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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BYRÐEN
A BURTHEN, load, weight, bundle ⬩ onus, sarcina, fascis
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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
cawl
A basket ⬩ sporta, corbis, cophĭnus ⬩ κόφινος
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A basket; sporta, corbis, cophĭnus = κόφινος Cawl sporta, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 118; Wrt. Voc. 34, 47. Hý heora cawlas afylled hæfdon they had filled their baskets, Ors. 4, 8: Bos. 90, 34. Caul corbis, Cot. 45: 196. Ceawlas cophinos, Mt. Kmbl.
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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fleóh-net
A fly-net ⬩ net for keeping off flies ⬩ cōnōpeum ⬩ κωνωπεῖον
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A fly-net, net for keeping off flies; cōnōpeum = κωνωπεῖον Fleóhnet cōnōpeum, Ælfc. Gl. 84; Som. 73, 92; Wrt. Voc. 48, 30. Fleóhnet vel micgnet cōnōpeum, 106; Som. 78, 42; Wrt. Voc. 57, 24.
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heópe
A hip ⬩ seed-vessel of the dog-rose ⬩ also the plant on which the hip grows[?]
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Heópe butunus [i.e. button, Fr. bouton, knob ], Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 90; Wrt. Voc. 30, 36. Genim brér ðe hiópan on weaxaþ take briar on which hips grow, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 15
lopystre
A lobster ⬩ a locust
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A lobster, a locust Loppestre polypus, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 77; Wrt. Voc. 56, 2: 77, 69. Lopust locusta, ii. 113, 11. Hwæt féhst ðú on sǽ? Crabban and lopystran quid capis in mari? Cancros et polypodes, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 13.
marm-stán
Marble ⬩ a piece of marble
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Marble, a piece of marble Ðes marmstán hoc marmor, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 31: Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 19. Of marmstáne geworht, Chart. Th. 241, 12. On mearmstáne, Exon. 60 b; Th. 225, 12; Ph. 333.
ge-lytlian
To diminish, lessen, humble ⬩ mĭnuĕre, hŭmĭliāre
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To diminish, lessen, humble; mĭnuĕre, hŭmĭliāre Ǽghwilc ælmesriht ǽlc man gelyttaþ oððe forhealdeþ every almsright every man lessens or withholds, Swt. Rdr. 106, 59.
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steór-setl
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Voc. i. 48, 10: 56, 55: 64, 5: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78; Zup. 75, 12. Scip oððe steórsetl puppis, 9, 28; Zup. 56, 10. Se Hǽlend wearð on slǽpe on ðam steórsetle erat in puppi dormiens (Mk. 4, 37), Homl. Th. ii. 378, 17
bolt
A bolt ⬩ an arrow
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A bolt, an arrow þǽr is ǽlc treów swá riht swá bolt there is every free as straight as a bolt (cf. bolt-upright), E. S. viii. 477, 13. Speru, boltas catapultas (cf. An. Ox. 4238 (where the same passage is glossed)arewan, gauelucas) Wrt.
morþ-dǽd
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Add: evil-doing Ofsceamod for þære morðdǽde þe hé gedón hæfde, and for þám manslihte þe hé slóh mid þǽre handa, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 34. an evil deed Irre and anda ús synd forbodene, manslyht and morðdǽda, Hml. A. 8, 190.
wearda
A watchman or a watch
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Weardan excubiae, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Zup. 84, 16
hafetian
to clap ⬩ applaud
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to clap [as a bird with its wings, or a man with his hands], applaud Ic hafetige plaudo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 28. Flódas hafettaþ hundum flumina plaudent manu, Ps. Spl. 97, 8.
horig
Foul, dirty, defiled ⬩ unclean ⬩ lutulentus, cenosus
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Ælfc. C. 22 : Th. i. 350, 21. Næs his reáf horig, Homl. Th. i. 456, 20. Mid horium reáfe, 528, 24. Mid horhgum scicelse, Th. Ap. 13, 26
ofer-slege
A lintel ⬩ superliminare
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A lintel Oferslege oððe þrexwold limen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Som. 9, 28. Oferslæge, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 65. Sprengaþ on ðæt oferslege (superliminare) . . . ðonne hé gesihþ ðæt blód on ðam oferslege, Ex. 12, 22-23. On hyra gedyrum and oferslegum. Homl.