or-firmþa
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Refuse Orfyrmþa peripsema, An. Ox. 609. Cf. ǽ-firmþa ; or-firme, -firm(u)
Linked entry: -firmþa
píle
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Þeáh þú punige stuntne on píl(an) [ pil (a)], Scint. 95, 18. Add
rinnan
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Úp rynneþ scaturiat, An. Ox. 1891. Eá rinnende, Lch. iii. 36, 25. Add
topp
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Add Top trochus, An. Ox. 47, 6. Toppas (l. toppe) trocho, 56, 8
þrilig
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Wǽs þǽr án þrilig wáhrægel and swýðe þicce gewefen, Vis. Lfc. 69. Add
un-sméþe
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Anfeahe onsméðre scabrae incudis, An. Ox, 11, 67. Unsméþust asperrima, 26, 12. Add
wódness
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Wódnesse uesaniam, i. rabiem, An. Ox. 2057. v. ellen-wódness; wéden-heortness. Add
ǽl-hýd
An eel-skin
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An eel-skin Man sceal habban ǽlhýde, ofnrace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 2
Linked entry: hýd
wín-tiber
An offering of wine ⬩ a libation
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An offering of wine, a libation Wíntifer libatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 52
wíg-gebed
Prayer to an idol
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Prayer to an idol (?) Wíggebed (wigg-bed?) ara, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 43
wígbed-sceáta
An altar-cloth
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An altar-cloth On weófodsceátan in palla altaris, R. Ben. Inter. 99, 10
Linked entry: sceáta
hálsigend
An exorcist
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An exorcist Exorcista is hálsigend, L. Ælf. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 6
heáls-bóc
A book which brings safety, an amulet, a phylactery, ⬩ a book to swear upon
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A book which brings safety, an amulet, a phylactery, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 5
Linked entry: háls
slegel
An instrument for striking a harp ⬩ percussorium, maza ⬩ a hammer, mallet.
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An instrument for striking a harp Slegele plectro Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 79
hof-weard
An ædile; ⬩ ædilis,
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An ædile; ædilis, Ælfc. Gl. 8; Som. 56, 105; Wrt. Voc. 18, 54
be-windan
girdle ⬩ encircle ⬩ surround
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Add: to wrap an object in or with something Heó bewand þá hand on godwebbe, Shrn. 59, 35. Hé hine biwand in líne turn involvit sindone. Mk. R. 15, 46. Biuundun (ligauerunt) mid hræglum, Jn. L. 19, 40. Bewindan (involvant) hi þæs cildes hand on weofodsceate
GRUND
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ground, bottom, foundation; fundus, fundamentum Grund fundamentum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 29: 6, 48: Rtl. 82, 34. Ǽlc sǽ ðeáh heó deóp sý hæfþ grund on ðære eorþan every sea, though it be deep, hath its bottom in the earth, Lchdm. iii. 254, 20. Hordweard
preówt-hwíl
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The time taken to close and open the eye, the twinkling of an eye Preówthwíle, beorht (bearhtme?) atomo (έν άτομω in an instant. See also Anglia viii. 318, 43 :-- 564 atomi wyrcaþ án momentum, 4 momenta gefyllaþ minutum, 21/2 minuta, gewyrcaþ ánne prican
Linked entry: be-prenan
eácnung
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Add: increase Eácnunge supplemento, i. au(g)mento, An. Ox. 1000. Eácnungum incrementis, 3629. conceiving, conception Écnung conceptio, Lk. p. 3, 13. bringing forth, birth On ðám brýdláce ( the bridal with Christ ) is eácnung búton sáre (cf. in dolore
mearcung
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Add: as verbal noun, v. mearcian; Mearccinge, bærneytte cauterio, An. Ox. 1983. Wæs þæt Godes folc áhredd fram ðám fǽrlican deáðe þurh ðæs lambes offrunge and his blódes mearcunge, Hml. Th. ii. 264, 14. cf. mearcian; Gif ic ásceáde mid mearcunge ( praenotatione