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snáw

(n.)
Grammar
snáw, es; m.

Snow

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.: snáu, Rush.) Mt. Kmbl. 28, 3. Snáuw Shrn. 50, 15. Snáua nix Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 3. Snáw cymþ of ðam þynnum wǽtan ðe byþ up átogen mid ðære lyfte, and byþ gefroren ǽr ðan hé tó dropum geurnen sý, and swá semtinges fylþ Lchdm. iii. 278, 23.

snúde

(adv.)
Grammar
snúde, adv.

At once, quietly, directly ⬩ to walk fast

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Rush. 3, 3. Gangaþ snúde go directly Elen. Kmbl. 625; El. 313: 307; El. 154. Hét hine snúde eft cuman bade him quickly return Beo. Th. 3743; B. 1869. Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne 5129; B. 2568.

spátl

(n.)
Grammar
spátl, es; n.

Spittle ⬩ saliva ⬩ sputum, screa, saliva,

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Rush. 27, 30. Ða spǽtlu áþwógon úre sweartan gyltas, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 26. Spátlum salivis, Germ. 396, 283. Ðæne ðe hý heora spátlum on spiwon, Wulfst. 183, 21. Spátlu sputa, Hymn. Surt. 80, 1

Linked entries: spádl spǽtl

neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.

nigh ⬩ near ⬩ later ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ latest

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Rush. 19, 30. From ðǽm nǽhstum óþ ðe ǽrestum, 20, 8. Æt neáhstan postremo, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 19. Æt néhstan (Rush. níhsto) novissime, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 11: Blickl. Homl. 85, 1. Æt néxtan, Homl. Th. i. 66, 23. Æt niéhstan, Cd. Th. 84, 19; Gen. 1400.

Linked entries: nǽh neáh-nunnan-mynster neár nést níhsta

ECED

(n.)
Grammar
ECED, æced, æcced, es; n. m.

ACID, vinegar ⬩ acētum

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Rush. War. 19, 30. Drync ecedes a drink of vinegar, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 13; Cri. 1439. Mid ecede with vinegar, Ps. Th. 68, 22.

Linked entries: æcced æced

lǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽðan, p. de

To speak ill of ⬩ accuse ⬩ abuse ⬩ execrate ⬩ detest ⬩ hate

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Rush. 14, 26. Miððý iuih lǽðeþ menn cum vos oderint homines, Lind. 6, 22. Ða ðe lǽðes ł lǽðedon qui oderunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 44. Ða ðe lǽðdon, Lk. Skt. Lind. i, 71. Hý wǽron ealle ánsprǽce ðonne hý mé leahtrodon and lǽðdon loquebantur simul, Ps.

Linked entry: láðian

menen

(n.)
Grammar
menen, mennen, minnen, es; n.

A female servant ⬩ bondwoman ⬩ handmaid

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Rush. 26, 69: vernacula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 37. Mennen ancilla, 2, 39. Sunu menenes ðínes filius ancillæ tuæ, Ps. Surt. 115, 16: 122, 2. Minenes, p. 200, 6. Be ceorles mennenes niédhǽmede. Gif mon ceorles mennen tó nédhǽmde geþreáteþ, L.

níhsta

(n.)
Grammar
níhsta, an; m.

A neighbour ⬩ proximus

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Lufa ðínne néxtan (néste, Lind : néxstan, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 5, 43. Hwá is úre néxta ? Homl. Th. ii. 318, 1. Hwelc ðara niéhstena (níhstena, Cott. MSS.) ðæs ofslægenan, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 3. Tó nýhstan his, Ps. Spl. 11, 2 : Ps. Th. 11, 2

Linked entry: neáhsta

ge-hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hreósan, p. -hreás, pl. -hruron; pp. -hroren

To rush ⬩ fall ⬩ glide away ⬩ to fail ⬩ ruere ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ deficere

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To rush, fall, glide away, to fail; ruere, cadere, labi, deficere Hrófas sind gehrorene the roofs are fallen, Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 5; Ruin. 3.

Linked entries: ge-hreás ge-hror ge-hroren ge-hruron ge-reósan

seód

(n.)
Grammar
seód, es; m.
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Wyrcaþ seódas (seádas, Rush. : seádo, Lind. sacculos) ða ðe ne forealdigeaþ, Lk. Skt. 12, 33. Seádo loculos , Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 6. Seódas, Blickl. Homl. 69, 11

Linked entry: seád

sealt

(n.)
Grammar
sealt, es; n.
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., Rush.): gyf ðæt sealt áwyrþ, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 13: Mk. Skt. 9, 49, 50. Hwylc manna werodum þurhbrýcþ mettum búton swæcce sealtes quis hominum dulcibus perfruitur cibis sine sapore salis? Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 17.

Linked entry: salt

un-sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sýferness, e; f.

Impurity ⬩ uncleanness

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Rush. 23, 27. Monige wiþsócan ðære unsýfernysse deófolgylda abrenunciata sorde idolatriae, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 21. Fram unsýfernyssum ðara árrena mána, 3, 23; S. 554, 27.

Linked entry: sýferness

widuwe

(n.)
Grammar
widuwe, widewe, weoduwe, weodewe, wuduwe, wudewe, wydewe, widwe, an; f. A widow, v. wíf, <b>III a</b>
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.: widuwe, Rush. : widiua, Lind.) vidua, Lk. Skt. 18, 3. Widewe, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 15. Weodewe, Gen. 38, 11. Wydewe (wudewe, Ps. Spl. : weoduwa, Ps. Lamb.: widwe, Ps. Surt.), Ps. Th. 108, 9. Widwe, Lk. Skt. Rush. 2, 37 : 18, 5.

Linked entries: weodewe weoduwe

myrþra

(n.)
Grammar
myrþra, an; m.

A murderer ⬩ homicide

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Rush. 22, 7

gorst

(n.)
Grammar
gorst, gost, es; m.
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Rush. 7, 16. Ne wínberian on gorste ne nimaþ neque de rubo vindemiant uvam, Lk. Skt. 6, 44.

Linked entries: gost georst

súcan

(v.)
Grammar
súcan, p. seác, pl. sucon; pp. socen
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Rush. 21, 16

Linked entries: a-súcan socian

temian

(v.)
Grammar
temian, p. ede, ode
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Rush. 5, 4

Linked entries: tymian un-temed ge-temian

COT

(n.)
Grammar
COT, cott, es; pl. nom. acc. cotu; gen. cota; dat. cotum, cottum; n.

A COT ⬩ cottage ⬩ house ⬩ bed-chamber ⬩ den ⬩ casa ⬩ domus ⬩ cubiculum ⬩ cubile ⬩ spelunca

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Rush. 12, 3; 11, 7. Ge worhton ðæt to þeófa cote fecistis illam speluncam latronum Mt. Bos. 21, 13

Linked entries: eald-cot cott

FRETAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRETAN, ic frete, ðú fritest, fritst, he freteþ, friteþ, fritt, fryt, pl. fretaþ; p. ic, he fræt, ðú frǽte. pl. frǽton; pp. freten [for-, etan to eat?].

to eat up ⬩ gnaw ⬩ FRET ⬩ devour ⬩ consume ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ comĕdĕre ⬩ to break ⬩ burst ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ rumpĕre

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Bos. 4, 4; frétun, Rush.: fréton, Mt. Lind. 13, 4: Gen. 37, 20. We hine frǽton obsorbuĭmus eum, Ps. Th. 34, 23: 104, 30.

Linked entry: gefrett

nán-wiht

(n.; adv.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nán-wiht, nán-uht.

nothing ⬩ nothing ⬩ not at all ⬩ no whit

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Rush. 6, 8. Náneht ł ne óht (nǽniht ł nóht, Rush.) nullam, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 22. Grammar nán-wiht, as an adverb, nothing, not at all, no whit Hé his godcundnesse nánwiht ne gewanode he no whit diminished his divinity, Blickl. Homl. 91, 9.

Linked entries: nǽnig-wiht nǽniht

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