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croh

(n.)
Grammar
croh, es; m?

Saffron crocuscrocus sativus, Lin

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M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 244, 23; Herb. 118, 2; Lchdm. i. 232, 7; Med. ex Quadr. 5, 4; Lchdm. i. 348, 14

Linked entry: collon-cróh

hefigtímness

(n.)
Grammar
hefigtímness, e; f.

Troubleafflictionvexation

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Trouble, affliction, vexation Ðone tealde him tó frýnd ðe him sume hefigtýmnysse on belǽdde him he accounted his friend who brought some trouble upon him, Homl. Th. ii. 546, 19.

hnappung

(n.)
Grammar
hnappung, hnæppung, e; f.
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Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness Ǽresð mon hnappaþ gif ðonne ðære hnappunge ne swícþ ðonne hnappaþ óþ ðæt o wierþ on fæstum slǽpe dormitando vero oculus ad plenissimum somnum ducitur, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 11.

Linked entry: hnæppung

ícend

(n.)
Grammar
ícend, es; m.
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One who increases or augments Ðon cymþ of ðam worde augeo ic geíce and getácnaþ geeácnunge ðon macaþ hic auctor ðes ícend and hæc auctrix ðeós ícestre when it comes from the word augeo I increase, and indicates augmentation, then it makes hic

Linked entry: ícestre

mǽl-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-dæg, es; m.

A dayseasonan appointed time

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moncynnes mǽste hæfde on ðǽm mǽldagum mægen and strengo, 79; Th. 98, 18; Gen. 1632

Linked entry: mál-dæg

þræft

(n.)
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a quarrel, dispute, contention, chiding Siteþ symbelwlonc searwum lǽteþ wíne gewǽged word út faran þræfte þringan þrymme gebyrmed æfæstum onǽled oferhygda ful flushed with the feast he sits, affected with wine, words he guilefully lets fare forth, crowd

un-tǽlwirðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tǽlwirðe, adj.

Not blameableirreprehensiblepraiseworthy

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Not blameable, irreprehensible, praiseworthy Is geteald hwelc beón sceal, gif untǽlwierðe bið quae sit irreprehensibilitas ipsa, manifestat, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 11. Æew Dryhtnes untélwyrðe ( inrepraehensibilis ), Ps. Surt. 18, 8.

Linked entry: tǽl-wirðe

ancor-setl

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Se hálga onette tó ðám ancersetle ðǽr ǽr gesæt, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 4, 20. on ancorsetle wunade, Shrn. 71, 9. gesæt ancersetl on Fearne, 72, 19. Add

créda

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Se mæssepreóst sceal secgan Sunnandagum . . . be þám Paternoster and be þám crédan eác, swá oftost mage, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 30. Gif song his crédon oððe Paternoster on untrumne mon, wæs sóna hál, Shrn. 116, 20. Add

tó-flówan

Grammar
tó-flówan, <b>I a.</b>
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beheóld and tófleówon þeóda aspexit et defluxerunt gentes, Ps. Rdr. 283, 6. Add

weald-genga

(n.)
Grammar
weald-genga, an; m.

A weald-goer bandit brigant

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' is geworden tó wealdgengan and ðæra sceaðena ealdor, ðe him sylf gegaderode, and wunaþ on ánre dúne mid manegum sceaðum.'. . . Ðá ætstód se wealdgenga . . . and áwearp his wǽmna, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 30-18, 31

æf-þanc

Grammar
æf-þanc, &c.
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Sé ðe lǽrð sunu his on æfþuncan (in zelum) ásent feónd he that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy (Ecclus. 30, 3), Scint. 176, 12. Ðá wræc his æfþancas on his feóndum, Guth. 14, 4. Add

sott

(adj.)
Grammar
sott, adj.

Foolishstupida fool

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Se ðe his ágene sprǽce áwyrt, wyrcþ barbarismus. Swylce cweðe ðú sót ðǽr sceolde cweðan ðú sott, Anglia viii. 313, 21. Ne biþ se ná wita, ðe unwíslíce leofaþ, ac biþ open sott, ðeáh ðe him swá ne þince, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 132

Linked entry: sot

nacod

Grammar
nacod, <b>. I a.</b>
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Þá hét hí nacode (propriis exutam vestibus Ald. 60, 17) lǽdan tó sumum scandhúse, Shrn. 56, 8.

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divinationsoothsayingsorceryaugury

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[Monies godes monnes child heo (incubii demones) biccharreð þurh wigeling, Laym. 1579!']

Linked entry: wílung

ge-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþ, es; m. [cf. ge-féra]
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He hæfde him to gesíþþe sorge and longaþ he had for his companion sorrow and longing, 100 a; Th. 377, 13; Deór. 3. Swǽse gesíþas his dear companions, Beo. Th. 57; B. 29: 4086; B. 2040: 5029; B. 2518.

Linked entries: ge-síþman ge-sóð

a-striénan

(v.)
Grammar
a-striénan, -strýnan; p. -strýnde; v. a.

To engenderprocreatebegetgignere

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He bearn astrýnde he begat children, 57; Th. 70, 5; Gen. 1148

BÁT

(n.)
Grammar
BÁT, e; f: es; m. A

BOATshipvessellinterscaphanavicula

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He bát gestág he ascended a boat, Exon. 52a; Th. 181, 33; Gú. 1302

Linked entry: bát-swán

Drihten-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
Drihten-líce, comp. -lícor ; adv.

According to the Lord, by the Lord secundum Domĭnum, a Domĭno

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According to the Lord, by the Lord; secundum Domĭnum, a Domĭno Ðæt he Drihtenlícor mǽge beón hálig genemned that he may be called holy by the Lord, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 9

Linked entry: Dryhten-líce

fǽr-wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-wyrd, e; f.

A terrible fate, destruction, perdition terrĭbĭle fātum, intĕrĭtus, perdĭtio

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A terrible fate, destruction, perdition; terrĭbĭle fātum, intĕrĭtus, perdĭtio He wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan on fǽrwyrde that he thinks may bring the man earlier to a terrible fate, Past. 62; Hat. MS