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wealca

(n.)
Grammar
wealca, an ; m.

a roller a wave billow a garment that may be rolled round a person a muffler wrap veil.

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Similar entries v. wealcian Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf and nam hire walcan (theristrum), Gen. 38, 14

Linked entries: walca wealcan

andetnes

(n.)
Grammar
andetnes, -ness; andetnys, -nyss, e; f.

A confessionacknowledgmentprofessiongiving of thanks or praisepraisehonourgloryconfessio

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Ðe his naman neóde sealdon him andetnes ǽghwǽr habban ad confitendum nomini tuo, Ps. Th. 121, 4. Is upp-ahafen his andetness, heáh ofer myclum heofone and eorþan confessio ejus super cælum et terram, 148, 13: 95, 6.

Burgendas

(n.)
Grammar
Burgendas, gen. a; pl. m: Burgendan; pl. m.
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They have given name to the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Osti habbaþ be norþan him Winedas and Burgendas the Esthonians have to the north of them the Wends and the Burgundians, Ors. l, l; Bos. 19, 18.

Linked entry: Burgendan

Middel-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Middel-Seaxe, <b>Middel-Seaxan;</b> pl.

The Middle-Saxons

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The Middle-Saxons, Saxons who settled in the district west of London, and whose name is preserved in the present Middlesex: they appear to have been an offshoot of the East Saxons. v.

Linked entry: Seaxe

ge-lóman

(n.)
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Hé hét weorpan íserne gelóman in þæs mynstres wyrtgeard, þá iserngelóman gewunelice naman wé hátaþ spadan and spitelas, 201, 19. in a collective sense, furniture Gelóma suppellex (cuncta culinae suppellex, Aid. 66, 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 17

ge-sceppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceppan, -scippan, -scyppan; p. -sceóp, -scóp, pl. -sceópon, -scópon ; pp. -scæpen, -sceapen , -sceopen, -sceapen

To form, createformare, disponere, creare

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Ðá gesceóp Adam naman his wífe then Adam made a name for his wife, Gen. 3, 20: Boutr. Scrd. 19, 32.

Linked entries: ge-scippan ge-scyppan

cweþan

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Se mon bið, þæs þe swá tó cweþanne sié ( so to say ), ǽghwæþer ge gehæfted ge freó, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 98, 17. to call, name Þone tún mon his naman cweðeþ cujus nomine vicus cognominatur, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 189, 8. Mé eádige cwǽdon ealle cneórisna, Bl.

láf

Grammar
láf, <b>. I.</b>
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Hwæt is heora nú tó láfe bútan se lytla hlísa and se nama mid feáum stafum áwriten ? signat superstes fama tenuis pauculis inane nomen litteris Bt. 19; F. 70, 10. Þá gebróðru út fóron, and hé sylf on þám mynstre tó láfe wearð, Hml. S. 23 b, 651.

cyric-sangere

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-sangere, es; m.

A church-singerecclesiæ cantator

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A church-singer; ecclesiæ cantator He sumne æðelne cyricsangere begeat, se wæs Mafa háten he got a famous church-singer, who was named Mava, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 5

þegnest-mann

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest-mann, (?), es; m.
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A thane Þás ( a number of bishops, aldermen and others, who are named) and feola óþre kyninges þeónestmen (but cf. Icel. þjónustu-maðr a liegeman ), Chr. 656; Erl. 33, 9. v. preceding word

Linked entry: þeónest-mann

sealh

(n.)
Grammar
sealh, salig, es; m.
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Plant Names, p. 607) Salch, salh salix, Txts. 94, 892. Sealh amera, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 61. Seal, ii. 8, 41. Seales rinde, Lchdm. iii. 14, 2. Reádes seales leáf ( red sally lythrum salicaria, Plant Names, p. 413), 58, 28.

Linked entries: seal sælen salh

ge-scildan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scildan, -scyldan; p. de; pp. ed

To shield, cover, protect, defendprotegere, tueri

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Ic ðé gescilde on drihtenes name I will protect thee in the name of the Lord, Shrn 15, 19. Gif ðé man scotaþ to ðú gescylst ðé if you are shot at you shield yourself, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 10. Giscildes protegis, Rtl. 62, 54.

Linked entries: scildan ge-scyldan

þunian

(v.)
Grammar
þunian, p. ode.

to stand outbe prominentbe lifted upstick upto be lifted upbe proudto be stuck upto make a noiseto soundresoundcreak

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Þundr a name of Odin; Þund the name of a mythical river) bombosae (vocis mugitum), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 59

Linked entries: þundende tó-þuniende

be-niman

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Buton hié hié þæs naman benáme, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 4. Benámon. 7. Ðone beniman (-neoman, v. l.) þǽre aldorlicnesse eum privare auctoritate. Bd. I, 27; S. 74, 8. Hé ðǽre hǽlo benumen wierð, Past. 251, 10: Wlfst. I. II: Chr. 919; P. 105, 32.

múþettan

(v.)
Grammar
múþettan, p. te
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To chatter, let out a secret Hí ( the guards at Christ's sepulchre ) námon þone sceatt and swá þeáh múþetton and on synderlicum rúnungum ꝥ riht eall rǽddon, Hml. A. 79, 160

bletsian

(v.)
Grammar
bletsian, bletsigan; part. bletsiende, bletsigende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. a.

To BLESS, wish happiness, consecratebenedicere, consecraremerciful, kindto have mercy

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Neáta gehwilc naman bletsic every [kind] of cattle bless [thy] name, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 22; Dan. 390. Bletsien ðec, Dryhten, deór and nýten beasts and cattle bless thee, O Lord, Exon. 55 a; Th. 194, 26; Az. 144

Linked entries: bletsung bledsian

rípung

(n.)
Grammar
rípung, e; f.
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Bóceras getrahtniaþ ðæne naman for ðære rípunge oððe for ðære gaderunge. Hig cweþaþ autumnus propter autumationem vel propter maturitatem, Anglia viii. 312, 27

wiþ-metenness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-metenness, e; f.

Comparison

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Sume naman synd diminutiva, ða geswuteliaþ wanunge, ná wiðmetennysse, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 16, 18

Linked entry: wiþ-gemetness

bealdlíce

(adv.)

boldlyconfidentlyboldlyimpudently

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Hí Crístes naman andetton bealdlíce betwux gedwol*-*mannum, 558, 24. Baldlícor fiducialius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 75. boldly, impudently Bealdlíce procaciter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 57. Baldlíce achariter, 10, 17

heáfod-leás

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Þæs bisceopes líc . . . árás and nam his ágen heáfod þe of áheáwen wæs, and eóde forð . . . his Drihten herigende . . . Ꝥ wæs syllic wundor ꝥ se martyr heáfodleás mihte gán God herigende, Hml. S. 29, 307.