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æ-fyrmþa

washing, ablutions

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Dele: washing, ablutions;

ǽ-gewrítere

(n.)
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In Kent. Gl. 245 ‘legum conditores’ is rendered by a word which Zupitza reads as scepttenras. This in Junius’ copy of the MS. is given by ægewriteras. The scept is uncertain, and Zupitza gives egewritteras as a more possible reading than that of Junius

ǽ-gylt

a breach of the law,

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Dele a breach of the law, and add Égylt excesus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 79. Ǽgylt, 30, 7: excessus, i. culpa, delicta, 145, 67

ǽ-híw

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-híw, es; n.

Pallor

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Pallor Ǽhíwum palloribus, An. Ox. 4897

Linked entry: hiw

ǽ-híwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-híwe, adj.

without colour, pallidwithout form, ugly, deformed

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without colour, pallid Ǽhíwe decolor, pallidus, Germ. 392, 69. Óðre hwíle hé bið blǽc and ǽhíwe, An. Ox. 4897, note. without form, ugly, deformed Ǽhíwe deformes (opifices turpi natura corporis ), An. Ox. 2, 498

Linked entry: híwe

ǽ-hwænne

Similar entry: á-hwænne

ǽ-lǽten

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ǽ-lagol

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-lagol, adj.

Legislative

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Legislative Ǽlagol legifer, Germ. 397, 363

Linked entry: -lagol

ǽ-lengness

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-lengness, ǽlingness, e; f.

Tedium, weariness

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Tedium, weariness Ǽlengnes fastidium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 46. Ǽlingnysse þolaþ rihtwís tedium patitur justus, Scint. 216, 9

Linked entry: ǽlingness

ǽ-léten

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Dele

ǽ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽ-líce, adv.

Lawfully, legitimately

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Lawfully, legitimately Ǽlíce lybbende, Hml. A. 24, 12. Æwlíce legitime, Angl. xiii. 369, 50

ǽ-melness

want of energy or of interest, slothweariness, tedium, disgust

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Add: want of energy or of interest, sloth Se sixta heáfodleahtor (accidia) is ásolcennys oððe ǽmelnys. Se leahtor déð ðæt ðám men ne lyst nán ðing tó góde gedón, ac gǽð him ásolcen fram ǽlcere dugeðe, Hml, Th. ii. 220, 22. Ǽmylnys, Hml. S. 1, 107. weariness

ǽ-menne

(n.)
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solitude ‘Ðú beþorftest ðæt ðú hæfdest dígele stówe and ǽmanne (-menne?) ǽlces óðres þinges ista solitudinem meram desiderant and fæáwa cúðe men.’ Ðá cwæð ic: ‘Ic nebbe nán ðára ne ðonne ǽmenne ne óðera manna fultum ne dýgela stówe,’ Shrn. 165, 8-12

Linked entry: -menne

ǽ-reáfe

Similar entry: ǽ-rǽfe

ǽ-rist

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-rist, es; n.

resurrectio

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Se drihtenlica ǽrist anastasis dominica, An. Ox. 2753. Seó wunderlice ǽrest eallum mannum wæs geopenod, Shrn. p. 6. Ðæt gemǽnelice ǽrist, Hml. Th. i. 394, 25. Mínes ǽristes dæg, 74, 18: ii. 224, 25. Ðone tóhopan deádra monna ǽristes (-restes, Hatt. MS

ǽ-sceáda

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-sceáda, an; m.

Bran

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Bran Healmes láf stipulae, ceaf palea, ǽscéda migma, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 51-3. Ǽsceádan furfures, purgamentum farinae, ii. 152, 4

Linked entries: -sceáda æsceda

ǽ-slítend

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-slítend, es; m.

A law-breaker

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A law-breaker Ǽslítendras praevaricantes, Ps. L. 118, 119, 158

Linked entry: sliten

ǽ-smæl

(n.)

a contraction of the pupil of the eye

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a contraction of the pupil of the eye Wiþ ǽsmælum and wiþ eallum eágna wærce, Lch. ii. 338, 1 : 2, 9 : 36, 16, 19

Linked entry: smæl

ætst

shalt eatcomedes

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shalt eat; comedes Ðú ætst thou shall eat. Gen. 3, 17; for ytst, Gen. 3, 18

ærs

(n.)

The buttocksthe hind partanuspodex

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The buttocks, the hind part; anus, podex Open-ærs a medlar, Wrt. Voc. 32, 50; Som. 64, 116