammar
be-tyran, [be, tyrwa tar]

To BETAR, to smear over

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To BETAR, to smear over, to stain a dark colour; pice liquida inficere, q. d. pullo vel bætico colore imbuere,Æqu. vern. 2

biscop-heáfod-lín

(n.)

a bishop's head linen, an ornament which bishops wore on their heads ⬩ infula

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a bishop's head linen, an ornament which bishops wore on their heads; infula Biscop-heáfod-lín infula, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 10

Linked entry: bisceop-heáfodlín

bóc-cest

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-cest, e; f.

A book-chest, book-shop, tavern ⬩ taberna

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[cest, cyst a chest] A book-chest, book-shop, tavern; taberna Bóccest taberna, Ælfc. Gl. 17; Som. 58, 89; Wrt. Voc. 22, 7

ge-fégincg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fégincg, -fégung, e; f.

A joining ⬩ composing ⬩ conjunction ⬩ compositio ⬩ conjunctio

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A joining, composing, conjunction; compositio, conjunctio Seó geþeódnys oððe gefegincg is conjunctio the joining is a conjunction, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 47

un-líchamlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-líchamlíc, adj.

Incorporeal

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Unlíchamlíce incorporalia, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 11, 19: 9, 21; Zup. 47, 2

Arabisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Arabisc, adj.
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Arabian Arabisc man hic et haec Arabs, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 65, 12. Hie Fenix, swá hátte án fugel on Arabiscre ðeóde, 70, 12