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sculan

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Hé forgeaf on Godes ést Centingan ðæne borh ðe hý him sceoldan, C.

hæft

(n.)
Grammar
hæft, es; m.

one seized or taken, a captive ⬩ one taken and enslaved, a slave, servant ⬩ a prisoner, bondman ⬩ joined ⬩ vinctus, captivus

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Under hæftum amid the captives, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 9; Sat. 319. one taken and enslaved, a slave, servant Ðá bebohtan bearn Iacobes Ioseph ðǽr hine grame hæfdon tó hæfte in servum venumdatus est Ioseph, Ps. Th. 104, 15.

Linked entry: hæftan

ídel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-ness, e ; f.

Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness

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Forhwan gé mid ídelnesse ealle áríseþ ǽrðon leóht cume in vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere, Ps. Th. 126, 3. Hwí lufige gé ídelnessa and sécaþ leásuncga quid diligitis vanitatem, et quæritis mendacium? 4, 3.

Linked entry: ídel-gild

BLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
BLÓD, es; n.

BLOOD, gore ⬩ sanguis, cruor

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Begleddod is eorþe on blódum infecia est terra in sanguinibus, Ps. Spl. 105, 36. Deád blód clotted blood, gore; cruor, Wrt. Voc. 283, 79

Linked entries: deád blód blód-forlǽtan blód-lǽtan blód-hrǽce

bóc

(n.)
Grammar
bóc, g. bóce? béc; d. béc; acc. bóc; pl. nom. acc. béc; g. bóca; d. bócum, bócan; f.

a BOOK ⬩ liber ⬩ a charter ⬩ charta ⬩ for the books which a priest ought to possess ⬩ for his canonical hours

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On fórewerd ðære bóce [MS. bóc] oððe on heáfde bǽc awriten is be me in capite libri scriptum est de me, Ps. Lamb. 39, 9. On fórewardre ðyssere béc ys awriten be me, ðæt ic sceolde ðínne willan wyrcan, Ps.

sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwung, e; f.

a looking at, contemplation, consideration ⬩ respect,regard ⬩ reconnoitring, surveying, examination ⬩ a spectacle, show ⬩ a show, appearance, pretence

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Se biþ eallenga blind se ðe nóht ne ongiet be ðam leóhte ðære uplecan sceáwunge caecus quippe est, qui supernae contemplationis lumen ignorat, Past. 11, 1; Swt. 65, 7. Sceáwunga, 16, 1;Swt. 99, 2.

ambeht

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht, ambiht, ambieht, ambyht [an-, em-, on-], gen. es; nom. acc. pl. o; n.

An office ⬩ ministry ⬩ service ⬩ command ⬩ message ⬩ officium ⬩ ministerium ⬩ jussum ⬩ mandatum

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An office, ministry, service, command, message; officium, ministerium, jussum, mandatum Ðæm óleccaþ ealle gesceafte, ðe ðæs ambehtes áwuht cunnon all creatures obey him, that know aught of this service, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 17; Met. 11, 9. Lǽste ðú georne

FINOL

(n.)
Grammar
FINOL, finul, finel, fynel, fenol, es; m: finule, finugle, an; f.

The plant FENNEL ⬩ fēnĭcŭlum

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The plant FENNEL; fēnĭcŭlum Finol fēnĭcŭlum, Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 28; Wrt. Voc. 67, 43: L. M. 2, 34; Lchdm. ii. 238, 29. Genim finoles wyrttruman take roots of fennel, 1, 37; Lchdm. ii. 90, 6: 2, 11; Lchdm. ii. 188, 19: 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 23. Of

Linked entries: fenol finel finugle finul

for-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
for-sceap, es; n. [from sceapen formed, created; pp. of sceppan to create] What is for- or mis-shapen

a fault ⬩ crime ⬩ mălefactum

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a fault, crime; mălefactum Me nædre to forsceape scyhte the serpent incited me to crime, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 22; Gen. 898

Linked entry: sceap

neáh-gebúr

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
neáh-gebúr, néh-gebúr, néhche-, néhhe-, néche-, néhe-búr, es; m.

A neighbour

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A neighbour Néhgebúr adfinis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 68 : convical, 135, 56. Míne frýnd and míne miáas and míne neáhgebúras amici mei, et proximi mei, Ps. Th. 37, 11. His neáhgebúras (néhebúras, Lind.: néhgibúras, Rush.) vicini, Jn. Skt. 9, 8. Hyre néhchebúras

Linked entries: freónd dún

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night

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night (as opposed to day) Niht is gesett mannum tó reste on ðysum middanearde ... Úre eorþlíce niht (nyht, MS. M.) cymþ þurh ðære eorþan sceade... Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge óþ hire upgang. Án ðæra dǽla is crepusculum, óðer

Linked entries: næct neaht niht-hwíl un-gecýd

bil-hete

(n.)
Grammar
bil-hete, bill-hete, es; m. [bil, bill ensis, hete odium]

The hate of swords

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The hate of swords; odium ope ensium manifestatum Æfer billhete after the hate of swords, Andr. Kmbl. 156; An. 78

of-dæle

Grammar
of-dæle, an (?). l. of-dæle, es, and add: v. gén-dele, æf-dæll (which should be taken here],
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and cf. æf-, geán-dýne

weler

(n.)
Grammar
weler, weler, welur, welor, weolor, weolur, weoler es;m., e;f.

A lip

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A lip masculine or uncertain Weler labium Wrt. Voc. i. 70, 48. Wæler labrum 64, 53. Welor labium 282, 69: ii. 51, 67. Neoðera welor album 7, 79. Weolure labio Lchdm. i. lxx, 4. Weleras labia Ps. Spl. 11, 2, 4: 65, 12: Ps. Th. 62, 5: 65, 12: Kent. Gl.

Linked entry: weoler

brego-stól

(n.)
Grammar
brego-stól, breogo-stól, es; m. [brego
a ruler, prince, king;
stól
a stool, seat, throne
]

a ruler, prince, king; ⬩ a stool, seat, throne ⬩ A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom ⬩ principis sella, thronus, regnum

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A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom; principis sella, thronus, regnum He him gesealde bold and bregostól he gave him a habitation and a princely seat, Beo. Th. 4398; B. 2196: 4729; B. 2370. He hámes niósan lét ðone bregostól

Linked entry: breogo-stól

bú

(n.)
Grammar
bú, bý, es; n? [ic búe, he býþ, pres. of búan to dwell]

to dwell ⬩ A dwelling, habitation ⬩ habitatio, habitaculum

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A dwelling, habitation; habitatio, habitaculum Bearn hér bú námon, and ðǽr eardedon here children obtained a dwelling, and there settled, Ps. Th. 101. 25. Stanford and Deóra bý wǽron under Norþmannum Stamford and Derby [Deóra bý habitation of deer or

Linked entry: bý

Hwiccas

(n.)
Grammar
Hwiccas, Hwicceas, and Hwiccan [?] or [?] Hwicce [cf. Seaxe]; pl.
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Seó cwén ðære nama wæs Æbbe on hire mægþe ðæt is on Hwyccum wæs gefullad regina nomine Eabæ in sua, id est, Huicciorum provincia fuerat baptizata, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 16

Linked entries: Hwinca Hwyccas Hiccas

lustfullian

(v.)
Grammar
lustfullian, p. ode

To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ take pleasure [in]

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Evan swá swá líchoma wæs lustfulliende Eva velut caro delectata est, 1, 27; S. 497, 15: 5, 12; S. 630, 32. Lustfulligende, 4, 25; S. 600, 22

mennisc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc-ness, e: f.

humanity ⬩ human nature ⬩ incarnation ⬩ humaneness ⬩ humane behaviour

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Se Macedonisca Alexander ðá ðá hé him tó com ðá wæs hé wundriende hyra menniscnysse miratus est eorum humanitatem ), Nar. 38, 25

niþþas

(n.)
Grammar
niþþas, niþas; pl. m. (a poetical word used only in the plural)

Men

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Neáh is Drihten niþum eallum ðe hine mid sóþe hige séceaþ prope est Dominus omnibus invocantibus eum in veritate, 144, 19. Ðú eart mihtum swíð niþas tó nergenne, Cd. Th. 234, 1; Dan. 285

Linked entry: niþ

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