croc-wyrhta
A crockworker ⬩ potter ⬩ figulus ⬩ luti figulus
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A crockworker, potter; figulus, luti figulus Crocwyrhta figulus vel luti figulus Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 62. Ic gedó ðæt ðú hí miht swá eáðe abrecan, swá se croccwyrhta mæg ǽnne croccan tamquam vas figuli confringes eos Ps. Th. 2, 9.
hnitol
Given to striking, ⬩ thrusting, ⬩ pushing, ⬩ having the head bent [as an animal when it butts (?)]
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Hnitol vel eádmód cernuus, pronus vel inclinatus, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 56, 116; Wrt. Voc. 19, 1. Gif se oxa hnitol wǽre si bos cornupeta fuerit, Ex. ii. 29, 36: L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 29
fram-byge
A turning aside from what is right ⬩ backsliding ⬩ defection ⬩ default
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Hig sýn ǽfre underðeódde and gehérsume and ðám hláfordscipe folhgien ðe ðonne bisceop beó, and gif hig ǽnigne frambyge dón, þolian ðǽre áre, C.D. iv. 137, 23
Linked entry: býge
gewit-leás
Witless ⬩ foolish ⬩ mad ⬩ insanus ⬩ amens ⬩ stultus
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Witless, foolish, mad; insanus, amens, stultus Gewitleás amens, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 35. Wurde ðú ðæs gewitleás ðæt ðú waldende þonc ne wisses thou wast so witless that thou wast not grateful to the Lord, Exon. 29 b; Th. 90, 12; Cri. 1473: Bt.
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á-þracian
to fear ⬩ abhor ⬩ to frighten
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Add: to fear, abhor Hé áþracað ǽlc yfel, (horrescit) Scint. 235, 4. Fýlðe gylta hwðnlíce ic áðracude (exhorrui), Angl. xi. 118, 46. Binne ná áþracude (abhorruit), Hy. S. 51, 7.
híréd
a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court
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Ælc . . . hym mæg cuman tó and on hys hýrede wunian (cf. cynges hám sécan, 2) Solil.
Linked entries: híred-cniht híred-geréfa híred-lic híred-mann híred-preóst
wyrhta
a wright ⬩ workman ⬩ artificer ⬩ labourer ⬩ one who works at some trade ⬩ a maker ⬩ producer ⬩ author ⬩ creator ⬩ fabricator ⬩ the Creator ⬩ Maker ⬩ a doer ⬩ worker
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Mon sceal simle tó beregafole ágifan æt ánum wyrhtan (the labourer who is the tenant of land. Similar entries Cf. Hér synd gewriten ða gerihta ðæ ða ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan. Æt ælcan híwisce ... þreó pund gauolbæres, Chart.
Linked entry: werta
ge-beorgan
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Ðis is seó líhtingc þe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorg*-*an þe hig ǽr þyson mid gedrehte wǽron this is the alleviation by which I will protect all the people from those things with which they were before troubled, Ll. Th. i. 412, 19. [See also Ps.
ge-bígan
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Th. 16, 10. þ ú miht león and dracan liste gebýgean conculcabis leonem et draconem, 90, 13. þá þeówas uneáþe oferwunnene wurdon, and VI M ofslagen ǽr hié mon gebíggiean mehte, ors. 5, 3 ; S. 222, 29.
ge-déman
to judge. ⬩ absolute ⬩ to judge a person, ⬩ where the matter of judgement is given ⬩ to adjudge reward, punishment, c. , assign ⬩ to settle, decide, decree ⬩ of unfavourable judgement, to condemn, censure :-- ⬩ to execute judgement on a person, carry out a sentence :-- ⬩ to deem, suppose
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León hwelpas sécað þæt him grǽdigum ǽt God gedéme, Ps.
treów
a tree ⬩ a material ⬩ wood ⬩ trees ⬩ a wood ⬩ roof-tree ⬩ saddle-tree ⬩ a piece of wood ⬩ a beam ⬩ log ⬩ stake ⬩ staff ⬩ cudgel ⬩ gallows-tree ⬩ tree used of the cross
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Gif man óðres wudu heáweþ unáliéfedne, forgielde ǽlc greát treów mid .v. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 12; Th. i. 70. 5. Óftost beóþ ða treówa getealde feminini generis, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Zup. 20, 14: Ps. Spl. 95, 12. Treówu, Scint. 56, 17: Ps. Th. 57, 8.
hangian
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Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ꝥ hé ǽr fácen dyde manna cynne, Gn. C. 55. Hongende crucifixum, Lk. p. 11, 8. to be attached, hold fast þá spácan sticaþ, óþer ende on þǽre felge . . .
hors
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Forfang æt men fífténe peningas, and æt horse healswá, i. 224, 26. Sum bið hafeces cræftig. Sum bið tó horse hwæt, Crä. 81. Nán man ne sylle nán hors ofer sǽ, bútan hé hit gifan wille, Ll. Th. i. 208, 18.
winter
a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year
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Hú seó ádl ǽr feówertigum oððe fíftigum wintra on men ne becume how the disease does not attack a man before he is forty or fifty, Lchdm. ii. 284, 10, 20. Ne mæg weorþan wís wer ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl in woruldríce, Exon. Th. 290, 14; Wand. 65.
Linked entries: ǽ-wintre-cyning -wintre
ge-standan
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L. 2, 9. non-material, to have place Æfter þǽre menigeo mínra sára þe mé ǽr on ferðe fæste gestódan secundum multitudinem dolorum meorum in corde meo, Ps.
CRÆT
A chariot ⬩ CART ⬩ currus ⬩ pilentum
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Crat pilentum vel petorrĭtum Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 95; Wrt. Voc. 34, 25
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réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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.; It glosses the following Latin words, ;efferus,; Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 16, 57 : ;ferus,; 38; Som. 41, 45: ;trux,; 9, 67; Som. 14, 10 : ;ferox,; 9, 66; Som. 14, 6 : Wet.
Linked entry: hréðe
faðu
A father's sister, paternal aunt ⬩ ămĭta
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A father's sister, paternal aunt; ămĭta Faðu ămĭta, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Som. 5, 55: Wrt. Voc. 72, 43. Mín faðu ămĭta mea; mínra faða móder ămĭta mea magna; mínre faðan yldre móder proamĭta mea; mínre [MS. mínra] faðan þriððe móder abămĭta mea, Ælfc.
módrige
an aunt ⬩ a cousin
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Ælfc. C. 5; Th. ii. 344, 14. Móddrie, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 32. Módrigan sunu fratrueles, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 53: 55, 31. Módrian sunu consobrinus, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 130, 21: Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 9. Módergan sunu, Shrn. 93, 3. Móddrian sunu, Homl.
nearulíce
narrowly ⬩ within narrow limits ⬩ briefly ⬩ oppressively ⬩ grievously ⬩ narrowly ⬩ exactly ⬩ strictly
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narrowly, within narrow limits, briefly Nearolíce strictim, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 60. Ys seó foresǽde bóc (Genesis) on manegum stówum swíde nærolíce gesett (is a mere narrative of events ), and ðeáh swíde deóplíce on ðam gástlícum andgite, Ælfc.
Linked entry: nearu-þanc