swelgan
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Ic wát eardfæstne ánne ( a bookcase) standan, ... sé oft dæges swilgeð lácum (books are often put into it ), Rä. 50, 2. Blód lifrum swealg, An. 1278. Add
elles
otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else
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Th. i. 236, 4. elsewhere: Elles aliorsum, An.
heofon-lic
chaste
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Wealdend þé gife heofonlicne hláf, An. 389.
húru
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B. 369: Ap. 42 : An. 549.
eówde
A flock, herd ⬩ grex
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Sceal beón án eówd and án hyrde there shall be one fold and one shepherd, Homl. Th. i. 244, 1, 3. Ic hæbbe óðre scep ðe ne sind ná of ðisre eówde I have other sheep which are not of this fold. Homl. Th. i. 242, 35: 244, 6: ii. 114, 21
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Hí cómon tó gefeohte bégen and féngon tógædere oð ó ꝥ þǽr feóllon þá crístenan, Hml. S. 26, 156. to join together to do something Féngon hí tógædere and worhton áne cyrcan, Hml.
byrn-hom
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A coat of mail; lorica Beraþ bord fór breóstum and byrnhomas bear shields before your breasts and coats of mail, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 192
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
cyrps
Curly ⬩ crispus, tortus
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Curly; crispus, tortus He is blæcfexede and cyrps he is black-haired and curly, Homl. Th. i. 456, 17. Cyrpsum loccum with curly locks, Mone B. 1236
fierst
A space of time ⬩ time ⬩ tempŏris spătium ⬩ tempus
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A space of time, time; tempŏris spătium, tempus Forgif ðú me fierst and ongiet give me time and understanding, Exon. 118a; Th. 453, 28; Hy. 4, 21
for-giémeleásian
To neglect ⬩ neglĭgĕre
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To neglect; neglĭgĕre Gif hwá adulfe pytt, and forgiémeleásode ðæt he hine betýnde if anyone dug a pit, and neglected to inclose it, Past. 63; Hat. MS
for-wyrnednes
A restraining ⬩ continence ⬩ forbidding ⬩ contĭnentia
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A restraining, continence, forbidding; contĭnentia He wæs micelre forhæfdnysse and forwyrnednesse lífes he was of great abstinence and continence of life, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 21
fultomian
To help ⬩ aid ⬩ auxĭliāri
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To help, aid; auxĭliāri Sóna eft, Gode fultomiendum, he meahte geseón and sprecan soon after, God helping, he could see and speak, Chr. 797; Erl. 58, 15
líget-sliht
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A flash of lightning Ðá com þunerrád and légetsleht and ofslóh ðone mǽstan dǽl ðæs hǽðnan folces, Shrn. 57, 35. Légeðslæht fulgor, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 18
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lim-leás
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Without limbs His (Christ's) gástlíca líchama, ðe wé húsel hátaþ, is of manegum cornum gegaderod, búton blóde and báne, limleás and sáwulleás, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 22
penn
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a disease of the eye, pin, a kind of cataract Ðis is seó séleste eáhsalf wið éhwærce and wið miste and wið penne, Lchdm. i. 374, 2
bindere
a BINDER ⬩ ligator
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One who binds, a BINDER; ligator Ic eom bindere and swingere I am a binder and a scourger, Exon. 107 b; Th. 409, 25; Rä. 28, 6
ge-þeód
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A people Duguðe ( angels) and geþeóde (men, peoples), Adam ǽrest and ꝥ æðela cyn, engla ordfruman (the princes of the angels ), ꝥ þe eft forwarð, Sat. 19
preóst-heáp
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Þá ácsode ic hí be þám ylcan wundre beforan þám æþelum werum and þám preóstheápe (clero) and eác beforan eallum þám folce, Gr. D. 302, 25. Add
snáwlíc
Snowy ⬩ ninguidus
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Se feórða heáfodwind hátte septemtrio: se blǽwþ norðan and cealde and snáwlíc (snáwig, MS. L.) Lchdm. iii. 274, 23