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twelf

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add: as a number Geýc twelf þǽrtó, Angl. viii. 301, 20. Þriwa feówer beóð twelf, 328, 21

wóger-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
wóger-lic, adj.
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Wooerlike, amorous Mæssepreóstas ne beón an þám geférscypum þǽr man wógerlíce (amatoria) leóð singe, Chrd. 78, 34

cíping

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cíping, <b>; I a.</b> add.
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Voc. i. 37, 10. dele gloss at Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 10

wece-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
wece-drenc, es; m.

An emetic

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An emetic Wecedrenc . . . sele ðæt lytlum súpan . . . óþ ðæt hé spíwe, Lchdm. ii. 268, 31: 170, 8

ǽmet-bed

(n.)
Grammar
ǽmet-bed, ǽmet-bedd, es; n.

An ant-hill

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An ant-hill Genim ǽmetbed mid ealle, ðára ðe hwílum fleogað, beóþ reáde, Lch. ii. 338, 21

Linked entries: bed bed-gerid

fýr-crúce

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-crúce, an; f.

A cooking-vessel, kettle

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A cooking-vessel, kettle Fýrcrúce cucuma, Txts. 55, 621: cucuma, i. cacabus, caldarius, An. Ox. 44, 1

brengnes

(n.)
Grammar
brengnes, -ness, e; f.

An offering;

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An offering; oblatio Onsægednissa and brengnesse ðú nolde sacrificia et oblationem noluisti, Ps. Spl. T. 39, 9

on-sceortian

(v.)

to grow short

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to grow short Swá ða dagas forþ onsceortiaþ as the days go on shortening, Shrn. 96, 3

snúd

(n.)

swiftness, quickness

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Kmbl. 534; An. 267

hilde-tusc

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-tusc, -tux, es; m.

A battle-tusk, a tusk or tooth that serves as a weapon

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A battle-tusk, a tusk or tooth that serves as a weapon, Beo. Th. 3026; B. 1511

Linked entry: tusc

hóp-páda

(n.)
Grammar
hóp-páda, an; m.

An upper tunic, cope

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An upper tunic, cope Hóppáda ependeton [ = ἐπενδύτης], Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 83; Wrt. Voc. 59, 52

á-sencan

(v.)
Grammar
á-sencan, p. te

To sink

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On áse(i)ntum (i above the line) summerso, i. absorbto . An. Ox. 829

á-strowennes

(n.)

glossesproceritas

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An. Ox. 1558, where Napier reads ástrofenesse), Hpt. Gl. 443. 12

eóred

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Án eórod (legion) is on bócum geteald tó six ðúsendum, Hml. Th. ii. 378, 29. Wæs án synderlic eórod. . . Án eórod is gecweden on ðám ealdan getele six ðúsend manna and six hund and six and syxtig; swá fela manna wǽron on þám foresǽdan eórode . . .

ealdor-mann

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Add: I. in a general sense. used of a person of high position, a prince, ruler, leader, magistrate Ealdorman princeps vel comes, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 12. Eoldorman princeps, 72, 59.

irfe-láf

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-láf, e; f.

heirloominheritanceheir

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An hereditary relic, heirloom, what is left of an inheritance, inheritance, heir Hé fédeþ folc Iacobes and Israhéla yrfeláfe pascere Jacob servum suum, et Israel hæreditatem suam, Ps. Th. 77, 70.

nyt

(n.)
Grammar
nyt, nytt, e; f.

useadvantageprofitofficeduty

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Nebb biþ hyre æt nytte it has a face for use, 416, 23; Rä. 35, 3. Tó nyttum ad pensas, Wrt. ii. 4, 40 : ad expensas, 7, 30 : ad penses, 99, 23. office, duty Ðegn nytte beheóld, se ðe on handa bær hroden ealowǽge, Beo. Th. 993; B.494 : 6228; B. 3118

Linked entries: notu un-nyt

súgan

(v.)
Grammar
súgan, p. seáh, pl. sugon; pp. sogen.
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[In Txts. 64, 455 the entry fellitat suggit is perhaps all Latin, as the same form occurs again in a later glossary, where the termination of the verb is never -it, fellitat, i. decepit, suggit, beswícþ, Wrt.

nebb

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Add Hér pilus, neb piceca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 41-42. Add Mid nebbe pluc[ciað] rostra (apes) decerpunt. An. Ox. 100. Add Nebb uultus, An. Ox. 2931. Dragað hine niwelne his neb tó eorðan, Hml. S. 14, 155.

gál

(adj.)
Grammar
gál, adj.
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