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hróf

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</b> in phrases that denote entering, or being in, a house, chamber :--- Hrófe tigillo (in proprii domatis tigillo conflagrasse memoratur, Ald. 38, 22), An. Ox. 2, 110. Biðon tuoege in hrófe ánum, Lk. L. R. 17, 34.

ceáp-man

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-man, cýp-man, cýpe-man;-mannes; -men; -men; -manna; -mannum; m. A

CHAPMAN, merchant, market-manmercator, negotiator, nundinator

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In. 25; Th. i. 118, 12, note 32: Obs. Lun. § 14; Lchdm. iii. 190, 23. Ða cýpmen binnon ðam temple getácnodon unrihtwíse láreówas on Godes gelaðunge the chapmen within the temple betokened unrighteous teachers in God's church, Homl.

CLOM

(n.)
Grammar
CLOM, clommes; m; clam; clammes; m.

A band, bond, clasp, bandage, chain, prisonvinculum, carcer

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On ðissum fæstum clomme in this fast bondage, 21; Th. 26, 17; Gen. 408. Clommum fæste fast in bonds, Andr. Kmbl. 260; An. 130. Cealdan clommum with cold bands, 2425; An. 1214

Linked entry: clam

eác

(prep.; con.)
Grammar
eác, prep. dat.

With, in addition to, besides cum, præter

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With, in addition to, besides; cum, præter Gif ðú sunu áge, oððe swǽsne mǽg, oððe freónd ǽnigne eác ðissum idesum, aláide of ðysse leód-byrig if thou have a son, or beloved kinsman, or any friend with [in addition to] these damsels, lead [them] from

Linked entries: ǽc éc ícan

fleah

(n.)
Grammar
fleah, fleó, flió, flié, flíg; indecl. n: fleá, an; m.

A white spot in the eyealbūgo

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Se hæfþ eallinga fleah on his módes eágum he has altogether a white speck in the eyes of his mind, 11, 4; Hat. MS. 15b, 1

flýman fyrmþ

(n.)
Grammar
flýman fyrmþ, fliéman feorm, e;

A fugitive's food or supportthe offence of harbouring a fugitivethe penalty for such an offencefŭgïtīvi susceptio

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In. 30; Th. i. 120, 16

Linked entries: fliéman feorm feorm

fóre-settan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett

To set beforeproposeshutclose inpræpōnĕrepropōnĕrepræclūdĕre

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Hí ná fóresetton ðé on gesihþe his non propŏsuērunt te in conspectu suo, Ps. Spl. 85, 13: 53, 3. Gemétton [MS. gemettan] we us storme fóresette invēnĭmus nos tempestāte præclūsos, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 31

HWǼTE

(n.)
Grammar
HWǼTE, es; m.

WHEAT

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Tó ðæm ðæt hé him tó tíde gemetlíce gedǽle ðone hwǽte ut det illis in tempore tritici mensuram, Past. 63; Swt. 459, 13. Fullne hwǽte on ðam eare plenum frumentum in spica, Mk. Skt. 4, 28. Hwǽtas frumenta, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 10.

land-seten

(n.)
Grammar
land-seten, e; f.

an estateoccupation of land

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Land in possession or occupation, an estate Ðis his sió landseten æt Stántúne ðe Cénwold hæfde [then follow the boundaries], Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 403, 24.

Linked entry: feld-seten

leóþ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cræft, es; m.

poetryversea poem

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Hé biþ swá ðeáh on leópcræfte ǽgðer ge lang ge sceort it [i of the genitive in certain words] is however in poetry both long and short, 18; Som. 21, 51. Ða gemetu gebyriaþ tó lédenum leóþcræfte metres pertain to Latin poetry, 50; Som. 51, 66.

líne

(n.)
Grammar
líne, an; f.

a lineropea linerowrulecanon

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Voc. 56, 60. a line, row, line for guidance, rule, canon Þurh ðæs cantices cwide, Cristes línan [the rule laid down by Christ in the Lord's Prayer], Salm. Kmbl. 34; Sal. 17.

BLÓMA

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓMA, an; m. [blów+am+a, Ettm. 314]

Metal, the metal taken from the orea massmetallum, massathat which adheres together like a dough

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Blóma is contained in one of our oldest glossaries Dáh [MS. dað] vel blóma massa, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 9; Wrt. Voc. 34, 68. Also in a Semi-Saxon glossary of the 12th century,-Blóma vel dáh massa, Wrt. Voc. 94, 63

Linked entry: gold-blóma

ge-dreccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dreccan, p. -drehte; pp. -dreht, -dreaht

To vexafflicttormentoppressvexareaffligeretribulareopprimere

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To vex, afflict, torment, oppress; vexare, affligere, tribulare, opprimere He hæfþ on slǽpe ðýn wýf gedreht he hath vexed thy wife in her sleep, Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 15.

Linked entries: ge-drecte ge-dreht

ge-mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mynegian, p. ode; pp. od
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Ðá wearþ he on swefne gemynegod then was he admonished in a dream, Homl. Th. i. 88, 22. Gemyngad admonitus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 2, 22: Mt. Bos. 14, 8. Seó gemynegode cyninges dóhter memorata regis filia, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 3

Linked entry: mynegian

scír-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
scír-geréfa, an; m.
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Hist. i. 113 ; Kemble's Saxons in England, bk. ii. c. v. The word glosses preses in Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 11. of a secular official, v. scír, Ælfnóþ scírgeréfa, Chr. 1056; Erl. 190, 29.

Linked entry: ge-réfa

tán

(adj.)
Grammar
tán, adj.

Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family

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The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family Ic Ismael wille bletsian, swá ðú béna eart, ðæt feorhdaga on woruldríce worn gebíde tánum túdre ( with a family that has many branches.

tíder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíder-líc, adj.
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In giscæf[te] téderlícum in sexu fragili, Rtl. 51, 7. Tydderlícne líchoman hád fragilem corporis sexum, Hymn. Surt. 139, 13. Ic eom þurh míne tydderlíce gecynd líchamlíc man, Homl. Ass. 156, 123.

Linked entry: téder-

þroht-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
þroht-heard, adj.

strong under afflictionshaving fortitude or endurance in troublegrievously hard

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Blíðheort wunode eorl unforcúð elnes gemyndig, þríst and þrohtheard in þreánédum, Andr. Kmbl. 2529; An. 1266. Héton lǽdan út þrohtheardne þegn, woldon ellenrófes mód gemiltan; hit ne mihte swá, 2781; An. 1393.

þole-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
þole-mód, adj.
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Þolemód on wiþerweardum þingum patient in adversity, R. Ben. 26, 18. His mon fandige hwæðer hé þolemód (þolo-, Wells Frag.) sý and geþyldig probetur in omni patientia, 99, 4. Þolomód patiens, Scint.8, 12, 14.

Linked entries: þol-mód þolo-mód

unriht-wrigels

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-wrigels, es; n.

A veil of error

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Their minds were blinded; for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ ... The vail is upon their heart.