blanden-feax
Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old ⬩ comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex
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[blanden; pp. of blandan to mix; feax, fex hair] Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old; comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex.
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gár-æcer
A strip of land tapering at one end
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., s. v. gored acres On ǽnne gáran; ðonne of ðan gáran on ánne gáræcer; ðæt andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum andheáfdum . . . ðanon west on ánne góran; andlanges ðǽre fyrh . . . on áne gáræcer . . . and se gáræcer in on ðæt land . . . tó twám gáræcer[urn]
cyte
A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell ⬩ casa, cubiculurn, cella
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A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell; casa, cubiculurn, cella Tær ðæt hors ðæt þæc of ðære cytan hrófe the horse tore the thatch off the roof of the cottage, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 17.
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hálig-dóm
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Sende Benedictus twǽgen his muneca tó Maure mid lácum, ꝥ is mid háligdóme of þæs Hǽlendes róde and of Marian reáfe and of Stephanes líchaman and of Martines reliquium, Hml. S. 6, 72. Sum wudewe wolde efsian ǽlce geáre þone sanct ( St.
CROP
a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster ⬩ cyma ⬩ thyrsus ⬩ spica, corymbus ⬩ racermus, uva ⬩ the CROP or craw of a bird ⬩ vesicula gutturis ⬩ a kidney ⬩ rien
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a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster; cyma= κῦμα thyrsus = θύρσος spica, corymbus = κόρυμβος racermus, uva Crop cyma Ælfc. Gl. 60; Som. 68, 18; Wrt. Voc. 39, 4.
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mann-rím
A number of men
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A number of men Ðínre mǽgþe monrím. Cd. 84; Th. 105, 35; Gen. 1763. Monrím mægeþ (mægþa?) a number of women (the Egyptian women spoken of before as freó and þeówe), 131; Th. 166, 15; Gen. 2748. Hwæt ðǽr eallra wæs on manríme ... deádra gefeallen.
ýfer
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A bank (v. ófer) Of ðám gáran in on ðá ýfre; of ðǽre ýfre, C. D. i. 279, 23. Beneaðan ýfre, iii. 415, 32. Cf. Haec sunt nomina pastuum porcorum . . . heánýfre, i. 258, 11. Þis syndon þá landgemǽru . . . þæt is ǽrest heáhýfre; of heáhýfre, C. D.
Wódnes-dæg
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On Wodnesdæg, þe byð caput ieiunii, bisceopas áscádað út of cyrican . . . þá þe on openlican synnan hý sylfe forgyltan, Wlfst. 104, 9. Add
beó-þeóf
A thief or stealer of bees ⬩ apum fur
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A thief or stealer of bees; apum fur L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 6
deóren
Of or belonging to a wild beast ⬩ bestiālis
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Of or belonging to a wild beast;bestiālis Mid deórenum ceaflum bestialĭbus rictĭbus, Mone B. 3289
diácon-hád
The office of a deacon, deaconship ⬩ diaconātus
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The office of a deacon, deaconship; diaconātus On diáconháde in deaconship, Homl. Th. ii, 120, 13
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fyrlen
Distance ⬩ distantia
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Distance; distantia For ðám mycclan fyrlene on account of the great distance, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 43
fyrwet-geornnes
Curiosity
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Curiosity For fyrwetgeornnesse ðæs wundres for curiosity on account of the miracle, Blickl. Homl. 69, 22
leóht-líc
Light
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Light, of little weight or value Leóhtlícu weorc levitas operis, Past. 43, 1; Swt. 309, 1
un-getynge
Unapt of speech ⬩ not eloquent
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Unapt of speech, not eloquent Ic eom ungetinge on sprǽce incircumcisus sum labiis, Ex. 6, 12
Linked entry: ge-tynge
un-wærness
Heedlessness ⬩ want of caution ⬩ imprudence
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Heedlessness, want of caution, imprudence Þurh ðás unwærnysse hé gebringð hine on helle, Wulfst. 299, 7
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wíþig-bed
A bed of willows ⬩ an osier-bed
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A bed of willows, an osier-bed On ðæt wíðigbed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 21
weorold-rǽdenn
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The rule or way of the world Hé ne forwyrnde woroldrǽdenne, Beo. Th. 2289; B. 1142
wudig
Woody ⬩ full of woods ⬩ trees
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Woody, full of woods or trees Waldend scóp wudige móras, Exon. Th. 193, 12 ; Az. 120