spinel
A spindle ⬩ fusus
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Hé sceal . . . spinle habban, Anglia ix. 263, 10
gid
a song ⬩ lay ⬩ poem ⬩ cantus ⬩ cantilena ⬩ carmen ⬩ poema ⬩ A speech ⬩ tale ⬩ sermon ⬩ proverb ⬩ riddle ⬩ sermo ⬩ dictum ⬩ loquela ⬩ proverbium ⬩ ænigma
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Ðæt ic ða ged ne mæg gefégean that I cannot compose the poems [songs], Bt. Met.
wlacu
Lukewarm ⬩ tepid
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Voc. ii. 50, 43. Grammar wlacu, in a physical sense Gedó ðæt sió wyrt wlacu (blacu, MS.) sý, and þyge hý, Lchdm. i. 80, 13. Wlece hyt, ðæt hyt wlæc beó, and habbe on hys múþe swá wlac, iii. 106, 2-4.
wund
Wounded
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Wounded. in a physical sense, of a wound inflicted. Similar entries v. wund, I. I Ða hwíle ðe hé wund wæs dum convalescit a vulnere, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 9. Gif wælt wund weorðeþ, L. Ethb. 68; Th. i. 18, 19.
ge-myntan
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Th. ii. 142, 10. construction uncertain Ðæt gemynte irre molitam iram, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 37
ge-tríwe
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Voc. ii. 60, 71. non-material Getrýwe gewitnes, Ll. Th. i. 290, 19: ii. 302, 6. Getrýwes ingehídes fidi prepositi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 72. Getrí-wan fida (pollicitatione ), An. Ox. 9, 7.
ge-nyhtsumian
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Th. ii. 556, 12. Genyhtsumaþ (hé hæfð genóh, W. S.), Mt. R. 25, 29: 13, 12. Þǽm hæbbendum mon sceal ágyfan and hí genyhtsumiað, Ll. Th. i. 196, 23. <b>I a.
steóran
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Th. i. 360, 15. <b>II a.</b> to keep back from what is good :-- Ic dysge dwelle and óðrum stýre nyttre fóre I (night) lead the foolish astray and keep back others from a useful course, Exon.
CYN
every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN ⬩ genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progenies ⬩ Gender ⬩ genus ⬩ a sex ⬩ sexus
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Ǽlc nýten biþ oððe he, oððe heó every animal is either he, or she, 6; Som. 5, 34. Neutrum is náðor cynd, ne werlíces, ne wíflíces neuter is neither kind, neither of male nor of female, 6; Som. 5, 32.
nosu
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Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá nosu ( per nasum) . . . ?, Past. 433, 19-22. Is sió lytle nosu ðæt mon ne sié gescádwís; for ðǽm mid ðǽre nose wé tósceádað ðá stencas, 65, 19-21. Nosa habbað nares habent, Ps.
heard-heort
Hard-hearted, stiff-necked
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Hwá is swá heardheort ðæt ne mæg wépan swylces ungelimpes who is so hard of heart that he cannot weep at such misfortunes, Chr. 1086; Erl. 219, 40. His folc is hardheort thou art a stiff-necked people, Ex. 33, 3, 5: Homl.
CORN
CORN ⬩ a grain ⬩ seed ⬩ berry ⬩ frumentum ⬩ granum ⬩ bacca ⬩ a hard or cornlike pimple ⬩ a corn ⬩ kernel on the feet ⬩ pustula ⬩ clavus
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Ifig byrþ corn golde gelíce ivy bears berries like gold Herb. 121, 1; Lchdm. i. 234, 4.
welig
Wealthy ⬩ rich ⬩ opulent
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Th. ii. 502, 21
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fóre-weard
FORWARD ⬩ fore ⬩ former ⬩ early ⬩ prōnus ⬩ antĕrior ⬩ prior
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In fóreweardum Danieles dagum in the early days of Daniel, Chr. 709; Erl. 42, 30. On fóreweard Eásterfæsten in the fore [part of the] Easter-fast; incĭpiente Quadragēsĭma, Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 37.
eard
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Ic gewende tó mínum earde, þǽr ic geboren wæs revertar in terram, in qua natus sum, Num. 10, 30. Se kyning ðe hine ( David ) on suá heardum wræce gebróhte, and of his earde ádrǽfde, Past. 37, 4.
ge-líc
Like ⬩ alike ⬩ similar ⬩ equal ⬩ sĭmĭlis ⬩ æquālis
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Ís byþ gimmum gelícust ice is most like gems, Runic pm. 11; Hick. Thes. i, 135, 21; Kmbl. 341, 17. Didimus ðæt ys Gelýcost on ure geðeóde Didimus, that is in our language twin, Jn. 20, 24 : 21, 2
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alewe
The aloe ⬩ bitter spice ⬩ aloes ⬩ aloe
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M. cont. 2, 64; Lchdm, ii. 174, 6. Gedó alwan gódne dǽl ðǽron put a good deal of aloes therein, L. M. 12, 14; Lchdm, ii. 192, 5: 194, 25. Aluwan gegníd rub up aloes, Lchdm, iii. 2, 15. Nim alewan [MS. alewen] take aloes, 104, 26: 134, 9
dæg-ðerlíc
Daily, present ⬩ diurnus, hodiernus
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Th. ii. 224, 29. On ðisre dægðerlícan rǽdinge in this daily lecture, i. 194, 24. Se gódspellere Lucas beleác ðis dægðerlíce gódspel mid feáwum wordum the evangelist Luke concluded the gospel of this day with few words, i. 90, 8.
Engla feld
ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi
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nam in this year [A.
un-þinged
Uninvited ⬩ sudden ⬩ unexpected
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Uninvited, sudden, unexpected Ðý læs iów geméte se réða and se egeslíca dæg, se cymð ofer ealle eorðwaran unðinged, swǽ swǽ grin et superveniat in vos repentina dies illa.
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