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híw-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
híw-cúþ, heow-; adj.

Familiar, well known

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Familiar, well known Híwcúþ familiaris, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 62; Wrt. Voc. 61, 36. Ic ne eom him suá híwcúþ familiaritatis ejus notitiam non habemus, Past. 10, 2; Swt. 63, 5; Herb. 67, 1; Lchdm. i. 170, 13.

Linked entry: híred-leóf

tó-swellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swellan, pp. -swollen

To swell outgrow big

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To swell out, grow big Ic tóswelle turgeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Zup. 155, 12. Tóswyllaþ grossescunt, intumescunt, Hpt. Gl. 447, 29. Se earm wæs swá swíþe greát and tóswollen brachio in tantum grossescente, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23.

á-wringan

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Ic of áwringe extorqueo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 155, 17. Háwiað hú bóceras áwringað up þæne saltus on heora cræfte, Angl. viii. 314, 12. Áwrang expressit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 58. Þonne hió gesoden sié, áwring þá wyrt of, Lch. ii. 30, 24: 18, 13.

Linked entry: wringan

a-ídlian

(v.)
Grammar
a-ídlian, -igan; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ad, ud

To make uselessvainto emptyannulprofaneirritum facerefrustrariexinanirecassareprofanare

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To make useless, vain, to empty, annul, profane; irritum facere, frustrari, exinanire, cassare, profanare Ic a-ídlige frustror, Ælfc. Gr. 25 ; Som. 26, 63. A-ídlian cassare, Cot. 43: 204: 179.

Linked entry: a-ýdlian

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
án-feald, adj. [án one, feald fold]

ONE FOLDsimplesingleone alonesingularpeculiarmatchlesssimplex

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Ánfeald getel the singular number, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 25. Án-feald gewin single combat, R. Ben. interl. I. Ða án-fealdan stræcan those who are uniformly strict, Past. 42, 1; Hat. MS. 57b, 25

burh-waru

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru, burg-waru; gen. dat. e; acc. e, u; f.
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The inhabitants of a city considered as a community, the whole body of citizens; civitas, civitatis populus Ǽlc burhwaru wæs búgende to him non fuit civitas quœ se traderet illis, Jos. 11. 19.

CANDEL

(n.)
Grammar
CANDEL, candell, condel, condell, e; f: candel, es; n. A CANDLE; candela, lampas = λαμπάς
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Candeles leóma the light of a candle; lampas, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 88; Wrt. Voc. 41, 41.

Linked entry: condel

clipigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
clipigendlíc, adj.

calling, vocativevocativusmaking a vocal soundvocalis

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thou master teach me something, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 24-27. making a vocal sound; vocalis

Linked entry: ge-cígendlíc

cwellere

(n.)
Grammar
cwellere, es; m.

A killer, man-slayer, executioner, QUELLER, tormentor lanio, interfector, spiculator? carnifex

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Hyldere, oððe cwellere oððe flǽsctawere [MS. flǽctawere] lanio, vel lanista, vel carnifex, vel macellarius, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 122; Wrt. Voc. 60, 27

dǽd-bétan

(v.)
Grammar
dǽd-bétan, part.-ende ; p.-bétte ; pp. -béted

To make amends, give satisfaction, to be penitent, to repent maleficium compensare, malum bono pensāre, pœnitere

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Ðæt he sealde sóðe gebýsnunge eallum dǽdbétendum, ðe to Drihtene gecyrraþ that he should give a true example to all, who shall turn to the Lord by doing amend deeds, Ælfc. T. 38, 4

Linked entry: bétan

eart

art

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Fox 20, 90; Met. 20, 45: Bt. 10; Fox 26, 23: Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 26: Beo. Th. 710; B. 352: 1016; B. 506: Andr. Kmbl. 2378; An. 1190: Elen. Grm. 808: Exon. 13 b; Th. 25, 19; Cri. 403: Ps. Th. 51, 8: Salm.

fetian

(v.)
Grammar
fetian, fetigean, fetigan; he fetaþ, fet; p. fette; pp. fetod

To fetchbring tomarryaddūcĕreapplĭcāreuxōrem dūcĕre

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Ǽlc ydel fet unhǽlo all idleness brings illness, Prov. Kmbl. 61. Se forma fette wíf, and forþferde prīmus, uxōre ducta, defunctus est, Mt. Bos. 22, 25: Gen. 48, 10. Wæs to búre Beówulf fetod Beowulf was fetched to his bower, Beo. Th. 2625; B. 1310

fót-sceamel

(n.)
Grammar
fót-sceamel, -sceamol, -scamel, -scamul, es; m.

A footstoolpĕdum scăbellumsubpĕdāneum

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Fótscamul scabellum vel subpĕdāneum, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 79; Wrt. Voc. 41, 33

Linked entry: sceamol

freme

(n.)
Grammar
freme, an; f.

Advantageprofitbenefitgoodcommŏdumquæstusemŏlŭmentumbŏnum

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Advantage, profit, benefit, good; commŏdum, quæstus, emŏlŭmentum, bŏnum Hýþ vel freme commŏdum, quæstus, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 73, 25; Wrt. Voc. 47, 30. Ðæs we mágon fremena gewinnan of what we may gain of advantages, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 18; Gen. 437.

lust-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
lust-bǽre, adj.

desirousdesirablepleasantagreeable

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Producing or having desire or pleasure, desirous, desirable, pleasant, agreeable Lustbǽre libens, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 18: 44; Som. 46, 32. Lustbǽre on gesihþe aspectu delectabile, Gen. 3, 6.

mapulder

(n.)
Grammar
mapulder, (-dur, -dor); m.(?) f.(?)

A maple tree

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Mapulder acer, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 1; Wrt. Voc. 33, 1. Mabuldor acerabulos, 285, 35. On ðære (ðæne?) ealdan mapolder, Chart. Th. 146, 26. Tó ðon reádleáfan mapuldre; of ðam mapuldre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 298, 16.

Linked entry: mapul-treów

máðum-hús

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-hús, es; n.

A treasure-housetreasury

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A treasure-house, treasury Mádmhús gazophilacium, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 73, 11; Wrt. Voc. 47, 18. Máðmhús, 86, 48: erarium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 42. On ðæs cynges máðmhúse in ærarium regis, Gen. 47, 14: Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 258, 13.

mene

(n.)
Grammar
mene, myne, es; m.

A necklacean ornament

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Ðes myne hoc monile, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2; Som. 8, 28. Brósinga mene, Beo. Th. 2403; B. 1199. (v. Grmm. D. M. 283.) Menas monilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 60: crepundia, ornamenta, monilia, Hpt. Gl. 419, 30: 517, 29. Mynas, 481, 43: lunulas, 458, 30.

Linked entries: maenoe myne

metsian

(v.)
Grammar
metsian, p. ode.

to feedto furnish with provisions

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Th. 43, 13. to furnish with provisions Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton each of them went to his castle and manned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16.

Linked entries: metian ge-metsian

norþerne

(adj.)
Grammar
norþerne, adj.

northern

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Europa on norþdǽle [is gedǽled] Japhetes ofspringe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 37. Hine gelǽhton sume ðæs norþernan folces some of the Northumbrians seized him (after a battle between Northumbrians and Mercians), Homl. Th. ii. 356, 29.