irfe-weardness
An inheritance
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An inheritance Yrfeweardnes hereditas, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Sons. 57, 95; Wrt. Voc. 20, 36. Drihtnes dǽl wæs his folc and Iacob his yrfeweardnis pars domini populus ejus, Jacob funiculus hereditatis ejus, Deut. 32, 9.
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íðan
To lay waste ⬩ desolate ⬩ destroy
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Ýðde ðisne eardgeard ælda scyppend the creator of men laid waste this world, Exon. 77 b ; Th. 291, 20; Wand. 85. Ýðan, 126 a; Th. 484, 13; Rä. 70, 7. Íðende depopulis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 27
Lǽden-bóc
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A Latin book Nán man næfþ lédenbóca angit be fullon búton hé ðone cræft cunne no man perfectly understands Latin books, unless he know that art [grammar], Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 50, 65. Áwriten on lédenbócum written down in Latin books, Homl.
lorh
A pole
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A pole, a weaver's beam Lorh vel webbeám liciatorium [lignum in quo licium involvitur, et laqueus qui de filo solet fieri, Ducange], Ælfc. Gl, 110; Som. 79, 48; Wrt. Voc. 59, 19.
ge-wit-leást
Folly ⬩ madness ⬩ phrensy ⬩ stultitia
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Th. i. 424, 16: Ælfc. T. Lisle 32, 24. Wið ða ádle ðe grécas frenésis nemnaþ ðæt is on úre geþeóde gewitlést ðæs módes for the disease which the Greeks call φρένησιs, that is, in our language, witlessness of the mind, Herb. 96, 4; Lchdm. i. 210, 1
grundlinga
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From the very bottom or root, entirely, totally Grundlunge oððe mid stybbe mid ealle stirpatus: grundlunga funditus: grundlinga oððe mid wyrttruman mid ealle radicitus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 3, 4.
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be-swincan
To toil, labour, make with toil ⬩ laborare
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Ðæt hrægl is beswuncen laboratur vestis, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 48
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BLǼTAN
To BLEAT ⬩ balare ⬩ to cry as a sheep or goat, to bleat
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Scǽp blǽt ovis balat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 9. Hit biþ swíðe dyslíc ðæt se man beorce oððe blǽte it is very foolish that the man bark or bleat, 22; Som. 24, 12
ge-beorc
A barking ⬩ latrātus
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, swylc swá is hryðera gehlów, and horsa hnǽgung, húnda gebeorc, treówa brastlung, et cætera confused voice is what is without understanding, such as is the lowing of oxen, and the neighing of horses, the barking of dogs, the rustling of trees, etc, Ælfc
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ge-cwid-rǽdden
An agreement ⬩ a contract ⬩ statute ⬩ conspiration ⬩ ratio ⬩ pactorum ⬩ conventio ⬩ conspiratio
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Gecwidrædden conspiratio, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 87 : Wrt. Voc. 34, 19. Ðæt wæs seó gecwydrǽden that was the agreement, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 111, 26
ge-hýrsum
Obedient ⬩ obliging ⬩ ready to serve ⬩ obĕdiens ⬩ offĭciōsus
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Éstful vel gehýrsum offĭciōsus, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 54; Wrt. Voc. 61, 32. H woldon hint beón gehýrsume they would be obedient to him, Chr. 1083 ; Erl. 217, 6
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þeówet-líc
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Servile Þeówtlíc (þeówet-, þeówot-) servilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 55, 1. Þeówtlícum inhíréde vernacula clientela, Hpt. Gl. 483, 71. Mid þeówetlícum móde seruili mente, Scint. 63, 13. Þeówtlícne líchoman servile corpus, Hymn. Surt. 50, 12.
wræc-síþian
To be ⬩ travel in a foreign country, to be in exile
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To be or travel in a foreign country, to be in exile Ic wræcsíðige peregrinor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 145, 19. Ðæt hine mann ásende ofer sǽ on wræcsíð tó sumum wéstene, on ðam ðe cristene menn for geleáfan fordémde wræcsíðedon, Homl. Th. i. 560, 22.
blóstm
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Blóstm flos, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 312, 2: flosculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 58. Ísengrǽgum blóstme ferrugineo flore, 147, 67. Flores blóstma (-as?, -an?) s. nominati quod cito defluant de arboribus, Wülck. Gl. 240, 22.
ge-méde
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II l ; S. 24, 9. of things, that satisfies requirements, adequate, suitable Heó hit Ósulfe on ǽht gesealde wið gemédan feó ( the land was sold for a fair price, or (?) a price that had been agreed on ), Che. Th. 170, 21
hilt
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Oð ðá hylta hé behýdde þæt swurd capulotenus abdidit ensem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 272, 17. Dele all derivates but fetel-, and add:
hand-wyrm
An insect supposed to produce disease in the hand
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An insect supposed to produce disease in the hand Handwyrm surio vel briensis vel sirineus, Ælfc. Gl. 24; Som. 60, 25; Wrt. Voc. 24, 28. Handwyrm ureius, Wrt. Voc. 288, 4.
BRÓM
The well-known shrub from which besoms are made, hence BROOM ⬩ genista
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The well-known shrub from which besoms are made, hence BROOM; genista Bróm genista, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 64, 130; Wrt. Voc. 32, 64: L. M. 1, 55; Lchdm. ii. 126, 12: 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 19: Wrt. Voc. 80, 16: 285, 69.
on-rǽs
On-rush, attack, assault, violent motion
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On-rush, attack, assault, violent motion Onrǽs impetus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 12. Flódes onrǽs fluminis impetus, Ps. Spl. 45, 4: Ps. Surt. ii. 189, 40. Hyne þurhþýdde mid egeslícum onhrǽse, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 274. Onrǽs irruptionem, Hpt.
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BELL
A BELL ⬩ campana ⬩ tintinnabulum ⬩ cymbalum
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Belle tintinnabulum Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 39. Hériaþ hine on bellum laudate eum in cymbalis Ps. Lamb. 150, 5. Seó lytle belle the little bell. Seó mycele belle the large bell; campana Lye
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