twelf-feald
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Ðæt twelffealde getel getácnode ða twelf apostolas, Homl. Th. i. 190, 11: 542, 4. Twelffeald geþungennes duodenus apex, twelffealdum setle duodeno solio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 14, 13. Grammar twelf-feald, used substantively Be .xii.
spora
spur
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Hé heów ðæt hors mid ðam spuran (cf.Icel. höggva hest sporum), Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 22. .ii. spuran on .iii. pundan, Chart. Th. 503, 8
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á-swellan
To swell up
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To swell up Ðonne ásuilt ðæt lim, Past. 73, 10. Þá þe áþindað and áswellað þurh þá wilnunge þæs ídlan gylpes, Gr. D. 40, 4. His andwlita ásweoll, 20, 32. Seó hýd ásweoll, 157, 8. Ásweoll him se líchama, Guth. 68, 8.
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lyswen
matter ⬩ purulence
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matter, purulence On ðære þrotan biþ swyle and lyssen, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 46, 14
mór-wyrt
Moor-wort
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Moor-wort Wyrc hié (a salve) of ðære smalan mórwyrte (drosera rotundifolia, Cockayne), Lchdm. ii. 128, 8
ge-efenlǽcung
Imitation
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Imitation To geefenlǽcunge ðæra eádigra apostola in imitation of the blessed apostles, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 23
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un-deáþlíce
Immortally ⬩ to immortality
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Immortally, to immortality Úre Drihten on ðam ðriddan dæge undeáþlíce of deáðe árás, H. R. 5, 24
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wyrt-stenc
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A perfume from a plant Hús gefylled wæs wyrtstence ( odore ) ðære smirnisse, Jn. Skt. Rush. 12, 3
under-cyning
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Nú hét hé þé dǽlan þíne goldhordas. . . and þú beó his undercyning. Homl. S. 32, 54. Add
be-wrítan
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Gá tó ðǽre wyrte and bewrít hý ábútan mid ánum gyldenan hringe, Lch. i. 112, 22. Add
on-fæðmness
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Embrace Seó onbláwnes ðære heofonlícan onfæðmnesse sý gewindwod on ðé ( the Virgin Mary ), Blickl. Homl. 7, 26
spell-stów
A place where announcements are made
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Andlang dene tó ðære spelstówe, Cd. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 28
EARM
ARM, the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand ⬩ brachium ⬩ ocean, etc ⬩ sĭnus, rāmus
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Muscl ðæs earmes the muscle of the arm; tŏrus vel muscŭlus vel lăcertus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 123; Wrt.
hraðe
Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ soon ⬩ forthwith ⬩ straightway
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Ðæt is nú hraðost tó secganne. Bt. 7; Fox 60, 14. [Cf. Icel. ok er þat skjótast af honum at segja.]
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ge-bétan
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For ðǽre sylfan scame hé beón gebétte (emendentur), R. Ben. I. 76, 11. a thing On ðǽm earfoðum ðæt he longe ǽr tó yfle gedyde, hé gebétt (bét, v. l.) in adversis rebus longi temporis admissa terguntur, Past. 35, 9.
swígung
silence, absence of speech ⬩ silence, absence of noise ⬩ a time of silence ⬩ silence from astonishment, amazement ⬩ delay ⬩ silentium
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silence, absence of speech Hé (John the Baptist) ðam fæder (Zacharias ) ða stefne ágeaf, ðá se heáhengel mid ðære swígunge fæstnunga geband ðone fæder, Blickl. Homl. 167, 11. Hwanne besmát hine seó scyld ðære fealasprecolnesse?
be-cuman
to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove
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H. 203, 2. temporal Hé tó þám seofoþan dæge ne becymð he will not live till the seventh day, Lch. iii. 76, 23. Ðá þá seó hálige tíd lenctenfæstenes becom on þone drihtenlican dæg when Lent had got to the Sunday, Hml.
gildan
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(bb) to repay an amount taken or borrowed :-- Wénstú gif hwá óðrum hwæt gieldan sceal, hwæðer hé hine mid ðý gehealdan mæge ðæt hé him náuht máre on ne nime, ne ðæt ne gielde ðæt hé ǽr nam?, Past. 425, 1-3.
hrycg
a back ⬩ dorsum ⬩ spina ⬩ a ridge ⬩ rigg
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Hiora hrygc simle gebiéged ... se hrygc ðæt sint ða hiéremenn ... se hrycg færþ æfter ǽlcre wuhte dorsum illorum semper incurva ... qui subsequenter inhærent dorsa nominantur, Past. 1, 4; Swt. 29, 9-14.
þeów
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Ða hláfordas hé manode ðæt hí milde wǽron heora ðeówum mannum, Homl. Th. ii. 326, 21-27. Nelt ðú nán ðing yfeles habban ... ne yfele cild, ne yfele ðeówe men, 410, 16