cytere
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Arís saltére and cytere exsurge, psaltērium et cithăra, Ps. Spl. C. 56, 11
Linked entry: citere
cruft
A vault, crypt, hollow place under the ground ⬩ crypta
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A vault, crypt, hollow place under the ground; crypta Cruftan, cruftes cryptæ Mone B. 2017 Crufte crypta 4931. Cruftan crypta 3298
dúru-þínen
A female door-keeper ⬩ ancilla ostiāria
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A female door-keeper; ancilla ostiāria Cwæþ seó dúruþínen to Petre dĭcit Petro ancilla ostiāria, Jn. Bos. 18, 17. Se leorningcniht cwæþ to ðære dúreþínene discĭpŭlus dixit ostiāriæ, 18, 16
Linked entry: dúre-þínen
dwǽs-nys
Dulness, foolishness, stupidity ⬩ hĕbĕtūdo, stultĭtia, stŭpĭdĭtas
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Dulness, foolishness, stupidity; hĕbĕtūdo, stultĭtia, stŭpĭdĭtas Dwǽsnys vel sotscipe hĕbĕtūdo, Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 80; Wrt. Voc. 50, 60
dráf
DROVE, herd, band ⬩ armenta, grex, agmen
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A DROVE, herd, band; armenta, grex, agmen Ðá ðá seó ormǽte micelnyss his orfes on ðære dúne læswede, sum módig fearr wearþ ángencga, and ðære heorde dráfe oferhogode when the immense multitude of his cattle was grazing on the mountain, an unruly bull
dype
Depth, the deep, sea ⬩ profundum, altĭtūdo, altum
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Depth, the deep, sea; profundum, altĭtūdo, altum Híg næfdon ðære eorþan dýpan non habēbant altitūdĭnem terræ, Mt. Bos. 13, 5. Ascúfaþ hine út on middan ðære dýpan thrust him out into the middle of the deep, Homl. Th. i. 564, 8. Teóh hit on dýpan duc
dyrstignes
Boldness, presumption, arrogance, rashness ⬩ audācia, temĕrĭtas
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Boldness, presumption, arrogance, rashness;audācia, temĕrĭtas Sió gedyrstignes [MS. Cot. dyrstignes] his módes præsumptio spīrĭtus, Past. 13, 2; Hat. MS. 17 a, 15. Ðæt ðín mód ne beó ahafen mid dyrstignysse [dyrstnysse, Nat. S. Greg. Els. P. 39, note
Linked entries: ge-dyrstig-nes dyrstnys
eád-gifu
Blessed grace, gift of blessedness ⬩ beāta grātia, beatitūdĭnis dōnum
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Blessed grace, gift of blessedness; beāta grātia, beatitūdĭnis dōnum Ðæt ðú me ne lǽte of lofe hweorfan ðínre eádgife that thou let me not turn from the praise of thy blessed grace, Exon. 69 b; Th. 259, 2; Jul. 276
Linked entry: eád-giefu
eár-spinl
An ear-ring ⬩ inauris
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An ear-ring; inauris, Prov. 25
Linked entry: eár-hring
eáster-feorm
Easter-feast or repast ⬩ paschālis firma
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Easter-feast or repast; paschālis firma On sumere þeóde gebýreþ winter-feorm [and] eáster-feorm in quĭbusdam lŏcis dătur firma nātālis Dŏmĭni, et firma paschālis, L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 26
EAX
An axis, axle-tree ⬩ axis
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An axis, axle-tree; axis Neáh ðam norþende ðære eaxe near the north end of the axis, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 20: 39, 13; Fox 232, 33: Bt. Met. Fox 28, 44; Met. 28, 22: 29, 36; Met. 29, 18. On ðære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ eall rúma ródor all the spacious sky turns
edisc-hen
EDISH HEN, quail ⬩ cŏturnix
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AnEDISH HEN, quail ; cŏturnix Hí bǽdon, and com edischen petiērunt, et vēnit cŏturnix. Ps. Spl. 104, 38. Edeschen 'the edisse-henne,' Ps. Surt. 104, 40
efen-éhþ
A plain ⬩ plānĭties
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A plain; plānĭties On ǽlcre efen-éhþe on every plain, Chr. 894; Th. 170, 36
Linked entry: -néhþ
efne
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Efne alūmen vel stiptūra [ = styptēria ], Ælfc. Gl. 41; Som. 63, 126; Wrt. Voc. 31, 12. Efne alúmen, 56; Som. 67, 38; Wrt. Voc. 37, 28
efnes
Evenness, equity, justice ⬩ æquĭtas
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Evenness, equity, justice; æquĭtas Efnes syndon dómas ðíne æquĭtas sunt jūdĭcia tua. Ps. Spl. 118, 75: Ps. Lamb. 118, 144. He démþ ymbhwyrft eorþan on efnesse ipse judĭcābit orbem terræ in æquĭtāte. Ps. Lamb. 9, 9. Ðú gelíffæst me on efnesse oððe emnesse
Linked entry: efen-nys
efn-lícnes
Evenness, equality ⬩ æquālĭtas
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Evenness, equality; æquālĭtas Hie healdaþ má geférrǽdenne and efnlicnesse ðonne ealdordóm they observe companionship and equality more than authority, Past. 17, 9; Hat. MS. 24 b, 6
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ell-þeód
A strange people, foreign nation ⬩ pĕregrīna gens
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A strange people, foreign nation; pĕregrīna gens Hý fóron on ellþiéde they went into a foreign land, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 6
el-reordignes
-Barbarousness, outlandishness ⬩ barbăries
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-Barbarousness, outlandishness; barbăries, Som. Ben. Lye
eorþ-styrung
An earth-stirring, earthquake ⬩ terræ mótus
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An earth-stirring, earthquake; terræ mótus Eorþstyrung fela burhga ofhreas . . . þreóttyne byrig þurh eorþ-styrunge afeóllon an earthquake has overthrown many cities ... thirteen cities fell through an earthquake, Homl. Th. i. 608, 27, 29: 244, 17. Micele
eówode
A flock, herd ⬩ grex
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A flock, herd; grex Neuter, He gebrohte híg swylce eówode on wéstene perduxit eos tamquam grĕgem in deserto. Ps. Lamb. 77, 52. Feminine, He nýtenum lǽcedðm forgeaf, ahredde fram wódnysse, and hét faran aweg to ðære eówode ðe hí ofadwelodon he gave medicine