wlite-wamm
A disfigurement of the face ⬩ personal 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
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wuldor-hama
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
Practice ⬩ worship
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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
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
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
- Engl. Stud. viii. 479
Beer
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[Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.]
æht
Valuation ⬩ estimation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ council ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ deliberatio ⬩ consilium
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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
An asking ⬩ a question ⬩ an interrogation ⬩ inquiry ⬩ inquisition ⬩ interrogatio ⬩ inquisitio
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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
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cyn-líc
Becoming, fitting ⬩ dĕcōrus
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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
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
Here-among, ⬩ amongst the rest ⬩ meanwhile
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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
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hrægel-talu
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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
whale-fisher ⬩ whaler
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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
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lǽste
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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
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
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geond-sceáwian
To look at, survey ⬩ perlustrāre 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
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
to be or become mad ⬩ to 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