hwelian
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To turn to matter; in pus converti Ðanon se andiga hwelaþ inde invidus contabescit, Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 1. Gif ðæt líc heard sí útan lege on ðane lǽcedom ðe ðæt heard forði hwelige and ðæt yfel út teó if the body be hard on the outside apply such leechdom
hyrnan
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To project in the shape of a horn or wedge Andlang ðæs streámes on ðone mǽdham ðe hyrnþ into Scylftúne and fram Scylftúne andlang streámes ðæt it cymþ tó ðam mylewere ðe nymþ intó duceling dúne along the stream to the meadow-enclosure that projects wedge-shaped
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irfe-hand
an administrator
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One who manages the estate of a deceased person, an administrator [?] Se mann se tó londe fóe ágefe hire erfehonda xiii pund pendingæ and heó forgifeþ xv pund for dý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste let the man who succeeds to the land give to her administrator
lecg
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Some part of a weapon, the cross bar in the hilt[?] Án handsex and [an?] ðæræ lecge is hundeahtati mancussa goldæs, Chart. Th. 527, 9. Leo takes lecg = gift, legacy, and then a dish of three pounds and a cup of equal amount would go to make up the amount
mós
Food ⬩ nourishment
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Food, nourishment Gé oftugon hrægles nacedum, móses meteleásum. Exon. 30 a; Th. 92, 11; Cri. 1507. Tó móse ł ǽte ad edulium, Hpt. Gl. 494, 66. ÐÚ his heáfod sealdest tó móse ( in escam ), Ps. Th. 73, 14. Tó móse manducare, 77, 25: Andr. Kmbl. 53; An.
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ge-weorp
A throwing ⬩ tossing ⬩ dashing ⬩ what is thrown up ⬩ a heap ⬩ jactus ⬩ jactātio ⬩ projectio
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A throwing, tossing, dashing, what is thrown up, a heap; jactus, jactātio, projectio Ofer waroþa geweorp over the dashing of the waves, Andr. Kmbl. 611; An. 306. Ðǽr ðú geseó tord-wifel on eorþan up weorpan ymbfó hine mid twám handum mid his geweorpe
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græfa
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Twælf fóður græfan, Chr. 852; Erl. 67, 38. Earle in his note on this word, p. 300, suggests a translation other than that given by previous editors. By them it has been translated 'coal,' he suggests 'gravel.' The word may be of Celtic origin, and so
ge-byrman
To ferment with BARM ⬩ to leaven ⬩ fermentare
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To ferment with BARM, to leaven; fermentare Bryðen wæs ongunnen ðætte Adame Eue gebyrmde the drink was prepared which Eve fermented for Adam, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 6; Gú. 954. Þrymme gebyrmed fermented with greatness, 84 a; Th. 316, 2; Mód. 42. Ne beó
tæpped
A covering for a floor, wall, etc., a carpet, hanging, coverlet; for a person, a tippet
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A covering for a floor, wall, etc., a carpet, hanging, coverlet; for a person, a tippet Án healf-hrúh tæppet sipla (sipha? cf. in a list de lectis et ornamentis eorum :-- Hec amphicapa, est tapeta ex utraque parte villosa. Hec sipha, idem est, 243, cot
þrǽl-riht
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Thrall-right; in pl. the legal rights and privileges which belonged to the thrall Freóriht wǽron fornumene and ðrǽlriht generwde ... Frige men ne mótan wealdan heora sýlfra, ne faran ðár hí willaþ, ne áteón heora ágen, swá swá hí willaþ; ne þrǽlas ne
þing-stede
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A place where a meeting (v. þing, II) is held On ðam þingstede ( in the place to which Christ had summoned his disciples to speak with them for the last time. Cf. tó Bethania þeóden his þegna gedryht gelaðade; hý ðæs láreówes word ne gehyrwdon, hyra
wracian
To be in exile
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To be in exile Wracode exulat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 13 : 31, 14. Hé ge mid Scottum ge mid Pehtum wracode apud Scotias she Pictos exulabat, Bd. 3, l ; S. 523, 17. Hé on Gallia wracode (wrecca wæs, v. l.), 3, 18; S. 545, 38. Wracade, 4, 23; S. 594, 44. His
wíþig
A withy ⬩ willow
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A withy, willow Ðes wíþig salix, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 63; Zup. 70, 10: Lchdm. ii. 86, 6: Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 53. Wíðig, 80, 28. Wíþies rinde, Lchdm. ii. 150, 2. On ðone háran wíðig . . .; of ðam wíþige, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 457, 8, 10: 313, 27: 399, 21: 400, 2.
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ymb-þencan
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To consider On óðre wísan sint tó manienne ða ðe mid fǽrlíce luste bióð oferswíðde, on óðre ða ðe lange ymbþenceaþ and ðeahtiaþ and swá weorðaþ beswicene aliter admonendi sunt, qui repentina concupiscentia superantur, atque aliter qui in culpa ex consilio
blóstma
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Swé swé blóstme (flos) londes, Ps. Srt. 102, 15. Swylce blóstme quasi flos, Scint. 70, 3. Wín*-*treówa blóstman beóð gimmum gelíce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 12. Blóstman ligustra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 5. Sixte wæs blóstmena pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs eágena missenlícnes
brítan
To pound ⬩ bruise ⬩ crush
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To pound, bruise, crush Gif ðú hyre blósðman brýtest, hé hæfð swæc swylce ellen, Lch. i. 104, 20. Þæt hig grundon on cwyrne oððe brítton populus illud frangebat mola sive terebat in mortario, Num. ll, 8. Genim wyrte leáf and brýt hý, Lch. i. 72, 4. Genim
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ceaf
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Þú deáðes bearn, ðú ceaf écum ontendnyssum gegearcod, Hml. Th. i. 594, 6. Sé ðe getimbrað ofer ðám grundwealle treówa, oþþe streáw, oððe ceaf (ligna, foenum, stipulam) . . . Ðurh ðám streáwe and ðám ceafe sind getácnode leóhtlice synna, ii. 590, 9-14
cild-geong
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Læg ic ( the infant Jesus ) cildgeong in crybbe, Cri. 1426. Mon cildgeong, Gn. Ex. 49: Lch. iii. 438, 5. Cildiung wíf puerpera (cf. puerpera, puella, Corp. Gl. H. 855), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 17. Þysum cildgeongum cynincge ealle þing underþeódde synt, Lch
dægréd-sang
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Add: (dæge-): Matins Þæt lytel fæc gehealden sý betwyh þǽm úhtsange and þǽm dægredsange . . . and úpásprungenum dægriman dægredsang sý begunnen ( matutini subsequantur ), R. Ben. 33, 1. Dægeredsang (dæg-, v. l. ), 35, 23. Dægredsanges weorðung matutinorum
eástane
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marking direction of movement, from the east Gif hé eástane of Asiam Italiam gesóhte, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 28. Þonne hé eft wǽre eástane (-ene, v. l. ) hámweard, 6, 31; S. 286, 10. marking direction of measurement, v. eástan, Þá beorgas onginnað ǽrest