lust-bǽre
desirous ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ agreeable
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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.
mægenþrym-ness
Majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ glory
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God sylf se ðe ǽfre þurhwunode on his miclan wuldre and on his mægenþrimnisse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 4. Ða ðe gesáwon míne mægenþrimnisse qui viderunt majestatem meam, Num. 14, 22
mapulder
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
A treasure-house ⬩ treasury
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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
A necklace ⬩ an 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.
norþerne
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.
ge-trum
A knot ⬩ band ⬩ mass ⬩ company ⬩ company of soldiers ⬩ nodus ⬩ caterva ⬩ cohors ⬩ exercitus
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A knot, band, mass, company, company of soldiers; nodus, caterva, cohors, exercitus Getrum nodus, inter militāria, Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 81; Wrt. Voc. 18, 33.
be-þurfan
To need, have need, want, to be in want, to require ⬩ opus habere, egere, indigere
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Ic árna biþearf I need mercy, Exon. 76 a; Th. 285, 17; Jul. 715: Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 48. Góda mínra ðú ne beþearft bonorum meorum non eges, Ps. Spl. 15, 1. Ge beþurfon indigetis, Mt. Bos. 6, 32.
boðen
Rosemary, darnel ⬩ rosmarinus, rosmarinus officinalis ⬩ lolium
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Boðen lolium, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som, 77, 30; Wrt. Voc. 55, 35
ge-rinnan
To run, run together, congeal, join ⬩ coagulare, coagulari ⬩ to run together ⬩ coagulare
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Gerunnen coagulatus, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 17; Wrt. Voc. 28, 1. Gerunnen blód viscum, 78; Som. 72, 52; Wrt. Voc. 46, 12
Linked entries: ge-irnan heofon-setl
ge-sceádwís
Reasonable, rational, discriminating, intelligent, prudent, cautious ⬩ rationalis
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Ǽlce dǽde sceal gesceádwís déma wíslíce tosceádan hú heó gedón sí and hwǽr and hwænne in each deed an intelligent judge must distinguish how it be done, and where and when, L. de Cf; Th. ii. 260, 27: Past. 21; Swt. 151, 6: Bt. Met.
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tǽsan
To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound
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W.) carpo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 170, 13. Carpsit, discerpsit, trahit, evellit, vel tǽst, Wülck. Gl. 200, 5. (In Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 76 a line is omitted.)
under-þeódness
Subjection ⬩ submission
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Th. i. 342, 34: 346, 34: Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 31. Hí him gehétan eáþmóde hýrnysse and singale underþeódnysse subjectionem continuam promittebant, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 27
wirgung
Cursing ⬩ a curse
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On wyrigunge: Uae tibi sit wá ðé sí, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 12-16. Wyrgendras, ðæra múð bið mid wyrigunge (wyriunge, v. l.) áfylled, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 43. Hé fordéð his sáwle mid ðære mánfullan wyriunge . . .
Linked entry: wergung
ancleów
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Oð ðá andcleów talo tenus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 273, 4. Oð þá ancleów, Hpt. Gl. 526, 29
be-hreówsian
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Þám þe heora synna behreówsiað, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 17. Behreówsodon, Hml. S. 12, 34. Behreówsian heora yfelan dǽda, Hml. A. 8, 206. with clause Hé behreówsode ꝥ hé swá dyslice dǽde gedyde, Gr.
ge-titelian
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Dict. to place a mark above a letter or syllable Þes que is sceort mid þrým stafum gewriten oððe getitelod (is written with three letters (que) or with a mark ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 265, 8.
hyrst
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Where the first part of the compound is the name of a tree hyrst probably belongs to I. e. g. æsc-, hæsel-, hnut-, holen-, mapolder-, seal-, þorn-hyrst. So, too, perhaps in earnes, úlan hyrst. But in some others itt
rynel
A runner, messenger, courier
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Voc. 1. 76, 24 : Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 24. Renel, Kent. Gl. 949. Pilatus hét geclypian his ǽnne rynel and hym tó cwæþ : Yrn and clypa tó mé ðone ðe ys Jesus genemned. Se rynel swá dyde and myd mycelum ófste wæs fotþyrnende ...
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út-laga
An outlaw
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An outlaw Útlaga exlex, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 62; Zup. 70, 5: exul, 9, 10; Zup. 39, 14: Wrt. Voc. 1. 50, 58: 74, 26. Hé scel beón útlaga wið mé, Wulfst. 296, 10. Útlagen (-an? -ne?) extorrem, Hpt. 412, 73. Se ðe Godes útlagan hæbbe on gewealde, L.