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be-wépendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-wépendlic, adj.

Lamentabledeplorable

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Lamentable, deplorable Bewépendlic atratus, lugubris, Hpt. 31, 14, 370: 17, 463. Bewépendlic gewéd deflenda dementia, An. Ox. 40, 1. Hú earn, and hú bewépendlic is þǽra manna líf, þe ofer ꝥ riht onginnað, Hml. A. 146, 66

ceahhetan

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ceahhetan, ceahhettan.
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Substitute for the citation Hié on þon swíðe blissedon and ceahhetton(-heton v. l.) turba multum exultans et cachinnans, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 620, 14: and add :-- Cæh[hetende] cachinnantes, An. Ox. 5234. [Ceahhe]tendum cachinnanti, 4499

cild-lic

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Cildlic juvenilis, Hy. S. 70, 13: primaevus, An. Ox. 56, 115. Cildlic on geárum and ealdlic on móde, Hml. S. 7, 9. Se cildlica heáp wolde þæs ánes cildes dreórignysse gefréfrian, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 18. Add

Eotol

(n.)
Grammar
Eotol, Eatol, Etol (-el, -ul), es; n.

Italy

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Italy Eotoles Hesperie (= esperie, i. italie westdǽles, An. Ox. 2583 (Ald. 35, 21)), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 55: 43, 23. On Eotole Hesperie, 91, 28. In Eatole in Latin, 93, 60: 47, 34. On Eatule, Víd. 70

Linked entries: Eatole Italia

felde

(part.)
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Of þiccum ásodenes wínes þéfele ł felde lento careni defruto (the same passage (Ald. 3, 35) is glossed in Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 59 thus: De lento fruto of þiccum felde, de denso campo), An. Ox. 104

feld-oxa

(n.)
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feld-oxa, an; m.
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An ox out at pasture (opposed to a fat ox) His bigleofa wæs ǽlce dæg . . . twelf fǽtte oxan and twéntig feldoxan (oxen out of the pastures; boves pascuales, 1 Kings 4, 23), Hml. Th. ii. 576, 33

geond-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-gangan, to go through or
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about, perambulate Beón gesette an oðþe twégen ealde witan þe þæt mynster geondgangen and þæs gýman deputetur unus aut duo seniores qui circumeant monasterium, R. Ben. 74, 15. Geondgongendra (-gang-, Fs. L.) perambulantium, Ps. Srt. 67, 22

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hege-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
hege-stæf, heg-stæf, es; m.
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A bar used to stop an opening in a fence (?) Hegstæf clatrum (= ? κλεῖθρον a bar, bolt; Latin clathri, clatri a trellis, grate), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 67. Cf. Dorebar clatrus, i. 203, 35. Barre clatrus, 237, 34

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micelian

(v.)
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Add Hitǽ brǽdaþ þwænge heora and micclaþ (miclas, L. ) fasu heora dilatant philacleria sua, et magnificant fimbrias, Mt. R. 23, 5. Mic[liaþ], An. Ox. 61, 36. Add Miclade God magnificans Deum, Lk. L. R. 18, 43

on-sundrum

Grammar
on-sundrum, <b>. I.</b>
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Oþ þæt cildra inngân þâ cyrcean ân on-sundron sê gehringed belle ( let a bell be rung without the accompaniment of any other? ; but the Latin is: Unum continuatim pulsetur tintinnabu-lum), Angl. xiii. 380, 211. Add

platung

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Platung brattea, auri lamina, Hpt. 31, 6, 68. Obrizum, i. aurum optimi coloris smǽte gold, platum (platung ?) (here, and in Hpt. 489, 34 (both glosses of Ald. 48, 28) perhaps platum is Latin), An. Ox. 3534. Add

þúsend

Grammar
þúsend, <b>.
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III.</b> add Ágefen Alchhere and Aeðelwold hire twá ðúsenda, and fón him tó ðém londe, C. D. i. 310, 24. Ic gean án þúsend werð fen . . . ꝥ healfe þúsend fen, iv. 59, 17-23

samnung

(n.)
Grammar
samnung, e; f.

An assembly, council

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An assembly, council Somnung synagoga, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 1, 23: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 4, 15, 16 : concilium, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 55: Lind. 15, 1: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 59: congregatio, Rtl. 173, 3

galdere

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For ' Som. Ben. Lye ' substitute Wyrincgalere ł galdre Marsum Hpt. Gl. 519, 46. Galdras marsi An. Ox. 8, 245. Galdra aruspicum, i. magoram 4068. Galdrum aruspicibus 4193. ꝥ eówer nan galdras ne sece, Hml. S. 17, 78

haga

(n.)
Grammar
haga, an; m.

A haw, berry of the hawthorn; also used to signify any thing of no valuefrute cinum, cornum, ramnum

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A haw, berry of the hawthorn; also used to signify any thing of no value [?], [cf. Chaucer's 'not worth an hawe'] Hagan gignalia, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 24; Wrt. Voc. 33, 24. Hagan quisquilia, 285, 31

heaðu-wælm

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-wælm, -welm; wylm, es; m.

Fierce, intense heat

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Fierce, intense heat, Cd. 17; Th. 21, 14; Gen. 324: 149; Th. 187, 8; Exod. 148: Beo. Th. 165; B. 82: 5630; B. 2819: Andr. Kmbl. 3082; An. 1544: Elen. Kmbl. 1154; El. 578: 2607; El. 1305

Coln

(n.)
Grammar
Coln, e; f?

The river COLNE, EssexColnius, in agro Essexiensi

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The river COLNE, Essex; Colnius, in agro Essexiensi Hie flugon ofer Temese, ðá up be Colne on ánne íggaþ they fled over the Thames, then up by the Colne to an island Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 28

tunglere

(n.)
Grammar
tunglere, es; m.

An astrologerastronomer

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An astrologer, astronomer Tunglera ł wiglera Chaldaeorum, Hpt. Gl. 483, 5. Tunglera mathtematicorum (the passage is: Gentilitas, quae vitam veritatis expertem fato fortunae et genesi gubernari juxta mathematicorum constellationem arbitratur), Wrt. Voc

feá-sceaft

(adj.)
Grammar
feá-sceaft, adj.

Having few things, poor, naked, destitute mĭser, pauper, destĭtūtus

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Having few things, poor, naked, destitute; mĭser, pauper, destĭtūtus Freóndafeásceaft destitute of friends, Cd. 97; Th. 126, 24; Gen. 2100: 114; Th. 149, 23; Gen. 2479: Andr. Kmbl. 2257; An. 1130. Ic feásceaft eom I am destitute, Cd. 99; Th. 131, 13

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gripe

(n.)
Grammar
gripe, es; m.
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Gripe, grip, grasp, hold, clutch, seizure: pugillus, prehensio, captus Se gripe ðære hand pugillus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 71, 1; Wrt. Voc. 43. Gripe pugilla, Recd. 38, 72; Wrt. Voc. 64, 75. Eorþ-gráp heard gripe hrusan earth's grasp, the fast hold of the

Linked entries: greóp hilde-frófor