beó-breád
BEE-BREAD ⬩ apum panis ⬩ honey-comb ⬩ favus
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Th. 118, 103. honey-comb; favus, sometimes, from a deficient knowledge of natural history, beó-breád is used for hunig-camb Swétran [MS. swetra] ofer hunig and beóbreáde dulciora super mel et favum Ps. Lamb. 18, 11.
Linked entries: beón-breád bí-breád bió-breád
sél
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Better. of health Cwæð ðæt heó gelýfde ðæt hire sóna sél wǽre quia crederet eam mox melius habituram, Bd. 5, 3 ; S. 616, 11. Sóna ic wæs wyrpende and mé sél wæs statim melius habere incipio, S. 616, 34 : 5, 5 ; S. 618, 4. Sóna him biþ sél.
wuldor-full
glorious ⬩ vainglorious
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Wuldorfulle lofu glorificum melos, Hymn. Surt. 57, 24. Babilonia ðe hwílon wæs wuldorfullost burh ealra burha, Wulfst. 194, 10. vainglorious.
Linked entry: wuldor
FINGER
A FINGER ⬩ digĭtus
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Wulfere mid his fingre gewrát on Cristes mél Wulfhere wrote with his finger on Christ's cross, Chr. 656; Erl. 32, 23. Nellaþ híg ða mid heora fingre æt-hrínan digĭto suo nōlunt ea mŏvēre, Mt. Bos. 23, 4: Lk. Bos. 11, 46. Fingras digĭti, Wrt.
Linked entry: fincer
ge-gremian
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Add: of a physical effect Wiþ þon þe men mete untela melte . . . gegremme mid wyrtdrence ꝥ hé spíwe, Lch. ii. 226, 7. of a mental effect Gigremid, gigremit inritatus in rixam, Txts. 68, 515. Gigraemid, gigremid lacessitus, 74, 593. Gegremed, Wrt.
smedema
Fine flour, meal
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Smedma of melwe pollis Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 15. Smedma simila vel pollis Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 24. Hwǽtes smedma Lchdm. ii. 108, 10. Gecned þrí sestras smedeman (similae) Gen. 18, 6 : Ex. 29, 40. Smideman Lev. 2, 2.
EÓWU
EWE, female sheep ⬩ ŏvis fēmĭna
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The milk was used for domestic purposes: butter and cheese were made from it; for Ælfric teaches the shepherd [sceáp-hyrde] to say, 'On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg
leóf-tǽle
Loving ⬩ dear ⬩ desirable ⬩ estimable ⬩ grateful ⬩ pleasant ⬩ gracious
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Seó gítsung gedéþ heore gítseras láðe ǽgðer ge Gode ge monnum and ða cysta gedóþ ða simle leóftǽle and hlíseádige divitiæ effundendo magis quam coacervando melius nitent: siquidem avaritia semper odiosos, claros largitas facit, Bt. 13; Fox. 38, 13-17
Linked entry: -tǽl
wæstm-bǽre
Fruitful, fertile, productive
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Land ðe ys wæstmbǽre ǽgðer ge on hunie ge on meoluce terram fluentem lacte et melle, Ex. 33, 3. Eletreów westembére oliva fructifera, Ps. Surt. 51, 10. Eorðan westem*-*bére terram fructiferam, 106, 34.
clíða
A plaster, salve, poultice ⬩ emplastrum, malagma = μάλαγμα
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Genim ðyssa wyrta wyrtruman, gecnucude mid ele, and mid hwǽtenan meluwe, and mid sápan, ðam gemete ðe ðú clýðan wyrce take roots of these herbs, pounded with oil, and with wheaten meal, and with soap, in the manner in which thou wouldst make a poultice
un-tela
Not well ⬩ ill ⬩ badly
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Wiþ ðon ðe men mete untela melte and gecirre on yfele wǽetan, Lchdm. ii. 226, 5. Ne forsuwa ðú ná ðæt unteala gedón sý, Prov. Kmbl. 44. Hwætd tó untala dyde hé (hwæt dyde untale, Rush.) quid mali fecit? Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 23
fleón
- By.
- 247 :
- Ps. L. 54, 8 :
- Gen. 2080 :
- Bt. F. 116, 17 :
- Ælfc. Gr. 36 :
- 28, 6 :
- Ps. Th. 103, 17 :
- Ps. L. 113, 3 :
- Met. l, 20 :
- Mt. 8, 33 :
- Ps. L. 30, 12 :
- El. 134 :
- Gú. 228 .]
to flee ⬩ to flee ⬩ to run away ⬩ to pass away ⬩ to fly ⬩ to run away from ⬩ to avoid ⬩ to decline ⬩ to avoid ⬩ eschew
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Add: intrans. to flee from conflict Ne áblinnan wé ꝥ wé deófol týnan, þonne flýhþ ꝥ deófol fram ús, Bl. H. 47, 12. in case of soldiers: Nán heáf-odman fyrde gaderian wolde, ac ǽlc fleáh swá hé mǽst myhte. Chr. 1010; P. 141, i. Hié flugon ofer Temese
hríþer
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Hrýðeres belle . . . bið ánes sciłł weorð, and is melda geteald, Ll. Th. i. 260, 16. Begete hé þára syxa ǽnne æt ánum hrýðere, oþþe æt þám orfe þe þæs weorð sý, 160, 1. Be .xxx. pæñ. oþþe be ánum hrýðere, 232, 7.
irming
A poor ⬩ mean ⬩ wretched ⬩ miserable person ⬩ a wretch
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Betere is ðé ðæt ðé sceamige nú hér beforan mé ánum yrmingce ðonne eft beforan Gode on ðam mycelan dóme melius est tibi nunc hic coram me solo misero pudefieri, quam posthac coram Deo in magno judicio, L. Ecg. C. prm ; Th, ii. 132, 20.
beód
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, butas, bléda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 16
hunig
Honey
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Tó ðam lande ðe eall fléwþ on riðum meolce and hunies ... of ðam lande ðe weóll meolce and hunie in terram, quæ fluit rivis lactis et mellis ... de terra, quæ lacte et melle manabat, Num. 16, 14, 13.
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lof
Praise ⬩ glory ⬩ hymn
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Gl. 500, 2 : melos, Hymn. Surt. 5, 31
ge-metlic
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, Past. . 159, 13. gentle, mild. v. ge-metfæst, Ðǽm scamleásan ne wyrð nó gestiéred bútan miclum ðreán; ðá scamfæstan beóð oft mid gemetlicre láre gebetrode impudentes ab impudentiae vitio non nisi increpatio dura compescit; verecundos plerumque ad melius
Linked entry: ge-métednes
LIM
A limb ⬩ joint
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Gif men cíne hwylc lim, genim regen mela, dó on ðæt lim, L. M. 1, 73; Lchdm. ii, 148, 22. Be ðæs limes (the finger) micelnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 204, 6. Limes dǽl commata (commota, Wrt.) Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 25. On ǽlcre lime, L.
Linked entry: leomu
sceádan
to separate, divide, make a line of separation between ⬩ to distinguish, decide ⬩ to scatter, shed ⬩ to separate, divide, part ⬩ to be distinguished, to differ ⬩ to scatter, shed
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Ðæt mela biþ gód on tó sceádenne, 94, 3. [See also the compounds (omitted in their proper places) & Besceád, 54, 21. Ofersceáde, 182, 2. ] Tó scédende blód ad effundendum sanguinem, Ps. Spl.
Linked entries: be-sceadan sceáde-sealf scédan