un-tídlíc
Unseasonable
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Ná, swá hit gewuna is, of untídlícan gewideran, ðæt is, of wǽtum sumerum and of drýgum wintrum and of réðre lenctenhǽte, and mid ungemǽtre hærfestwǽtan non, ut adsolet, temporum turbata temperies, hoc est, aut siccitas hiemis, aut repentinus calor veris
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hæle
A man, brave man, hero ⬩ a man
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Boitius se hæle hátte that man was called Boethius, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 105; Met. 1, 53 : Cd. 74; Th. 90, 28; Gen. 1502 : 112; Th. 147, 27; Gen. 2446 : 121; Th. 156, 16; Gen. 2589 : Andr. Kmbl. 287; An. 144
hoc-leaf
Mallow
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man maluæ erraticæ and óðrum naman hocleáf nemneþ byþ cenned ǽghwǽr on begánum stówum this plant, which is called malva erratica, and by another name hockleaf, is produced everywhere in cultivated places, Herb. 41, 1; Lchdm. i. 142, 4: L.
GEÁR
A YEAR ⬩ annus
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Men hátaþ ðysne dæg geáres dæg, swylce ðes dæg fyrmest sý on geáres ymbryne men call this day [new] year's day, as if this day were the first in the year's circuit, Homl. Th. i. 98, 16
clæfre
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Rǽde clǽfer calta, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 49. Clǽfre viola, 79, 61: An. Ox. 56, 429. Cleáfre, Lch. iii. 305, col. 2. Clǽfra fetta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 47. Cláfrena (clǽfran, An. Ox. 94) caltarum, 75, 22
tyrdlu
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('the droppings of sheep are called sheep's tredles in Somerset, trattles in Suffolk,' Lchdm. iii. Gl. Treddle excrement of rabbits, E.D.S. Pub. Old Farming Words. Halliwell quotes 'tak the triddils of an hare.' Tyrdyl schepys donge, Prompt.
HÁTAN
to bid, order, command ⬩ to promise, vow ⬩ to call, name, give a name to ⬩ to name, call, bid, command ⬩ to call, name, promise, vow ⬩ nominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere
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Consul ðæt wé heretoha hátaþ consul we call heretoha, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 12. Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas those deer they call rein-deer, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 27: Cd. 80; Th. 99, 19; Gen. 1648.
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hærean-fagol
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herinacius is the name of a bird ?
dǽd-líc
Deedlike, active ⬩ activus
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Ðás and ðylíce synd activa, ðæt synd dǽdlíce gehátene, forðanðe hí geswuteliaþ dǽda these and the like are activa, which are called active, because they declare actions, 19; Som. 22, 30, 37
driht-weras
Men, chieftains ⬩ popŭlāres viri
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Men, chieftains; popŭlāres viri Óþ-ðæt drihtweras duguþum gefóran ðǽr is botlwéla Bethlem háten till that the fellow men journeyed to where there is a village called Bethel, Cd. 86; Th. 107, 32; Gen. 1798.
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Deóra bý
DERBY ⬩ Derbia
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D. 917] Æthelfled, lady of the Mercians, obtained the burgh which is called Derby, Chr. 917; Erl. 105, 24: 942; Erl. 116, 14; Edm. 8. Hér wæs eorþstyrung on Deórbý in this year [A. D. 1049] there was an earthquake at Derby, 1049; Erl. 173, 18
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CNAPA
a boy ⬩ young man ⬩ KNAVE ⬩ puer ⬩ juvenis ⬩ adolescens ⬩ a servant ⬩ servus
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a boy, young man, KNAVE; puer, juvenis, adolescens He betǽhte hys cnapan and se cnapa hit ofslóh he gave it [a calf] to his young man and the young man slew it Gen. 18, 7.
þeótan
to howl like a wolf
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The passage describes a calf sucking from its mother; if þeótan is an infinitive, it must refer to the sound made by the milk coming from the teat, but perhaps gesceap-þeóte may be a compound noun meaning the teat ) Exon. Th. 420, 2; Rä. 39, 4
hrýman
To call ⬩ cry out ⬩ to cry out ⬩ boast ⬩ exult ⬩ lament ⬩ murmur
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Gif feorrancumen man oððe fræmde búton wege gange and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne he horn ne bláwe if a man from a distance or a stranger go off the high road and then neither call out nor blow a horn, L.
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ge-namian
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Add: to give a name to an object, call so and so (proper or common noun) Ætforan dám cásere, Aurelianus genamod, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 3. Wé habbað áne gástlice módor, seó is ecclesia genamod, Wlfst. 67, 14.
cedelc
The herb mercury ⬩ mercurialis perennis, Lin
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Wið ðæs innoþes heardnysse genim ðás wyrte, ðe man mercurialis, and óðrum naman cedelc nemneþ for hardness of the inwards take this herb, which is called mercurialis, and by another name mercury, Herb. 84, 1; Lchdm. i. 186, 23
feld-wyrt
Field-wort ⬩ gentian ⬩ gentiāna
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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man gentiānam, and óðrum naman feldwyrt nemneþ, heó biþ cenned on dúnum this herb, which is called gentian, and by another name field-wort, is produced on downs, Herb. 17, 1; Lchdm. i. 110, 2
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ge-gaderung
A gathering ⬩ congregation ⬩ assembly ⬩ crowd ⬩ congregatio ⬩ turba
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Rihtwísra manna gegaderung is gecweden heofenan ríce a gathering of righteous men is called the kingdom of heaven, Homl. Th. ii. 72, 25
scenc
A draught, cup
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Cælc ł scenc wætres caldes calicem aquae frigidae, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 42. Drince scenc fulne, Lchdm. ii. 116, 21. Genim ðysse ylcan wyrte seáw ánne scenc (scænc,MS. H.), i. 110, 21. Nim þrý scenceas (scæncas,MS. B.) gódes wínes, 90, 19: 110, 10.
heáfod-burh
Chief town, capital, metropolis ⬩ metropolis
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Hí becómon æt néxtan tó ánre heáfod-byrig Suanir geháten they arrived at last at a chief town called Suanir, 494, 2. Cartaina heora heáfodburh Carthage their principal city, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 29