ÆG
An EGG ⬩ ovum
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Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27, 28.
aldor
life ⬩ the vital parts of the body ⬩ vita ⬩ age
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Ðæt se wǽre his aldre scyldig that he with his life should pay [be liable ], Cd. 196; Th. 244, 19; Dan. 450. Ðæt him on aldre stód here-strǽl hearda so that the hard war-shaft stood in his vital parts, Beo.
a-metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ measure out ⬩ metiri ⬩ emetiri ⬩ to measure out to any one ⬩ to allot ⬩ assign ⬩ bestow ⬩ aliquid alicui emetiri ⬩ ex mensura dare ⬩ largiri ⬩ to measure out ⬩ plan ⬩ form ⬩ make ⬩ emetiri ⬩ for-mare ⬩ confingere
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Ðæt súsl amǽte that he should measure his torment, 229; Th. 310, 13; Sat. 725.
Linked entry: a-mæt
for-búgan
To bend from ⬩ pass by ⬩ decline ⬩ avoid ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ recēdĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ evītāre ⬩ devītāre
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Næs ðæt ná se Godríc ðe ða gúþe forbeáh this was not the Godric who had fled from the war, Byrht. Th. 141, 21; By. 325. Ða he ðæt geseah, he hine forbeáh vīso illo, præterīvit; Lk. Bos. 10, 31, 32: Num. 22, 23. Forbúh devīta, Scint. 88.
lǽce-wyrt
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a herb having medicinal virtue Se wísa Augustinus cwæþ ðæt unpleólíc sý ðeáh hwá lǽcewyrte þicge ac ðæt hé tælþ tó unálýfedlícere wiglunge gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge the learned Augustine said, that it is not dangerous
leáf-ness
Leave ⬩ permission ⬩ licence
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Heó his leáfnysse hæfde ðæt ... she would have his permission to ... 1, 25; S. 486, 34. Nymðe þurh leáfnysse his ágenes abbudes nisi per demissionem proprii abbatis, 4, 5; S. 572, 38.
un-híre
Fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ cruel ⬩ deadly ⬩ dire ⬩ dreadful ⬩ frightful
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Ne gémde hé ná swá swýðe hú hé áræfnede ðæs unhýran cwelres hand, Shrn. 129, 9. Ða unhiéran torvam (gypsam), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 12.
for-ceorfan
to cut up ⬩ to cut off ⬩ to cut down
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Swá swá ðæt treów ðe ðá wyrtruman beóð færcorfene (for-, v. l.) forseárað, swá hié magon ondrǽdan ðæt him weorðen ðá wyrttruman færcorfene (for-, v. l.), 339, 19. to cut down Forcorfen succisa (arbor), An. Ox. 1578. to deprive by cutting of (dat.)
sceaþan
To scathe, hurt, harm, injure
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Ðæt him feóndes hond æt ðam ýtemestan ende ne scóde, 129, 1; Gú. 414. Sceaþen is mé sáre, frécne on ferhþe. Cd. Th. 53, 31; Gen. 869. with acc. Oft mec ísern scód sáre on sídan, Exon.
BRINGAN
To BRING, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry ⬩ ferre, adducere, ducere, producere, offerre, proferre
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To BRING, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry: ferre, adducere, ducere, producere, offerre, proferre Hwǽr is ðæt tiber, ðæt ðú bringan þencest where is the gift which thou thinkest to bring?
twelf-wintre
Twelve years old
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Gyf hine hwá áfylle ofer twelfwintre (ofer ðæt hé biþ twelfwintre,MS. G.), L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 22. Ǽlc man ofer twelfwintre sylle ðone áð, ðæt hé nelle þeóf beón, 21; Th. i. 388, 6. Ǽlc man ðe beó ofer twelfwintre, Wulfst. 136, 17.
hwá
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Ðæt is ðæt mann (mon, v. l.) forwierne his sweorde blódes, ðæt hwá forwirne his láre ðæt hé mid ðǽre ne ofsleá ðæs flǽsces lustas gladium a sanguine prohibere est praedica*-*tionis verbum a carnalis vitae interfectione retinere, 379, 2.
cwealm-stów
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Ðá cempan hine ( Jesus gelǽddon tó ðǽre cwealmstówe þǽr man cwealde sceaðan, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 15. Hí lǽdde Maximus mid óþrum cwellerum tó þǽre cwealmstówe, Hml. S. 34, 226. Tó ðǽre ealdan cwalmstówe (cwealm-, Cht. E. 290, 29), C. D. iii. 404, 27.
stigel
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Hí becómon tó ðǽre stigole þǽr se þeóf oferstáh ( ad aditum furis) in ðone wyrttún . . . 'Ic þé bebeóde . . . ꝥ þú þá stigole (aditum ) behealde,' Gr. D. 24, 6-12. Tó Dunnes stigele; of ðǽre stigele ad scansile . . . ab inde, C. D. B. iii. 252, 2.
fléding
A flowing ⬩ an inundation ⬩ fluxus
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A flowing, an inundation; fluxus Se ele geswác ðære flédinge the oil ceased from the flowing, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 2
fleóte
A stream ⬩ river ⬩ rīvus
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A stream, river; rīvus To ðære fleótan to the stream, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 123; A. D. 774; Kmbl. 111, 381, 7
mǽr-ác
An oak which serves as part of a boundary
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Of ðære ác in ða mǽrác, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 379, 31
palm-wicu
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the week which begins with Palm Sunday On ðære palmwucan, Rub. Lk. Skt. 22, 1: Rub. Jn. Skt. 12, 1, 24
súþ-eást
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South-east Donua múða ðære eá scýt súðeást út, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 5: Cd. Th. 42, 1; Gen. 667
un-besenged
Unsinged ⬩ unscorched ⬩ unburnt
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Unsinged, unscorched, unburnt Se bið swýðe clǽne ǽlcere synne, se ðe ðæne bryne ðurhfærð unbesencged (-sænged, MS. C.), Wulfst. 25, 19
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