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CÝTA

(n.)
Grammar
CÝTA, an; m.

KITE, bittern ⬩ milvus, būteo

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A KITE, bittern; milvus, būteo, Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som. 63, 9; Wrt. Voc. 29, 32: Glos. Brux. Recd. 37, 3; Wrt. Voc. 63, 17

mis-féran

(v.)

to go astray ⬩ transgress

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to go astray, transgress Hé (Saul ) ðæt folc bewerodewið ða hǽðena leóda, ðeáh hé misférde on manegum óðrum þingum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 4

Linked entry: mis-faran

óþ-irnan

(v.)
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to ran away, escape Hé ðære eorþan ǽfre ne ó;þrineþ, Met. 20, 138. Gif hé óþierne, L. In. 28; Th. i. 120, 7

Linked entry: óþ-yrnan

bist

art, shalt be ⬩ es, eris,

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art, shalt be; es, eris, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 43: Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 28; 2nd pers. pres. and fut. of beón

ge-húsed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-húsed, part.

Housed ⬩ having a house ⬩ dŏmum hăbens

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Housed, having a house; dŏmum hăbens Gehúsed snægl a housed or shelled snail; testūdo, Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 60, 1; Wrt. Voc. 24, 5

Linked entry: -húsed

ge-lástfull

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lástfull, adj.

Helpful ⬩ officious

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Helpful, officious Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull that every man should be helpful to other, L. Æðelst. 5, 4; Th. i. 232, 11

Linked entry: -lástfull

geong-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
geong-líc, adj.

Youthful, young ⬩ juvĕnīlis

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Youthful, young; juvĕnīlis Geonglíc juvĕnīlis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 39. On geonglícum geárum in his young years, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 23

Linked entry: iung-líc

ge-scyftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyftan, pp. -scyft

To share, distribute

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To share, distribute Beó seó ǽht gescyft swýðe rihte let the property be very fairly distributed, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 414, 1

ge-máhnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-máhnes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Shamelessness, stubbornness ⬩ prŏcācĭtas, pervĭcācia

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Gemáhays prŏcācĭtas vel pervĭcācia, Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 85; Wrt. Voc. 50, 65

wundrigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wundrigend-líc, adj.

Expressing admiration ⬩ astonishment

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Expressing admiration or astonishment O is tóclypigendlíc Grammar wundrigend-líc, adverbium ... hé is eác wundrigendlíc: O qualis facies, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 241, 16

ed-staþelian

(v.)
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Beó sé áwirged þe ǽfre gedó [þæt man?] edstaðelige þás burh Hiericho maledictus vir, qui suscitaverit et aedificaverit urbem Iericho, Jos. 6, 26. Add

hán

(n.)
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a thole Ǽnne scegð .lxiii. ǽre, hé is eallgearo bútan þám hánon; hé hine wolde fulgearwian his hláforde tó gerisnum, Crw. Cht. 23, 8. (?)

Linked entry: hǽnan

wiglere

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Ic ǽlcne wiccecræft eáðelíce oferswíðde, and þá Chaldéiscan wigleras and þá wurmgaleras ic mihte gewyldan tó mínum willan ǽfre, Hml. S. 35, 177. Add

heardra

(n.)
Grammar
heardra, an; m.

The name of a fish

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The name of a fish Heardra mulus vel mugilis, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 64; Wrt. Voc. 55, 68 mullus, Wrt. Voc. 77, 63

-scígan

(suffix)
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in ge-scígan Heora ǽlc sceal án .c. þearfendra manna fédan and ealle ða gescýgean (provide them all with shoes), Chart. Th. 616, 26

Linked entries: scógan -scýgean

býme-sangere

(n.)
Grammar
býme-sangere, es; m.

a trumpet ⬩ a singer ⬩ A trumpeter ⬩ salpicta

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[ Similar entries býme a trumpet, Similar entries sangere a singer] A trumpeter; salpicta = σαλπιγκτής, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 13; Wrt. Voc. 60, 48

Linked entries: sang sangere

áþ-wed

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-wed, -wedd, es ; n. [áþ an oath, wed a pledge]

A pledge on oath ⬩ a solemn pledge ⬩ sacramentum

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A pledge on oath, a solemn pledge; sacramentum Áþ-wed vel áþe-gehát sacramentum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 119; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56

Linked entry: áþ-gehát

CYLEN

(n.)
Grammar
CYLEN, cyln,e; f.

KILN, an oven ⬩ fornacŭla, siccatōrium

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Cyln vel ast siccatōrium, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 78, 132; Wrt. Voc. 58, 44

Linked entries: cylin cyln

fédels

(n.)
Grammar
fédels, es; m.

A fatling ⬩ altĭlis

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A fatling; altĭlis Fédels altĭle, Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59, 95; Wrt. Voc. 23, 51: altĭlis, 114; Som. 80, 7; Wrt. Voc. 60, 43

Linked entry: fédesl

fell

(n.)
Grammar
fell, es; n.

A fell ⬩ skin ⬩ pellis

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A fell, skin; pellis Fell pellis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 56: Wrt. Voc. 71, 18. Cealfes fell vĭtŭli cŏrium, Ex. 29, 14

Linked entry: felle-reád