LEÓHT
LIGHT ⬩ a light
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Tweóne leóht crepusculum: tweónul leóht maligna lux vel dubia, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 122, 125; Wrt. Voc. 53, 3, 6. Ðæt leóht ðe wé dægréd hátaþ the light that we call dawn, Lchdm. iii. 234, 28.
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bútan
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Forlǽt hé ꝥ scyp standan, for þám him þincð ꝥ hé mæge ǽð bútan faran þonne mid, Shrn. 175, 13. <b>C.</b> conjunction. with subj. unless, except, if ... not Búton Drihten gehealde þá burh nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem, Ælfc. Gr.
æfter-genga
One who goes or follows after ⬩ a follower ⬩ successor ⬩ posthumus
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One who goes or follows after, a follower; successor, posthumus Æftergenga posthumus, æfter boren, se ðe biþ geboren æfter bebyrgedum fæder one who is born after the father has been buried, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 32.
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BYRÐEN
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Seám oððe byrðen onus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Som. 12, 14. Byrðen fascis, 9, 28; Som. 11, 44: Mt. Lind. Stv. 13, 30
circe
A church ⬩ ecclesia = ἐκκληsigma;ία
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A church; ecclesia = ἐκκληsigma;ία Circe ecclesia, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 82; Wrt. Voc. 57, 58. We lǽraþ, ðæt man innan circan ǽnigne man ne birige we enjoin that they do not bury any man within a church, L. Edg.
cynning-stán
A trying-stone ⬩ tessera
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to try, prove; stán a stone] A trying-stone;tessera Cynning-stán on tæfle a little wooden tower on the side of a gaming-board, hollow and having steps inside, through which the dice were thrown upon the board; pyrgus [ = πύργος], turricula,Ælfc.
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friþ-land
A land with which, one is at peace, with which ' friþ' has been made ⬩ pācis terra
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A land with which, one is at peace, with which ' friþ' has been made; pācis terra Hí ðone mǽstan hearm dydon ðe ǽfre here innon friþlande dón sceolde they did the greatest harm that ever an army could do in a land with which it was at peace, Chr. 1097
eal-nósu
All nose or all the nose, a swelling of the uvula ⬩ columella, columna nasi
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All nose or all the nose, a swelling of the uvula; columella, columna nasi Eal ufweard nósu tota ascendens columna nasi, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 86; Wrt. Voc. 43, 18. Eall-nósu, Mann: eal-nósu the swelling of the uvula; columella. v. Som.
massere
A merchant
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Ælfc. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, 1
blác-ern
A light place, a lamp, candlestick, lantern, light, candle ⬩ lucerna
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[blác light, ærn, ern a place] A light place, a lamp, candlestick, lantern, light, candle; lucerna Bæd ðæt hí ðæt blácern adwæseton prayed that they would put out the light [lucernam], Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 40.
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ge-gerela
Clothing ⬩ apparel ⬩ habit ⬩ garment ⬩ robe ⬩ amiculum ⬩ stola
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Clothing, apparel, habit, garment, robe; amiculum, stola Hwǽr agylte he ǽfre on his gegerelan where trespassed he ever in his clothing? Blickl. Homl. 169, 1. His gegirla hine geswutelaþ his garment betrays him, Th. Ap. 14, 3 : 12, 8.
wrótan
To turn up with the snout ⬩ root up
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Ic wróte subigo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6 ; Zup. 176, 12. Hine útan of wuda eoferas wrótaþ exterminavit eam (vineam) apfir de sylva, Ps. Th. 79, 13. Swín on bócwuda wrótende, Exon. Th. 428, 12 ; Rä. 41, 107
fíf-teóþa
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Se fífteóða quintus decimus, Ælfc. G. Z. 283, 3. Under þám fífteóðan (-teogeþan, -tigeþan, -tegþan, -téþan, v. ll.) geáre, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 430, 22. Gér ðe fíftegða (ðió fífteiðe, L.) anno quinto decimo, Lk. R. 3, 1. Ðió fífteiðo, Lk. p. 4, 6.
ge-wrixlung
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gewrixlunge þǽra feówer tíman . . . ꝥ ǽlc heora hæfð þrý mónðas three changes of season, spring to summer, summer to autumn, autumn to winter, occur at intervals of three months, . . . so that each season has three months, Angl. viii. 319, 5
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ælmes-riht
A right or obligation in reference to alms
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Th. ii. 256, 30) Ǽghwilc ælmesriht ðe man on Godes ést scolde mid rihte georne gelǽstan, ǽlc man gelitlað oððe forhealdeð, Wlfst. 159, 21. Ðrǽlriht wǽron generwde and ælmesriht gewanode, 158, 16
brim-flód
a flowing, flood ⬩ The sea's flowing, the ocean-flood, sea ⬩ maris fluctus, cataclysmus ⬩ κατακλυσμός ⬩ mare
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Brymflód cataclysmus, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 45; Wrt. Voc. 61, 23: Cot. 50
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ge-sufel
A word of uncertain meaning ⬩ but descriptive of a certain kind of bread
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A word of uncertain meaning, but descriptive of a certain kind of bread Ǽlc gegilda gesylle ǽnne gesufelne hláf let each gild-brother give a 'gesufel' loaf, L. Æthelst. 5, 8; Th. i. 236, 36.
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a-blácian
To be or look pale ⬩ grow pale ⬩ pallere ⬩ obrigescere
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Ic blácige palleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 42. Blácian from blícan, p. blác to shine: blǽcan to bleach, whiten, fade. Observe the difference between blác, blǽc pallid, bleak, pale, and blæc, blaces, se blaca black, swarthy
cum-líðe
Kind to comers or strangers, hospitable ⬩ hospitalis
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Kind to comers or strangers, hospitable ; hospitalis Cumlíðe hospitalis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28 ; Som. 11, 37 . Cild cumlíðe a child will be hospitable, Obs. Lun. § 15; Lchdm. iii. 192, 1: 16 ;Lchdm. iii. 192, 8 .
DUN
DUN, a colour partaking of brown and black ⬩ fuscus, aquĭlus
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], Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 86; Wrt. Voc. 46, 43. Dunn balidus [ = βαλιόs? ], Wrt. Voc. 289, 28. On ðone [MS. ðonne] dunnan stán to the dun stone, Cod. Dipl. 1120; A.D. 939; Kmbl. v. 238, 32
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