ge-langian
To call for ⬩ send for ⬩ deliver ⬩ liberate ⬩ convocare ⬩ arcessere ⬩ accersire ⬩ liberare
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Ic gelangige arcesso [MS. accerso ], Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 35. Wearþ ðá eft gelangod se geleáffulla apostol of ðam íglande so was the faithful apostle liberated from that island, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 28
ymb-gyrdan
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Ælfc. P. 17 ; Th. ii. 370, 12. 'Beón eówre lendena ymbgyrde.' On ðám ymbgyrdum lendenum is se mægðhád tó understandenne. Homl.
Linked entry: embe-gyrdan
wáwa
Woe ⬩ misery
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Uae geíácnaþ wáwan, Ælfc. Gr. 48 ; Zup. 278, 17. Sume hí wyrcaþ heora wógerum sumne wáwan, ðæt hí hí tó wífe habbon, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 158. Ðæt gé swá earme eów sylfe fordóþ on wíton and on wáwon, 23, 186.
Linked entry: weá
gylden
Golden ⬩ aureus
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Golden; aureus Gylden wed vel feoh arra, Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 58, 11; Wrt. Voc. 21, 6. Gylden læfr bractea, 58; Som. 67, 111; Wrt. Voc. 38, 34. Gylden fel bractea, Cot. 27, Lye. Gyldena vel gegylde fatu crisendeta, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 97; Wrt.
hiwian
To form, ⬩ fashion, ⬩ shape, ⬩ colour, ⬩ feign, ⬩ pretend
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To form, fashion, shape, colour, feign, pretend Hiwian colorare, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 112; Wrt. Voc. 54, 54. Ic hiwige fingo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 61.
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BYRLE
A cup-bearer, butler ⬩ pocillator, calicum magister, pincerna
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Yldest byrla a caliculis, magister calicum, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 130; Wrt. Voc. 60, 34. Ðara ððer bewiste his byrlas, óðer his bæcestran alter pincernis præerat, alter pistoribus, Gen. 40, 2
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a-wyrt-walian
To root up ⬩ eradicate ⬩ extirpate ⬩ exterminate ⬩ eradicare ⬩ supplantare
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To root up, eradicate, extirpate, exterminate; eradicare, supplantare Ǽlc plantung byþ awyrtwalod omnis plantatio eradicabitur, Mt. Jun. 15, 13. Ðelæs ge ðone hwǽte awyrtwalion ne forte eradicetis triticum, 13, 29: Lk. Bos. 17, 6 : Bt. Met.
Linked entry: a-wurtwarian
cin-bán
The CHIN-BONE ⬩ mandibula, mentum
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The CHIN-BONE; mandibula, mentum Cin-bán man-dibula, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 81; Wrt. Voc. 43, 14. Cin-bán mentum, Text. Rof. 40, 1.
deóre
Dearly, with great price ⬩ cāre, magno
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Dearly, with great price; cāre, magno Deóre he hit bohte vel sealde he bought or sold it dearly; care vendĭdit, Ælfc. Gl. 35; Som. 62, 84; Wrt. Voc. 28, 62.
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dim-hofe
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Dimhofan latēbræ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 21. Dimhofum latĭbŭlis, Mone B. 85. Gregorius on dymhofum [MS. -hofon] ætlŭtode Gregory concealed himself in hiding-places, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 33
fen-líc
Fenlike ⬩ marshy ⬩ fenny ⬩ păluster
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Fenlike, marshy, fenny; păluster Fenlíc păluster, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 10, 4. Of ðam fenlícum adelan from the fenlike mud, Homl. Th. ii. 472, 7.
fóre-burh
a fore-court ⬩ entrance-court ⬩ vestibule ⬩ vestĭbŭlum ⬩ a wall before a fortification ⬩ pro-mūrāle ⬩ mūrus ante mūrum ⬩ dictum ex eo quod pro mūnītione sit
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vestĭbŭlum Hig etaþ ða hláfas on ðæs geteldes fórebirig comĕdent pānes in tabernācŭli testĭmōnii vestĭbŭlo, Ex. 29, 32. a wall before a fortification; pro-mūrāle, mūrus ante mūrum, dictum ex eo quod pro mūnītione sit [Du Cange] Fóreburh promūrāle, Ælfc
fyrding
an army ⬩ army prepared for war ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ procinctus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio
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an army, army prepared for war; exercĭtus, procinctus Fyrding [MS. fyrdingc] procinctus, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 42; Wrt. Voc. 50, 24: 72, 71. Mid ormǽtre fyrdinge with an immense army, Homl.
HRÓC
A ROOK ⬩ a raven ⬩ a jackdaw
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A ROOK, a raven, a jackdaw Hróc gracculus velgarrulus, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 27; Wrt. Voc. 29, 47: 77, 44. Hróc gralus, grallus, 62, 31: 281, 1: garrula, Shrn. 29, 1.
mædere
Madder
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Madder Mæddre vermiculi, rubia, Ælfc. Gl. 42; Som. 64, 13, 19; Wrt. Voc. 31, 24, 29. Mædere anchorum, 67, 38 : veneria, 68, 38 : sandix (herba), Hpt. Gl. 524, 41.
Linked entry: medere
rǽding-bóc
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Ælfc. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 14. ii. forealdode rǽdingbéc swíðe wáke (cf. ii. sumerrǽdingbéc and i. winterrǽdingbóc, 16), Chart. Th. 430, 30. v. Maskell's Monumenta, vol, i. C. 3
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BIN
A manger, crib, BIN, hutch ⬩ præsepe, præsepium
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A manger, crib, BIN, hutch; præsepe, præsepium Binn præsepe, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2; Som. 8, 27. Heó hine on binne aléde reclinavit eum in præsepio, Lk. Bos. 2, 7, 12, 16: Exon. 18 b; Th. 45, 25; Cri. 724.
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bóc-fel
A skin prepared for books, parchment, vellum ⬩ charta pergamena, membrana
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[fell skin] A skin prepared for books, parchment, vellum; charta pergamena, membrana Bócfel membrana, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 111; Wrt. Voc. 46, 68. Bócfel bargina, 16. Som. 58, 57; Wrt. Voc. 21, 44.
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weorold-sprǽc
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Ælfc. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, 2. Gé lufiaþ woruldsprǽca, 34; Th. ii. 356, 20. Hyne sylfne ǽgðer ge wið woroldsprǽce ge wið worold*-*dǽda warnige hé and healde, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 414, 38
cáf
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Se eorðlica kempa bið ǽfre gearo and cáf, swá hwyder swá hé faran sceal tó gefeohte mid ðám kininge, Hex. 34, 19. Þæt hý sýn cáfran tó Godes þeówdóme, R. Ben. 68, 19. Petrus wæs cáfost on Crístes lufe, Hml. Th. ii. 388, 29. Add