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ilfette

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cf. i. 280, 10 where ciciris is given in a list of birds, but without an English equivalent. A similar list is given on p. 62, and there cignus occurs just before mergulus, as at p. 250 does ciciris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 15. Cf.

mersc

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Híredes seota tó présta túne, and se mersc se tó ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc tó présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33.

orne

(adj.)
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Not mean, excessive. of amount Wið ornum útgange, and wið þon þe mon gemígan ne mæge, Lch. iii. 70, 25. of quality or character, not in due measure, harmful (?)

slide

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Hé him wæs ondrǽdende þone slide ( lapsum ) þǽre synne in þám merwum leorningmannum, 119, 16. Eádmódnyss fyll (casum) ne cann; eádmódnyss slide (lapsum) ne cann; eádmódnyss nǽfre slide (lapsum) þolode, Scint. 22, 7-9.

þreátian

(v.)
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Add: p. þreátte (in Rushworth Gospels). <b>I l.</b> add: — lié him ILLIGIBLE hwylc neádung þæs gafoles híne þreátode quaecum urgeret debiti necessitas indicavit, Gr.

rúmness

(n.)
Grammar
rúmness, e; f.

breadthbreadth, amplitude, abundance

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breadth, a broad space Ða rúmnisse Jericho feldes latitudinem campi Jericho, Deut. 34, 3. breadth, amplitude, abundance Wæs swá mycel rúmnes on him ðæs hálgan geleáfan and swá mycele hé tó ðære Godes lufan hæfde there was in him so great abundance of

sǽ-deór

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-deór, es; m.

A sea-beast

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Hý mon wearp in sǽdeóra seáþ, 133, 11. Gif hit on Frigedæig þunrige, ðæt tácnaþ sǽdeóra cwealm, Lchdm. iii. 180, 17

up-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
up-rihte, adv.

uprightlyerectlyright upexactly overheadin the zenith

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Ðá árás se cnapa and uprihte eode, 6, 41. right up, exactly overhead, in the zenith Gǽð seó suntte uprihte (upp-, MS. P.) on ðam sumerlícan sunnstede on middæge, Lchdm. iii. 258, 15

wæterig

(adj.)
Grammar
wæterig, adj.

Watery

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On wæterigum in aquoso, Blickl. Gl. : Ps. Spl. 62, 3. Mid ðam wæterian bleó, Scrd. 21, 27. Rixe weaxst on wæterigum stówum, Homl. Th. ii. 402, 10 : Lchdm. i. 98, 26

weaxness

(n.)
Grammar
weaxness, e; f.

Growth, increase, waxing

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Ðonne ðæs sǽes flódes weaxnes biþ quando rheuma oceani in cremento est, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 16. Hé mycle wonunge and ǽwyrdlan wæs wyrcende ðære mærwan cyrican weaxnesse magno tenellis ecclesiae crementis detrimento fuit, 2, 5; S. 506, 38

æscen

(n.)
Grammar
æscen, f., m. or n.

A (wooden) vessel, pail, bottle

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A (wooden) vessel, pail, bottle [v. ashen; sb. in D. D.] Æscen lagena, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 8. Arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene (treówene æscne, v. l.) (lignea situla ), Gr. D. 11, 21.

gýmeleás

(adj.)
Grammar
gýmeleás, adj.

Carelessnegligentuncared forwanderingstraynegligens

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Ða gímeleasan men ðe heora líf adrugon on ealre ídelnisse careless men who passed their life in all frivolity, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 56, 11. Gýmeleáse heedless, Exon. 73 a; Th. 271, 33; Jul. 491; Blickl. Homl. 55, 30

hæle

(n.)
Grammar
hæle, es; m.

A man, brave man, heroa man

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A man, brave man, hero [a word occurring only in poetry] Fród hæle the aged man, Cd. 62; Th. 74,14; Gen. 1222. Boitius se hæle hátte that man was called Boethius, Bt. Met.

healf-cwic

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-cwic, adj.

Half alive, half dead

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Funde hiene ǽnne be wege licgan healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum et extrema vitæ efflantem, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14. Sume healfcwice flugon on fæsten some half-dead fled to the fastness, Elen. Kmbl. 266; El. 133: Blickl. Homl. 203, 19

gealga

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On gealgan treówe (cf. galga-tré in Dict.) patibulo An. Ox. 391. Róde gelgan gabuli patibulo 3089. Þá gefæstnodon hí hine on róde gealgan . . . Hé þǽre róde gealgan underféng, Hml. Th. i. 588, 16-19: Bl. H. 27, 28: 97, 11.

coorta

(n.)
Grammar
coorta, an; m.

A band of soldierscohort cohors

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A band of soldiers, cohort; cohors He hæfde eahta ond hund-eahtatig coortena [MS. coortana], ðæt we nú truman hátaþ, ðæt wæs, on ðám dagum, fíf hund manna, and án þúsend he had eighty-eight cohorts, which we now call bands, each of which was, in those

or-ildu

(n.)
Grammar
or-ildu, (o); f.

Extreme old age

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Á ic wundor ðín weorðlíc sægde and ic ðæt wið oryldu áwa fremme usque nunc pronuntiabo mirabilia tua, et usque in senectam et senium, Ps. Th. 70, 16

Linked entries: or-yldu or-eldo

ge-þryscan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þryscan, p. te; pp. ed

To pressoppresspress downdepresspremeredeprimere

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Ðonne sió þreáung biþ ungemetgad ðonne biþ ðæt mód ðæs agyltendan mid ormódnesse geþrysced cumque increpatio immoderate accenditur, corda delinquentium in desperatione deprimuntur, 21, 7; Swt. 165, 19; Hat. MS

Linked entry: of-þryscan

hoc-leaf

(n.)
Grammar
hoc-leaf, es; n.

Mallow

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man maluæ erraticæ and óðrum naman hocleáf nemneþ byþ cenned ǽghwǽr on begánum stówum this plant, which is called malva erratica, and by another name hockleaf, is produced everywhere in cultivated places, Herb. 41, 1; Lchdm. i. 142, 4: L.

hold-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hold-scipe, es; m.

Loyalty, fealty, allegiance

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Loyalty, fealty, allegiance Eallra ðæra manna land hí fordydon ðe wǽron innan ðæs cynges holdscipe they destroyed the lands of all those men that were in allegiance to the king, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 15.