camb
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A comb, an assemblage of cells in which bees store their honey; favus Hí yrnbþrungon me swá swá beón camba they surrounded me as bees [surround] the combs, Ps. Lamb. 117, 12
cyric-griþ
Church-peace ⬩ ecclesiæ pax
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Church-peace; ecclesiæ pax Stande ǽlc cyricgriþ swá swá hit betst stód let every church-peace stand as it has best stood, L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264, 25, MS. A
fæn
A fen, mud ⬩ pălus, lŭtum
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A fen, mud; pălus, lŭtum Mid fænne with a fen, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 26. Swá swá fænn strǽtena ic adilgige hí ut lŭtum plăteārum dēlēbo eos, Ps. Lamb. 17. 43
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ge-efenlíc
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For 'Bd. 4, 29; ... Ca' substitute Ꝥ hé swá geefenlíca wǽre (hí swá geefenlíco wǽron, v. l.) mid þá gyfe his þingeres aequatus gratia suo intercessori, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 531, 8
wiþer-dúne
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Add: , -ðýneuphill (opposite of of-dúne), steep (?) Se weg is swíðe neara and wiðerdýne, Gr. D. 322, 20. Neara and wiðerdéne is se hálega weg, swá swá Dryhten sylf cwæð, Nap. 69
cine-líc
Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequate ⬩ congruus, cornpetens
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Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequate; congruus, cornpetens Ðæt we wilnian to heorn fultum be swá manegum mannum swá us cinelíc þince æt swá micelere spræce that we desire aid from them of so many men as may seem to us adequate for so great a
ge-lagian
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Add: of general regulations, to fix by law, establish as law Iulius se cásere þisne bissextum gelagode on þǽre stówe þe wé nú hine healdað, Angl. viii. 306, 40. Be þǽre steóre þe Eádgár gelagede, Wlfst. 272, 8. Gif hé his ælmessan rihtlíce ne gelǽste
a-swarcan
To languish ⬩ consume ⬩ tabescere
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To languish, consume; tabescere Á-ýdlian oððe aswarcan oððe acwínan oððe aswindan ðú dydest swá swá ǽtterloppan oððe ryngan sáwle his tabescere fecisti sicut araneam animam ejus, Ps. Lamb. 38, 12
met-scipe
Food ⬩ refection
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Food, refection Habban ða xii heora metscype tógædere, and fédan hig swá swá hig sylfe wyrðe munon, and dǽlon ealle ða meteláfe, L. Æðelst. v. 8, 1; Th. i. 236, 6
eornoste
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Swá hwæt swá hé ǽfre gecwæð bodiende, þeáh þe hé hit ná eorneste (on eornost, v. l.) gecwǽde siquid umquam non jam decernendo, sed minando, diceret, Gr. D. 151, 8. Add
un-ámetgod
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Unmeasured, not having determined limits Swá swá ná unscapene ne ðrý unámetgode, ac unámetgode sicut non (tres) increati nec tres inmensi, sed (unus increalus el unus) inmensus, Ps. Rdr. 298, 12
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ge-rǽde
Ready, swift, prompt, easy, plain, simple ⬩ paratus, celer, promptus, expeditus, planus, simplex ⬩ ready, free
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Ready, swift, prompt, easy, plain, simple; paratus, celer, promptus, expeditus, planus, simplex He gedyde míne fét swá gerǽde swá swá heorotum qui perfecit pedes meos [celeres] tanquam cervi, Ps. Th. 17, 32. Ge meterfers, ge gerǽdre sprǽce et versibus
spadu
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Hé sceal habban . . . spade, scofle, wádspitel, Angl. ix. 263, 5. Hé hét weorpan íserne gelóman in þæs mynstres wyrtgeard, þá íserngelóman gewunelice naman wé hátaþ spadan and spitelas (vangas), and cwæð, 'Weorpað þus manige spada (tot vangas)' . . .
unnan
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Add Unnende indulta, Rtl. 40, 5. Add Hit becwæð sé þe hit áhte . . . swá swá hit his yldran . . . létan and lǽfdan þám tó gewealde þe hý wel úðon, Ll. Th. i. 184, 3
ǽfen-repsung
Eventide,night-fall
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Eventide,night-fall Hé slép swá hwǽr swá hine seó ǽfenrepsung gemétte he slept wherever night overlook him Hml. S. 236, 154, Sunne heó ðá tó setle áhylde, and ðǽre ǽfenrepsunge geneálæhte, 498
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wíf-gál
Incontinent ⬩ licentious
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Incontinent, licentious Swá lǽren hí ða wífgálan gesinscipe, swá hí ða forhæbbendan ne gebrengen on unryhthǽmde sic incontinentibus laudetur conjugium, ut tamen jam continentes non revocentur ad luxum. Past. 60; Swt. 453, 30
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-líce
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Add: v. on—líce, swá-líce
hweogul
A wheel
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A wheel Se firmamentum went on ðam twám steorrum swá swá hweogel [hweogul, MS. L; hweowul,MSS. R. P.] tyrnþ on eaxe the firmament turns on those two stars just as a wheel turns on an axle, Lchdm. iii. 270, 22. Swá swá hweowol ut rotam, Ps. Spl. 82, 12
swefnian
To appear in a dream to a person ⬩ To dream ⬩ to fall asleep.
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with acc. of person, cf. mǽtan, To appear in a dream to a person Swá bwæt swá hine swefnaþ whatever he dreams, Lchdm. iii. 184, 9. Swá hwæt swá ðé geswefnaþ, 154, 24. Áhicgan on sefan ðínne hú ðé swefnede, Cd. Th. 224, 5; Dan. 131. Ðé heortan deópnyssa
þrym-líc
Magnificent ⬩ splendid ⬩ glorious
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Magnificent, splendid, glorious Ða apostolas cwǽdon ðæt hit ( the temple ) wǽre þrymlíc geweore and fæger, Blickl. Homl. 77, 32. Swíðe mycel cyrice and þrymlíc, 125, 20. Þrecwudu þrymlíc, Beo. Th. 2496; B. 1246. Lidweardas þrymlíce, Andr. Kmbl. 489;