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Englisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Englisc, Ænglisc; adj.

ENGLISHAnglĭcus

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ENGLISH ; Anglĭcus Hér syndon on ðis íglande [Britene] fif geþeóda [MS. þeóda], Englisc, and Brytisc, . . . and Scyttisc, and Pihtisc, [and Bóc-Lǽden] here are in this island [Britain] five languages, English, and British, . . . and Scottish, and Pictish

Linked entries: Anglisc Ænglisc

wǽt

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽt, adj.

wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisturewet, moist, having moisturewet, rainy

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Be (wambe) cealdre and wǽtre gecyndo . . . and ðæt hǽmedþing ne sceþeþ hátum líchoman ne wǽtum, 162, 17-20: 222, 1, 2.

ǽ-mynde

(n.)
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Jealousy, and add Ǽmend zelum, Angl. 32, 506. Cf. myne love

frum-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
frum-geweorc, es; n.

A first building

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A first building Fram Móyses gebyrdtíde þá forð tó Salamones gebyrde and his mǽran frumgeweorces ðæs temples, Angl. xi. 9, 11. Oð ðæt frumgeweorc ðæs temples ( the building of the first temple ), 4, 22

wíf-scrúd

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-scrúd, es; n.

Clothing for a womanwoman's dressfemale attire

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Clothing for a woman, woman's dress, female attire Ic geann mínre yldran dehter . . . ánes wífscrúdes ealles. And mínre gyngran dehter ic geann ealles ðæs wífscrúdes ðe tó láfe bið, Chart. Th. 530, 14-25

fóster

(n.)
Grammar
fóster, m. (not n.).

foodnourishmentsustenancefeedinggiving foodbringing upfosteringbringing forth progeny

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Dele first passage, and add: food, nourishment, sustenance Sió lifer is blódes timber and blódes hús and fóstor, Lch. ii. 198, 2. Seó sóðe lufu is þǽre sáwle fóstor, Ll. Th. ii. 428, 38. Geunn ús tó þissum dæge dæghwámlices fóstres, Wlfst. 125, 11.

FÝR

(n.)
Grammar
FÝR, fír, es; n.

FIREa firehearthignisfŏcus

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Him befóran fóron fýr and wolcen fire and cloud journeyed before him, Cd. 146; Th. 183, 18; Exod. 93 : 169; Th. 212, 9; Exod. 536 : 192; Th. 239, 22; Dan. 374. Ðæs fýres gecynd is hát and dríe the nature of fire is hot and dry, Boutr.

Linked entries: fír fýryn

wlacu

(adj.)
Grammar
wlacu, and wlæc; adj.

Lukewarmtepid

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Oft ða monðwǽran weorðaþ suá besolcne and suá wlace and suá sláwe saepe mansueti dissolutionis torpescunt taedio, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 15

tó-berstan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-berstan, p. -bærst, pl. -burston; pp. -borsten.

to burst asunder,to break (intrans) in two, or in pieces,be rent asunderto break out in sores,to break out

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Skt. 8, 29. to break out in sores, v. tó-borstenness Wið springas and wið tóborsten líc for carbuncles and for a body with breakings out. Lchdm. i. 272, 18.

ofer-hlifian

(v.)
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Add Manega trahtnedon ymbe þis angin . . . ac ic hig ealle oferhlifige oððe oferswýðe (ego sublimor), Angl. viii. 307, 8. Ofe[r]hleofað praecellat, i. superemineat, An. Ox. 309.

sele

(n.)
Grammar
sele, es ; m.
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Hé anlícnesse geseh on seles ( or from sæl, cf. 1523 ; An. 763) wáge, Andr. Kmbl. 1428 ; An. 714 : Exon. Th. 394, 17 ; Rä. 14, 4. Þegen ðe on cinges sele his hláforde þénode, L. R. 3 ; Th. i. 192, 1.

á-mánsumian

(v.)
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Dele bracket and add: to accurse Heó nolde ágan þæs wælhreówan hærereáf ac ámánsumode, Hml. A. 115, 426.

Linked entry: mánsumian

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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Hér syndan rýperas and reáferas and woruldstrúderas and ðeófas and þeódscaðan, Wulfst. 165, 36. Þeófum grassatoribus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 35. Ealle niht ic ( the ox-herd) stande ofer ða oxan waciende for þeófan (propter fures ), Coll. Monast.

Linked entry: þeáf

scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
scrýdan, p. de.
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Kmbl. 992 ; An. 496

Linked entries: -scrid ful-scrid

hettan

(v.)
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Grammar hettan, cf. hatian, and

be-légan

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Dele, and see preceding word

burg-síta

Grammar
burg-síta, (burh-).
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Dele, and see burg-wita

brýdelic gewrit

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Dele, and see brýd-lic

cynde

(adj.)
Grammar
cynde, adj.
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Dele, and see preceding word

cúþ-lǽtan

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Dele, and see preceding word