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Arabisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Arabisc, adj.
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Hie Fenix, swá hátte án fugel on Arabiscre ðeóde, 70, 12

wacollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wacollíce, adv.

Watchfully ⬩ vigilantly

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Watchfully, vigilantly Hé (Gregory) wæs swíðe wacol on Godes bebodum, and hé wacollíce ymbe manegra ðeóda þearfe hogode, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 15

DÚN

(n.)
Grammar
DÚN, e; pl. nom. acc. dúna, dúne; f.

A mountain, hill, DOWN ⬩ mons, collis

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And ðæt wæter wæs fíftyne fæðma deóp ofer ða héhstan dúna operti sunt omnes montes excelsi sub unĭverso cælo. Quindĕcim cŭbĭtis altior fuit aqua super montes, quæ operuĕrat, Gen. 7, 19, 20.

híw-cúþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
híw-cúþlíce, hiew-; adv.

Familiarly

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Hine God hiewcúþlícor on eallum þingum innan lǽrde ðonne óðre menn mid his gelómlícre tósprǽce quem de cunctis interius per conversationem cum Deo sedulam locutio familiaris instruebat, 41, 5; Swt. 304, 18

dim-híw

(adj.)
Grammar
dim-híw, adj.
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Dark-coloured, gloomy Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106: Wlfst. 137, 9

dúru

Grammar
dúru, l. duru, dele dure, an; and add: gen. a; dat. u, dyru (-e), and a wk. duran; pl. nom. e, u; gen. a; dat. pl.
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Duru hostium, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 11: valva, 290, 12: limen (olympi ), ii. 93, 36: 52, 5. Þǽre forscytlican dura vectiferae valvae, 90, 56. From ðǽre dura selfre ðisse béc in ipsa locutionis nostrae janua, Past. 25, 11. Beforan ðǽre ciricean dura (duru,

letting

(n.)
Grammar
letting, e; f.

Letting ⬩ hindering ⬩ obstruction ⬩ delay ⬩ retarding

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Letting, hindering, obstruction, delay, retarding Ðeós yl[d]fulle letting hæc morosa tricatio, Hpt. Gl. 529, 6. Lettinge obstaculo, 523, 16. Lettincge offendiculo, 429, 35.

sigel-hweorfa

(n.)
Grammar
sigel-hweorfa, an ; m. A plant-name, a word equivalent in meaning to the Greek
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Ðeós wyrt ðe Grécas heliotropus, and Rómáne uertamnum nemnaþ, and eác Angle sigelhweorfa hátaþ, Lchdm. i. 152, 21. Sigilhweorfa eliotropus, 254, 11. In the following no foreign equivalent is given Sigelhweorfa, ii. 94, 25 : iii. 24, 4.

Linked entry: -hweorfa

stánig

(adj.)
Grammar
stánig, stǽnig; adj.
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Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on stánigum stówum, Lchdm. i. 102, 3. Stǽnigum, 212, 9 note: 216, 20 note: 256, 22

Linked entry: stǽnig

Breoten

Grammar
Breoten, (-on).
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Ongla ðeód com on þás Breotone, 78, 1: 87, 3. Bretene, 111, 33. Ofer ealle Brytene, 149, 2. Eádwine hæfde ríce ofer eall þá Brytene (eal(le) Brytene, Breotone. v. ll.) búton Cantwarum ánum, Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 130, 21. Add

grimlíce

(adv.)
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Shrn. 111, 22. of action by animals or things Þá deór gewrǽðað grimlíce ongén, Nar. 34, 7. Þæt fýr græfeð grimlíce, Cri. 1004

cleófa

(n.)
Grammar
cleófa, cleafa, cliófa, an; m.

a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chamber ⬩ cubīle, cellarium, cubiculum

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Ðeós sweoster wæs útgangende of hire cleófan hæc soror egressa est de cubiculo, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 31

Linked entries: cleáfa cliófa clýfa

mús

(n.)
Grammar
mús, e; f.

a mouse ⬩ a muscle

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Ðeós mús hic mus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 33; Som. 12, 20. Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 2. Mýs sorices. Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 73. [Ðæt gewrit beó geworpen músen tó gnagene, Chart.

feohtan

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Feaht (feht, fæht, v. ll.) him on seó hǽþene ðeód Myrcna inpugnatus ab pagana gente Merciorum, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 252, 16. Cwóman hié tó þon ꝥ hié on ðá úre wíc feohtan (woldon ?) (ad expugnanda castra), Nar. 21, 21.

smireness

(n.)
Grammar
smireness, e; f.

Ointment, unguent

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Ointment, unguent Cwæþ se wrítere ðæt Maria genáme án pund deórwyrðre smyrenesse (smerenesse, 69, 1) . . . .Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum Blickl. Homl. 73, 17-20. Smirinis (smerenisse, Rush.) unguentum Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 12.

Linked entry: smereness

Egiptisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Egiptisc, Egyptisc; def. se Egiptisca, Egiptiscea; seó, ðæt Egiptisce; adj.

Belonging to Egypt, Egyptian ⬩ Ægyptius

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Belonging to Egypt, Egyptian; Ægyptius Hér is ides Egyptisc here is an Egyptian woman, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 19; Gen. 2227. Fram ðære Egiptiscan eá from the Egyptian river, Gen. 15, 18. Hine gebohte Egiptisc man an Egyptian man bought him, 39, 1: Ex. 2,

Linked entry: Egyptisc

feðere

(adj.)
Grammar
feðere, feðre; def. se feðera, feðra; seó, ðæt feðere, feðre; adj.

Feathered ⬩ pennis prædĭtus

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Feathered; pennis prædĭtus

fold-hrérende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fold-hrérende, part.

touching ⬩ moving on ⬩ the earth ⬩ terram tangens ⬩ peragrans

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touching, moving on, the earth; terram tangens vel peragrans Deóra foldhrérendra of earth-enlivening beasts, Exon. 95b; Th. 356, 2; Pa. 5. cf. mold-hrérende

dǽd-scúa

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-scúa, an; m. [scúa a shade]

One who acts in the dark ⬩ tenebris agens, diabolus

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One who acts in the dark; tenebris agens, diabolus Deorc dǽd-scúa a dark deed actor [the devil], Exon. 11 b; Th. 16, 22; Cri. 257

æ-bylgþ

(n.)
Grammar
æ-bylgþ, -bylþ, -bylygþ, e; f: es; n? [bylgþ, v. belgan]

An offence ⬩ a fault ⬩ scandal ⬩ wrong ⬩ anger ⬩ wrath ⬩ indignation ⬩ offensa ⬩ injuria ⬩ ira ⬩ indignatio

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Cristenum cyningce gebyraþ swýðe rihte ðæt he Godes æbylþe wrece Christiano regi jure pertinet ut injurias Deo factas vindicet, L. C. S. 40; Th. i. 400, 10

Linked entries: a-bylgþ æ-bylg

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