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a-plantian

(v.)
Grammar
a-plantian, p. ode; pp. od

To plant ⬩ transplant ⬩ plantare ⬩ transplantare

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Ge sǽdon ðissum treówe, Sý ðú awyrtwalod, and aplantod on sǽ dicetis huic arbori, Eradicare, et transplantare in mare, Lk. Bos. 17, 6

BEÓD

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓD, es; m.

A table ⬩ mensa

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Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beódwyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5. Beódas lances Cot. 123

Linked entries: beád beódas

ceáp-sceamul

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-sceamul, -sceamel, es; m. [scamel = a bench, seat]

A toll-booth, custom-house, treasury ⬩ mercatorium scabellum, telonium = HEBREW , gazophylacium = τελώνιον

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Ðás word he spæc æt ceápsceamele hæc verba locutus est in gazophylacio, Jn. Bos. 8, 20

Linked entry: cép-sceamol

eáster-wuce

(n.)
Grammar
eáster-wuce, eastor-wice, an; f.

Easter- week ⬩ paschalis septimana

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Easter- week; paschalis septimana Ðys sceal on Sæternes dæg, on ðære eáster-wucan this [gospel] must be on Saturday in easter-week. Rubc. Jn. Bos. 20, I. Ii; Notes, p. 580, 20, 1a, ii a: 21, 1; Notes, p. 580, 21, 1 a

Linked entry: eástor-wice

feoh-gítsere

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gítsere, es; m.

A miser ⬩ pĕcūniæ ăvārus

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that the first miser should have been in the world, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 110; Met. 8, 55. Ðæm feohgítsere to the miser, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 26

Linked entry: gítsere

flód-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
flód-wudu, m.

Flood-wood ⬩ a ship ⬩ mărīnum lignum ⬩ nāvis

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Flood-wood, a ship; mărīnum lignum, nāvis Swá we ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, geond sídne sǽ flódwudu fergen as if we journey in vessels over the cold water, convey our ships through the wide sea, Exon. 20a; Th. 53, 21; Cri. 854

for-stalian

(v.)
Grammar
for-stalian, p. ede; pp. ed [stalian to steal]

To steal away ⬩ aufŭgĕre

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In. 24; Th. i. 118, 6. Gif he hine forstalede if he should have stolen himself away, L. Ath. v. § 6, 3; Th. i. 234, 7

læpeldre

(n.)

a dish ⬩ platter

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Se ðe bedypþ on disce mid mé his hláf on læpeldre qui intingit mecum manum in parapside [Mt. 26, 23], Homl. Th. ii. 244, 4

lǽste

(n.)
Grammar
lǽste, es; m [?].
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A shoemaker's last Læste musticula ['mustricola machina ad stringendos pedes, hoc est, ad calceum suendum qui pedes tegit et stringit: forma in qua calceus suitur,' Ducange]. Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 25; Wrt. Voc. 26, 24. Lǽste vordalium [?], Wrt.

lafor

(n.)
Grammar
lafor, es; m.

A leopard

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A leopard [so Cockayne, but ought not the word in the following passage to be eoforas?]

múþ-bersting

(n.)
Grammar
múþ-bersting, e; f.

A breaking out about the mouth

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A breaking out about the mouth Múþberstingc (in a list of diseases) frenus (cf. frenusculi, ulcera circa rictum oris, similia his quae fiunt jumentis asperitate frenorum, Isid. 4, orig. 8), Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 14. Múþbersting, ii. 39, 17.

preóst-scír

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-scír, e; f.
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The district in which a priest exercises his duties, a parish Ne spane nán mæssepreóst nánne mon of óðre cyrcean hýrnysse tó his cyrcan, ne of óðre preóstscýre lǽre, ðæt nton hys cyrcan geséce, L. E. I. 14; Th. ii. 410, 31

betwux-alegednes

(n.)
Grammar
betwux-alegednes, -nyss, e; f. [betwux between; aleged, alegd laid]

an interposition, interjection ⬩ interjectio

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What is laid or placed between, an interposition, interjection; interjectio Interjectio mæg beón gecweden betwuxalegednyss on Englisc, forðanðe he líþ betwux wordum an interjection may be called a laying between in English, because it lies between words

Linked entry: betwyx-aworpennyss

ge-deorfleás

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-deorfleás, adj.

nil prosperum ⬩ without labour, trouble ⬩ without effort ⬩ without result, success

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This word in Glos. Prudent. Recd. 151, 73 is explained nil prosperum. The natural meaning would be without labour, trouble, which hardly agrees with that given above.

ge-hweorf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hweorf, adj.

versed ⬩ practised ⬩ clever ⬩ versutus ⬩ converted

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versed, practised, clever; versutus Sum biþ ðegn gehweorf on meoduhealle one is a thane familiar in the meadhall, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 15; Crä. 68. Similar entries v. hwearf. converted Nymðe gé gewerfe beón nisi conversi fueritis, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: -hweorf

ge-leofian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leofian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To live ⬩ vīvĕre

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To live; vīvĕre Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges, ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt there is no mirth in life when there is dread of death, Prov. Kmbl. 16. Gyf swá biþ geleofad si sic vīvĭtur, Cant. Ezech. Lamb. fol. 185 a, 16

Linked entry: ge-lifian

stán-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
stán-geweorc, es; n.
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Working in stone, stone-work Bæd hé ðæt hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces architectos sibi mitti petiit, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 1. On hire wurðmynte is árǽred mǽre cyrce mid wundorlícum stángeweorce, Homl. Th. i. 440, 18. Cf. stán-weorc

teosol

(n.)
Grammar
teosol, teosul, teosel, es; m.
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Tæsium tesellum (tessellis in text, v. tæfl), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 44. Tæfles monnes, ðonne teoselum weorpeþ, Exon. Th. 345, 9; Gn. Ex. 185. Tesulas tesseras, Txts. 114, 84

Linked entries: tæslum tasol tesulas

under-hebban

(v.)

accipere ⬩ sustollere ⬩ sublevare

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glosses accipere, sustollere, sublevare in Onfoeng ł underhóf accepit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 17. Genom ł underhóf sustulit, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 9. Underhóf subleuasset, 6, 5. Underhebendum égum subleuatis oculis, Lind. 17, 1.

un-leóf

(adj.)
Grammar
un-leóf, adj.

Not dear ⬩ not beloved ⬩ odious ⬩ hateful

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Wigláf seah on unleófe ( the followers who had failed Beowulf in his need ), Beo. Th. 5719; B. 2863