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BROC

(n.)
Grammar
BROC, es; m?

A BROCK, badgertaxo = tassusmeles

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Sum fyðerféte nýten is, ðæt we nemnaþ taxonem, ðæt ys broc on Englisc there is a four-footed animal, which we name taxonem, that is brock in English, Med. ex Quadr. 1, 2; Lchdm. i. 326, 12

Linked entry: brocc

ge-swétan

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Medo geswét vel weall defrutum, i. vinum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 24. Geswéttes ealoþ, Cht. Th. 158, 23. Geswéttum lento defruto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 70. Æfter þon sealte mettas mid ecede geswéte, Lch. ii. 184, 8. Add

á-teorigendlic

getting exhaustedweariedfailingtransitoryperishabledefective

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Sé ðe forlǽt ðá áteorigendlican ðing, hé underféhð þá gástlican méde, 398, 4 : Hml. A. 46, 536. in grammar, defective þæt is áteorigendlic, Reor is defectivum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 161, 20.

metgung

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</b> v. meduma a treadle

swinc

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Dele second passage, for which see swinge, and add Swá hwæt swá hé begit his swinces tó médes hé hit bringð tó mé, Hml. S. 36, 43

stellan

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Þá þára gásta gehwylc his ácsunge synderlíce gerehton, . . . þá stelde (stælde, v. l.) þǽr án forð in heora middle (unus in medium prosiliit), Gr. D. 189, 13. Add

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, <b>=(?)</b> métan
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Gif man óðerne sace tihte and hé ðane mannan móte (meet with; Price translates cite, see his note) an medle oððe an þinge, L.H.E. 8; Th. i. 30, 11

cicel

(n.)
Grammar
cicel, cicles; m.

A morsel, little mouthful, cakebuccella, placenta

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Gemenged wið meolowe and to cicle abacen mingled with meal and baked to a cake, Med. ex Quadr. 9, 17; Lchdm. i. 364, 14. Bac hym ánne cicel bake him a cake, Lchdm. iii. 134, 20: L. M. 1, 46; Lchdm. ii. 114, 25: Lchdm. iii. 30, 19, 26: 96, 17

Linked entry: cycel

in-stæpes

(adv.)
Grammar
in-stæpes, -stepes; adv.

At onceimmediately

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Ðéh gé sóna instæpes ðǽre méde ne ne onfón, 41, 13. Instepes, 33, 19. Ðæt fæsten wæs ongunnen instepes ðæs ðe . . . the fast was begun directly after . . . 35, 5. Hí flugon instæpes they fled forthwith, Elen. Kmbl. 254; El. 127

Linked entry: in-stæpe

on-león

(v.)
Grammar
on-león, p. -láh, -leáh; pl. -ligon; pp. -ligen.

to grant the loan of something (gen. of loan)to grant, bestow

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Metod onláh Médum aldordómes, Cd. Th. 258, 25; Dan. 681. Ungelíc ðam óðrum stede ðe mé men hearra onlág, 23, 12; Gen. 358. Hé mé láre onlág, Elen. Kmbl. 2489; El. 1246. God hyre sigores onleáh, Judth. Thw. 23, 16; Jud. 124

þunor-cláfre

(n.)
Grammar
þunor-cláfre, -clǽfre, an; f.

Bugleajuga reptans

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Þundre clovere consolida media, Wrt. Voc. i. 140, 68,, Þis is seó æðeleste eáhsealf ... Genim ... ðunor-clǽfran blósman, Lchdm. iii. 4, 7. Ðunorcláfran, i. 374. 4

hleótend

(n.)
Grammar
hleótend, es; m.
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One who obtains Swá þéh his sylfes wyllan hé wæs lytel (hleótend, v. l.) in ðám midle Crístes þegna tamen sponte fit parvulus in medio discipulorum Gr. D. 218, I

ǽwisc-berend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwisc-berend, es; m.
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middel finger medius vel impudicus, 44, 6. Cf

weóce

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For third passage substitute Þá gefyllde hé mid wætere ealle þǽre cyrcean ciellan and sette weócon (tapor, v.l.) onmiddan ( in media papyrum posuit), and þá mid fýre ontennde, Gr. D. 44, 15

middel-finger

(n.)
Grammar
middel-finger, es; m.

The middle finger

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The middle finger Middelfinger medius vel impudicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 6: 71, 32: ii. 58, 5. Gif man middelfinger of áslæhþ iv. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 54; Th. i. 16, 11

mid-weg

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Þá þá hé wæs on midwege cum in medium iter venisset. Gr. D. 314, 11. Ǽr þám þe hé tó midwege cóme before he had gone halfway, Hml. S.31, 946. Add

be-twyh

(prep.)

between, amonginter, in medio

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between, among; inter, in medio Betwyh ðás þing between these things, in the mean while, whilst; interea, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 26. Betwyh him among them, Bt. 39, 12; Fox 230, 27

un-ádwæscendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádwæscendlíc, adj.

Unquenchableinextinguishable

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Unquenchable, inextinguishable On middel ðæs unádwæscendlícan líges in medium fammarum inextiuguibilium, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 2. On unádwæscendlícum fýre, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 12: Homl. Th. i. 526, 22: Homl. Skt. i. 17, 32

æt-beran

(v.)
Grammar
æt-beran, p. -bær, pl. -bǽron

To bear or carry tobring forwardproducebear away or forthafferreproferreefferre

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To bear or carry to, bring forward, produce, bear away or forth; afferre, proferre, efferre Hió Beówulfe medo-ful ætbær she to Beowulf the mead-cup bore, Beo. Th. 1253; B. 624.

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mǽþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽþ-líc, adj.

Moderatein accordance with due measureproper to a person's degreehaving regard to others

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Gif hwilc forwyrht man hiówan gesǽce, bió se þingad swá hit médlíc sió be ðæs geltes méðe if any criminal betake himself to the convent, let terms be made for him, as may be fit and proper according to the measure of the crime, Chart. Th. 509, 23

Linked entry: mǽþ-full