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sester

(n.)
Grammar
sester, seoxter, es; m.

a vessel ⬩ jar ⬩ pitcher ⬩ a measure for liquids or for dry things

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Hund sestra (cados) eles, Lk. Skt. 16, 6. Ǽlc wæterfæt wæs on twegra sestra gemete oððe on þreora capientes singuli metretas binas uel ternas, Jn. Skt. 2, 6. Gecned þrí sestras (sata) smedeman, Gen. 18, 6.

Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht

hefigian

(v.)
Grammar
hefigian, p. ode.

to make heavy ⬩ oppress ⬩ grieve ⬩ afflict ⬩ vex ⬩ to become heavy ⬩ to be aggravated or increased ⬩ to be burdened or oppressed

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to make heavy, oppress, grieve, afflict, vex Forðon sió byrden ðære sconde hine diógollíce hefegaþ quia gravit hunt in abditis pondus turpe, Past. 11, 7; Swt. 73, 55.

Linked entry: a-hefigian

eówer

Grammar
eówer, eówre
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Drihten fandað eówre, Deut. 13, 3. with noun in apposition Eówer Rómána brocu ðe gé ealneg drífað, Ors. 3, 7; S. 120, 14. as possessive Hwæþer gé eówer hundas and eówer net út on ðá sǽ lǽdon, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 13

tosca

(n.)
Grammar
tosca, (-e; f. (?); in the Ritual feminines sometimes end in a), an; m.

A frog

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Sette him heard wíte hundes fleógan and hí ǽtan eác yfle tostan (toscan ?) hæfdan hí eallunga út áworpen immisit in eos muscam caninam, et comedit eos; ranam, et exterminavit eos, Ps. Th. 77, 45.

Linked entries: toxa tostan

BEORMA

(n.)
Grammar
BEORMA, an; m : bearm, es; m.

Barm ⬩ leaven ⬩ yeast ⬩ froth ⬩ fermentum

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Nim ele and hunig and beorman take oil and honey and barm Lchdm. i. 398, 6 : Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 11; Jul. 396

glóf-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
glóf-wyrt, e; f.

lily of the valley ⬩ convallāria mājālis ⬩ hound's tongue ⬩ cynoglossum officĭnāle

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Ðeós wyrt ðe Engle glófwyrt, and óðrum naman hundes tunge hátaþ this plant, which the English call glovewort, and by another name hound's tongue, Herb. 42; Lchdm. i. 144, 3

tusc

(n.)
Grammar
tusc, tux, es: a wk. pl. tuxan occurs; m.

A canine tooth ⬩ a molar tooth ⬩ a tusk

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Hundes tux, Lchdm. i. 370, 29. Se flǽsctóþ wiþæftan ðone tux gigra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 9. Mannes tuxas canini vel colomelli, i.43, 31. Tuxas canini, ii.16, 50: 128, 21: Lchdm. iii. 202, 19. Wið tóþwræce, hundes tuxas, i. 370, 26.

Linked entries: tuscel tysca

here-toga

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Swá hwylcne heora swá him se tán ætýwde, þonne gecuron hí þone him tó heretogan and tó ládþeówe (hunc tempore belli ducem omnes sequuntur), Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 19.

nídan

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Stinge him mon feþere on múð, néde hine tó spíwanne, Lch. ii. 286, 17. [3) with clause :-- Þone hié nǽddun ꝥ hé bére his róde hunc angariaverunt ut tolleret crucem ejus, Mt. R. 27, 32

ge-wǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wǽcan, -wǽcean; part. -wǽcende; p. -wǽcte, -wǽhte; pp. -wǽct, -wǽht

To weaken ⬩ affect ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ afflict ⬩ oppress ⬩ affĭcĕre ⬩ affīgĕre

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Beóton hig ðone, and mid teónum, gewǽcende, hine forléton ídelne illi hunc cædentes, et afficientes contŭmēlia, dīmīserunt inānem, Lk. Bos. 20, 11. Hí mid deáþe hí gewǽceaþ morte affĭcient eos, Mk. Bos. 13, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 542, 17.

stician

(v.)
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In l. 4 insert Bt. before 37. add: to project Ðonne niðer andlang strémes onbútan ðone horsgærstún ðæt hit sticað on ðǽre eá sylfre . . . forð be ámyrðlonde ðæt hit sticað on Æðeríces gemǽre; andlang ðæs weges ðæt hit sticað on Húnan wege, C.

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es; n.

a swine. ⬩ the image of a boar as the crest of a helmet.

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Hé (Ohthere) hæfde tamra deóra syx hund . . Hé wæs mid ðǽm fyrstum mannum on ðæm lande (Norway); næfde hé þeáh má ðonne twentig swýna. Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 18, 14. Ða ýtemestan leomo swína beóþ eáðmelte, Lchdm. ii. 196, 23.

Linked entries: swun swín-líca swýn

teoru

(n.)
Grammar
teoru, teoro, teru(-o), tearo, taru: gen. teorwes, also tearos; n.: teora, tara, an; m.
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Meng wiþ sóte sealt, teoro, hunig, 76, 8: 134, 11. Dó of ðínum eáran ðæt teoro, 112, 3. Meng wiþ pipor and wiþ teoran, 76, 7

eówan

Grammar
eówan, eówian.
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Hé eówode þǽm hundum þone hláf, Bl. H. 181, 22. Suelce hé nacodne hine selfne eówige tó wundigeanne his feóndum, Past. 277, 17. Hwelce hié hié selfe eówien (-igen, v. l.), 273, 4.

wearg-brǽde

(n.)
Grammar
wearg-brǽde, (wearge- [wearg-ge- (?)], wearh-), an; f.

Some form of disease; ⬩ impetigo, ulcus, carcinoma

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Gif nægl sié of handa and wiþ wearhbrǽdan ( probably πτερύγιον, Cockayne), nim hwǽtecorn, meng wið hunig, lege on þone finger, ii. 80, 20, 24

Linked entries: werh-brǽde brǽde

ge-nyhtsumian

(v.)
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Tuu hund penninga ne genyhtsumiað ( sufficiunt ) him, Jn. L. R. 6, 7. Him mæg heora ágen lár genihtsumian, Hml. Th. ii. 594, 18. <b>III a.

ge-cyrran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cyrran, p. de; pp. ed.

to turn ⬩ convert ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ to turn [one's self] ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ verti ⬩ reverti ⬩ ire

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Ðá gecyrdon ða twá and hund-seofontig reversi sunt septuaginta duo, Lk. Bos. 10, 17. Hwænne he sý fram gyftum gecyrred quando revertatur a nuptis, Lk. Bos. 12, 36

cræft

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Se cræft sceolde wissian be steorrum hwæt gehwilcum menn gelumpe, . . . on þám cræfte áspende mín fæder má þonne twá hund punda . . . Gif þú þisne cræft healst . . .

ge-rím

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Se tíma wæs standende twá þúsend wintra and twá hund and twá and feówertig geára gerímes, Angl. viii. 336, 2. la. in phrases denoting that objects cannot be counted :-- Hý wǽran gemanigfealdode ofer ǽle gerím (super numerum), Ps.

greát

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Voc. ii. 41, 67, 68. coarse of grain or texture Twéntig ambra ealoð, and tú hund greátes hláfes ( coarse bread ) and þridde smales, Cht. Th. 158, 25.