melc
Giving milk ⬩ milch
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Giving milk, milch Melc foetus, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 57: fetus, ii. 36, 33. Melce and tydrende foetus, 36, 32. Hé geseah wilde hinde melce and se geþyrsta mon meolcode ða hinde, Shrn. 130, 3. Wið tittia sár wífa ðe beóþ melce, Herb. 19, 4; Lchdm. i. 112
ge-beorc
A barking ⬩ latrātus
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A barking; latrātus Gemenged stemn is ðe biþ bútan andgite, swylc swá is hryðera gehlów, and horsa hnǽgung, húnda gebeorc, treówa brastlung, et cætera confused voice is what is without understanding, such as is the lowing of oxen, and the neighing of
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stede-leás
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Without stability, unsteady, without power to retain one's place Ðonne biþ hé ðam men gelíc, ðe árǽrþ sume heáge hlǽddre and stíhþ be ðære hlǽddre stapum, óð ðæt hé tó ðæm ænde becume, and wylle ðonne git stígan ufor; ástíhþ ðonne búton stapum, óð ðæt
un-cwíd
Undisturbed by charges ⬩ in undisputed possession
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Undisturbed by charges, in undisputed possession Se ðe sitte uncwýdd and uncrafod on his áre on lífe, L. Eth. iii. 15; Th. i. 298, 9. Ðǽr se bónda sæt uncwýd (-cwýdd, MS. G.) and unbecrafod (cf. ubi bunda manserit sine calumpnia, L. H. I. 14, 5; Th.
Linked entry: cwíd
be-smiþian
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to work in metal. Nim þás næglas and heó besmiþian hát on þínes sunu brídle take these nails and order them to be set in thy son's bridle (cf. þú þás næglas hát . . . on his brídels dón, El. 1175. The Emperour dyde doo sette the nayles in his brydel,
céling
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Þá mettas þe célunge and strangunge mægen hæbben, Lch. ii. 176, 16. Se þurstiga gewilnað wæteres célincge, Hml. S. 8, 25. Eówre gléda náne hǽtan ne gedóð, ac swíðor célinge, Hml. Th. i. 430, 13. Wé férdon þurh fýr and þú ús lǽddest on célincge (kélinge
cyll
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Kylle ascopa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 14. Cylle culleus, Germ. 399, 458. Hé teáh forð ðá cyllan (cillan, v. l.) utrem protulit, Gr. D. 250, 18. Wit geworhton þá hýde tó twám kyllum . . . and wit dydon þæs flǽsces hwylcnehwugu dǽl in þá kylla . . . þá bleówan
cwacian
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Ðonne þú pipor habban wille, þonne cwoca þú mid þínum scytefinger ofer óþerne, Tech. ii. 123, 14. Gif sino clæppette and cwacige, Lch. ii. 6, 15. Eal hit bið bifiende and cwaeiende, Wlfst. 26, 1. Cwacende (cuaciende, L.) tremens, Lk. R. 8, 47. Cuacende
dol
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Folly, stupidity Ne geríseð ǽnig unnytt ǽfre mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 31. Sé ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse and tó dole qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluit, Past. 73, 12. Gif se gilda mid dysie and myd
dyderung
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Manega drýmen maciað menigfealde dydrunga þurh deófles cræft, and bedydriað menn, swylce hí soðlice swylc þincg dón; ac hit is dydrung mid deófles cræfte, and gif hwá hit bletsað, þonne áblynð seó dydrung, Hml. S. 21, 464-9. Drýmen mid dydrunge farað,
earm-heort
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Substitute: poor-spirited, faint-hearted On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ðá ofermódan and ðá úpáhæfenan on hira móde, on óðre wísan ðá earmheortan and ðá wácmódan ( pusillanimes ), Past. 209, 2. pitiful, tender-hearted Hé wæs tó þám earmheort (swá mildheort
flíte
cream
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cream. Fléte(-i, -u) verberalrum, Txts. 10J, 2100. Fléte crama, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 48: 15, 46. Fleóte, 136, 58. Geþuorne flete (-i) lectidiclatum, Txts. 75, 1205. Geþworen flýte, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 72: lactndiclum, 52, 6. Ete ealdes spices iii snǽda,
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fiþer-scíte
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Fiþerscýte triquadra (mundi latitude), An. Ox. 1295. Án fæt fýðerscýte and brád, Hml. S. 10, 85. Gefégde feoþersctte quadratur (durus scopulus calcis compage), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 68. Fiþerscýtes quadrati, An. Ox. 1702. On fiþerscítum dǽle in quadratapagina
ge-tǽse
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Dele bracket at end, and add Hió bið eádgum leóf, earmum getǽse, Rä. 81, 22. Hé him geneádodum and gelettum gedyde sume getǽse hýððe his geswinces ei laboris sat commodum coacto renitentique dedit, Gr. D. 39, 27. Ne mæg se man him nánre mild*-*heortnesse
ge-wuldorbeágian
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Se geleáfa æfter gewunnenum sige gewuldorbeágað (coronat) ðá mihta, Prud. 10 b. Cynehelmas óþre gewuldorbeágiað serta alios coronant, Hy. S. 104, 23. Gewuldorbeágod on wurþmente decoratus honore, 47, 16. Ꝥ hé wǽre áfandod and gerihtwísod and gewuldorbeágod
gild-scipe
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On Wudeburge lande is eác án óðer gildscipe ge-gaderod Críste and S Petre . . . And þis sind þára manna nama[n], Cht. Th. 609, 24. Gif hwilc gilda forþfære, gebrynge hine eal se gildscipe þǽr hé tó; wilnie . . . Wrece eal gildscipe þone gildan, 611, 2
góma
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Add: the palate In góman, þǽr mon þone smæc tódǽleþ in palato, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 3. in pl. the jaws Góman fauces, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 52. Ðá deóflu ... hý sealdon suman fýrenan dracan; sé ontýnde his þá fýrenan and þá scearpestan góman and hig swealh,
líc-þrúh
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a tomb, sepulchre Þá eóde hé and his lícþrúh (sepulcrum) gegearwode . . . ' Seó þín lícþrúh eáðe unc bégen ymbféhð . . . þá on-týndon hí þá þrúh (sepulcrum) . . . þæs abbodes líchama hæfde áíylled ealle þá lícþrúh (sepulcrum) . . . þá fǽringa
mǽþ
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Se Godes þeówa cwæð: 'Árís and ber þis gréne híg þám horsum . . . nú is lytel tó láfe þysses mǽþes (cf. hé máweþ heig on þissere dene, 2), and swá þis gedón byþ, ic gá æfter þá' leva fenum viride, porta pabulum jumentis; ecce ego, quia parum superest,
on-líc
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Sé bið swíðe onlíc ðǽm stióran, Past. 431, 35. Hé bið getiéged óðrum monnum mid onlícre gecynde aequa ceteris naturae conditione constringitur, 111, 20. Hé hæfde twégen gingran suíðe gelíces willan and on eallum ðingum suíðe onlíce, and hé hié ðeáh lǽrde