heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Behealdaþ ðá hrædférnesse þisses heofenes, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 6. used figuratively: Míne þeówas sindon wísðómas and cræftas; mid þám þeówum ic eom ealne þone heofon ymbhweorfende, and þá niþemestan ic gebrenge æt þám héhstan, and þá héhstan æt þám niþemestan
Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic
hlýp
A leap, ⬩ jump
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A leap, jump Hlýp saltus, Ælfc. Gl. 61: Som. 68, 49; Wrt. Voc. 39, 33: Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 14.
tramet
A page
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Swá fela trameta tot paginae, swá fela leáfa tot folia, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Zup. 117, 12. Trametas paginas, Germ. 398, 181
hwistlung
A hissing ⬩ WHISTLING ⬩ piping ⬩ music
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A hissing, WHISTLING, piping, music Ðeós hwistlung hic sibilus, ðás hwystlunga hæc sibila, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 28. Hwistlung sibilatio, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 67; Wrt. Voc. 46, 24. Huislung simphonia, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 25.
Lǽden
Latin
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Lédene láreówas maciaþ on sumum namum accusativum on im, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 14, 32. Stafum créciscum and lǽdenum [latinum, Lind.] litteris græcis et latinis, Lk. Skt. Rush. 23, 38
sǽ-lida
A sea-goer, sailor
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Ic ǽfre ne geseah ǽnigne mann ðé gelícne steóran ofer stæfnan . . Ic georne wát ðæt ic ǽfre ne geseah on sǽleodan syllicran cræft I have never seen in a seaman more wondrous skill, Andr. Kmbl. 999; An. 500.
a-lútan
To bend ⬩ incline ⬩ bend or bow down ⬩ procumbere
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He aleát to eorþan he bowed to the earth, Ælfc. T. 37, 8
apa
An APE ⬩ simia
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An APE; simia Wið apan bíte against bite of an ape, Med. ex quadr. 11, 7; Lchdm. i. 366, 24: Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 18; Wrt. Voc. 22, 59
be-gleddian
To dye ⬩ stain ⬩ laninficere
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To dye, stain; laninficere Ic begleddige inficio Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 37. And begleddod is eorþe on blódum et infecta est terra in sanguinibus Ps. Spl. 105, 36
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eorþ-æppel
An earth-apple, a cucumber ⬩ cŭcŭmis
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Eorþæppel mandrăgŏra, Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 79; Wrt. Voc. 32, 15
mis-lǽdan
to mislead ⬩ lead astray
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Ælfc. P. 46; Th. ii. 384, 22
niþer-weardes
Downwards ⬩ in a downward direction
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Nyþerwerd deorsum versum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 63. Niþerwurd in praeceps, deorsum, Hpt. Gl. 499. 66
blóstm
A blossom, flower ⬩ flos
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A blossom, flower; flos Blóstm flos, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 10; Wrt. Voc. 33, 9. Blóstma hiwum in hues of flowers, Exon. 94 a; Th. 352, 32; Reim. 4
ge-dyrst-lǽcan
To dare ⬩ audere
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Th. i. 456, 9 : Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 43, 29
ge-lómlǽcan
To frequent, to use often ⬩ frequentare
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To frequent, to use often; frequentare Gelómlǽcende word frequentative verb, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 14. Mid gelómlǽcendum hryrum with frequent destructions, Homl. Th. i. 578, 34 : ii. 350, 19
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un-gebeorhlíce
Not safely ⬩ rashly(?) ⬩ intemperately(?)
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Lufiaþ, gé weras, eówere wíf on ǽwe; ne beó gé bitere him ungebeorhlíce ( polite amari esse ad illas, Col. 3, 19), Homl. Th. ii. 322, 26
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un-gerípod
Immature ⬩ premature
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On ungerípedum freódóme and unstæððigum þeáwum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 12. Hé forfleáh ungerípedan deáð, Homl. Th. i. 390, 31
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un-geworht
not made ⬩ not finished
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Hé wæs ǽfre ungeworht, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 69. not finished Ungeworht infectum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 17
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eár-finger
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Voc. i. 179, 25 Eárfinger auricularis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 298, 15: Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 25
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ýþ
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Add Þeáh hine ǽlc ýð geséce mid þám héhstan þe seó sǽ forðbringð, Verc. Forst. 110, 12. Add Ongeánflówende ýþa, eftflówende wætera reciproca (purissimi fontis) redundantia, A n. Ox. 506