sceaþel
A shuttle
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Hé sceal habban fela tówtóla . . . cranc*-*stæf, sceaþele, seámsticcan, Anglia ix. 263, 14
æfter-sanglic
Of matins
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Of matins Lofe hí singon æftersingallice (l. sanglice) laudes psallant matutinales, Angl. xiii. 398, 476
Linked entry: -sanglic
ǽ-rǽfe
Discovered
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Discovered Hí drifon stacan on Wulfstánes feder, and ðet werð ǽreáfe, Cht. Th. 230, 16
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heála
Rupture, hydrocele ⬩ hernia ⬩ hernia
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Rupture, hydrocele Gif hé hæfde heálan si fuerit ponderosus, Past. 11, 1; Swt. 65, 5
Linked entry: heálede
ge-ágan
to possess
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to possess Þæt hí gelýfon tó geágenne þá écan welan, Hml. Th. i. 64, 19
Linked entry: ágan
slíþness
A formation (?), a graven image
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, a graven image Hí þeówedon slíþnesse servierunt sculptilibus Ps. Spl. T. 105, 33
Linked entry: slíþe
sorig
Sorry ⬩ grieved
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Sorry, grieved Hé biþ suíðe sorig (sárig, Cote. MSS.) dolet, Past. 33; Swt. 227, 8
ge-þylmédan
to make patient ⬩ bring down
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to make patient, bring down Hí geþylméde synt ipsi obligati sunt, Ps. Lamb, 19, 9
tow-tól
An implement for spinning
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An implement for spinning Hé sceal fela towtóla habban, flexlínan, spinle . . . Anglia ix. 263, 10
sixtig-wintre
sixty years old
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sixty years old Hé wæs fíf and sixtigwintre, Gen. 5, 15, 18, 20, 21, 23
á-brúcan
To partake of (gen.), eat
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.), eat Hé ábreác ðæs forbodenan treówes æpples, Angl. xi. 1, 17
stód-hors
A stud-horse
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A stud-horse Gyf mon mǽte ðæt hé feola stódhorsa habbe, Lchdm. iii. 176, 5
teáh
a tie, band ⬩ a case, coffer, casket, box ⬩ an enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)
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Lege ðé his teáge an sweoran. Lchdm. iii. 42, 13. Hé cyning gebond fýrnum teágum, Exon. Th. 46, 7; Cri. 733. Liðewácum tagum (teágum?, tánum?, or tógum? as an alternative gloss to lentis. v.
fǽr
a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident
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Hé sóna deád wæs. Ðá ꝥ gesáwon ðá burgware, ðá wurdon hié swíðe forhte for ðǽm fære, Bl. H. 199, 24. Preóstas magon bútan fére (without ill result?) þæs mónan ylde findan mid geráde, Angl. viii. 332, 46.
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fandian
To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search out ⬩ tentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre
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He gársecg fandaþ he tempteth the ocean, Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 20; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 50. Ðú fandodest us God prŏbasti nos Deus, Ps. Spl. 65, 9. Ferdon ða Phariséi, and his fandedon exiērunt Pharisæi, tentantes eum, Mk. Bos. 8, 11.
frættewian
To adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ embroider ⬩ trim ⬩ ornāre
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Ic wylle frætwian mec I will prepare myself, Exon. 119 a; Th. 456, 23; Hy. 4, 71. Hí oððe hi sylfe frætwiaþ aut seipsas adornent, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 17.
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HWÝ
WHY.
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Ðá áscade hé Æðelm hwý hit him ryht ne þuhte ðæt we him gereaht hæfden then he asked Æthelm why that did not seem right to him which we had arranged for him, Chart. Th. 171, 12.
lǽswian
To pasture ⬩ feed ⬩ graze
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Ðá lǽswode heó hire féstermódor sceápum then she fed her foster-mother's sheep, Shrn. 101, 14. Ðá lǽswede hé mid his fæder sceápum, 108, 31. Ða assan wið hí lǽswodon the asses were grazing by them, Homl. Th. ii. 450, 6.
Linked entry: lǽsian
munuc
A monk
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Hé beád, ðæt nán his bearna ðæt menster leng mid preóstan gesette, ac ðæt hit éfre mid munecan stóde, Chart. Th. 227, 17. Hé sende Godes þeów Agustinum and óðre monige munecas. Bd. 1. 23; S. 485, 27
Linked entry: munec
nosu
the nose ⬩ a ness ⬩ a piece of land projecting into water
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Hé hæfþ medemlíce nosu, Homl. i. 456, 18 : 568, 33. Hé hæfde midmycle nosu þynne, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34. Wið blódryne of nosum, Lchdm. i. 72, 17 : 352, 3. Gif hwylcum weargbrǽde weaxe on ðám nosum, 86, 1.
Linked entries: nasu nose leþer-hose