beám-telg
Dye of a tree [ink] ⬩ tinctura arborea [atramentum scriptorium]
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Dye of a tree [ink]; tinctura arborea [atramentum scriptorium] Fugles wyn beámtelge swealg the bird's joy [i. e. the pen] swallowed dye of a tree, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 9; Rä. 27, 9
eodor-wír
A wire-enclosure ⬩ cingulum, sēpiens fīlum mĕtallĭcum
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Grn Ic eom mundbora mínre heorde, eodorwírum fæst I am the protector of my flock, fortified by wire-enclosures, Exon. 105a; Th. 398, 23; Rä. 18, 2
fleótig
Swift ⬩ fleet ⬩ rapid ⬩ cĕler ⬩ vēlox
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Swift, fleet, rapid; cĕler, vēlox Swift wæs on fóre, fleótga [ = fleótiga] on lyfte [MS. fleotgan lyfte] it was swift in its course, rapid in the air, Exon. 113b; Th. 434, 22; Rä. 52, 4
líc-bysig
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Of active body, active with the body Ic eom lícbysig láce mid winde active am I of body, move hither and thither with the wind, Exon. 122 b; Th. 470, 22; Rä. 31, 1
hár-ness
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Greyness of hair, grey hair [Eld]ra hárnes senum canities, Kent. Gl. 762. Oþ þá grǽgan hárnesse usque cigneam (vetulae senectutis) canitiem, An. Ox. 1877. Hárnessa canos (suos cum dolore ducentes ad inferos ), 3367
be-fæðman
to embrace ⬩ to enclose
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to embrace Ic befæðme, Rä. 88, 19. Heó Sceppend seolf befæðmeð, Sat. 310: 359. Ús befæð-man wile freóbearn Godes, 289. to enclose God ealle þincg beféhð and befædmað, Hml. S. 23 b, 584
ám
The reed or slay of a weaver's loom ⬩ pecten texto-rius
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The reed or slay of a weaver's loom; pecten texto-rius Ne mec óhwonan sceal ámas [Th. uma, Dietr. áma] cnyssan nor shall the weaver's reeds beat me anywhere, Exon. 109a; Th. 417, 22; Rä. 36, 8
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ge-wefan
to weave ⬩ texere
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M. p. 387]: 111 b; Th. 427, 2; Rä. 41, 85: Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 100, 101; Wrt. Voc. 40, 11, 12.
blǽcan
To BLEACH, whiten, fade ⬩ pallidum colorem inducere, albicare
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To BLEACH, whiten, fade; pallidum colorem inducere, albicare Blǽced bleached, Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 27; Rä. 29, 5. Ne mæg ne sunne blǽcan no sun can bleach, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 20: blǽcean, note 20
Linked entry: blǽc
wirs-líc
Mean ⬩ Vile
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Th. 424, 32; Rä. 41, 48
beado-weorc
A war-work ⬩ warlike operation ⬩ bellicum opus
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A war-work, warlike operation; bellicum opus Ic eom beadoweorca sæd I am tired of war-works, Exon. 102b; Th. 388, 4; Rä. 6, 2: Chr. 937; Th. 205, 40, col. 1, 2; Æðelst. 47
Linked entry: beadu-weorc
a-swápan
To sweep off ⬩ clean ⬩ verrere ⬩ mundare
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MS. 48 b, 16 : Exon. 106 b ; Th. 405, 21; Rä. 24, 5. Aswópen clǽne mundatus, Mt. Rush. Stv. 12, 44
fámig
FOAMY ⬩ spūmōsus
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Fámige flódas foamy floods, 100; Th. 133, 19; Gen. 2213: Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 32; Rä. 4, 19: Salm. Kmbl. 315; Sat. 157
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gódlíc
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Goodly, good Gódlíc gumrinc a goodly man, Exon. 129 a; Th. 495, 7; Rä. 84, 4. Gódlíce geardas goodly dwellings, Cd. 35; Th. 46, 6; Gen. 740. Gódlecran stól a goodlier throne, 15; Th. 18, 31; Gen. 281
un-gód
Evil ⬩ ill
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Th. 402, 25; Rä. 21, 35
dæg-candel
Day-candle, the sun ⬩ diei candela, sol
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Day-candle, the sun;diei candela, sol Dægcondel, Exon. 130 b; Th. 499, 34; Rä. 88, 26. Dryhten forlét dægcandelle scínan the Lord permitted the sun [the day-candle] to shine, Andr. Kmbl. 1670; An. 837
cym-líc
Comely, convenient, lovely, beautiful, splendid ⬩ aptus, commodus, splendidus
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Th. 121, 3: Exon. 108b; Th. 415, 24; Rä. 34, 2
efe-lang
Even-long, equally long, oblong ⬩ æque longus, oblongus
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Provncl. evelong = oblong ]; æque longus, oblongus Ðæt hol ðæt he efe-lang ǽr gefylde the oblong hole which he filled before, Exon. 112 b; Th. 431, 13; Rä. 45, 7
ge-sweotulian
To manifest; ⬩ mănĭfestāre
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Biþ meaht gesweotlad her might is manifested, 128 a; Th. 492, 20; Rä. 81, 18
Linked entries: sweotolian ge-swutelian
nearu
confinement ⬩ durance ⬩ prison ⬩ a strait ⬩ difficulty
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Th. 436, 12; Rä. 54, 13