wudung
cutting wood
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Th. ii. 222, 29. as a technical term referring to the right of cutting timber in a wood Dis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó; gebyreþ, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte, and húsbót, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 243, 11.
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beorg
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L. 101. an artificial mound Beorh agger, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 43, 15: tumulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 5. Cumulus, i. tumulus, apex, aceruus, coaceruatio beorg, Wlck. Gl. 216, 26: An.
wác-lic
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Him þúhte þá tó wáclic þæt hé wolde gefremman þá leásan leahtras, ac hé leornode ǽfre máran and máran on his mánfulnysse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 14-28
wafian
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and add: Hé forhtmód wáfode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 43. Hé ðis gehýrende ongan micclum wáfian. Hml. S. 33, 311. (2 a) :-- On úrum tídum hí syndon ús swíðe tó wáfienne sunt haec nostris valde stupenda temporibus, Gr. D. 187, 8.
ǽfen-tíd
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Hoc vesperum oððe vespere bið ǽfentíd, Ælfc. Gr. 2. 43, 12 note. Áfeóll (ásáh, v.l.) seó ǽfentíð ilæs dæges diei tardior hora incubuerat Gr. D. 83, 15. Hér wæs Eádweard cyng ofslagen on ǽfentíde, Chr. 979; P. 123, 6. On ǽfentíd. Shrn. 116, 8.
cneów
a knee ⬩ genu ⬩ a generation; ⬩ generatio
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a knee; genu Cneów genu Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 87; Wrt. Voc. 44, 69: 71, 52. Heó on cneów sette she knelt down Elen. Kmbl. 2270; El. 1136; Ps. Th. 94, 6. Hí bígdon heora cneów befóran him they bowed their knees before him Mt.
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hnol
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The top, crown of the head Hnol vertex, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 32; Wrt. Voc. 42, 40: 64, 22. Eástdǽl his hnol heóld the crown of his head held the east, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 2.
hold
A carcase, ⬩ body
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Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 3: L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 328, 5. Tódǽlon ðæs deádan hold him betwýnan cadaver mortui inter se dispertient, Ex. 21, 35
bær
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Hé tóbræc hire ceaflas mid his barum handum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 17. Add
a-feormian
To cleanse ⬩ clean thoroughly ⬩ purge ⬩ wash away ⬩ mundare ⬩ emundare ⬩ permundare ⬩ diluere
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Ic afeormige diluo, Ǽlfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 49. Hit afeormaþ of ealle ða nebcorn it will cleanse away all the face pimples. Herb. 22, 3; Lchdm, i. 118, 24
a-spendan
To spend entirely ⬩ consume ⬩ squander ⬩ to spend ⬩ expend ⬩ lay out ⬩ bestow ⬩ distribute ⬩ consumere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ expendere ⬩ sumptum facere ⬩ erogare ⬩ impertiri
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Ic aspende yfele distraho, Ælfc. Gr. 47 ; Som. 48, 52. Ic aspende [asende MS.] oððe gife impertior, 37; Som. 39, 13. Aspendan þearfum to spend on the poor; erogare pauperibus, R. Ben. interl. 58 : Scint. 1
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be-sceáwian
To look round upon ⬩ look on ⬩ consider ⬩ regard ⬩ watch ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ intueri ⬩ considerare ⬩ respicere ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ providere
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Ic onlócige, oððe ic besceáwige intueor, Ælfc. Gr. 27; Som. 29, 60. Besceáwiaþ æcyres lílian considerate lilia agri, Mt. Bos. 6, 28. Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád non respicis personam hominum, Mt. Bos. 22, 16.
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dolh-swæþ
A trace of a wound, a scar ⬩ cicatrīcis vestīgium, cĭcātrix
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-swað] cĭcātrix, Ælfc. Gl. 85; Som. 73, 115; Wrt. Voc. 49, 22. Forrotodon gewemmede and híg sync dolhswaðu [dolcswaþu MS: dolhswaðo, Spl.] míne putruērunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrīces meæ, Ps. Lamb. 37, 6. Dolhswaðu cĭcātrix, Wrt. Voc. 85, 50.
for-gifenlíc
giving ⬩ dative ⬩ giving ⬩ dătīvus ⬩ forgiving ⬩ pardonable ⬩ bearable ⬩ remissus ⬩ tolerābĭlis
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Ðisum menn ic forgife hors huic hŏmĭni do ĕquum, Ælfc.
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fór-wel
Very well ⬩ very ⬩ valde
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Fórwel oft very often; multŏtiens, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 35
gál-scipe
Luxury ⬩ lustfulness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ wantonness ⬩ lewdness ⬩ luxŭria ⬩ lĭbīdo ⬩ lascīvia ⬩ petulantia ⬩ saty̆riăsis ⬩ σατυρίασιs
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Synwrénnys vel gálscipe saty̆riasis, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 49; Wrt. Voc. 19, 51
hrǽcan
hawk ⬩ spit
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To clear the throat, hawk, spit Ic hrǽce oððe ic spǽte screo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 17. Hrǽce hió him on ðæt nebb foran huic in faciem mulier expuat, Past. 5, 2; Swt. 43, 15.
ilfette
A swan
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Ylfete cignus, Ælfc. Gl, 36; Som. 62, 105; Wrt. Voc. 29, 3. Elfetu, Wrt. Voc. 62, 5. Ylfette olor vel cingnus, 77, 25. Ylfete song the song of the swan, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 6; Seef. 19.
lár-spell
A discourse ⬩ sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ treatise
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Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella I have composed quite forty homilies, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 45. Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror on óðrum lárspellum, 4, 15.
líc-þegnung
funeral ⬩ exeguies
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Lícþénunga exsequiæ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 17