eásteweard
CYRICE
in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum
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Agustinus on Cent ðære frymþelícan cyrican líf and láre wæs onhýrigende Augustine in Kent imitated the life and lore of the early church, 1, 26; S. 487, 27.
ÆPPEL
an APPLE ⬩ fruit generally ⬩ malum ⬩ pomum ⬩ what is round as an apple ⬩ the apple of the eye ⬩ a ball ⬩ bolus ⬩ pill ⬩ quidvis globosum ⬩ pupilla ⬩ globus ⬩ bolus ⬩ pilula
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an APPLE, fruit generally, Ors. Eng. 1. 3; Bos. 63, note I; malum, pomum Æples gelícnes likeness of an apple, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 26; Ph. 230. Æppel unsǽlga, deáþ-beámes ofet the unblest apple, fruit of the tree of death, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 10; Gen. 637
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves Ðis is ðonne seó woruldcunde gerǽdnes, ðe ic [Cnut] wille, mid mínan witenan rǽde, ðæt man healde ofer eall Engla
Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man
deáfu
Deafness ⬩ surdĭtas
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Deafness; surdĭtas Wið eárwærce and wið deáfe for ear-ache and for deafness, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 8. Wið eárena deáfe for deafness of ears, 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 20
ge-drypan
To drop ⬩ stillāre
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To drop; stillāre Beolonan seáw on eáre gedryp drop juice of henbane on the ear, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 14. Gedrype on drop [it] on, 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 40, 7
Linked entry: ge-dripan
molda
The top of the head
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The top of the head Ðæt galdor man sceal singan ǽrest on ðæt wynstre eáre ðænne on ðæt swíðre eáre ðænne ufan ðæs mannes moldan the charm must first be sung into the left ear, then into the right ear, then on the top of the man's head, Lchdm. iii. 42
Linked entry: mold-gewind
eorþ-gemet
GNÍDAN
To rub ⬩ break ⬩ rub together ⬩ comminute ⬩ fricare ⬩ comminuere
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To rub, break, rub together, comminute; fricare, comminuere Hys leorningcnihtas ða eár mid hyra handum gnidon his disciples rubbed the ears with their hands, Lk. Bos. 6, 1.
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binde
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Þæt þú [stríce] mid foreweardum fingrum þín forewearde heáfod fram þám ánum eáran tó bon óþrum on bindan tácne (cf. strícan on róde tácne, 2) trace out a fillet on the forehead with the tips of the fingers from ear to ear, Tech. ii. 129, 20. Add
EORL
an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis
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an earl; cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis.
Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm
rihte
right, due, directly, straight ⬩ directly, straightway ⬩ ⬩ rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly ⬩ correctly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly
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Scylan eard niman on ðínre ansýne ða mid rǽde hér rihte lifigeaþ habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo, Ps.
ǼS
Food ⬩ meat ⬩ carrion ⬩ a dead carcase ⬩ esca ⬩ cibus ⬩ pabulum ⬩ cadaver
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Food, meat, carrion, a dead carcase; esca, cibus, pabulum, cadaver Earn ǽses georn the eagle eager for food, Byrht. Th. 134, 60; By. 107.
Aldhelm
ALDHELM bishop of Sherborne ⬩ Aldhelmus apud Scireburnam episcopus
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ALDHELM bishop of Sherborne; Aldhelmus apud Scireburnam episcopus Hér Aldhelm be westan Selewuda bisceop forþférde here [A. D. 709] Aldhelm bishop west of Selwood [Sherborne] died, Chr. 709; Th. 68, 17, col. 2. Ealdhelm, Chr. 731; Th. 74, 31, col. 2
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á-ettan
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To eat up, consume Deór áytte hine ferus depastus est eam , Ps. L. 79, 14. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ezzen depascere.]
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el-reord
Foreign-speaking, barbarous ⬩ barbărus
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Foreign-speaking, barbarous; barbărus Wǽron heó mid elreordre dysignesse onbláwne inflāti ĕrant barbăra stultĭtia, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 13: 1, 5; S. 4. 76, 11: 1, 14; S. 482, 12: Ps. Surt. 113, 1
Linked entries: æll-reord æl-reord eall-reord ell-reord ell-reordig el-riord el-reordig -reord
for-ealdian
To grow or wax old ⬩ become old ⬩ senescĕre ⬩ veterascĕre ⬩ inveterascĕre
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To grow or wax old, become old; senescĕre, veterascĕre, inveterascĕre Wyrceaþ seódas, ða ðe ne forealdigeaþ făcĭte vōbis saccŭlos, qui non veterascunt, Lk. Bos. 12, 33. Bearn elelendisce forealdodon fīlii aliēni inveterāti sunt, Ps. Lamb. 17, 46. Forealldodon
Linked entry: for-eald
cassuc-leáf
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Hassock-leaves Wið eárum [earon MS.] genim ða brádan biscopwyrt and cassucleáf for the ears take the broad bishop-wort and hassock-leaves, Lchdm iii. 46, 2
íþ-rǽde
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Cunna mage þú árǽdan hwæt þis mage beón. Ic wéne þæt hit nis éðrǽde, E. S. xxxvi. 326