wull-hnoppa
Wool-nap ⬩ the wool on a fleece
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Wool-nap, the wool on a fleece Wullhnoppa (printed -knoppa; but Similar entries cf.hnoppian vellere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 56: noppe detuberare, a noppe of clothe tuberus, Cath. Angl. 256) lanugo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 66
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geolo
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Geolu, ii. 17, 13: 137, 9. yellow material, yolk of an egg Dó on hunig ǽges geola, Lch. ii. 130, 12
in-cofa
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Þá ætstód hé fǽrlíce ætforan þám þrexwolde, cwæð ꝥ hé egeslicne feónd on þám incofan gesáwe, Hml. S. 31, 530. [Tó] incofu[m] [ad cordis] penetralia, An. Ox. 5407. Add
plaster
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Genim þysse wyrte wyrttruman on ele gesodene and wið wex gemencgedne ðám gemete þe þú plaster oþþe clyþan wyrce, Lch. i. 298, 12. Nim of þám sylfan sǽde, wyrc blaster (plaster, v. l. ), 300, 5. Add
stott
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An inferior kind of horse Hér on stent gewriten hwæt man funde æt Eggemere syððan Cole hit lét. Ðæt is vii oxen and viii cý and iiii feldhrýþera and ii stottas ( equi uiles ), Nap. 56, 7
-weard
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Add: v. of-, súþ-, súþan-weard: <b>-wearde.</b> v. or-wearde: <b>weardere.</b> Add: One MS. has weartæres: <b>weardes.</b> Add:
ealdor-mann
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H. 77, 7. used of the holder of a particular office. referring to other than English officials; or in glossaries, of secular office Ealdorman judex vel consul, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 4: pretor, ii. 95, 26: comes, An. Ox. 4712.
ge-hweorf
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A turning On ðone lið þǽra eaxla betweox gesculdrum biþ micel ece and on þám gehweorfe þára bám on þám sweoran. Lch. ii. 242, 13
ge-lang
Along ⬩ belonging ⬩ depending ⬩ consequent
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Along (in the phrase along of), belonging, depending, consequent Æt ðé is úre lýf gelang our life is along of thee (thou host saved our lives, A. V.), Gen. 47, 25. Seó gescyldnys is æt úrum Fæder gelang protection comes from our Father, Homl.
óðer
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[Goth. anþar: O. Sax. óðar : O. Frs. other: O. H. Ger.. andar: Icel. annarr.]
cist
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Funde mon on his máðmhúse twá cista (arcas), Ors. 6, 3; S. 258, 13. <b>I a.</b> a coffin. v. cistian :-- Cest arca funeris, sarcofagum, Txts. 109, 1146. Heó wearð bebyrged on treówenre cyste, Hml. S. 20, 69.
full-fremed
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Perfect. fully trained or conversant Heó weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, Hml. A. 126, 337: 122, 187: Bl. H. 73, 16.
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tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time Wyþ pleyynge at tables oþer atte chekere, R. Glouc. 192, 3.
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cnæp
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D. knap, knop], and add: top of a hill On þorndúnes cnep; of ðane cneppe, C. D. iv. 8, 27. a button, brooch Cnæp fibula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 57
ge-nemnan
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Þá syndan huntigystran genemde, Nar. 38, 3. of a thing Ic forléto ðá boec ðá from Lucianus and Hesichio genemnedo praetermitto eos codices quos a Luciano et Hesychio nuncupatos, Mt. p. 2, 10. (2 a) of the title of a book :-- Ðá bóc ðe is genemned on
lind
a shield
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On ða gemearcodan lindan; of ðære gemearcodan lindan, vi. 182, 2. Ðonon in áne linde, iii. 392, 1. what is made of the wood of the tree, a shield (in poetry) Wisse hé gearwe, ðæt him holtwudu helpan ne meahte, lind wið líge, Beo. Th. 4671; B. 2341.
wícian
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Skt. i. 13, 226. in case of travel by water, to land Þyder hé cwæð ðæt man mihte geseglian on ánum mónðe, gyf man on niht wícode ... and ealle ða hwíle hé sceal seglian be lande, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 13.
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hwílum
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(l a) of alternate or contrasted action, hwílum . . . hwílum sometimes . . . at others Hwílum þurh wífes geweald, hwílum þurh weres, Bl.
ge-hwæþer
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Add: Each of two. used substantively. alone, each of two objects Gesíðcund man . . . ceorlisc man . . . gehwæðer ꝥ hǽmed forlǽte, Ll.
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ge-hergian
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</b> with on, to make predatory attacks upon :-- Se here oft gehergode on Pehtas and on Strætlæd-Wealas, Chr. 875 ; P. 75, 2.