apa
An APE ⬩ simia
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An APE; simia Wið apan bíte against bite of an ape, Med. ex quadr. 11, 7; Lchdm. i. 366, 24: Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 18; Wrt. Voc. 22, 59
ága
A possessor ⬩ an owner ⬩ possessor
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A possessor, an owner; possessor
galdrygea
An enchanter ⬩ incantātor
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An enchanter; incantātor, Cot. 108
óga
the feeling which is excited in a person, terror, dread, horror, great fear ⬩ the exciting cause of such a feeling ⬩ an object which excites fear, a terrible, horrible thing ⬩ to fear ⬩ to terrify ⬩ to frighten ⬩ terrible
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the feeling which is excited in a person, terror, dread, horror, great fear Óga horror, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 26: metus 11; Som. 15, 12 pavor, Hymn. Surt. 3, 23. Micel óga horror him becom, Gen. 15, 12. Bútan ógan (absque terrore) hé hine gerest,
beáda
A counsellor ⬩ persuader ⬩ an exhorter ⬩ intreater ⬩ suasor
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A counsellor, persuader, an exhorter or intreater; suasor
FLEÓGE
A FLY ⬩ musca
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A FLY; musca Fleóge masca, Wrt. Voc. 77, 53: 281, 33. For ðé ic gebidde and ðeós fleóge færþ fram ðé ōrābo Dŏmĭnum et recēdet musca a Pharaōne, Ex. 8, 29. Ðæt ðǽr ne beóþ náne fleógan ut non sint ĭbi muscæ, 8, 22. Ic sende on ðé eall fleógena cynn égo
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wealda
A ruler.
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A ruler. Similar entries v. án-, an-, Bret-, bryten-, eal-wealda. [O. Sax. ala-waldo: O. H. Ger. -walto: Icel. valdi.] as a proper name(?) Innan Wealdan hricg on Eádríces gemǽre, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 259, 9
mamme
A teat ⬩ breast ⬩ mamma
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A teat, breast (Lat. mamma) An mamman in papillas, Germ. 401, 77
niht-buttorfleóge
An insect that flies at night ⬩ blatta
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An insect that flies at night; blatta, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 65
ancra
An anchor ⬩ ballast ⬩ ancora ⬩ saburra
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An anchor, ballast; ancora vel saburra, Ælfc. Gl. 83; Wrt. Voc. 48, 21
folme
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Of werlicum folman sine uirili uolo, An. Ox. 1549. Add:
ǽg-flota
A floater on the sea ⬩ sailor ⬩ ship ⬩ nauta ⬩ navis
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A floater on the sea, sailor, ship; nauta, navis, Andr. Kmbl. 515 ; An. 258
hwelca
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An inflamed swelling, a pustule Cwydele vel hwylca varix, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 32
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Gota
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A Goth; Gothus; chiefly used in the pl; nom. acc. Gotan; gen. Gotena; dat. Gotum; m. The Goths Unrím mánes se Gota fremede the Goth perpetrated an excess of wickedness, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 89; Met. 1, 45. VISIGOTHS or West Goths, under Alríca, q. v. A. D
ge-bedda
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Substitute: ge-bedda, an ; m. this is the usual form, but gebedde occurs in C. D. iii. 50, 3. Cf. ge-maca, [ ge-mæcca for gender], and add: one who lies in bed with another, a bedfellow. of a married woman Migdonia leng nolde cuman tó hire weres bedde
áncra
An anchoret ⬩ hermit ⬩ anachoreta ⬩ solitarius
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An anchoret, hermit; anachoreta, solitarius, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 20
frum-wyrhta
An author ⬩ creator ⬩ auctor
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An author, creator; auctor Léhtes frumwyrhte lucis auctor, Rtl. 37, 7
swán-geréfa
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An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood. He seems to have been under the direct control of the alderman Ðá (at a gemót in 825) wæs tiolo micel spréc ymb
strýta
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An ostrich Strýta strutio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 38. Strúta, i. 280, 4
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abboda
An abbot ⬩ abbas
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An abbot; abbas Swá gebireþ abbodan as becometh abbots, L. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 320, 35