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ǽl

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Smæl ǽl anguilla, 66, 6. Ǽl murænula, 5: 281, 66: ii. 55, 76: 56, 21. Eil, 114, 25. Ǽl mula, sǽǽl murenula, 57, 73-4. Ðonne ðú fisc habban wylle . . .

platung

(n.)
Grammar
platung, e ; f.
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.), smǽte gold obrizum, Hpt. Gl. 489, 34. Platungum brateolis, laminis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 17. v. preceding word

clife

(n.)
Grammar
clife, an; f.

the greater burdockarctium lappathe small burdock

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M. 1, 67; Lchdm. ii. 142, 16. the small burdock Seó smæle clife the small burdock, CLIVERS; galium aparine, L. M. 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 124, 2

Linked entry: cliþe

smeart

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
smeart, adj.

Smart, painful

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Me him smæt mid smærte ȝerden Laym. 20318. If men smot it with a yerde smerte (adv.) Chauc. Prol. 149.]

ettan

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Hé sǽde ðæt Norðmanna land wǽre swýþe lang and swýþe smæl. Eal þæt his man áþer oððe ettan oððe erian mæg (all of it that can be grazed or ploughed), þæt líð wið ðá sǽ, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 25, Substitute

platung

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Obrizum, i. aurum optimi coloris smǽte gold, platum (platung ?) (here, and in Hpt. 489, 34 (both glosses of Ald. 48, 28) perhaps platum is Latin), An. Ox. 3534. Add

tó-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon ; pp. -corfen.

to cut to pieces,cut in two,cut upto cut off

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Rammes lungen smæl tócorfen, 356, 21. Tócorfen lacerata. Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 32. Þeáh ðe se beám beó tócoruen, H. R. 105, 15. to cut off Tócearf him ða eárelipprica amputavit illi auricula, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 47.

scearfian

(v.)
Grammar
scearfian, ode

To scrape,

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Scearfa smæle, ii. 322, 25. Scearfaþ succidite . . . gescearfa ðú succides, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 7, 9. Scearfige ealle ðás rinda tógædere, Lchdm. iii. 14, 4

greát

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Áscrep þá greátan rinde of scrape the coarse rind off, Lch. ii. 270, 17. of persons, big, stout Hlǽne macer, greát grossus, smæl gracilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 50. <b>II a.

dust

Grammar
dust, l. dúst,
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Genim of ðysse wyrte swýþe smæl dúst, 11. applied to the mortal frame of man Þú eart dúst and tó dúste wyrst, Gen. 3, 19. Ic eom dúst and axe, 18, 27. Hwæt ofermódgað ðiós eorðe and ðis dúsð?, Past. 299, 22

cost

(n.)
Grammar
cost, es; m?

The herb costmary costusκόστος balsamita vulgaris, Lin

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Costes gódne dǽl gebeát smæle and gegníd to duste beat small a good deal of costmary and rub to dust L. M. 2, 55; Lchdm. ii. 276, 6; 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 212, 26.

Norþ-mann

(n.)
Grammar
Norþ-mann, es; m.

A man belonging to a northern countrya NorsemanNorwegianDane

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Hé sǽde ðæt Norþmanna land ( Norway ) wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl, Swt. 18, 24. Hé ( Ohthere from Halgoland ) ealra Norþmonna norþmest búde, 17, 2. On his dagum cómon ǽrest iii scipu Norþmanna ...

Linked entry: Nor-men

þearm

(n.)
Grammar
þearm, es; m.
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Smæle þearmas ilia, 44, 46. Þearma fibrarum, Hpt. Gl. 520, 62. Darmana, Txts. 111, 27. Þearmas fibras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 5: Hpt. Gl. 453, 14

ge-wiht

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Genim swýþe smæl dúst, ánes scillinges gewihte, 240, 11.

scilling

(n.)
Grammar
scilling, es; m.
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It also occurs as a weight: Genim of ðysse wyrte petroselini swýðe smæl dust ánes scillinges gewihte, Lchdm. i. 240, 11. as denoting foreign money the word is used to translate various words Scylling numisma, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 30.

gold

(n.)
Grammar
gold, es; n.
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Other epithets applied to gold are æpled, beorht, fæted, fætt, hyrsted, scír, smǽte. Geared gumum gold brittade Jared dispensed gold to men, Cd. 59: Th. 72, 4; Gen. 1181. Goldes brytta a dispenser of gold, 137; Th. 173, 26; Gen. 2867

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.
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Swiora smæl, Exon. Th. 486, 15; Rä. 72, 15.

Linked entries: swira swyra

Æ

Grammar
Æ, The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon æ has a sound like ai in main and f
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Læt late; g. m. n. lates; d. latum; se lata the late; latost, latemest, latest: Smæl small; g. m. n. smales; d. smalum; se smala the small, etc.

ge-hwǽde

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Hafað seó lǽsse smæle leáf and gehwǽde, and seó óðer hafað máran leáf and fǽtte, 264, 18. (I a) little, young :-- Se Hǽlend him tó clypode sum gehwǽde cild (parvulum ), Hml.

fætt

Grammar
fætt, l. fǽtt,

plumpcorpulentobesefattedplumpfull-bodiedsubstantialoleaginousunctuousrichfertileproductiverich

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Hafað seó lǽsse smæle leáf and gehwǽde, and seó óðer hafað máran leáf and fǽtte, 264, 20. Sió hæfð fǽtte and þicce ǽdra, ii. 242, 16. containing fatty matter, consisting of fat Genim fǽttes flǽsces, sele twá snǽda, Lch. ii. 268, 30.