Lǽden-bóc
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A Latin book Nán man næfþ lédenbóca angit be fullon búton hé ðone cræft cunne no man perfectly understands Latin books, unless he know that art [grammar], Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 50, 65. Áwriten on lédenbócum written down in Latin books, Homl.
glenge
An ornament
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An ornament Hwǽr beóþ ðonne ða glengeas and ða mycclan gegyrelan ðe he ðone líchoman ǽr mid frætwode where shall then be the ornaments and the grand apparel with which he before decked his body? Blickl. Homl. 111, 35. Glengas, 99, 24, 19: 115, 2.
Linked entry: glenc
grislíc
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This word seems to belong to 'grísan' rather than to 'greósan,' so should be written with i rather than with y. The spelling in the Ormulum supports the short vowel
ge-célan
To make cold ⬩ to cool ⬩ allay ⬩ refrigerare ⬩ To become cold ⬩ to be refreshed ⬩ refrigerari
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To become cold, to be refreshed; refrigerari Forlǽt me ðæt ic gecéle ǽrðam ðe ic gang remitte mihi ut refrigerer priusquam abeam, Ps. Spl. 38, 18
ge-leódan
To spring ⬩ grow ⬩ descend ⬩ crescere ⬩ germinare
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Óþðæt ða geongan leomu geloden weorþaþ till the young limbs be grown, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 20; Vy. 6 : Elen. Kmbl. 2451; El. 1227 : Runic pm. 18; Kmbl. 343, 1; Hick. Thes. i. 135
Linked entry: ge-ludon
stede-leás
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Without stability, unsteady, without power to retain one's place Ðonne biþ hé ðam men gelíc, ðe árǽrþ sume heáge hlǽddre and stíhþ be ðære hlǽddre stapum, óð ðæt hé tó ðæm ænde becume, and wylle ðonne git stígan ufor; ástíhþ ðonne búton stapum, óð ðæt
stǽr-wrítere
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A writer of history, a historian Swá swá sóþsagol stǽrwrítete ( verax historicus ) ða þing ðe be him oþþe ðurh hine gewordene wǽron ic áwrát, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 5. Stæfwrítere (stǽr-?) historiographus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 45.
strícan
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to stroke, smooth, rub, wipe Ne delfe hý nán man mid ísene and mid wætere ne þweá, ac stríce hý mid cláðe clǽne, Lchdm. iii. 30, 24. v. ymb-strícan. to make a stroke, v. be-strícan; strica. to go, move, run Búlon ðæm rodere ðe ðás rúman gesceaft ǽghwylce
telge
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Cockayne refers the word to telg and translates dyeing; but the passage at 190, 21, in which the same date is said to be 'eallum gód þingum gód' suggests a different meaning. The forms of the whole piece are corrupt. (?)
weorf
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Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiaþ. Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. sciłł. . . . wilde weof mid . xii. Sciłł., oxan mid .xxx. p̃, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 4. Ungewylde weorf, nýten ł hors indomitos subjugales, Hpt. Gl. 458, 1. v. next word
amer
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Or is the form to be identified with amore? (v. next word)
brosnung
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Se cwyde úre brosnunge the sentence that declared us to be dust, Hml. Th. i. 300, 6. Oferfæreld of brosnunga tó unáwem*-*mednysse, Angl. viii. 330, 10. Ne forrotige on brosnunge þeós hand, Hml. S. 26, 101.
ge-hwirfness
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return, v. ge-hwirfan; 4 Hé wíte-gode on þám sealme be þæs folces gehwyrfnesse of heora hæftnýde, Ps.
ge-efenlǽcung
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Hit is gewunelic on hálgum gewritum þæt gehwám bið fæder genamod be his geefenlǽcunge ( according to whom he imitates ); gif hé geeuenlǽcð Gode on gódum weorcum hé bið Godes bearn gecíged; gif hé geeuenlǽcð deófle ... hé bíð deófles bearn, Hml.
land-riht
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Cf. land; 3 Hit gebyreð ꝥ be bisceopes rǽde fare ǽghwylc lahriht, ge burhriht ge landriht, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20
leód-rǽden
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A population; people, the country of a people Hwylc wundor is, þeáh þe wé þis be mannum secgan, nú seó úplice leódrǽden þǽre ængellican gecynde of sumum dǽle æfwerdlan áræfnede of hyra efenceasterwarum quid mirum quod hoc de homine dicitur, quando illa
sand
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Ox. 18 b, 35. add Forð be sande oþ norðmúþan, C. D. iii. 429, 1. On ceoslynum sandum in glarigeris litoribus, An.
ufan
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Th. i. 206, 21. figurative Þ hine man forgulde mid healfan punde; gif wé þonne gyld árǽrdon, ꝥ him man ýhte ufon on ꝥ be his wlites weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 234, 6. v. ofer-, wiþ-ufan
æsc
ash-tree ⬩ a ship
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D. vi. 252-3 for the large number of place-names in which æsc occurs) Æsces sceal mǽst there must be most of ash, Lch. ii. 86, 8. a ship Aesc cercilus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 56. Æsc cercylus, 14, 16.
hand-dǽda
One who does a deed with his own hand
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One who does a deed with his own hand Ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó mǽgþ sý unfáh bútan ðam handdǽdan then I will that all the kindred be free from the feud except the actual doer of the deed, L. Edm. S. 1; Th, i. 248, 6, 12: L.
Linked entry: -dǽda