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hrot

(n.)
Grammar
hrot, es; n.

scum ⬩ mucus

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Thick fluid, scum, mucus Gewyrc ðé lǽcedóm ðus of ecede and of hunige, genim ðæt séleste hunig dó ofer heorþ áseóþ ðæt weax and ðæt hrot of make yourself a medicine thus of vinegar and honey; take the best honey, put it over the fire, seethe [strain

Linked entry: rot

mús

Grammar
mús, <b>; I.</b>
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Wiþ weartum, genim hundes micgean and múse blód, meng tósomne, smire mid, Lch. ii. 322, 12. Cwóman Indisce mýs ín þá fyrd in foxa gelícnisse mures Indici in castra pergebant uulpibus similes, Nar. 16, 5. Add

on-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hrínan, with gen. dat.

To touch

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Ða hundas. . . his náne onhrinon, Shrn. 145, 5. Ðá ne onhrán ðæt fýr him, 53, 24. Onhrín ðissum muntum tange montes, Ps. Th. 143, 6

wénunga

(adv.)
Grammar
wénunga, (wéninga); adv.

Perhaps ⬩ haply ⬩ by chance

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Wénunga hine hig forwandiaþ, ðonne hig hine geseóþ forsitan cum hunc uiderint uerebuntur Lk. Skt. 20, 13. Ne hit nǽfre næs tó geopenigenne búton wénunga hwilc munuc út fóre unless it happened that a monk had to go out Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 104.

Linked entries: wéning weninga

DEÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓR, diór,es ; n.

An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEER ⬩ fĕra, bestia

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Ohthere hæfde, ðá he ðone cyningc sóhte, tamra deóra unbebohtra syx hund. Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas Ohthere had, when he came to the king, six hundred of tame DEER unbought [non emptus untrafficked or traded in].

Linked entries: dýr diór

féþa

a footman ⬩ a foot-soldier ⬩ troops ⬩ infantry

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Srt. ii. p. 187, 16. of soldiers. a foot-soldier (perhaps some of the passages might be put under 2) Hé hæfde III C þúsenda féðena and án hund þúsenda gehorsedra, Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 34: Nar. 9, 9.

wyrcan

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(l b) add :-- Fíf hund and feówer and syxtig atomi wyrcað án momentum . . . syx tída wyrcað ánne fýrðling, and feówer fýrðlingas wyrcað ánne dæg, and seofon dagas áne wucan, Angl. viii. 318, 43-319, i.

twiwa

(adv.)
Grammar
twiwa, tweowa, twuwa, tuwa, tuwwa, tua, twiga, twigea, twige, twía; adv.

Twice

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With numerals: Sió gestód tuwa seofon hund wintra ...; ðæt is III c wintra and I M, Ors. 6, I; Swt. 252, 6. Tuwa fífe binas quinquies. Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 25. Tuwa fíftig bis quingentenum, 11, 76. Twige, Hpt. Gl. 486, 77.

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.

A people

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An hé (king Eadred) his sáwla tó anliésnesse, and his ðeódscipe tó þearfe sixtýne hund punda, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 75, 1. On ðam þeódscipe (the people of Sodom) Cd. Th. 116, 27; Gen. 1942. Wið þeódscipe Assiriæ, 15, 11; Gen. 231.

wiþer-winna

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-winna, an; m.

An adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy

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Nigon x hund þúsenda of Persa ánra anwealde búton hiera wiþerwinnum, ǽgþer ge of Sciþþium ge of Crécum, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 30

hwǽte

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Hund mittena hwǽtes, 16, 7: Ap. Th. 10, 2. Hí þone hwǽte úp bǽron, 5. Huít corn sonuuald for huǽtte cuóm of heofnum, Jn. L. 6, 31 note on manna. Hé áfeormað his þyrscelflóre, and hé gegaderað his hwǽte on his bern; þá ceafu hé forbærnð, Mt. 3, 12.

ge-bytlu

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-bytlu, For 'indecl. f.
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Hunt.), Chr. 1099; P. 234, 34. Ic hire beád gymmas ... and mǽre gebytlu, Hml. S. 8, 36. Ic árǽre þá getimbrunge ꝥ hire hróf oferstíhð ealle gebytlu, 36, 72. Miht þú mé árǽran on Rómánisce wísan cynelice gebytlu?, 92.

ge-wríðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wríðan, part. -wríðende; p. -wráð, pl. -wriðon; pp. -wriðen

To bind ⬩ restrain ⬩ tie ⬩ tie together ⬩ coartare ⬩ alligare

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Iudas hine sylfne ahéng mid grine and rihtlíce gewráð ða forwyrhtan þrotan Judas hung himself with a noose and rightly bound that wicked throat, 250, 15. He his wunda gewráð he bound up his wounds, 356, 28. Ðonne gewríð ðú hý then bind it, Th.

mele-deáw

Grammar
mele-deáw, mil-deáw, es; n. m.

Honey-dew ⬩ nectar

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Honey-dew, nectar Hunig[deáw] oððe mildeáw nectar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 38.

fǽman

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Add: of fluids, when boiling Wyl wæter on croccan, dó hunig on, fleót simle ꝥ fám of oþ hit nelle má fǽman, Lch. ii. 104, 20.

heáfod-panne

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-panne, an; f.

A skull

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Hundes heáfodpanne a dog's skull, L. M. ex Quad. 13, 3; Lchdm. i. 370, 3: L. M. 2, 55; Lchdm. ii. 342, 4

ágend

(n.)
Grammar
ágend, es; m. [part. of ágan to own]

An owner ⬩ a possessor ⬩ the Lord ⬩ possessor ⬩ proprietarius ⬩ Dominus

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An owner, a possessor, the Lord ; possessor, proprietarius, Dominus Þreóm hundum scillinga gylde se ágend with three hundred shillings let the owner pay, L. H. E. 1; Th. i. 26, 9: 3; Th. i. 28, 5. Ágendes ést the owner's favour, Beo.

must

(n.)
Grammar
must, es; m. (?)

Must ⬩ new wine

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Must mid hunig gemenged inomellum, 27, 45. Heortan manna must and wíndrinc myclum blissaþ vinum laetificet cor hominis, Ps. Th. 103, 14. Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter, ðeáh ðé wel lyste wearmes mustes, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 32.

ELE

(n.)
Grammar
ELE, es; m.

OIL ⬩ ŏleum

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Hund sestra eles centum cădos ŏlei, Lk. Bos. 16, 6: Ps. Lamb. 4, 8. Of eówrum ele de ŏleo vestro, Mt. Bos. 25, 8. Mid mínum hálgan ele ŏleo sancto meo, Ps. Lamb. 88, 21.

Linked entries: æl ole

ymb-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-gang, es; m.
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Six hund fóta and feówertig seó cyrce wæs ymbeganges, Homl. Th. ii. 496, 35. Ofer ymbgang supra pinnam (cf. pinnaculum, circuitus templi, 71, 69), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 41.