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wlite-wamm

(n.)
Grammar
wlite-wamm, es; m.

A disfigurement of the facepersonal disfigurement

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A disfigurement of the face, personal disfigurement Æt ðám læsestan wlitewamme .iii. scillingas, and æt ðám máran .vi. scill. L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15. Wlitewomma nevorum (nullis naevorum maculis deformatos, Aid. lo), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 27: 60, 56

Linked entry: wamm-wlite

wuldor-hama

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-hama, an; m.

A glorious garb

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A glorious garb Engel ælbeorht, wlitescýne wer on his wuldorhaman, Cd. Th. 237, 16; Dan. 338 : Exon. Th. 189, 2; Az. 53. Him is engel mid, hafaþ beorhtne blǽd, ne mæg him bryne sceþþan, wlitigne wuldorhaman, 196, 24; Az. 179

bí-genge

(n.)
Grammar
bí-genge, es; n.

Practiceworship

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Practice, worship Bígenge cultus, An. Ox. 5153. On ídol wé áspendað bígencge inane expendimus studium, Scint. 2, 1. Þá bígengu (neomenias) þæs níwan mónan wé ná ne healdaþ, An. Ox. 40, 34. Bodiað bígenga (studia) his, Ps. Spl. 9, 11

Linked entries: -genge -genge bí-geng

heals-mene

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winter

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Ǽr mydda-wintran, Lk. l, 26 rbc. Ær myddan wintran. Jn. l, 15 rbc. Add

hearm-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-leóþ, es; n.

A sorrowful song, lamentation

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A sorrowful song, lamentation Hearmleóþ galan to sing a song of grief, Andr. Kmbl. 2256; An. 1129: 2684; An. 1344. Hearmleóþ ágól earm and unlǽd wretched and miserable sang a mournful song, Exon. 74 b; Th. 279, 18; Jul. 615

Gallisc

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ꝥ hié sceolden mid monnum heora godum blótan, and ꝥ sceolde beón án Gallisc wǽpnedmon and án Gallisc wífmon, Ors. 4, 7 ; S. 184, 6. Hiora anlícnessa ne mehton from Galliscum fýre for-bærnede weorþan, 2, 8 ; S. 94, 14. Add

swátan

(n.)
Grammar
swátan, (swatan? v.
  • Engl. Stud. viii. 479
); pl.

Beer

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[Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.]

æht

(n.)
Grammar
æht, e; f.

Valuationestimationdeliberationcouncilæstimatiodeliberatioconsilium

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Biscopas and bóceras and ealdormen æht besǽton bishops and scribes and princes sat in council, Andr; Kmbl. 1216; An. 608

ascung

(n.)
Grammar
ascung, e; f.

An askinga questionan interrogationinquiryinquisitioninterrogatioinquisitio

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An asking, a question, an interrogation, inquiry, inquisition; interrogatio, inquisitio Ðæs sǽdes corn biþ simle aweaht mid ascunga the grain of this seed is always excited by inquiry, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 81; Met. 22, 41: Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 16

Linked entry: acsung

cyn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cyn-líc, adj. [cyn suitable, fit]

Becoming, fittingdĕcōrus

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Becoming, fitting; dĕcōrus Suilce iów cynlíc þynce as to you may seem fitting, Th. Diplm. A. D. 804-829; 461, 36. Swá him rihtlíc and cynlíc þince as to them may seem just and becoming, Th. Diplm. A. D. 905; 493, 12

eáþ-médum

(adv.)
Grammar
eáþ-médum, adv. [dat. pl. of eáþméd]

Humbly, kindly humĭlĭter, benignĭter

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Humbly, kindly; humĭlĭter, benignĭter Eáþ-médum humbly, Exon. 46 a; Th. 157, 15; Gú. 892. Ðæt he eáþmédum oncnáwe that he should treat [him] kindly, Andr. Kmbl. 641; An. 321. Gewát him se hálga eáþmédum the holy one departed kindly, 1957; An. 981

hér-ongemong

(adv.)
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hér-ongemong, adv.

Here-among,amongst the restmeanwhile

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Gif wé Æfneres dǽda sume hérongemong secgaþ si Abner factum ad medium deducamus, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 13. Gif wé Salamones cuida sumne hérongemong eówiaþ si Salamonis ad medium verba proferantur, 49, 5; Swt. 385, 33

Linked entry: hér

hrægel-talu

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel-talu, e; f.
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A fund for providing vestments Ic ðas land ǽcelíce sælle into sanctæ trinitatan ðám híwum tó hira beódlandæ and tó hregltalæ ego has terras dono æternaliter familiæ æcclesiæ sanctæ trinitatis ad refectorium fratribus et ad vestimenta, Cod. Dipl.

hwæl-hunta

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl-hunta, an; m.

whale-fisherwhaler

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A whale-hunter, whale-fisher, whaler Hwælhunta cetarius, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 55; Wrt. Voc. 55, 59. Ðá wæshé swá feor norð swá ða hwælhuntan firrest faraþ was as far north as the whalers ever go, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 12

Linked entry: hunta

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.

betwux-alegednes

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

an interposition, interjectioninterjectio

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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

geond-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
geond-sceáwian, p. ode; pp. od [sceáwian to look]

To look at, surveyperlustrāre ocŭlis

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To look at, survey; perlustrāre ocŭlis Georne geondsceáwaþ earnestly surveys, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 23; Wand. 52. Geondsceáwode he ða þing ðe to ðære stówe belumpon he looked about at the things which appertained to the place, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 22, 17

hemeþe

(n.)
Grammar
hemeþe, es; n.

a shirt

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An undergarment with short sleeves, a shirt Loþa, serc, smocc, hemeþe colobium, An. Ox. 3725. Gescrýdd mid hemeþe (interula), Augl. xiii. 443, 1114. Gif þú hemeþe habban wille, þonne nim þú slýfan þé on hand and wege hí. Tech. ii. 127, 6

á-woffian

(v.)

to be or become madto become insolent

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Add: to be or become mad Amens byð áwoffod, Angl. viii. 331, 41. Áwoffod freneticus, An. Ox. 4668. Gif hwylc gedwola oððe áwoffod man, Hml. S. 1, 20. to become insolent Áwolfige ł woffie insolescat, superbiat, Hpt. Gl. 461, 56:An. Ox. 2350

Linked entries: woffian á-wolfian