palm
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, and add: <b>pealma.</b> a palm-tree Se ryhtwísa swá swá palma bloewð, Ps. Vos. 91, 13, a branch of a palm-tree : — Sceole wé healdan úrne palm, oð þæt se sangere onginne ðone offringsang, and geoffrian þonne Gode ðone palm.
snícan
To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptile ⬩ of imperceptible movement ⬩ to sneak ⬩ to hanker after
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To crawl, creep of the motion of a reptile [Sume wuhta] creópaþ and snícaþ, eall líchoma eorþan getenge (cf. sume licgaþ mid eallon líchaman on eorþan and snícende faraþ, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 26) Met. 31, 6. Wyrm com snícan Lchdm. iii. 34, 21.
sýferness
Sobriety, moderation, temperance, abstinence, purity ⬩ purificatio, purgatio.
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Seó sýfernes and óðre mægnu, 54. Rúmheortnys and sýfernys ( opposed to gítsung and gífernes, 68, 15), Wulfst. 69, 1. Sýfernysse þearf sinceritatis azima, Hymn. Surt. 82, 31: Scint. 42, 16.
Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte
brycgian
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S. xi. 511 ; and cf. Wlfst. 239, 9 given under brycg) Brycgaþ calabit (cf. (?) cala a billet; caladia via via strata , Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 72. Betweox húsan bricgian, Angl. ix. 262, 22
sǽ-healf
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The seaside Bæd hé hí ánre sylle, þæt hé mihte þæt hús on ðá sǽhealfe ( a parte maris) mid þǽre underlecgan, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 33. Hé lǽdde scipfyrde tó Scotlande, and ꝥ land on þá sǽhealfe mid scipum ymbelæg, Chr. 1072; P. 208, 13
forþ-dǽd
Profit ⬩ advantage
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Paul ) teolode his and his geférena forþdǽda, Hml. Th. i. 392, 17. Cf. Þá munecas náht syllan ne móston búta þám ánum þe heora bigleofan forð dydon ( were of service to their sustenance ), Hml. S. 31, 325
Linked entry: forþian
forþ-here
A host that marches forth
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Dele -herge, and substitute: A host that marches forth Hié getealdon on ðám forðherge féðan twelfe ... on ánra gehwám ... fíftig cista, hæfde cista gehwilc gárberendra týn hund (the passage corresponds with Exodus12, 37: Profecti sunt filii Israel sexcenta
beorgan
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Add: to protect, to prevent the happening of evil (acc.) to an object (dat. ) Ic mé his hete berh, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 155, 5. with dat. of object alone, to protect, save, guard :-- Hé bewand his heáfod mid ánum cláðe, and bearh him sylfum swíðe georne,
ge-þafa
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is consent to an action or a condition, acquiescence in an arrangement. with gen.
searu-net
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Kmbl. 127; An. 64. Searonettum beseted beset with snares, 1885; An. 945
Beám-dún
BAMPTON, Devonshire ⬩ oppidum situm esse arbitror in agro Devoniensi, qua Somersætensibus adjacet, et vocari hodie Bampton
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Explicatio, p. 14, col. 1 Hér Cynegils and Cwichelm gefuhton on Beámdúne in this year Cynegils and Cwichelm fought at Bampton, Chr. 614; Th. 38, 38, cols. 2, 3
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CEAFER
A beetle,chafer; ⬩ brūchus = βροῦχος
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.; He cwæþ and com gærshoppa, and ceaferas ðæs næs gerín oððe getel dixit et venit locusta, et bruchus cujus non erat numerus, Ps. Lamb. 104, 34
dæg-wóma
The rush of day, the dawn ⬩ diei apparitio, aurora
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Dægwóman bitweon and ðære deorcan niht between dawn and the dark night, Exon. 50 b; Th. 175, 7; Gú. 1191
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dýfan
To dip, immerse ⬩ immergĕre
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He hine on ðam streáme sencte and dýfde he sank and immersed himself in the stream, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 22
foxes fót
Fox's foot ⬩ bur reed ⬩ a water plant ⬩ sparganum simplex ⬩ xiphion ⬩ ξιφίον
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Fox's foot, bur reed, a water plant; sparganum simplex, xiphion = ξιφίον Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman, ðe man xiphion, and óðrum naman foxes fót, nemneþ take a root of this plant, which is named xiphion, and by another name fox's foot, Herb. 47, 1; Lchdm
leáfa
Belief ⬩ faith
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Belief, faith Hú mæg se leáfa [other MS. geleáfa] beón forþgenge gif seó lár and ða láreówas áteoriaþ how can belief be prosperous if teaching and teachers fail, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 37. Leáfa fides, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 10: 15, 28. Leáfo, 21, 21
middangeard-líc
Terrestrial ⬩ physical as opposed to spiritual
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Terrestrial, physical as opposed to spiritual Forðon hé oft stormas ðara werigra gásta fram his sylfes sceþenisse and his geférena mid bedum wiðsceáf, wæs ðæt ðæs wyrþe ðæt hé wið ðam middangeardlícum windum and lígum swíðian mihte ( ventus flammisque
ge-wundian
To wound
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To wound And eft he hym sende óðerne þeów and hí ðone on heáfde gewundodon, Mk. 12, 4. Hí hine mid spere gewundedon they wounded him with a spear, Homl. Th. i. 216, 23. Se swíðe gewundod wæs he was sore wounded, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 8
un-áræfned
Intolerable ⬩ insupportable
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Þurh ða wædlan stówe wætres and þurh ða unárefndon lond wildeóra and wyrma per immania et egentia plerumque aquarum, per aliquot serpentium ferarumque loca, Nar. 26, 8
un-fracodlíce
Not dishonourably ⬩ honourably ⬩ virtuously
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Not dishonourably, honourably, virtuously Ic wilnode andweorces tó ðam weorce ðe mé beboden wæs tó wyrcanne, ðæt wæs, ðæt is unfracoðlíce and gerisenlíce mihte steóran and reccan ðone anweald ðe mé befæst wæs materiam gerendis rebus optavimus, quo ne