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þrág

(n.)
Grammar
þrág, þráh, e; f.

a timeseasontime

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Wǽran hí ǽr on hǽþenra hæfteclommum lange þrága, Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 17, Þéh mín líchama lytle ðráge on niðerdǽlum eorðan wunige, Ps. Th. 138, 13. Swá is þrágum ( at times, sometimes ) winne, hwílum..., hwílum, Exon.

Linked entry: wód-þrág

holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.

A mound, hill, rising groundwave, ocean, water, sealand rising from the water,an island in a river

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Hér fór Cnut Cyng tó Denmearcon mid scipon tó ðam holme æt eá ðære hálgan, 1025; Erl. 163, 7

BELG

(n.)
Grammar
BELG, belig, bylg, bylig, bilig, bælg, bælig, es; m.

A BULGEbudgetbagpursebellowspodhuskBELLYbulgafollissiliquauter

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Bylig follis Ælfc. Gl. 27; Wrt. Voc. 86, 15. Bilig uter Ps. Spl. M. 118, 83

Linked entries: bælg bylig belig

earm-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
earm-beáh, gen. -beáges; dat. -beáge; m.

An arm-ring, braceletarmilla

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An arm-ring, bracelet; armilla Brád earmbeáh a broad or large arm-bracelet; dextrochĕrium, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 30; Wrt. Voc. 61, 10. Earmbeága fela many bracelets. Beo. Th. 5520; B. 2763

eár-preón

(n.)
Grammar
eár-preón, es; m.

An ear-pin, ear-ringinauris

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An ear-pin, ear-ring; inauris Eárpreón vel eárring inauris, Ælfc. Gl. 65; Som. 69, 50; Wrt. Voc. 41, 7. Earpreónas vel eár-hringas inaures, 4; Som. 55, 91; Wrt. Voc. 16, 61

Linked entry: eár-hring

flǽsc-tawere

(n.)
Grammar
flǽsc-tawere, es; m.

A flesh-tawer or tormentoran executionerlăniocarnĭfex

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A flesh-tawer or tormentor, an executioner; lănio, carnĭfex Hyldere, oððe cwellere, oððe flǽsctawere [MS. flæctawere] lănio, vel lănista, vel carnĭfex, vel măcellārius, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 120; Wrt. Voc. 60, 27

Linked entry: tawere

GEARN

(n.)
Grammar
GEARN, gern; es; n.

YARNspun woolpensumlāna nēta

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Unwunden gearn unwound yarn, a ball or clew of yarn; glŏmus, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 67; Wrt. Voc. 59, 36

Linked entry: gern

heort-hama

(n.)
Grammar
heort-hama, an; m.

A covering of the heart

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A covering of the heart Heorthama bucleamen, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 102; Wrt. Voc. 45, 9. Ðú nymst ðone hearthaman thou shalt take the fat that covers the inwards, Ex. 29, 22

Linked entry: heort-gesída

ge-runnen

(v.; part.)

run together, congealed, joinedcoagulatus,

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Lamb. 67, 16: 118, 70: Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 17; Wrt. Voc. 28, 1: 78; Som. 72, 52; Wrt. Voc. 46, 12; pp. of ge-rinnan

Linked entry: rynning

stræcness

(n.)
Grammar
stræcness, e ; f.
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Ælfc. P. 13 ; Th. ii. 368, 29

un-forrotigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forrotigendlíc, adj.

Not liable to decayimperishableincorruptible

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Ælfc. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 23. Unforrotiendlíc, 36; Th. ii. 360, 42

Linked entry: -rotigendlíc

ge-fégednes

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Add: (i) figure, shape Figura is gecweden on Englisc híw oððe gefégednyss, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 105, 20. a conjunction Polysindeton ys þæt gebed þe byð mid manegum gefégednyssum gefrætwod, Angl. viii. 332, 28

ge-byrdlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-byrdlic, adj.
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Orderly, harmonious Þú hý hæfst æalle gesceapene gebyrdlice and gesóme, and tó þám geþwǽre þæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid ælle fordón dissonantia usque in extremum nulla est, Solil. H. 5, 13

heáh-sunne

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sunne, (?), an; f.
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and ǽce geseón ( velle illum solem videre ), Solil. H. 34, 17

tó-settan

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Twá and hundseofontig bóca sind on bibliothécan, for þan þe hig sume sind tósette on twá ( some of them are put into two parts ) for heora langnysse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 32. Add

þúsend-feald

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Add: Þúsendfealde milleni, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 284, 15

cræft-sprǽc

(n.)
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Neutrum is náðor cynn ... ne werlices ne wíflices, on cræftsprǽce ( grammatically speaking ), ac hit byð swá þeáh oft on andgyte, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 18, 15

æcern

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Ðis æceren (æcern, v. l.) haec glans, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 61, 8: 312, 6: glandix, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 29: ii. 41, 27. Heó eteð hnyte oþþe æceran, Lch. iii. 144, 20. Add

Linked entries: ǽcirnu æceren

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Ðæt ǽlc stán ne sý fram óðrum ádón, 79, I. Heora ongon ǽlc cweðan tó óðrum, 149, 29. Ða lǽstas on óðerne mǽgwlite oncyrran, 127, 19. On óðre wisan, 205, 21. Nú hæbbe wé broht óðer sylfor ( aliud argentum ), Gen. 43, 22.

beóþ

isareshall be

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is, are, shall be Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 28; Gú. 768 : 96 b; Th. 361, 20; Wal. 22 : Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 14 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 743-745; 28, 27