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brand-ísen

Grammar
brand-ísen, -íren.
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Crocca olla, brandísen andena, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 25, 8. Andlamena fela ... pannan, crocca, brandíren, Angl. ix. 264, 10. Substitute: Fire-dog, andiron, trivet, and add

cráwan

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Þonne coccas cráwan forman sýðe, þonne drince hé ǽne, Lch. iii. 6, 5. Add

eág-hlid

(n.)
Grammar
eág-hlid, (?), es; n.
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An eye-lid Égælid palpebrae, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 298, 4 note (12th cent.). Ase þin ehelid tuneð ant openeð, O. E. Hml. i. 265, 5. ] [

Linked entry: hlid

for-ildu

(n.)
Grammar
for-ildu, (-o); indecl.: -ild, e; f.
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For þig . . . ǽlc, forylde (oferylde, v. l.) and iugoðe, healde his endebyrdnysse, R. Ben. 114, 11

ge-hírendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hírendlic, adj.
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To be heard, audible Tó gehýrendlicere stemne ad audiendam uocem Ælfc. Gr. Z. 152, 6. Gehérendlice ( auditam ) dó mé mildheortnesse ðíne, Ps. L. 142, 8

(int.)
Grammar
hí, hig

an interjection

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Hí lá hí, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 13

Linked entry: hig-lá

hlytman

(v.)

to allot

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Wé sculon tilian þæt wé tó þám écan gefeán becuman móton. þæt bið ǽlc man tó his yldrum hlytmeð(-ed?), Verc. Först. 167

lǽþettan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽþettan, p. te
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To make hateful Se oferlyfa on ǽte and on wǽte déð þone man unhálne, and his sáwle Gode lǽðetteð, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 6

Linked entry: láþettan

colt-græig

(n.)
Grammar
colt-græig, e; f? græg, grig grey?

The herb colt's foottussilago farfara

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Prior 51 Coltgræig caballopodia vel ungula caballi Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 63; Wrt. Voc. 31, 73

geteld-wurþung

(n.)
Grammar
geteld-wurþung, e; f.

A celebration of tentsthe feast of tabernaclesscēnŏpēgia= σκηνoπηγία

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A celebration of tents, the feast of tabernacles; scēnŏpēgia = σκηνoπηγία Getimbra hálgung vel geteldwurþung scēnŏpēgia, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 77; Wrt. Voc. 16, 50

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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Hér swutelaþ an (ðissum gewrite) ðæt Godwine hæfþ gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hine tihte and ðæt wæs lád æt Licitfelda in this writing is declared that Godwine has fully cleared himself of the charge in the matter of the woman

Linked entry: ládian

ge-hergian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 186, 27: Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 36. Hié wǽron gehergeode and of hiera earde álǽdde, Past. 267, 14. Gehergode, Gr. D. 182, 7. (3 a) to lead captive to a place :-- Hé wæs gehergod tó Sirian lande, Ælfc. T.

áþ-gehát

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-gehát, áþe-gehát, es; n. [áþ an oath, gehát a promise]

A promise on oathsacred pledgean oathsacramentum

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

Linked entries: áþe-gehát áþ-wed

ár-wiððe

(n.)
Grammar
ár-wiððe, an; f? [ár an oar, wiððe withe]

An oar-withea willow band to tie oars withstruppus

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An oar-withe, a willow band to tie oars with; struppus Árwiððe vel strop struppus, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 117; Wrt. Voc. 56, 37

cleowen

(n.)

a clewball

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a clew, ball of thread or yarn, ball, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 68; Wrt. Voc. 59, 37: Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 17; Ph. 226

culpa

(n.)
Grammar
culpa, an ; m.

A fault culpa

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A fault ; culpa Ne ic culpan in ðé ǽfre onfunde I have never found any fault in thee, Exon. 10b ; Th. 11, 28 ; Cri. 177

DWEORG

(n.)
Grammar
DWEORG, dweorh, es; m.

A dwarfnānus

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A dwarf; nānus Dweorg pygmæus vel nānus vel pūmĭlio, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 20; Wrt. Voc. 61, 1. Dweorh nānus, Wrt. Voc. 73, 53

efne

(n.)
Grammar
efne, an; f? Alum; alūmen, styptēria = στυπτηρία
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Efne alūmen vel stiptūra [ = styptēria ], Ælfc. Gl. 41; Som. 63, 126; Wrt. Voc. 31, 12. Efne alúmen, 56; Som. 67, 38; Wrt. Voc. 37, 28

Linked entries: æfne emne eofne æfne

morþ-slaga

(n.)
Grammar
morþ-slaga, an; m.

A murdereran assassin

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A murderer, an assassin Sý ǽlc morþslaga áwirged maledictus, qui clam percusserit proximum suum, Deut. 27, 24. Oferfyll biþ mǽgbana and morþslaga, Wulfst. 242, 6

Linked entry: morþor-slaga

ge-fréfrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fréfrian, p. ode; pp. od

To comfortconsoleconsolari

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To comfort, console; consolari Ic ge-fréfrige consolor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 64. Nú ys ðes gefréfrod nunc hic consolatur, Lk. Bos. 16, 25