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IFIG

(n.)
Grammar
IFIG, ifegn, es; n.

Ivy

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Weal se is mid ifige bewrigen a wall that is covered with ivy, Shrn. 139, 27

díc

(n.)
Grammar
díc, e; f.

scrŏbis unde terram fodĕrant

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[of Babylon] is a very great ditch, in which runs the deepest stream; and, outside the ditch, a wall is built two ells high, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 26, 27

Linked entry: walu

steng

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Þá Walas ádrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum stængum. Chr. pref.; P. 5, 11 n. Add

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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of Babylon is fifty ells broad, and two hundred ells high ... and round the wall is a very great dike ... and outside the dike a wall is built two ells high, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 23-28. the ell in A.

Linked entry: eln-gemet

ellen-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
ellen-róf, adj.

Remarkably strong, powerful, daring, brave ⬩ rōbustus, strēnuus, fortis

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Th. 685; B. 340: Exon. 96 a; Th. 358, 3; Pa. 40: Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 7; Jud. 109: Wald. 79; Vald. 2, 11. Hí woldon áninga ellenrófes mód gemiltan they would entirely subdue the bold man's mind. Andr. Kmbl. 2784; An. 1394.

ge-hroden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hroden, [pp. of ge-hreóðan to adorn]

adorned ⬩ ornatus

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Kmbl. 2896; An. 1451 : Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 21; Wal. 74

Linked entries: ge-hreódan ge-hreóðan

fǽcne

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Se fǽcna the devil, Wal. 71. Þæs fǽcnan strofose, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 29: 76, 43. Faecnum veterno, 123, 43. Þý fǽcnan strophosa, 89, 65. From tungan faecenre a lingua dolosa, Ps. Srt. 119, 2, 3. Fǽcne factiosam, An. Ox. 11, 121. Ðá fǽcnan, Wrt.

gold-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-fáh, adj.
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Goldfág scinon web æfter wagum the hangings along the walls shone interwoven with gold, 1993; B. 994

cwic-súsl

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-súsl, cwyc-súsl, es; n; e; f. [súsl sulphur, brimstone, torment, punishment] Living punishment, hell-torment; sempervivum tormentum, infernum, barathrum = βάραθρον
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On ðam cwicsúsle in hell-torment, 25; Thw. 13, 30: Exon. 16a; Th. 35, 21; Cri. 561: 97a; Th. 362, 18: Wal. 38. Of ðysse cwycsúsle from this hell-torment, Nicod. 30; Thw. 17, 28.

Linked entries: súsl cwyc-súsl

mynster-clǽnsung

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-clǽnsung, e; f.

Purification of a minster

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Purification of a minster (within whose walls a man has been slain) Ðonne béte man ðæt ciricgriþ intó ðære circan . . . and ða mynsterclǽnsunge begite (cf. gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgriþ swá ábrece ðæt hé binnon ciricwágum manslaga weorþe, 11. 6-8), L.

hors-hwæl

(n.)
Grammar
hors-hwæl, es; m.

A walrus

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A walrus Swíðost hé fór ðider tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge for ðǽm horschwælum for ðæm hie habbaþ swíðe æðele bán on heora tóþum his principal object in going there, in addition to the observation of the country, was to get the walruses, for they have

Linked entry: hwæl

BURH

(n.)
Grammar
BURH, burg; gen. burge; dat. byrig, byrg; acc. burh, burg; pl. nom. acc. burga; gen. burga; dat. burgum; f. [beorh, beorg = burh, burg the impert. of beorgan to defend] .
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Burge weall the wall of a city; murus, Ps. Th. 17, 28. Ðæt hie geseón mihten ðære wlitegan byrig weallas that they might see the walls of the beautiful city, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 24; Jud. 137: Ps. Th. 44, 13: 47, 11.

Linked entries: burg burga burhg burug buruh byrig burcg

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, To judge by the former of the two passages given here the word in the latter of them should mean a place of concealment for the hunter where he lies in wait for the game which is driven towards him. Such driving of game is described by the hunter in Ælfric's Colloquy, Th. An. 21, 13-22, 18.
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte

HEGE

(n.)
Grammar
HEGE, es; m.

A HEDGE ⬩ fence

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Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betíned and ðǽræfter mid wealle Bamborough was first enclosed with a hedge and afterwards with a wall, Chr. 547; Erl. 17, 9. Gá geond ðás wegas and hegas exi in vias et sepes, Lk. Skt. 14, 23.

Linked entry: fearn-hege

ge-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-twǽman, -twéman; p. de; pp. ed [twǽman]

to separate ⬩ To cut off ⬩ separate ⬩ divide ⬩ sepărāre ⬩ sejungĕre ⬩ dīvĭdĕre

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Eth. ix. 38; Th. i. 348, 20: Wald. 88; Vald. 2, 16. Ne getwǽme nán mann ða ðe God gesomnode quod Deus conjunxit, hŏmo non sepăret, Mt. Bos. 19, 6. Beó ǽlc sacu getwǽmed let every strife be appeased, L. Eth. v. 19; Th. i. 308, 30.

wealh-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-wyrt, e; f.

Wall-wort ⬩ dwarf elder ⬩ the word glosses ebulum and intula

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Wall-wort, dwarf elder; the word glosses ebulum and intula Walhwyrt, uualhuyrt, ualuyrt ebulum, elleus, Txts. 59, 714. Wealwyrt ebulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 75. Walwyrt, i. 30, 58. Wealwyrt ł ellenwyrt ebule ł eobulum, Lchdm. iii. 302, col. 1.

Linked entries: weale-wyrt weal-wyrt

stig-wita

(n.)
Grammar
stig-wita, an ; m.
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Weallas beofiaþ ofer stíwiturn the walls tremble above the household, Exon. Th. 383, 13 ; Rä. 4, 10. v. preceding word

Linked entry: stí-wita

weald

Grammar
weald, power.
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Add: an implement by which constraint is exercised, a bridle, v. ge-weald; <b>II,</b> weald-leþer Walde ceócan heora gewríð in camo maxillas eorum constringe, Ps.

slíþen

(adj.)
Grammar
slíþen, adj.

Cruel, hard, evil

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Hé him feorgbona þurh slíþen searo weorþeþ a destroyer of life through cruel craft to him he becomes 362, 25; Wal. 42. On ða slíþnan tíd at that dread hour (of death) 161, 27; Gú. 965.

Linked entry: slíþe

wéman

(v.)
Grammar
wéman, p. de

To allure ⬩ attract ⬩ persuade ⬩ entice

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Th. 362, 11; Wal. 35

Linked entry: wǽman

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