spátl
Spittle ⬩ saliva ⬩ sputum, screa, saliva,
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Spittle, saliva Spátl sputum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 21. Hé worhte fenn of his spátle he made clay of the spotle (Wick), Jn. Skt. 9, 6. Ðín spátl spíw on, Lchdm. ii. 322, 7: 24, 8: 36, 17. Se ná ne forbeág mid his nebbe ðara triówleásena monna spátl, Past
spellung
talking ⬩ conversation ⬩ discourse ⬩ narration ⬩ a tale ⬩ conversation ⬩ discourse ⬩ narrative ⬩ (talking and tasting) ⬩ tragoediae
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talking, conversation, discourse, narration Ðý læs on mé mǽge ídel spellung oþþe scondlíc leásung beón gestǽled ne aut fabulae aut turpi mendacio dignus efficiar, Nar. 2, 20. Forbúgaþ ídele spellunge and dyslíce blissa avoid idle conversation and foolish
ge-temprian
To temper ⬩ moderate ⬩ govern ⬩ cure ⬩ temperare
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To temper, moderate, govern, cure; temperare Seó sunne ða eorþan getempraþ the sun tempers the earth, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. Scienc. 9, 3; Lchdm. iii. 250, 14. Getemprie seó bilewitnys ðæt fýr ðæt hit to réðe ne sý let the meekness temper the
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tó-beátan
To beat to pieces, ⬩ destroy by beating
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To beat to pieces, destroy by beating Hig gebundon ðone bysceop be ðám fótum on sumne fearr and ðone gegremedon, ðæt hé hleóp on unsméðe eorðan and ðam bysceope ðæt heáfod tóbeót, Shrn. 152, 2. Com him swilc wind ongeán, swilce nán mann ǽr ne gemunde
freót
the condition of being free ⬩ a grant of freedom ⬩ manumission
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Add: the condition of being free Ǽlcon men freót þe wíteþeów wǽre, oðþe hé mid his feó gebohte, Cht. Crw. 23, 28. Gif þeów mon wyrce on Sunnandæg bútan his hláfordes hǽse, þolie his freótes, Ll. Th. i. 104, 6. Hér geswutelað on ðissere Crístes béc ðæt
DWELLAN
To lead into error, deceive, mislead ⬩ in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre ⬩ To prevent, hinder, delay ⬩ impĕdīre, tardāre ⬩ To continue, remain, DWELL ⬩ mănēre, habĭtāre
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v. a. To lead into error, deceive, mislead; in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre Ic ðé ne dwelle I do not deceive thee, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 1, MS. Cot. Ðú sǽdest ðæt ic ðé dwealde thou saidst that I deceived thee, 35, 5; Fox 164, 32. Me þincþ ðæt ðú me dwelle
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EÓWU
EWE, female sheep ⬩ ŏvis fēmĭna
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EWE, female sheep; ŏvis fēmĭna Ewes were milked by the Anglo-Saxons. 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
here-strǽt
A military road ⬩ one allowing the passage of an army ⬩ highway ⬩ high road
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A military road, one allowing the passage of an army, highway, high road Léton ðone hálgan be herestrǽte swefan on sibbe they left the saint sleeping in peace by the highway, Andr. Kmbl. 1662; An. 833. Ðanan on herestrǽt thence to the high road, Cod.
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lyge
A lie ⬩ lig ⬩ falsehood
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A lie, lig [provincial], falsehood Ic eów tó sóþe secgan wille and ðæs in lífe lyge ne wyrþeþ in truth I will tell you, and never shall it prove false, Elen. Kmbl. 1147; El. 575. Sóþfæstnysse feóung and seó lufu liges and leásunge odium veritatis amorque
mǽg-wlite
Appearance ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ species ⬩ forma ⬩ aspectus
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Appearance, form, species; species, forma, aspectus Mégwlit aspectus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 28, 3. Mǽgwlit (mégwlitt, Rush) onsióne his species vultus ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 29. Tó mǽgwlite andgytes ad formam sensus, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 34. Ðæt ðú meahte mínum
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ge-scý
A pair of shoes ⬩ calceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga
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A pair of shoes; calceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga Gif he [man] ðonne cwiþ 'Nelle ic híg habban to wífe,' gá ðæt wíf to him and nyme his gescý of his fótum beforan ðám ealdrum and spǽte on his nebb and nemne hine ǽlc man on Israéla folce ' unsceóda
ge-mǽre
An end, boundary, termination, limit ⬩ finis
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An end, boundary, termination, limit; finis Gemǽro limes, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 11, 16. Gemǽre ðú settest terminum posuisti, Ps. Spl. 103, 10. Ne mágon hí ofer gemǽre gegangan terminum non transgredientur, Ps. Th. 103, 10. On Hwicna gemǽre and West-Sexna
steort
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a tail, start (as in red-start, one of the names for ruticilla phoenicurus, also called fire-tail. Start, plough-start = plough-tail, v. Halliwell's Dict. Stark-naked is a corruption of start-naked) Steort cauda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 20: 129, 75. Se hálga
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teón-full
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grievous, vexatious, troublous, woeful Se teónfulla dæg ( the last day ), Wulfst. 187, 3. Hú geswincful and hú teónful ðis líf is how full of travail and trouble this life is, 273, 6. Ða teónfullan infesta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 15. of persons, causing hurt
þreágung
reproof ⬩ rebuke ⬩ a threat ⬩ chastisement ⬩ punishment
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reproof, rebuke Þreáiunge castigationis (censura), Hpt. Gl. 476, 48. For ðære strenge ðínre þreáunga, Ps. Th. 38, 11. Of þreáunga (þrǽgunge, MS. T.: ðreánge, Surt.) ðínre ab increpatione tua, Ps. Spl. 17, 18: 79, 17: 103, 8. Fram ðreáwunge (ðreánge,
weorold-cund
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earthly, temporal Fæder woruldcund an earthly father, Exon. Th. 13, 33; Cri. 212. On ðás tíd wé sceolan habban godcunde blisse and eác worldcunde, Blickl. Homl. 83, 20. Mid hú heardum brocum ús swingaþ úre worldcunde fædras, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 25. Ðonne
cíping
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trading, marketing Se smið gemétte on cýpincge þæs Eádzies mann the smith met this Eadsige's man a-marketing, Hml. S. 21, 75. Þám dǽdbétan nis álýfed nǽnige cýpinge tó drífenne mercaturam exercere, Ll. Th. ii. 170, 11. On ceápstówe cýpinge begán in
fæst-rǽd
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Add: of firm counsel. of persons or personifications Sió wiþerwearde wyrd is sió sóþe gesælþ, þeáh hwæ-acute;m swá ne þince, for þám heó is fæstrǽd and gehǽt simle ꝥte sóþ biþ adversa fortuna semper vera est, cum se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt
hete
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Dele passage (Rá. 34, 5) in 1. 4, and add: as a human passion Wæs here and hete on gehwilcum ende oft and gelóme, Wlfst. 162, 14. Hit ná næs búton hete and gewinnum, Ors. 3, II; S. 143, 17. Ic mé wið heora hete hýde, Ps. Th. 54, 12. Ne teó ic N. for
irmþ
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Add: misery, wretchedness, calamity Se cyning . . . hæfþ máran ermþe majorem regibus inest miseriae portionem, Bt. 29, I; F. 102, 25. Þá monigfealdan iermþo þá wérigan burg swíþe brociende wáran maxima omnium malorum abominenta fessam urbem corripuere