nædre
Any kind of serpent ⬩ adder ⬩ viper
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Voc. ii. 21, 21. Nædran hilidros, i. celidros, 43, 38. Swá swá Moyses áhóf ða næddran . . . Ðá sende God fýrene næddran . . .
án-forlǽtan
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H. 189, 12. what one possesses, to lose Ic geþence hwæt ic ánforlét (amisi), and þonne ic geþence hwæt ic forleás (perdidi), Gr. D. 5, 9. Hié ne gémdon hwonne hié ꝥ gestreón eall ánforlǽtan sceoldon, Bl.
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hnygela
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Voc. ii. 83, 17: An. Ox. 7, 267. Of hnílan, Angl. xiii. 35, 206. Ǽcemban hniglan stuparum putamina (Ald. 45, II), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 16. Hnyglan, 118, 36. Þá hnyglan, 66, 60. Hnílan, Hpt. 33, 239, 17. Add:
galdor-cræft
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Voc. ii. 3, 3 a. Séc lytle stánas on swealwan bridda magan. . . hí beóþ góde wiþ . . yflum gealdorcræftum, Lch, ii. 306, 13. Sé þe galdorcræftas (incantationes) behealdeð, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 29. Add
wangere
A pillow ⬩ bolster
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Voc. ii. 73, 29 : 17, 53 : i. 25, 45 : capitale, ii. 128, 44. Bolster vel wongere cervical, i. capitale, 130, 26. Fram dǽle ðæs heáfdes mihte wongere (cervical) betwih geseted beón, Bd. 4, II ; S. 580, 16
á-screopan
to clear off
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and add: to clear off Þonne áscrypð hió ꝥ áter áweg, Lch. ii. 144, 17. Áscrep þá greátan rinde of, 270, 17. Áscrepan (-screfan, Erf.) egerere, áscrepen (-aen,Erf.; -anWrt. Voc. ii. 39, 17) egesta, Txts. 59, 730-1: Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 16: 142, 68
CYLL
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Gesomnigende swá swá on cylle wætera sǽs congregans sicut in utrem aquas maris, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 7. Ðas cylle istum utrem, Greg. Dial. 3, 37. Swá ðú on hríme setest hlance cylle sicut uter in pruina, Ps. Th. 118, 83.
hrór
Stirring ⬩ active ⬩ agile ⬩ nimble ⬩ vigorous ⬩ stout ⬩ strong
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Ðá Israélas ǽhte gesǽtan hróres folces et habitavit in tabernaculis eorum tribus Israel, Ps. Th. 77, 56. Swá seó stræle byþ strangum and mihtigum hrórum on handa sicut sagittæ in manu potentis, 126, 5.
hwer
A kettle ⬩ pot ⬩ basin ⬩ caldron ⬩ cooking-vessel
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Áwyl ða wyrte on hwere boil the plants in a pot, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 76, 18. Ǽnne sylfrene hwer on v pundon a silver basin of five pounds, Chart. Th. 558, 35.
lot-wrenc
Deceit ⬩ deception ⬩ cunning ⬩ fraud ⬩ device ⬩ wile ⬩ craft
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P. ii. 14; Th. ii. 186, 22. Ðá wearþ se mann mid deófles lotwrencum bepǽht, Homl. Th. i. 192, 11: 376, 9: Wulfst. 84, 19. For his lotwrencium, Past. 30, 1; Swt. 203, 19.
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rǽdere
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Lector is rǽdere, ðe rǽd on Godes cyrcan, and biþ ðǽrtó gehádod ðæt hé bodige Godes word, L. Ælfc. C. 10-12; Th. ii. 346, 25-32.
scyfe
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<b>I a.</b> glossing preceps :-- Seó ús on scefe gedwelde teáh mid wegleásum quae nos in preceps errore traxit devio, Hymn.
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un-tweógendlíce
without feeling doubt ⬩ certainly ⬩ unhesitatingly ⬩ so as not to cause doubt ⬩ unequivocally ⬩ indubitably
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without feeling doubt, certainly, unhesitatingly Ic hit untweógendlíce gelýfde in tó gesettanne eam indubitanter inserendam credidi, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 30. Eallum mannum þurhwuniggendum in tintregum untweógendlíce, Blickl. Homl. 171, 16.
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ge-wilnian
To wish ⬩ desire ⬩ expect ⬩ seek ⬩ strive for ⬩ cŭpĕre ⬩ concŭpiscĕre ⬩ desīdĕrāre ⬩ expĕtĕre ⬩ ambīre
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Ic nánes eorþlíces gestreónes ne flǽsclíces lustes ne gewilnige I desire no earthly treasure nor fleshly pleasure, Homl. Th. i. 458, 31: 512, 13. Gif hwá gewilnigeþ to gewitane if any one desires to know, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 10.
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big-spell
A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, story ⬩ parabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio
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Ic ahylde on bigspelle eáre mín inclinabo in parabolam aurem meam, Ps. Spl. 48, 4.
ge-openian
To open, manifest, shew, reveal ⬩ To open
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Th. ii. 128, 24: 260, 11: i. 78, 27. Geopena ongeán me lífes geat open to me the gate of life, 76, 3. Ðæt he geopenige that he shew, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 24; Hat. MS.
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bryttian
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Substitute: to dispense, distribute, grant a share of Exhibeo, i. porrigo, prebeo, tribito ic bryttie, dono, ostendo ic bringe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 2. Hé missenlíce monna cynne his giefe bryttað, Crä. 105: Cri. 682: B. 1726.
fen
mud ⬩ mire ⬩ dirt ⬩ fen
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Wá ðǽm ðe gaderað an hine selfne ðæt hefige fenn (densum lutum) . . . ðæt ðicke fenn, 329, 18, 19. fen Cenum, i. luti vorago vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 75.
furh
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B. iii. 188, 35. Add:
á-spendan
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Hú þes freólsdæg beó áspend mid lofe, i. 436, 29. with the object of expenditure also given Þeáh ðe ic áspende míne ǽhta on ðearfena bigleofan, Hml. i. 54, 2. Hé þás fíf andgitu áspent on unnyt, ii. 374, 2 : Hml. S. 12, 135.