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clam

(n.)
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Grammar clam, l. clám, es; m. , and add: mortar, mud, clay, paste Mænge wið ele ꝥ hit sý swylce clám, Lch. iii. 48, 19. Clámes gefége liturae compage, An. Ox. 4439. in medicine, a poultice Clám, clíþan tiriaca, An. Ox. 964. Clám wiþ þon: þá reádan

frec

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Frec wásend gulosa ingluvies, An. Ox. 3569. Fræc, 2, 225. Gyf fríg man swá fræc sý þæt hé þæt fæsten ábrece. Wlfst. 172, 2. Frecces ambronis, An. Ox. 11, 106. Fræcum gulosa, 2445. Þý frettan (freccan?) gulosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 64. Hí mettas him on múð

heden

(n.)

an overcoata mantlecloak

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an overcoat, a mantle, cloak Heden cosla. Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 25: 13, 56: gunna, 110, 19. Crúsne (q. v.) vel heden cocula, 135, 39: 136, 49. Þurh láréwlicum basincge, hedene, scicelse magistri melote, An. Ox. 1471. Grammar heden, perhaps hǽðen, not hæðen

líc-rest

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Add: a vehicle or bier in which a corpse is borne Man slóh án geteld ofer þá hálgan ban binnan þǽre lícreste (of. tentorio maiore supra carrum in quo reliquiae (þá bán ) inerant extenso, Bd. 3, ll), Hml. S. 26, 181. a grave, tomb, sepulchre Hé wilnode

æsc-holt

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-holt, es; nom. pl. holt; n.

Ash-woodan ash-wood spearlignum fraxineumhasta fraxinea

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Ash-wood, an ash-wood spear; lignum fraxineum, hasta fraxinea Æscholt asceóc shook his ashen spear, Byrht. 138, 35; By. 230: Beo. Th. 665; B. 330

elm-boga

(n.)
Grammar
elm-boga, an; m.

An elbow cŭbĭtum

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An elbow; cŭbĭtum Gif se earm biþ forad búfan elmbogan if the arm be broken above the elbow, L. Alf. pol. 54; Th. i. 94, 24

fáh-man

(n.)
Grammar
fáh-man, -mon, es; m.

A foeman, an enemyinĭmīcus

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A foeman, an enemy; inĭmīcus Gif hie fáhmon [fáhman MS. H.] geierne if a foeman flee to it, L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 9

Linked entry: ge-fáhmon

freónd-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-spéd, e; f.

An abundance of friendsamīcōrum cōpia

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An abundance of friends; amīcōrum cōpia Ic ðam magorince sylle freóndspéd I will give many friends to the youth, Cd. 106; Th. 140, 19; Gen. 2330

fyrn-gewinn

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-gewinn, es; n.

An ancient warvĕtus pugna

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An ancient war; vĕtus pugna On ðæm wæs ór writen fyrngewinnes on which was engraved the origin of the ancient war, Beo. Th. 3382; B. 1689

ealdor-mon

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-mon, -monn, es; m.

An elderman, alderman, nobleman, chief mājor nātu, princeps

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An elderman, alderman, nobleman, chief; mājor nātu, princeps Ebrinus se ealdormon Ebrinus mājor dŏmus rēgiae. Bd 4, 1; S. 564, 33: 2, 13; S. 515, 32

metod-wang

(n.)
Grammar
metod-wang, es; m.

The plain where the decrees of fate are executeda battlefield

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The plain where the decrees of fate are executed, a battlefield Ðonne rond and hand on herefelda helm ealgodon, on meotudwange, Andr. Kmbl. 21; An. 11

ge-defen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-defen, part.

Fitproperduedēbĭtus

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Fit, proper, due; dēbĭtus Gedefen dēbĭtus, Cot. 61 : Th. An. 101, 10. To forþspównesse gedefenre heánesse ad profectum dēbĭti culmĭnis, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 17

georran

(v.)
Grammar
georran, girran, gyrran; ic georre, gyrre, ðú gyrst, he gyrþ, pl. georraþ; p. gear, pl. gurron; pp. gorren

To chatter, sound, creaksonare, stridere, garrire

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To chatter, sound, creak; sonare, stridere, garrire Ic gyrre garrio, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 29. Strengas gurron the ropes creaked, Andr. Kmbl. 748; An. 374

Linked entries: girran gyrran

ge-métednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-métednes, -ness, e; f.

An invention, a discoveryinventio, adinventio

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An invention, a discovery; inventio, adinventio Syle heom after nearoþancnysse oððe máne gemétednessa oððe heora afundennysse da illis sĕcundum nequĭtiam adinventiōnum ipsŏrum, Ps. Lamb. 27, 4

Linked entry: ge-métnes

scín-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
scín-líc, adj.
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Of the nature of an apparition, phantasmal Suoefno and næhta scínelíco sompnia et noxia fantasmata (the glosser seems to have read noctes fantasmaticae? ), Rtl. 180, 16

stirfig

(adj.)
Grammar
stirfig, adj.
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Pertaining to an animal that has died Gif hwá ete styrfig flǽsc si quis carnem morticinam ederit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 27 ; Th. ii. 212, 17

Linked entry: styrfig

wuldor-mága

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-mága, an; m.

A man who will attain the glory of heavenan heir of heaven

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A man who will attain the glory of heaven, an heir of heaven Se wuldormága (St. Guthlac), Exon. Th. 167, 28; Gú. 1067. v. next word

æt-standend

(n.)
Grammar
æt-standend, es; m.
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A bystander, an attendant Seó heofenlice cwén cwæð tó hire ætstandendum, Hml. Th. i. 450, 31. Hé þone Hǽlend bodode eallum ætstandendum, Hml. S. 29, 255

brǽw

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Brǽwas palpebre, i. superciliarum loca, An. Ox. 1731 On ðæs siwenígean eágum ðá brǽwas (palpebrae) greátigað, Past. 69, 2. Dínum bréwum, palpebre, Kent. Gl. 79. Add:

burg-rúne

(n.)
Grammar
burg-rúne, an; -rún, e; f. [Substitute these for burh-rúnan.]
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A sorceress Burgrúnan furiae. Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 42. Burhrúnan, 151, 76. Burgrúnae (-e) parcas, Txts. 86, 761. Burgrúnan, An. Ox. 38, 2. Cf. hægtess(e)