cimbal
A cymbal ⬩ cymbalum
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Cimbalan oððe psalteras æt-hrínan [MS. ætrínan] saca hit getácnaþ to touch cymbals or psalteries betokens a lawsuit, Somn. 74; Lchdm. iii. 202, 14; Greg. Dial. 1, 9
þaca
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A covering, roof Ðone song hé gehýrde tó him neálǽcan, óð ðæt hé becom tó ðeacan ðære cyricean ( ad tectum oratorii ), Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 43. Cf. Bordðeaca, brodthaca testudo, Txts. 101, 1999. Bordþacan latrariis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 52
Linked entry: þeaca
wóþ-cræft
The art of poetry ⬩ song
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The art of poetry or song Wóðcræfte, beorhtan reorde. Exon. Th. 206, 15 ;Ph. 127. Ne wéne ǽnigðæt ic lygewordum leóð somnige, write wóðcræfie, 234, 30 ; Ph. 548. Ic wille wóðcræfte wordum cýþan bi ðam hwale, 360, 7 ; Wal. 2
elnung
encouragement ⬩ comfort ⬩ zeal
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Add: encouragement, comfort Hé æfter þysum geþance teáh him elnunge tó be dǽle after this thought he took comfort to himself in some measure, Hml. S. 23, 524. zeal Hé mid geornfulre elnunge úp árísende wæs, Hml. S. 31, 251
for-lytel
Very little
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Very little Byð forlytlu wynsumnes æt þám lýfe, Solil. H. 64, 20. Oþþe hit nán gód nis for eów selfe, oþþe forlytel gód wiþ eów tó metanne, Bt. 13; F. 40, 11. Forlytla sǽlþa oððe náne, 11, 2; F. 34, 30
meltan
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perhaps some of the forms given here should be taken under miltan, q. v. II. Add Geríst ꝥ him mon lytlum þá mettas selle þá þe late melten, leax, and þá fixas þá þe late meltan, Lch. ii. 176, 22-24
wæl-slihta
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A murderer Þá stód se árwyrða wer swá gelǽded betwyh þám gewǽpnedum wælslihtum; þá gearn hé sóna mid his geþóhte tó his ágnum wǽpnum háligra gebeda venerandus vir inter crmatos deductus ad sua arma statim cucurrit, Gr. D. 254, 22
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be-bíwan
to rub over
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to rub over Þá wæs sóht, hwǽr se lǽce wǽre, þe cúþe wyrtgemang wyrcan, ꝥ sé mihte hine (the dead man) besmyrwian and bebyrwan (-býwan?) cum medicus atque pigmentorius ad aperiendum eum atque condiendum esset quaesitus, Gr. D. 318, 3. (?)
a-flýman
To cause to flee ⬩ put to flight ⬩ drive away ⬩ banish ⬩ scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ fugare ⬩ in fugam vertere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ pellere ⬩ dispergere
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To cause to flee, put to flight, drive away, banish, scatter, disperse; fugare, in fugam vertere, ejicere, pellere, dispergere He swá manigne man aflýmde he caused so many men to flee. Byrht. Th. 138, 61; By. 243.
Arewe
ARROW, the name of a river in several counties ⬩ fluvii nomen
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ARROW, the name of a river in several counties, called so either from its swiftness or straightness, also the Orwell; fluvii nomen Se here gewende ðá fram Lundene, mid hyra scypum, into Arewan [MS. Laud.
forod
Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ violated ⬩ fractus ⬩ violātus
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Gif monnes ceácan mon forslihþ, ðæt hie beóþ forode if a man smite another's cheeks, so that they be broken, L. Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 15: Ps. Th. 30, 12. Foredum sceancum with broken legs, H. R. 101, 21
Linked entries: forad fored forud un-forfeored
Íras
The Irish
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So in Alfred's Orosius it is said Igbernia ðæt wé Scotland hátaþ, 1, 1; Swt. 24, 16
be-sorg
Anxious ⬩ careful
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Ne sý nán ðing swá besorh þæt hé his tídsang fore forlǽte let him not care about anything so much, that he neglects his service for it, R. Ben. 68, 5.
swerian
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add: to swear an oath, where the form of oath is implied in the noun Hí Crístes helda swóren they said, 'So help me Christ,' Hml. S. 23, 529. <b>II 2</b> add: Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 22. <b>II 2 a.</b> add: Hml. S. 14, 97: Hml.
heard-heort
Hard-hearted, stiff-necked
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Hwá is swá heardheort ðæt ne mæg wépan swylces ungelimpes who is so hard of heart that he cannot weep at such misfortunes, Chr. 1086; Erl. 219, 40. His folc is hardheort thou art a stiff-necked people, Ex. 33, 3, 5: Homl.
ÆG
An EGG ⬩ ovum
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Ægru lecgan to lay eggs, Som.121. Æges hwíte white of an egg. Æmettan ægru gením take emmet's eggs, L. M. 1, 87; Lchdm, ii. 156, 6
Cásere
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Gl. 68; Som. 70, 1; Wrt. Voc. 42, 10. Aulixes under hæfde ðæm cásere cynerícu twá Ulysses had two kingdoms under the emperor, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 11; Met. 26, 6.
CULFRE
A dove ⬩ CULVER ⬩ pigeon ⬩ columba
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Gl. 37 ; Som. 63, 2; Wrt. Voc. 29, 25. Ðæt híg offrunge sealdon, twegen culfran briddas ut darent hostiam, duos columbæ pullos, Lk. Bos. 2, 24: Ps. Th. 67, 13. On culfran hiwe in likeness of a dove, Homl. Th. i. 104, 21 .
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CYLL
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Gl. 5; Som. 56, 27; Wrt. Voc. 17, 32. Æmtige cillan vacuum utrem: ða cillan istum utrem, Greg. Dial. 3, 37. Gefylde he ðære cyrcan cyllan implevit lampades ecclesiæ, 1, 5.
mága
a relative ⬩ a son ⬩ a man
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for similar division of meanings) a relative, Similar entries v. heáfod-, níd-mága; máge. a son Mága Healfdenes ( Hrothgar ), Beo. Th. 381; B. 189: 2953; B. 1474: 4293; B. 2143. Mága Ecgþeówes ( Beowulf ), 5168; B. 2587.