ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
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a dry measure of four bushels; mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos. v. Registri Honoris de Richm. App. p. 44, where, in an extent of the manors of Crowhurst and Fylesham, in Sussex, 8 Edw.
ang-sum
Narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard ⬩ difficult ⬩ angustus ⬩ difficilis
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Narrow, strait, troublesome, hard, difficult, angustus, difficilis Eálá hú neara and hú angsum is ðæt geat, and se weg ðe to lífe gelǽdt; and swýðe feáwa synt ðe ðone weg findon quam angusta porla, et arcta via est, quae ducit ad vitam; et pauci sunt
Linked entries: anc-sum ang-sum-líc
ǽ-fæstlic
legitimate ⬩ religious
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legitimate Ǽwfæstlicere legitime, An. Ox. 851. religious Hé forgitt ðæt hé ǽr ǽfæstlices (-fest-, Cott. MSS.) geðóhte obliviscitur quidquid religiose cogitavit, Past. 57, 8
ár-ýþ
An oar-wave ⬩ unda remis pulsata
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An oar-wave; unda remis pulsata Hærn eft onwand, árýða geblond the tide turned back, the commotion of the oar-waves, Andr. Kmbl. 1063; An. 532
ǽ-híw
Pallor
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Pallor Ǽhíwum palloribus, An. Ox. 4897
Linked entry: hiw
ác-beám
An oak-tree ⬩ quercus
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An oak-tree; quercus, Ettm. p. 51
ǽ-swýc
An offence ⬩ scandalum
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An offence; scandalum, Ps. Th. 105, 26
and-spyrnes
An offence ⬩ scandalum
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An offence; scandalum.Mt. Rush. Stv. 16, 23
ác-tán
An oak-twig
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An oak-twig Áctánas, Lch. ii. 322, 19
Linked entry: tán
and-weard
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Add: -wurd, -wyrd. local Hé is ǽghwǽr andweard . . . hé is on ǽlcere stówe, Hml. Th. i. 158, 4. Ic wæs and*-*weard sumum bréðer, Gr. D. 267, 24. Him biþ beforan andweard engla cynn, Bl. H. 83, 11.
and-wyrding
A consent ⬩ an agreement ⬩ a conspiring ⬩ conspiracy ⬩ conspiratio
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A consent, an agreement, a conspiring, conspiracy; conspiratio, Cot. 46
Linked entry: -wyrding
ǽ-swícung
An offence ⬩ scandalum
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An offence; scandalum Ðú settest ǽswícunge ponebas scandalum, Ps. Spl. 49, 21
Linked entry: á-swicung
and-leofa
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Eów andlifan syllan and eów eówre þearfe forgifan quae uictui sunt necessaria ministrare, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 55, 11. Andleofan, 20. Hé him eallum hét dón andlifan genóhne, Ll. Th. ii. 372, 30. v. an-leofa in Dict
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am-byr
Favourable ⬩ fair ⬩ æquus ⬩ secundus
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Favourable, fair; æquus, secundus Gyf man hæfde ambyrne wind if a man had a favourable wind, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 20
and-weorc
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Gl. 245, 36. v. an-weorc in Dict. Add
ác-wern
The name of an animal, a squirrel ⬩ scirra ⬩ sciurus
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The name of an animal, a squirrel; scirra, sciurus, Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 9
Linked entry: ácweorna
ǽ-mynde
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For ' <b>ǽ-mynde,</b> es; n. . . . neglect' substitute: <b>ǽ-mynd, e</b>; f. Jealousy, and add Ǽmend zelum, Angl. 32, 506. Cf. myne love
ǽ-welm
A welling up of water ⬩ spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ source ⬩ head of a river ⬩ beginning ⬩ aquæ fons
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A welling up of water, spring, fountain, source, head of a river, beginning; aquæ fons Swá sum mical ǽwelm and dióp as some great and deep spring, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 10.
and-weardnes
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Gl. 477, 21) ad praesentiam, An. Ox. 3015. temporal Þysses dæges þe wé nú on andweardnesse ( at the present time ) weorþiað, Bl. H. 115, 30.
and-sæc
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Ðá ðáá Þú ondsæc dydest, þæt þú on feorwegas féran ne cúðe, An. 929. Add