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lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum heó is biter on þigene lettuce was the name of the herb that they were to eat with the unleavened loaves; it is bitter in the eating, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26. Nim lactucan ánc hand fulle

ge-miltsian

(v.)
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Th. i. 18, 35. the object a thing, to pardon, be lenient to sin Ðú gemildsast synne mínre pro-pitiaberis peccato meo, Ps. Rdr. 24, ii. to make mild Gemiltsa þín mód mé tó góde, sile þíne áre þínum earminge, Hy. 2, 2

plyccan

(v.)
Grammar
plyccan, p. plyhte.
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Gylecan tácen is þæt þú strece forð þín wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þínre wynstran hande, 127, 15

Linked entry: plicettan

Engla feld

(n.)
Grammar
Engla feld, gen. feldes; dat. felda, felde; m. [Hovd. Englefeld: Brom. Englefelde: Matt. West. Anglefeld: Angles' field, the field of the English]

ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi

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ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi Hér cwom se here to Reádingum on West-Seaxe, and ðæs ymb iii niht ridon ii eorlas up: ðá gemétte hie Æðelwulf aldorman on Engla felda, and him ðǽr wið gefeaht, and sige nam in this

bixen

(adj.)
Grammar
bixen, adj. [box the box-tree]

Belonging to box, BOXEN, made of box-wood ⬩ buxeus

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Belonging to box, BOXEN, made of box-wood; buxeus Bixen box a box made of box-wood; pyxis, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 96; Wrt. Voc. 25, 36

Linked entry: byxen

bogen

(n.)
Grammar
bogen, the name of some plant.
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Bogen and redic and hwíte clǽfran, Lch. ii. 64, 3: 134, 17: 322, 21. [In 310, 17 bogenes is corrected to boþenes.] Add

lærest

Grammar
lærest, l. lǽrest. The r for
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s may be explained by Verner's Law

met-cund

Grammar
met-cund, The Latin word glossed is
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catalectico

wit

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wit, pers. pron.

We two

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We two, I and thou, alone Ðæt hí sýn án swá wyt sýn án, Jn. Skt. 17, 22. Abram cwæð tó Lothe: 'Wyt sind gebróðru,' Gen. 13, 8. Wit, Cd. Th. 114, 14; Gen. 1904. Geþenc hwæt wit sprǽcon, Beo. Th. 2957; B. 1476: Exon. Th. 172, 18; Gú. 1145. Wit baru standaþ

Linked entries: unc witt

Dorm-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dorm-ceaster, gen. -ceastre; f. [by the Britons called Cair-Dorm, by Antonīnus Durobrivæ, from the passage over the water; and the Anglo-Saxons, for the same reason, called it also Dornford]

Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen

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Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen, Som. Ben. Lye

DERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
DERIAN, derigan; part.deriende, derigende ic derige, ðú derast, detest, he deraþ, dereþ, pl.deriaþ, deregaþ ; p. ode, ede ; pp. od, ed; v. trans. dat.

To injure, hurt, harm, damage ⬩ nocēre, lædĕre, obesse

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To injure, hurt, harm, damage; nocēre, lædĕre, obesse Him ða stormas derian ne máhan [derigan ne mǽgon MS. Cot.] the storms cannot hurt him, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 6: Bt. Met, Fox 12, 8; Met. 12, 4. He ne forlét mannan derian heom non relīquit homĭnem nocēre

ge-þancian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þancian, -þoncian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [þancian to thank]

To thank ⬩ give thanks ⬩ reward ⬩ grătias agĕre

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To thank, give thanks, reward; grătias agĕre Geþance ðé þeóda Waldend, ealra ðæra wynna ðe ic on worulde gebád I thank thee, Lord of the nations, for all the delights which I have experienced on earth, Byrht. Th. 136, 57; By. 173. He geþancode Gode his

Linked entry: þancian

láþettan

Grammar
láþettan, [In the last two passages láþettan translates infestare, which however is for infestari. The original Latin of the two translations is: Canes latrantes uiderit vel eis infestare, and: Camelos uidere et ab eis se uiderit infestare.]
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For 'To be odious . . . hate' substitute: to abhor, execrate, hate, hold in detestation Þíne goda ic láðette and him teónan dó ego diis tuis abominationem feci Angl. xvii. 116, 4.

Linked entry: lǽþettan

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

fremsum

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Gedéfe is þín milde mód, mannum fremsum benigna est misericordia tua, Ps. Th. 68, 16. Siexte is ðæt hí beóð fremsume pietatis gratia benigni sunt, Past. 41, 18. Eálá þú fremsumeste hlǽfdige þe mé þíne árfæstan mildheortnysse æteówdest, Hml.

ilca

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ilca, pron. [occurs in the weak declension only].

The same

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Ðisne ilcan þreát this same band, Exon. 16 a; Th. 36, 2 ; Cri. 570. Ðyssum ylcum tídum his temporibus, Bd. 5, 7; S. 621, 14. Swá ðám ilcum byþ ðe nellaþ ðínre ǽ bebod healdan so shall it be with those, who will not keep thy law, Ps. Th. 118, 36.

Deora mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
Deora mǽgþ, Deora ríce the province or

kingdom of the Deirians

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kingdom of the Deirians, Som. Ben. Lye

món

(n.)
Grammar
món, in the phrase full món

plenilunium

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plenilunium Fullum móne plenilunio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 42. [Cf. O. H. Ger. -máni in niu-máni neomenia; uol-máni plenilunium; unter-máni interlunium, Grff. 2, 795.]

sunn-scín

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-scín, sun-shine (?the word glosses
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speculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 14)

un-gewyrht

Grammar
un-gewyrht, in the phrases be ungewyrhtum

undeservedly ⬩ not according to one's deserts ⬩ gratis

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undeservedly, not according to one's deserts; gratis, Ps. Surt. 34, 7, 19: 68, 5: Ps. Spl. C. 108, 2: 118, 161

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