ge-hlíta
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m, A consort, fellow For gehlýtum ðínum prae consortibus tuis Ps. Spl. C. 44, 9. Cf. efen-hlíte, ge-hlytta
hyse-byrþre
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One who bears a (male) child Ácende hyse-berþre þæne þe (Gabriel) foresǽde enixa rat puerpera quern Gabriel praedixit, Hy. S. 50, 34
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ofer-spreca
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One who talks extravagantly or inconsiderately Swá swá unsceamfæst oferspreca hé bæd ut inpudens procax imprecabatur, An. Ox. 2819. ofer-sprecan; II
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mamera
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Deep sleep Momra (printed momna) sopor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 82. Mameran sopore, An. Ox. 3404. Mamran, 2, 203
cænnestre
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f One who has borne, a mother, dam; genitrix
þyrrian
to make or to become dry
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to make or to become dry Corfen, sworfen, cyrred, þyrred, Exon. Th. 410, 25; Rä. 29, 4
Linked entry: þyrran
stór-sticca
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An incense-stick, rod for stirring the incense in the censer (?) .i. silfren stórcylle mid silfrenum stórsticcan, Chart. Th. 429, 35
sweord-wyrhta
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A sword-wright, maker of swords, armourer:?-Móna se án and twentigoða unnytlíce tó wyrcenne bútan swurdwyrhtan (but the word glosses gladiatoribus), Lchdm. iii. 194, 10
grípe
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A ditch, drain Adelseáþa grýpan cloacarum cuniculi, An. Ox. 3320. Grýpan, adelseáþes cloacę 4290. Tó wiþersacunge adelseáþe, grýpan ad apostasię cloacam, 4744
irfa
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An heir Ðet hé ðis wel healde his dei and siððan forð bebeóde his erbum tó healdenne, C. D. i. 297, 5
weorc-geréfa
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An overseer of work Ða weorcgeréfan praefecti operum, Ex. 5, 10, 13. Sidrac, Misac, and Abdenago, ðe Nabochodonosor gesette him tó weorcgeréfan, Homl. Th. ii. 68, 5
weorold-wela
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Worldly wealth, worldly good Se woruldwela (pompa) his frætewunga áweorpende fleáh, Gl. Prud. 52 a. Sume mægon habban ælles woruldwelan genóg huic census exuberat, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 30. Hé wilnaþ hwæthweg ðises woruldwelan, 26, 2 ; Fox 94, 3. Hí geleáfan
méd-wyrhta
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A hireling, worker for pay, mercenary Médwyrhta (mercennarius) ys sé þe stówe hyrdes healt, ac gestreón sáwla ná sécð, Scint. 123, 13. Médwyrhtena lixarum, An. Ox. 4, 24
Eáster-gewuna
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An Easter custom Hé tó þám mynstre férde on þǽre ylcan tíde þe heora Eástergewuna wǽron (wæs ?) tógædere becuman, Hml. S. 23 b, 643
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oxa
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An ox Oxa bos ... oxa on ðam forman teáme unus, on ðam æfteran teáme binus, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 39, 47-48: ii. 48, 36. Oxa bova, i. 287, 54. Wilde oxa bubalus, 22, 46. Oexen boves, Ps. Surt. 49, 10 : ií. p. 291, 11. Án getýme oxena, Lk. Skt. 14, 19. Oxna
turf-haga
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An enclosed space covered with turf, a grassy enclosure Ongan hé eorðan delfan under turfhagan (cf. wangstede, 1584; El 794), Elen. Kmbl. 1656; El. 830
ge-þofta
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Fellowship, society Sinscipes (sein-, MS.) geþoften (cf. gemána contubernia, societas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 18), samwistu matrimonii contubernia, An. Ox. 414. Cf. brý-tofta ( = brýd-þofta)
prica
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a point, spot, dot Prica punctus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7; Som. 32, 57. Se forma prica on ðam ferse is geháten media distinctio, ðæt is, onmiddan tóðál, 50 ; Som. 51, 15. Mǽltanges prica centrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 62. Án i oððe án prica ne gewít fram ðære ǽ iota
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ge-scola
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One of the same troop (scolu), companion, comrade Þæt wæs gegearwod fram fruman þisses middaneardes deóflum and his gescolum (cf. Mt. 25, 41), An. Ox. 2271, note
dwola
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one who errs, a person without understanding Líf dwolan uita uecordis (cf. gedwolenum uecordi, Kent. Gl. 308), Scint. 223, 3. a heretic, schismatic Dwola hereticus, An. Ox. 27, 14. Dwolan scismatici, 2854