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un-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
un-lúcan, p. -leác

To unclose ⬩ open

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Ælfc. C. 11; Th. ii, 346, 29. Nán man ne dorste ða duru unlúcan, Homl. Ass. 113, 360

cum-líþe

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Beón wé ǽfre cumlíðe; úre sáwel bið Crístes cuma on dómes dæge, Wlfst. 239, 5. Add

curs

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For first passage substitute Bisceopum gebyreð ꝥ hí ǽfre on ǽnine man curs ne settan, bútan hý nýde scylan, Ll. Th. ii. 318, 5, and add :-- Bietsung fæder . . . curs móder benedictio patris . . . maledictio matris, Scint. 174, 6.

cos

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Gancge ǽlc æfter óðrum tó cosse fratres accedant ad pacem, R. Ben. 114, 4. Syle mé sibbe coss, Hml. Th. ii. 422, 34. Cossas bassia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 47: 12, 37: labra, An. Ox. 3180. Hé þá mǽdena onscunode, and forbeáh heora cossas, Hml. S. 35, 59.

latu

(n.)
Grammar
latu, e ; f.
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Hig clipodon þá þone cniht him raðe tó þe hira heáfodman wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 17

ǽror

earlier, before ⬩ rather

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Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 15. rather Ðaacute; óðre þrý godspelleras áwriton ǽror be Crístes menniscnysse, Hml. Th. i. 70. 3

heáh-engel

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-engel, es; m.

An archangel

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An archangel Heáhencgel archangelus, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 102; Wrt. Voc. 41, 52. Micahel, se heáhengel se wæs ealra engla ealderman Michael the archangel who was the chief of all angels, Blickl. Homl. 147, 2.

heáh-flód

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-flód, es; m.

High tide [as opposed to neap tide], deep water ⬩ a high flood-tide

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High tide [as opposed to neap tide], deep water Heáhflód malina: népflód ledona, Ælfc. Gl. 105; Som. 78, 30, 29; Wrt. Voc. 37, 12, 11.

sót

(n.)
Grammar
sót, es; n.

Soot

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Soot Sót fuligo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 4. Sót fuligo, deorces sótes furvae fuliginis, Hpt. Gl. 504, 6-8. Soote fuligine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 28. Sooth, 109, 46. Meng wið sóte, Lchdm. ii. 76, 8. Meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, i. 356, 24

hilte

(n.)
Grammar
hilte, an; f.

A hilt, ⬩ handle

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, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 47, 26; Wrt. Voc. 35, 34, 14. Hiltan capulum, Wrt. Voc. 84, 21. Swá ðæt ða hiltan eodon intó ðam innoþe the haft went in after the blade, Jud. 3, 22. Óþ ða hiltan capulotenus, Mone Gl.432

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ælmes-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
ælmes-georn, adj.

Diligent in giving alms ⬩ benevolent ⬩ beneficus ⬩ liberalis

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Sum man Tobias geháten, swíðe ælmesgeorn a man, whose name was Tobias, very diligent in giving alms, Ælfc. T. 21, 24

a-gimmed

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-gimmed, -gymmed; part.

Gemmed ⬩ set with gems ⬩ gemmatus

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Gemmed, set with gems; gemmatus Agimmed and gesmiðed bend a gemmed and worked crown, a diadem; diadema, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 12; Wrt. Voc. 40, 46.

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a-wédan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wédan, p. -wédde ; pp. -wéd ; v. n.

To be mad ⬩ to rage ⬩ to be angry ⬩ to go or wax mad ⬩ revolt ⬩ apostatize ⬩ in furorem agi

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Se ðe for sleápe awéd phreneticus = φρενιτικόs, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 40; Wrt. Voc. 45, 72

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beorht-nes

(n.)
Grammar
beorht-nes, byrht-nes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f. [beorht bright]

BRIGHTNESS ⬩ clearness ⬩ splendour ⬩ splendor ⬩ claritas ⬩ nitor

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Bos. 2, 9 : Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 54 : Ps. Th. 118, 130. Eágena beorhtnes brightness of the eyes Herb. 31, 2; Lchdm, i. 128, 13 : Hy. 7, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 31

Linked entries: bearhtnes byrht-nes

FANN

(n.)
Grammar
FANN, e; f?

FAN, implement for winnowing grain ⬩ vannus, ventilābrum

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A FAN, implement for winnowing grain ; vannus, ventilābrum Fann vannus, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 114; Wrt. Voc. 34, 43. Ðæs fann ys on his handa, and he afeormaþ his þyrscelflóre cujus ventilābrum in mănu sua, et permundābit āream suam, Mt.

Linked entries: fan fon

forþ-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-heald, -heold; adj.

Bent forward ⬩ inclined downwards ⬩ stooping ⬩ incurvus ⬩ prōnus ⬩ proclīvus

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Forþheold proclīvus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 39. Forðhald ł gebeged inclinata. Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 11

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hype-seax

Grammar
hype-seax, hup-seax, es; n.

a dagger

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A knife hanging at the hip, a dagger, short sword Lytel sweord vel hypesex pugio vel clunabulum, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 65, 50; Wrt. Voc. 35, 37. Helm oððe hupseax, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 6; Crä. 64. Helmas and hupseax, Judth. 12; Th. 26, 15; Jud. 328

Linked entry: hup-seax

ranclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ranclíce, adv.
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Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 358, 6. boldly (v. ranc, III) Ymbe ða feówer tíman wé wyllaþ cýðan iungum preóstum má þinga ðæt hig mágon ðé ranclícor ðás þing heora clericum geswutelian, Anglia viii. 312, 18

blácian

(v.)
Grammar
blácian, blácigan, to blácienne, blácigenne; p. ode; pp. od

To grow pale ⬩ pallere, pallescere

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[blác pallid, bleak, pale] To grow pale; pallere, pallescere Ic blácige palleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 42: 35; Som. 38, 5. Ic onginne to blácigenne [blácienne MS. C.] pallesco, 35; Som. 38, 6.

ge-bind

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bind, es; n.

A binding ⬩ fastening ⬩ ligātūra ⬩ strictūra

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Gebynd strictura, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Wrt. Voc. 19, 50

Linked entries: -bind for-gebind