á-cumba
oakum ⬩ that which is combed ⬩ the coarse part of hemp,—Hards, flax, tow ⬩ stuppa ⬩ the thing pruned or trimmed, properly of trees ⬩ Prunings ⬩ clippings ⬩ trimmings ⬩ putamen ⬩ reduced to ashes ⬩ Wood ashes
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for a salve, take the ashes of oakum, butcher's broom, L.
Æðelréd
Æthelred ⬩ Æthelred ⬩ Æthelrédus ⬩ Æthelred Atheling ⬩ Æthelred
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Æthelred was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for thirty-eight years, A.D. 978-1016 Hér, Æðelréd æðeling féng to ðam ríce here [A. D. 978] Æthelred Atheling succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 978; Th. 232, 3, col. 1.
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alor
An ALDER- tree ⬩ alnus ⬩ alnus glutihosa
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Its juice contains a great abundance of tannin, which renders the bark valuable for tanning, and the young shoots for dyeing. Its foliage being large, and of a deep handsome green, the alder is rather an ornamental tree.
deór-wyrþe
Precious, dear, of great worth or value ⬩ prĕtiōsus
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Ðæt is git deórwyrþre ðonne monnes líf it is even more valuable than man's life, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 38. Ðú hæfst gesund gehealden eall ðæt deórwyrþoste thou hast kept entire everything most precious, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 9.
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EÓWU
EWE, female sheep ⬩ ŏvis fēmĭna
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The milk was used for domestic purposes: butter and cheese were made from it; for Ælfric teaches the shepherd [sceáp-hyrde] to say, 'On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg
irþ
ploughing ⬩ tilling ⬩ a crop ⬩ ploughed land
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ploughing, tilling For yrþe for ploughing; ad arandum, L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 27. the produce of arable land, a crop Ðæt ðæs wæstmes yrþ ðǽr má upyrnende wǽre.
lícham-
Bodily ⬩ corporeal ⬩ material ⬩ carnal
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Hí wilnodon ðæs líchomlícan deáþes ... wið ðan écan lífe, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 36, 3; Blickl. Homl. 103, 10. Se hálega gást ástáh líchamlícre ansýne corporali specie, Lk. Skt. 3, 22.
mǽran
To make known ⬩ celebrate ⬩ declare ⬩ proclaim
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Ne hit ǽnig mon ðære ferde ðon má út máran móste, ðý læs hié for ðon ormóde wǽron, Nar. 32, 22
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tǽl
Evil speaking, calumny, detraction
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Ne fríne ic ðé for tǽle ne þurh teóncwide I do not question you that I may detract or abuse, Andr. Kmbl. 1265; An. 633. Hé þolaþ sárcwide secga ... Ic bí mé secge ðis sárspell ... Ic for tǽle ne mæg ǽniene moncynnes gelufian, Exon.
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á-hwæþer
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Be menn þe sealmas singð áwðer oþþe for hine sylfne oððe for óðerne mann, Ps. Th. 30, arg. Áuðer oððe . . . oððe, Past. 281, 12. Hé forbýt ǽlcum men áðor tó bycganne oððe tó syllanne, Wlfst. 200, 3. Áðor oþþe on bóclande oþþe on folclande, Ll.
be-sprecan
mention ⬩ to claim ⬩ To complain of ⬩ blame ⬩ To complain
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For hwí besprecað nú men þás crístnan tída, and secgað þæt nú wyrsan tída sién ?
dugan
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Ic secge ꝥ sió foresprǽc ne dyge ( prosit ) þám scyldigan, Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 6. for a purpose Deah hit wið ǽghwylcre innancundre unhǽlo, Lch. i. 86, 18. Seó wyrt deáh tó drincanne, ii. 238, 27
hlinian
to recline ⬩ to lean
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Voc. ii. 111, 73. to recline, lie on a couch for rest (or to eat; in translation of Latin -cumbere forms) Se wulderfulla on godewebbenum beddum hlinað, E. S. viii. 473, 18. Wíf ongeat ꝥte hlionade (sæt, W. S., accubuit) in hús, Lk. L. 7, 37.
hete
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Ne teó ic N. for hete ne for hóle, Ll. Th. i. 180, 10. Hé nam tó Malche fulne graman, and him mid eallum hete cídde, Hml. S. 23, 695. Hine þurh hete héngon fæderas ússe, El. 424.
mód
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On hálgum gewrite bið gelómlíce heáfod gesett for þæs mannes móde, for ðan ðe þæt heáfod gewissað þám óðrum limum, swá swá þæt mód gediht ðá geðóhtas, Hml. Th. i. 612, 11-14.
sceatt
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Ðæne dǽl ðæs landes ðe se arcebisceop for his sceatte him tó lét, C. D. iii. 352, 7. Þone sceat þe on þám lande stent the mortgage money, Cht. Crw. 9, 120.
wyrd
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Hé gefealh his gebede for þone seócan man, and þá sóna eft hine gelǽdde tó his ágenre ræste hálne . . . Of þǽre wyrde (ex quo ejus uno facto) þæs weres wé geleornodon ꝥ wé gelýfdon eallra óþra weorca, 248, 4.
hangian
To hang, be suspended, depend
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Ðá ðá Crist hangode on róde for úre álýsednysse when Christ hung on the cross for our redemption, 240, 22: Lk. Skt. 23, 39.
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ofer-mód
Proud, arrogant, presumptuous
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Spell be ðam ofermódum cyningum, Bt. 37, l; Fox 186, l. Ofermódum superbis, Ps. Spl. 93, 2. Se Scyppend oft ða ofermódan geeádmétte, Homl. Th. ii. 432, 20
Cnut
Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035
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And then all the fleet chose Cnut for king Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 20-22.