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.
Linked entry: blonden-feax
grim
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Ox. 2217. On hú grimmum seáðe swinceð þæt sweorcende mód, Met. 3, 1. Grimme sorge acri angore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 38. Of þám grimman gryre, Dan. 439. Feallan on grimne grund, Cri. 1527. Þone grimman þurst diram sitim, Nar. 9, 20.
ge-mearr
A hindrance, error ⬩ a stumbling-block
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A hindrance, error Ðonne se Godes ðiów on ðæt gemearr ðære woruldsorga beféhþ when the servant of God accepts the hindrance of worldly cares, Past. 51, 7; Swt. 401, 20; Hat. MS.
ropp
An intestine ⬩ the colon
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Roop colus (in a list of parts of the body), i. 45, 20. Hrop colum, 19, 55. Be wambe coþum and tácnum on roppe and on smælþearmum, Lchdm. ii. 230, 16-18. Tíhþ innan ðone rop and on ðæt smælþearme, 232, 15. Roppum extalibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 11
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þegen-scipe
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122, 32. in that part of the Genesis which is thought to show Old Saxon influence, the word occurs with the meaning of service to a lord, like the Old Saxon thegan-skepi Nis mé on worulde mód ǽniges þegnscipes,Cd.
færeld
a way, going, motion, journey, course, passage, progress, expedition, company, one who accompanies in the journey of life, a relation ⬩ via, ĭter, cursus, gressus, expĕdītio, cognăta ⬩ The passover of the Jews ⬩ transĭtus, phase, id est transĭtus
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way of the clouds?
þrúh
Wood or stone hollowed out ⬩ a trough ⬩ pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a box ⬩ chest ⬩ a coffin ⬩ sarcophagus ⬩ tomb
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Wood or stone hollowed out. a trough, pipe, conduit Ðrúh, thruuch, thruch tubo, Txts. 103, 2067. Þrúh vel mylentroh canalis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 16. Of þrýh ł þeótan tubo, Hpt. Gl. 418, 61. Of ðam bróce in ðæt þrúh; of ðam þrúge, Cod. Dip.
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níd-þeówetling
One who is forced into slavery
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One who is forced into slavery (for an unsatisfied claim) Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Ælfríc wolde þeówian Putraele him tó nýdþeówetlinge (the enslavement was abandoned at the intercession of Bora, Ælfric's brother, on payment to Ælfric of eight oxen;
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mǽsc-wyrt
Mash-wort ⬩ the wort in the mash-tub
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Wylle swíðe on máxwyrte, 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 14. Dó picce máxwyrt on gemang, 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 18
grimnes
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Voc. ii. 2, 38. fierceness, ferocity of a living creature Þǽra feónda grimnes, Wlfst. 186, 18. Byrenre grimnysse ursinę ferocitatis, An. Ox. 1477. severity of pain, disease, &c.
édulf-stæf
A family staff or support, stay of the house ⬩ prædii sustentācŭlum
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A family staff or support, stay of the house; prædii sustentācŭlum, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 16
land-begang
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Cultivation of land, or habitation in a land Londbigonges mínes incolatus mei, Ps. Surt. 118, 54
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langung-hwíl
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A time of longing or weariness Feala [ic] ealra gebád langunghwíla, Andr. Kmbl. 249; An. 125
lim-gelecg
form ⬩ shape
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The disposition or arrangement of the limbs, form, shape Limgelecg liniamento, Wrt. Voc, ii, 52, 31
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norþ-duru
a door on the north side of a building
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a door on the north side of a building Beforan ðære norþdura, Blickl. Homl. 203, 34
sealm-getæl
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A tale or number of psalms Ðæs sealmgetæles is elles tó lyt, R. Ben. 43, 19
bió
I am ⬩ shall be
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I am or shall be, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 24; Similar entries pres. of bión
Linked entry: bie
ge-scýt
shoots forward, falls or is allotted to
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shoots forward, falls or is allotted to, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 9; pres. of ge-sceótan
biren
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Of a bear Byrenre ursinae, An. Ox. 1476. Byrenne ( = -re; byorenne, Hpt. Gl. 508, 43), 4380
blǽc-pytt
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On blǽcpit; of blǽcpytte (the æ is accented), C. D. v. 332, 14