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in-ylfe

(n.)
Grammar
in-ylfe, es; n.

A gutbowel

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A gut, bowel Inelfe intestinum, Wrt. Voc. 65. 55. Inilve; 284, 2. Inelve interamen, 286, 60. Ðý læs ðæt innelfe útsíge lest the matrix prolapse, L. M. 3. 37; Lchdm. ii. 328, 25.

leác-tric

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leác-tric, leáh-tric, es; m.
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A lettuce Leáhtric lactuca, Wrt. Voc. 67, 47: ii. 50, 51. Lactucas ðæt is leáhtric, L. M. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 6: 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 352, 20.

Linked entry: cærse

mere-flód

(n.)
Grammar
mere-flód, es; m.

a flood of waterdelugea body of waterfloodocean

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Fox 27, 4; Met. 27, 2: Cd. 167; Th. 209, 23; Exod. 503. On mereflóde middum in the midst of the waters, 8; Th. 9, 21; Gen. 145. Bisencte on mereflóde drowned in ocean, Exon. 72 b; Th. 271, 10; Jul. 480: 82 a; Th. 309, 19; Seef. 59

ge-neát

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát, es; m.

A companion, associate, vassal

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Byrhtwold wæs eald geneát [or eald-geneát, q.v.] Be cyninges geneáte of a king's 'geneat,' L. In. 19; th. i. 114, 9: Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 3. Be ðon ðe monnes geneát stalige in case a man's 'geneát' steal, L. In. 22, Th. i. 116, 9

(n.)
Grammar
tá, gen. tán; f.

a twig, shoot

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a twig, shoot Tán ł twiga vimina, virgulae, Hpt. Gl. 428, 34. a lot Ðæt him déme seó , gif hwæt dǽlan willaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 86. Ðá dǽldon ða cwelleras Cristes reáf on feówer, heora ǽlcum his dǽl, swá him démde seó , Homl.

teóðung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-mann, es; m.
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Edg. ii. 4; Th. i. 260, 1. Gyf neód on handa stande, cýðe hit man ðam hundredes men, and syððan ðám teóðingmannum, 2; Th. i. 258, 8

tǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽsan, p. de

To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound

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Gl. 200, 5. (In Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 76 a line is omitted.) Hwílon on bord sceát, hwílon beorn tǽsde; ǽfre embe stunde sealde sume wunde, ða hwíle ðe wǽpna wealdan móste, Byrht. Th. 139, 47; By. 270. Nint wulle, and tǽs , Lchdm. iii. 112, 8

þrág-bisig

(adj.)
Grammar
þrág-bisig, adj.

Occupied for a time(?)periodically employed(?)

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Occupied for a time(?), periodically employed(?) Ic sceal þrágbysig þegne mínnm hýran georne, Exon. Th. 387, 6; . 5, 1.

wésten-setla

(n.)
Grammar
wésten-setla, an; m.
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A dweller in a wilderness, a hermit, an anchorite Wéstensetla eremita Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 28: 72, 2. Wéstensetla (printed -seda) eremita, anachoreta Hpt. Gl. 465, 24. Sum wéstensettla on ðæm eálande ðe Liparus is nemned, Shrn. 85, 27.

brýd-lác

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S. 7, 61. in pl. marriage ceremony, nuptials Is ǽlcum preóste forboden, þæt beón ne móton on þá wísan, þe ǽr wǽran æt þám brýdlácum, þǽr man óðre síðe wífað where a man marries a second time, priests are forbidden to attend in the way they did

cum-líþness

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Add: hospitality lufige cumlíðnysse, and nánum cuman ne forbeóde ne móte on his húse gerestan, for ðan ðe manega Gode gelícodon þurh cuman onféngon, Hml. A. 147, 83: Ll.

fiþere

a winga wing

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Take here fypera in Dict., and add: a wing of a living creature Cumað egeslíce mycele deór . . . heora fyðera swégað swá swá wæteres dyne; fleód swiftlíce, Wlfst. 200, 15. Fiðerum alis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 55.

for-scrífan

to condemn

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Voc. ii. 7, 59. to blunt a weapon by a charm written on it (cf.

ge-fýsan

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Add: to impel, incite, make eager Ne leng bídan wolde wyrm, ac mid bǽle fór fýre gefýsed no longer would the dragon bide, but fared forth furious with fire and flame, B. 2309.

ge-hírsumnes

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Take here <b>ge-hýrsumnes</b> in Dict. and add: obedience Getíðige ús God magon eów secgan his láre, and eów gehýrsumnysse ðá láre áwendon weorcum, Hml. A. 12, 310.

ge-lóman

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-lóma,</b> an; m. a tool, an implement, utensil Gelóma utensile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 24. Næs nǽnig wén þæs gelóman ( a wood-bill) . . .

heolor

(n.)
Grammar
heolor, heoler, helur, helor, e; f.

a balance

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Voc. ii. 86, 3: 12, 1 (the last five are glosses to Aid. 65, 13)

Linked entries: helur heolra

heáfod-segn

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-segn, es; m.
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An ensign having a head (not a flag ?) Hét þá in beran eafor heáfodsegn, . . . helm, herebyrnan, gúðsweord, B. 2152-4.

hyrst

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D. ii. 65, 8. an eminence, knoll Wermód on hyrstum heasewe standeð (cf. wermód byð cenned on dúnum and on stǽnilicum stówum, Lch. i. 216, 19) glauca absinthia campi, . 41, 61. ¶ The word occurs in a great many place-names.

palm

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, and add: <b>pealma.</b> a palm-tree Se ryhtwísa swá swá palma bloewð, Ps. Vos. 91, 13, a branch of a palm-tree : — Sceole healdan úrne palm, þæt se sangere onginne ðone offringsang, and geoffrian þonne Gode ðone palm.