ge-timbernes
A building ⬩ edification ⬩ ædĭfĭcātio
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A building, edification; ædĭfĭcātio To gemynde and to getimbernesse ðara æfterfyligendra ad mĕmŏriam ædĭfĭcātiōnemque sĕquentium, Bd. 4, 7; S. 574, 25. Gitimbernise ædificatio, Rtl. 82, 36: 83, 13
Linked entry: timberness
swíg-dæg
A day on which silence was to be observed
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A day on which silence was to be observed Circlíce þeáwas forbeódaþ tó secgenne ǽnig spel on ðám þrým swígdagum, Homl. Th. i. 218, 31: ii. 362, 16
swét-mete
A sweet-meat, delicacy
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A sweet-meat, delicacy Of ðám swétmettum and of mistlícum dryncum ðæs líþes onwæcnaþ sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 16: Met. 25, 40
Linked entry: swót-mete
sprytele
A twig ⬩ chip ⬩ a sprout or twig ⬩ rung of a ladder ⬩ a splinter
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(v. quotation from Jamieson's Dict. under sprot) Men of ðære ylcan styde sprytlan ácurfon astulis ex ipsa destina excisis, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 43
á-teorodness
Exhaustion ⬩ coming to an end
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Exhaustion, coming to an end Þá hálgan scínað and on þǽre beorhtnysse hí beóð ǽfre wunigende búton áteorodnysse (the brightness will never be exhausted), Hml. A. 44, 495
hider
to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro
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Lbmn. 374) ofer búton be healfan were gyldan, ne Ænglisc Wyliscne geon ofer, Ll. Th. i. 354, 19. Se aldor þǽm heaðorincum hider wísade, B. 370.
Linked entry: hider-cyme
stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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Mid gierde men biþ beswungen, and mid stæfe hé biþ áwreðed. Gif ðǽr ðonne sié gierd mid tó ðreágeanne, sié ðǽr eác stæf mid tó wreðianne, Past. 17; Swt. 126, 2. Gangan bí stafe to walk with the aid of a staff, L. Alf. 16; Th. i. 48, 10: Ex. 21, 19.
Linked entries: stafa stæf-cræft
a-ládian
To excuse ⬩ to make excuse for ⬩ excusare
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Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 21
a-wirgean
To accurse ⬩ curse ⬩ maledicere
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Awirgede woruldsorga ye execrable worldly cares, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 25
can
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He can he can, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 10
cú-tægel
A cow's tail ⬩ vaccæ cauda
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A cow's tail; vaccæ cauda Cútægl biþ fíf penega weorþ a cow's tail shall be worth five pence, L. In. 59; Th. i. 140, 3, MS. B
dýr-wurþe
Of great worth or value, precious ⬩ prĕtiōsus
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Of great worth or value, precious; prĕtiōsus Seó ðe dýrwurþre wǽre eallum máþmum quæ omnĭbus ornamentis prĕtiōsior est, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 40. v. deór-. wyrþe
earm-scanca
An arm-bone [ = shank] ⬩ crus
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An arm-bone [ = shank]; crus Gif ða earm-scancan beóþ begen forade if the arm-bones be both broken, L. Alf. pol. 55; Th. i. 94, 26
Linked entry: sceanca
féster-módor
A foster-mother ⬩ nurse ⬩ altrix ⬩ nutrix
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Wífmonna láreów and féster-módur māter et nutrix fēmĭnārum, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 17
flés
A FLEECE ⬩ vellus
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A FLEECE; vellus Be sceápes gonge mid his flése of a sheep's going with its fleece, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 9, note 20, MS. G
for-biódan
to forbid
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to forbid He wel meahte ðæt unriht him eáðe forbiódan he might well easily forbid that injustice to him, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 108; Met. 9, 54
for-wyrnednes
A restraining ⬩ continence ⬩ forbidding ⬩ contĭnentia
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A restraining, continence, forbidding; contĭnentia He wæs micelre forhæfdnysse and forwyrnednesse lífes he was of great abstinence and continence of life, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 21
foxes cláte
Fox's clote ⬩ burdock ⬩ arctium lappa
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Fox's clote, burdock; arctium lappa, Lin Wið hundes dolge, foxes cláte, etc. for wound by a hound, burdock, etc. L. M. 1, 69; Lchdai. ii. 144, 11
fylignes
A following ⬩ completing ⬩ executing ⬩ successio ⬩ exĕcūtio
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A following, completing, executing; successio, exĕcūtio Ðæt to gódra dǽda fylignessum he hí aweahte ut eos ad opĕrum bŏnōrum exĕcūtiōnem excitāret, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 33
Linked entry: æfter-fylignes
fyrrest
Farthest ⬩ longissĭme
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Farthest; longissĭme Se mona wæs ðære sunnan fyrrest the moon was farthest from the sun, Ors. 6, 2; Bos. 117, 14: Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 21