sweart-lást
Leaving a black track
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Leaving a black track Fugles wyn ( a pen) stop eft on mec (a book ), síþade sweartlást, Exon. Th. 408, 12 ; Rä. 27, 11
ge-wendan
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Add: trans. To cause to move, turn Geuuendit transferit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 72. to give a certain direction or position to Stande hé on ðám stede þe se abbod swá gémeleásum monnum tó stealle on sundrum betǽht hæfð, swá þæt hé sý gewend fram þám abbode
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Who; what. in direct questions [with indic. or subj.] Quis hwá is werlíc hád que hwilc is wíflíc, cujus hwæs, cui hwama quo fram hwam ... Gif ic cweðe quis hoc fecit hwá dyde ðis ðonne biþ se quis interrogativum ðæt is áxigendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som.
spanan
To allure ⬩ entice ⬩ lure ⬩ decoy ⬩ attract ⬩ urge ⬩ suggerere, suadere, persuadere ⬩ to allure
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To allure, entice, lure, decoy, attract, urge Spenst illicias, Hpt. Gl. 524, 9. Spones inlicias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 7 : 87, 26. in a good sense, with a preposition marking the direction of aim Ðú spenst (spænst, Cott. MS.) mé on ða mǽstan sprǽce and
cyre-líf
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For 'A choice . . . eligunt' substitute: the condition of life which allows a person to choose his lord, the state of dependence on a lord whom a person has chosen Gehicgon hig eác ꝥ hig gehealdon heora clǽnnysse, oððe beón geférlǽhte þǽre gefæstnuncge
stoppa
A stop, a bucket, pail
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A stop, a bucket, pail. Halliwell gives stop a small well-bucket, and also stoppe a bucket, or milking-pail, as Norfolk words; the latter being still in use. 'The holy-water stoppe was a vessel containing holy-water placed near the entrance of a church
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gǽst-gerýne
A ghostly or spiritual mystery ⬩ a mystery of the mind ⬩ spīrĭtāle mystērium ⬩ ănĭmi mystērium
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A ghostly or spiritual mystery, a mystery of the mind; spīrĭtāle mystērium, ănĭmi mystērium In godcundum gǽstgerýnum in divine spiritual mysteries, Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 5; Gú. 219 : 49 a; Th. 168, 31; Gú. 1086. Bí ðon Salomon song, giedda snottor, gǽstgerýnum
gafol-hwitel
A tribute-whittle or blanket ⬩ a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land ⬩ tribūtāria săga
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A tribute-whittle or blanket, a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land; tribūtāria săga Gafol-hwitel sceal beón æt híwisce vi pæninga weorþ a tribute-whittle from a hide [of land] shall be worth six pence, L. In. 44; Th. i. 130,
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be-delfing
A digging about ⬩ ablaqueatio
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A digging about; ablaqueatio Niðerwart treówes bedelfing a digging about the lower part of a tree, Ælfc. Gl. 60; Som. 68, 16; Wrt. Voc. 39, 2
fýr-cyn
A kind of fire ⬩ igneum gĕnus
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A kind of fire; igneum gĕnus Mycel fýrcyn and mycel bryne a great kind of fire and a great burning, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 36
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hús-fæst
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Having a house, being a householder Ǽlc man húsfæst on his ówe land every man having a house on his own land, Chart. Th. 438, 5
bledu
A bowl, vial, goblet, the dish of a balance, a scale ⬩ patera, phiala, lanx, trutinæ, scala
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A bowl, vial, goblet, the dish of a balance, a scale; patera, phiala, lanx, trutinæ, scala, Ælfc. Gl. 25; Wrt. Voc. 24, 44: Æthelfledæ Test. Lye
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þeód-fruma
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A prince of a people, a lord, ruler Ðæt hí þiówien swilcum þiódfruman (hláforde, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 29), Met. 29, 94. Cf. land-fruma
wirdness
injury ⬩ hurt ⬩ annoyance ⬩ a vice
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injury, hurt, annoyance Mið woerdnisse affligendo, Rtl. 16, 13. From woerdnissum, a noxiis, 17, 15. a vice From sceððendum woerdnisum a noxiis vitiis Rtl. 16, 25
spere-wyrt
innule(-a) ⬩ campane(-a) ⬩ nap silvatica
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A plant name; the word translates innule(-a) campane(-a), Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 17: Lchdm. i. 210, 7: nap silvatica, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 27
ǽdre-weg
A drain way ⬩ a vein ⬩ an artery ⬩ arteria ⬩ vena
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A drain way, a vein, an artery; arteria, vena
cancetung
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A laughing in a cackling manner; cachinnus, Cot. 58
feormþ
A harbouring ⬩ an entertaining ⬩ a cleansing ⬩ susceptio ⬩ hospĭtium ⬩ purgātio
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A harbouring, an entertaining, a cleansing; susceptio, hospĭtium. purgātio
geár-cyningdóm
A year-kingdom ⬩ a consulate ⬩ consŭlātus
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A year-kingdom, a consulate; consŭlātus, Som. Ben. Lye
clifrung
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A clawing; a claw(?) Clifrunga ungulae, Germ. 398, 61