gearo-brygd
A prompt vibration ⬩ prompta pulsātio
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A prompt vibration; prompta pulsātio Áh he gleóbeámes gearobrygda list he has skill in prompt vibrations of the harp, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 13; Crä. 50
Linked entry: brygd
earfoþ-lǽte
Difficult to be sent forth ⬩ diffĭcĭlis emissu
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Difficult to be sent forth; diffĭcĭlis emissu Earfoþlǽte micga a painful discharge of urine, strangury; strangūria = στραγγουρία, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 47; Wrt. Voc. 19, 49
henna
A fowl
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A fowl Gif swýn oððe henna ete of mannes líchaman si porcus vel gallina de corpore hominis ederit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 57; Th. ii. 220, 13
hrér
Rear
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Rear [provincial], not thoroughly cooked, lightly boiled [of eggs] Nim hrér henne æg take a hen's egg lightly boiled, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 272, 16
Linked entries: hrére hréren-brǽden
leóht-mód
light-hearted ⬩ easy-tempered ⬩ light-minded ⬩ inconstant ⬩ fickle
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Of light or cheerful mind, light-hearted, easy-tempered; light-minded Similar entries (v. next word), inconstant, fickle, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 30; Gn. Ex. 86
Mægþa land
the Polish province of Mazovia
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the Polish province of Mazovia (?) Be norþan Horiti is Mægþa land; and be norþan Mægþa londe Sermende óþ ða beorgas Riffen, Ors. l, l; Swt. 16, 21
mán-feld
The field of crime
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The field of crime Mon hǽtt ðæt lond Mánfeld ðǽr hié mon byrgde obruta est in campo, qui nunc Sceleratus vocatur, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 20
medu-rǽden
Strong drinks ⬩ cellar
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Strong drinks, cellar (in the sense of the liquors contained in it) Rúmheort beón meodorǽdenne liberal with liquors, Exon. 90 a; Th. 339, 3; Gn. Ex. 88
medu-stíg
Path to the mead-hall
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Path to the mead-hall Cyning of brýdbúre treddode ... and his cwén mid him medostíg gemæt ... Hróðgár tó healle geóng, Beo. Th. 1845-1855; B. 920-925
ge-witfæst
Of sound mind
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Of sound mind Nǽnig deófolseóc ðæt he eft wel gewitfæst nǽre no possessed person that was not in his right mind again, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 17
Linked entry: -witfæst
gewit-loca
A container of intelligence ⬩ the mind ⬩ intelligentiæ clausura ⬩ animus ⬩ mens ⬩ pectus
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A container of intelligence, the mind; intelligentiæ clausura, animus, mens, pectus, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 52; Met. 12, 26: Exon. 123 a; Th. 473 13; Bo. 14
gifnes
A favour ⬩ grace ⬩ beneficium ⬩ gratia
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A favour, grace; beneficium, gratia Ealle we beþurfon Godes gifnesse we all have need of God's grace, Hy. 7, 114, 110: Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 114, 110
grimetung
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Leóna grymetunge roaring of lions, Shrn. 50, 9
BICCE
A BITCH ⬩ canicula
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A BITCH, a female of the canine kind; canicula Biccean [biccan MS. B.] meolc bitch's milk, Med. ex Quadr. 9, 8, 9; Lchdm. i. 362, 15, 18
biþ
is, shall be ⬩ est, erit,
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Fox 6, 11; Met. 6, 6: Cd. 217; Th. 276, 1; Sat. 182; 3rd pers, pres. and fut. of beón
blód-gíta
A shedder of blood ⬩ sanguinis effusor
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A shedder of blood; sanguinis effusor Ðæne wer, ðe is blódgíta, gehiscþ Drihten the Lord hates the man who is a blood-shedder, Ps. Lamb. 5, 8
ge-mæstan
To fatten ⬩ saginare; pinguefacere, impinguare
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Gemæstra fugela of fatted fowls, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 34 : Bd. Whelc. 378, 19
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sund-gebland
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The water's mingling, used of the mere into which Beowulf plunged Se ðe meregrundas mengan scolde, sécan sund*-*gebland, Beo. Th. 2904; B. 1450. Cf. ýð-gebland
un-fricgende
not questioning
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not questioning Mé sægde ðæt wíf hire wordum selfa unfricgendum the woman of her own accord told me without my asking, Cd. Th. 160, 12; Gen. 2649
weorc-geréfa
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An overseer of work Ða weorcgeréfan praefecti operum, Ex. 5, 10, 13. Sidrac, Misac, and Abdenago, ðe Nabochodonosor gesette him tó weorcgeréfan, Homl. Th. ii. 68, 5